ESXi

Overview

ESXi, short for "VMware ESXi," is a type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware. It is a lightweight and robust virtualization platform designed to run directly on physical servers without the need for an underlying operating system. ESXi forms the foundation of VMware's vSphere suite and enables organizations to create and manage multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical host.

Prerequisites

To enable ESXi monitoring, ensure the following pre-requisites.

• ESXi's User Name and Password: Provide the correct username and password when discovering the ESXi.

• VMware Tools (optional): We recommend that you install VMware tools on the VMs. In general, VMware tools improve the performance of the Virtual Machine. They also offer IP address of the VMs, which helps AIOps to discover them. If VMware Tools are not installed then AIOps will still monitor the details of the VMs but it will not bring in the details of the IPs of the VM.

List of Supported KPIs

ESXi

Name	Description	Type
esxi.disk.capacity.bytes	The amount of disk capacity in bytes for ESXi	Count
esxi.disk.used.percent	The percentage of disk space used for ESXi	Count
esxi.cpu.percent	The percentage of CPU utilization for ESXi	Count
esxi.swap.in.memory.bytes	The amount of swap memory in bytes for ESXi	Count
esxi.vmkernel.memory.bytes	The amount of memory used by the VMkernel for ESXi	Count
esxi.cpu.ready.seconds	The amount of time spent in a ready state for CPU utilization for ESXi	Count
esxi.balloon.memory.bytes	The amount of memory in the balloon driver for ESXi	Count
esxi.cpu.used.hz	The amount of CPU used in hertz for ESXi	Count
esxi.shared.memory.bytes	The amount of shared memory for ESXi	Count
esxi.datastores	The number of datastores for ESXi	Count
esxi.cpu.wait.seconds	The amount of time spent waiting for CPU utilization for ESXi	Count
esxi.zero.memory.bytes	The amount of zero memory for ESXi	Count
esxi.active.memory.bytes	The amount of active memory for ESXi	Count
esxi.running.virtual.machines	The number of virtual machines currently running on the ESXi host	Count
esxi.network.bytes.per.sec	The rate of outgoing network traffic in bytes per second	Count
esxi.active.write.memory.bytes	The amount of memory actively being written to by the VMkernel	Count
esxi.swap.memory.bytes	The amount of memory currently being swapped to disk	Count
esxi.network.in.bytes.per.sec	The rate of incoming network traffic in bytes per second	Count
esxi.disk.used.bytes	The amount of disk space currently in use	Count
esxi.memory.swap.out.bytes.per.sec	The rate of memory being swapped out to disk in bytes per second	Count
esxi.reserved.capacity.memory.bytes	The amount of memory reserved by the ESXi host	Count
esxi.cpu.swap.wait.seconds	The amount of time spent waiting for CPU swap	Count
esxi.shared.common.memory.bytes	The amount of memory shared between multiple virtual machines	Count
esxi.memory.installed.bytes	The total amount of memory installed on the ESXi host	Count
esxi.cpu.capacity.hz	The total CPU capacity of the ESXi host in Hz	Count
esxi.virtual.machines	The total number of virtual machines on the ESXi host	Count
esxi.offline.datastores	The number of datastores currently offline	Count
esxi.disk.free.percent	The percentage of free disk space available on the ESXi host	Count
esxi.swap.out.memory.bytes	The amount of memory swapped from ESXi host to disk	Count
esxi.disk.io.bytes.per.sec	The rate of data transfer to and from the disk of ESXi host	Count
esxi.memory.swap.in.bytes.per.sec	The rate at which memory is swapped in from disk to ESXi host	Count
esxi.disk.free.bytes	The amount of free disk space available on the ESXi host	Count
esxi.overhead.memory.bytes	The amount of memory used by the ESXi host for its overhead operations	Count
esxi.memory.used.percent	The percentage of memory used by the ESXi host	Count
esxi.heap.free.memory.bytes	The amount of free heap memory available on the ESXi host	Count
esxi.heap.memory.bytes	The amount of heap memory used by the ESXi host	Count
esxi.unreserved.memory.bytes	The amount of memory on the ESXi host that is not reserved for any particular use	Count
esxi.network.out.bytes.per.sec	The rate of data sent out from the network of ESXi host	Count
esxi.cpu.reserved.capacity.hz	The reserved CPU capacity of the ESXi host in Hertz	Count
esxi.granted.memory.bytes	The amount of granted memory to the virtual machine running on the ESXi host	Count
esxi.consumed.memory.bytes	The amount of consumed memory by the virtual machine running on the ESXi host	Count
esxi.vm	The number of virtual machines running on the ESXi host	Count
esxi.vm.power.state	The power state (on/off) of the virtual machines running on the ESXi host	Count
esxi.vm.ip	The IP addresses of the virtual machines running on the ESXi host	Count

ESXi VM

Name	Description	Type
esxi.vm	The name of the ESXi VM	String
esxi.vm.ip	The IP address of the ESXi VM	String
esxi.vm.cpu.max.usage.hz	The maximum CPU usage in hertz of the ESXi VM	Count
esxi.vm.connection.state	The connection state of the ESXi VM	String
esxi.vm.path	The path of the ESXi VM	String
esxi.vm.guest.os	The guest operating system of the ESXi VM	String
esxi.vm.power.state	The power state of the ESXi VM	String
esxi.vm.virtual.processors	The number of virtual processors of the ESXi VM	Count
esxi.vm.virtual.disk.volumes	The number of virtual disk volumes of the ESXi VM	Count
esxi.vm.virtual.interfaces	The number of virtual interfaces of the ESXi VM	Count
esxi.vm.memory.bytes	The memory in bytes of the ESXi VM	Count
esxi.vm.tool	Indicates whether ESXi tools are installed on the VM	Boolean
esxi.vm.uptime	The uptime of the ESXi VM	String
esxi.vm.uptime.sec	Uptime of the ESXi VM in seconds	Count
esxi.vm.active.write.memory.bytes	Active write memory of the ESXi VM in bytes	Count
esxi.vm.swap.out.memory.bytes	Amount of swapped out memory of the ESXi VM in bytes	Count
esxi.vm.cpu.ready.seconds	Amount of time the ESXi VM's CPU is ready to run but unable to be scheduled for a time slice in seconds	Count
esxi.vm.cpu.percent	Percentage of CPU time used by the ESXi VM	Count
esxi.vm.active.memory.bytes	Active memory of the ESXi VM in bytes	Count
esxi.vm.disk.io.bytes.per.sec	Disk I/O rate of the ESXi VM in bytes per second	Count
esxi.vm.cpu.wait.seconds	Amount of time the ESXi VM's CPU is idle waiting for a time slice in seconds	Count
esxi.vm.memory.used.percent	Percentage of used memory of the ESXi VM	Count
esxi.vm.granted.memory.bytes	Memory granted to the ESXi VM in bytes	Count
esxi.vm.balloon.memory.bytes	Amount of memory that the ESXi VM's guest OS has asked to be swapped out in bytes	Count
esxi.vm.swap.out.memory.bytes.per.sec	Amount of swapped out memory of the ESXi VM per second in bytes	Count
esxi.vm.overhead.memory.bytes	Amount of overhead memory used by the ESXi VM in bytes	Count
esxi.vm.cpu.usage.hz	CPU usage in Hz for the virtual machine on ESXi	Count
esxi.vm.swap.in.memory.bytes.per.sec	Rate of memory bytes swapped in per second for the virtual machine on ESXi	Count
esxi.vm.consumed.memory.bytes	Memory bytes consumed by the virtual machine on ESXi	Count
esxi.vm.swap.in.memory.bytes	Total memory bytes swapped in for the virtual machine on ESXi	Count
esxi.vm.shared.memory.bytes	Memory bytes shared by the virtual machine on ESXi	Count
esxi.vm.disk.io.avg.write.latency.ms	Average latency in milliseconds for disk writes for the virtual machine on ESXi	Count
esxi.vm.disk.io.read.bytes.per.sec	Rate of disk reads in bytes per second for the virtual machine on ESXi	Count
esxi.vm.disk.io.read.ops.per.sec	Rate of disk read operations per second for the virtual machine on ESXi	Count
esxi.vm.disk.io.pending.reads	Number of pending disk read operations for the virtual machine on ESXi	Count
esxi.vm.disk.io.write.ops.per.sec	Rate of disk write operations per second for the virtual machine on ESXi	Count
esxi.vm.disk.io.pending.writes	Number of pending disk write operations for the virtual machine on ESXi	Count
esxi.vm.disk.io.avg.read.latency.ms	Average read latency of the virtual machine's disk in ms	Count
esxi.vm.network.in.bytes.per.sec	Bytes per second received by the virtual machine's network	Count
esxi.vm.network.out.bytes.per.sec	Bytes per second sent by the virtual machine's network	Count
esxi.vm.network.bytes.per.sec	Total bytes per second transferred by the virtual machine	Count
esxi.vm.guest.host	Hostname of the virtual machine's operating system	String
esxi.vm.disk.capacity.bytes	Total disk capacity of the virtual machine in bytes	Count
esxi.vm.disk.free.bytes	Free disk space of the virtual machine in bytes	Count
esxi.vm.disk.io.aborted.commands	Number of aborted disk I/O commands on the virtual machine	Count
esxi.vm.disk.io.write.bytes.per.sec	Bytes per second written to the virtual machine's disk	Count
esxi.vm.disk.used.bytes	Used disk space of the virtual machine in bytes	Count
esxi.vm.disk.used.percent	Percentage of disk space used by the virtual machine	Count
status	Status of the virtual machine (e.g. running, stopped, paused)	String

ESXi Storage

Name	Description	Type
esxi.storage.adapter.write.latency.ms	Write latency in milliseconds	Count
esxi.storage.adapter.read.latency.ms	Read latency in milliseconds	Count
esxi.storage.adapter.issued.commands.per.sec	Number of commands issued per second	Count
esxi.storage.adapter.read.ops.per.sec	Number of read operations per second	Count
esxi.storage.adapter.write.bytes.per.sec	Number of bytes written per second	Count
esxi.storage.adapter.write.ops.per.sec	Number of write operations per second	Count
esxi.storage.adapter.read.bytes.per.sec	Number of bytes read per second	Count
esxi.storage.adapter	Total number of storage adapters	Count
esxi.storage.path.read.latency.ms	Read latency in milliseconds	Count
esxi.storage.path.write.ops.per.sec	Number of write operations per second	Count
esxi.storage.path.read.bytes.per.sec	Number of bytes read per second	Count
esxi.storage.path.issued.commands.per.sec	Number of commands issued per second	Count
Esxi Storage Path Read Ops Per Sec	Number of read operations per second	Count
Esxi Storage Path Write Bytes Per Sec	Number of bytes written per second	Count
Esxi Storage Path Write Latency Ms	Latency in milliseconds for write operations	Count
Esxi Storage Path	Path for ESXi storage	String

ESXi Network

Name	Description	Type
esxi.network.interface	The name of the network interface on the ESXi host.	String
esxi.network.interface.bytes.per.sec	The rate at which bytes are transmitted and received by the network interface.	Count
esxi.network.interface.in.bytes.per.sec	The rate at which bytes are received by the network interface.	Count
esxi.network.interface.out.bytes.per.sec	The rate at which bytes are transmitted by the network interface.	Count

ESXi Hardware Sensor

Name	Description	Type
esxi.sensor.type	The type of sensor (e.g. temperature, power supply, fan, etc.)	String
esxi.sensor	The name of the sensor	String
esxi.sensor.health	The health status of the sensor (e.g. ok, warning, critical, etc.)	String
esxi.sensor.current	The current value of the sensor	String
esxi.sensor.voltage	The voltage value of the sensor	String
esxi.sensor.unit	The unit of measurement for the sensor value	String
esxi.sensor.value	The value of the sensor	String

ESXi Disk

Name	Description	Type
esxi.disk.write.bytes.per.sec	Number of bytes written per second to the ESXi disk	Count
esxi.disk.queue.read.latency.sec	Latency in seconds for read operations waiting in the queue	Count
esxi.disk.read.latency.ms	Latency in milliseconds for read operations on the ESXi disk	Count
esxi.disk	Number of disk operations on the ESXi disk	Count
esxi.disk.read.bytes.per.sec	Number of bytes read per second from the ESXi disk	Count
esxi.disk.issued.command.per.sec	Number of commands issued per second to the ESXi disk	Count
esxi.disk.queue.write.latency.ms	Latency in milliseconds for write operations waiting in the queue	Count
esxi.disk.aborted.commands	Number of aborted commands on the ESXi disk	Count
esxi.disk.latency.ms	Latency in milliseconds for all disk operations on the ESXi disk	Count
esxi.disk.write.latency.ms	Latency in milliseconds

ESXi Datastore

Name	Description	Type
esxi.datastore.write.latency.ms	Write latency in milliseconds	Count
esxi.datastore.read.latency.ms	Read latency in milliseconds	Count
esxi.datastore.write.bytes.per.sec	Write bytes per second	Count
esxi.datastore.capacity.bytes	Total capacity of the datastore in bytes	Count
esxi.datastore.free.bytes	Free space on the datastore in bytes	Count
esxi.datastore.used.bytes	Used space on the datastore in bytes	Count
esxi.datastore.type	Type of the datastore	String
esxi.datastore.url	URL of the datastore	String
esxi.datastore.used.percent	Percentage of used space on the datastore	Count
esxi.datastore.read.bytes.per.sec	Read bytes per second	Count
esxi.datastore.read.ops.per.sec	Read operations per second	Count
esxi.datastore.write.ops.per.sec	Write operations per second	Count
esxi.datastore	Name of the datastore	String
esxi.datastore.free.percent	Percentage of free space on the datastore	Count

ESXi Config

Name	Description	Type
esxi.license.key	License key for ESXi	Count
started.time.sec	The time when the ESXi host started in seconds	Count
esxi.os.version	The version of the ESXi operating system	Count
esxi.hba.cards	The number of Host Bus Adapter (HBA) cards installed on the host	Count
esxi.logical.processors	The number of logical processors available on the host	Count
started.time	The time when the ESXi host started in UTC	Count
esxi.maintenance.mode.enabled	Indicates whether maintenance mode is enabled on the host	Count
esxi.nic.cards	The number of NIC (network interface card) cards installed	Count
esxi.vendor	The vendor of the ESXi host	String
esxi.vm.motion.enabled	Indicates whether VMotion is enabled on the host	String
esxi.name	The name of the ESXi host	String
esxi.cpu.speed.hz	The speed of the host's CPU in hertz	Count
esxi.physical.processors	The number of physical processors available on the host	Count
esxi.cpu.description	The description of the host's CPU	String
esxi.memory.installed.bytes	The amount of installed memory on the host in bytes	Count
esxi.license	The license type of the ESXi host	String
esxi.power.state	The current power state of the ESXi host	String
esxi.model	The model of the ESXi host	String
esxi.cpu.cores	The number of CPU cores available on the host	Count
esxi.license.expiration.date	The expiration date of the ESXi host license	String
esxi.system.date	The current system date of the ESXi host	String