vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-51-monitoring-performa

vSphereMonitoringandPerformancevSphere5.1vCenterServer5.1ESXi5.1Thisdocumentsupportstheversionofeachproductlistedandsupportsallsubsequentversionsuntilthedocumentisreplacedbyanewedition.Tocheckformorerecenteditionsofthisdocument,see::[e-mail]©2010–2012VMware,Inc.Allrightsreserved.ThisproductisprotectedbyU.S.andinternationalcopyrightandintellectualpropertylaws.VMwareproductsarecoveredbyoneormorepatentslistedat:resxtopandesxtop145UsingtheesxtopUtility145UsingtheresxtopUtility146UsingesxtoporresxtopinInteractiveMode146UsingBatchMode160UsingReplayMode1618MonitoringNetworkedDeviceswithSNMPandvSphere163UsingSNMPTrapswithvCenterServer163ConfigureSNMPforESXi165SNMPDiagnostics173UsingSNMPwithGuestOperatingSystems173VMwareMIBFiles173SNMPv2DiagnosticCounters1759SystemLogFiles177ViewSystemLogEntries177ViewSystemLogsonanESXiHost177ExternalSystemLogs178ExportSystemLogFiles178ConfigureSyslogonESXiHosts179CollectingLogFiles180ViewingLogFileswiththeLogBrowserinthevSphereWebClient182Index185vSphereMonitoringandPerformance4VMware,Inc.AboutvSphereMonitoringandPerformanceVMwareprovidesseveraltoolstohelpyoumonitoryourvirtualenvironmentandtolocatethesourceofpotentialissuesandcurrentproblems.PerformancechartsAllowyoutoseeperformancedataonavarietyofsystemresourcesincludingCPU,Memory,Storage,andsoon.Performancemonitoringcommand-lineutilitiesAllowyoutoaccessdetailedinformationonsystemperformancethroughthecommandline.HosthealthAllowsyoutoquicklyidentifywhichhostsarehealthyandwhichareexperiencingproblems.StoragemapsandchartsProvideanin-depthlookatyourstorageresources.Events,alerts,andalarmsAllowyoutoconfigurealertsandalarmsandtospecifytheactionsthesystemshouldtakewhentheyaretriggered.SystemLogFilesSystemlogslogscontainadditionalinformationaboutactivitiesinyourvSphereenvironment.IntendedAudienceThecontentinthissectionisintendedforvSphereadministratorswhoperformthefollowingtasks:nMonitorthehealthandperformanceofphysicalhardwarebackingsforthevirtualenvironment.nMonitorthehealthandperformanceofvirtualdevicesinthevirtualenvironment.nTroubleshootproblemsinthesystem.nConfigurealarms.nConfigureSNMPmessages.VirtualmachineadministratorsalsomightfindthesectiononChapter2,“MonitoringGuestOperatingSystemPerformance,”onpage105helpful.VMware,Inc.5vSphereMonitoringandPerformance6VMware,Inc.MonitoringInventoryObjectswithPerformanceCharts1ThevSpherestatisticssubsystemcollectsdataontheresourceusageofinventoryobjects.Dataonawiderangeofmetricsiscollectedatfrequentintervals,processed,andarchivedinthevCenterServerdatabase.Youcanaccessstatisticalinformationthroughcommand-linemonitoringutilitiesorbyview