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Overview

VMware Aria Operations, formerly known as vRealize Operations, is a comprehensive IT operations management platform designed to provide unified monitoring, intelligent analytics, and proactive management across hybrid cloud environments. It helps IT teams gain deep visibility into the performance, health, and capacity of cloud infrastructures, ensuring efficient resource usage and optimized performance.

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Operations Manager can be accessed via Cloud Director under the “More” top menu item.

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Operations Manager

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Views

Listing of pages deployed through the Operation Manager Plugin:

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Category

Metric

MetricKey

Description

Configuration Hardware

Number of virtual CPU

config|hardware|num_Cpu

Displays the number of CPUs configured in the VM, including both in the vSocket and the vCore

CPU

Demand (%)

cpu|demandPct

CPU demand as a percentage of the provisioned CPU capacity

CPU

Max Limited

cpu|maxlimited_summation

Time the VM is ready to run, but is not run due to maxing out its CPU limit setting

CPU

Usage (%)

cpu|usage_average

Percentage of CPU used out of all CPU allocated to the VM

CPU

Usage (MHz)

cpu|usagemhz_average

CPU use in megahertz

Memory

Total Capacity (KB)

mem|guest_provisioned

Memory resources allocated to powered-on virtual machines

Memory

Usage (%)

mem|usage_average

Memory currently in use as a percentage of total available memory

Network

Packets per second

net:4000|packetsPerSec

Number of packets transmitted and received per second

Network

Data Transmit Rate (KBps)

net:4000|transmitted_average

Rate of data being sent by the VM per second

Network

Data Receive Rate (KBps)

net:4000|received_average

Rate of data received by the VM per second

Network

Usage Rate (KBps)

net:4000|usage_average

Sum of the data transmitted and received for all the NIC instances of the VM

Network

Mac Address

net:4000|mac_address

Device mac address

Network

IP Address

net:4000|ip_address

IP Address for the network adapter (requires VMware Tools to be installed and running)

System

OS Uptime

sys|osUptime_latest

Total time elapsed, in seconds, since last operating system start

VirtualDisk

Total IOPS

virtualDisk:Aggregate of all instances|commandsAveraged_average

Average number of commands per second

VirtualDisk

Read IOPS

virtualDisk:scsi0:0|numberReadAveraged_average

Average number of read commands issued per second to the virtual disk during the collection interval

VirtualDisk

Write IOPS

virtualDisk:scsi0:0|numberWriteAveraged_average

Average number of write commands issued per second to the virtual disk during the collection interval

VirtualDisk

Average Read request size (bytes)

virtualDisk:scsi0:0|readIOSize_latest

Read IO size in bytes

VirtualDisk

Average Write request size (bytes)

virtualDisk:scsi0:0|writeIOSize_latest

Write IO size in bytes

API Reference

See VMware Aria Operations Manager Plugin for Cloud Director - API Example for guidance on how to access metrics via the API.