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vSphere host metricset
editvSphere host metricset
editThis is the host
metricset of the vSphere module.
This is a default metricset. If the host module is unconfigured, this metricset is enabled by default.
For a description of each field in the metricset, see the exported fields section.
Here is an example document generated by this metricset:
{ "@timestamp": "2022-09-06T06:41:22.128Z", "metricset": { "name": "host", "period": 10000 }, "service": { "address": "https://localhost:8989/sdk", "type": "vsphere" }, "event": { "module": "vsphere", "duration": 23519250, "dataset": "vsphere.host" }, "vsphere": { "host": { "triggered_alarms": [ { "status": "red", "triggered_time": "2024-09-09T13:23:00.786Z", "description": "Default alarm to monitor system boards. See the host's Hardware Status tab for more details.", "entity_name": "121.0.0.0", "name": "Host hardware system board status", "id": "alarm-121.host-12" }, { "triggered_time": "2024-09-09T13:23:00.786Z", "description": "Default alarm to monitor storage. See the host's Hardware Status tab for more details.", "entity_name": "121.0.0.0", "name": "Host storage status", "id": "alarm-124.host-12", "status": "red" }, { "entity_name": "121.0.0.0", "name": "Host memory usage", "id": "alarm-4.host-12", "status": "yellow", "triggered_time": "2024-08-28T10:31:26.621Z", "description": "Default alarm to monitor host memory usage" }, { "name": "CPU Utilization", "id": "alarm-703.host-12", "status": "red", "triggered_time": "2024-08-28T10:31:26.621Z", "description": "", "entity_name": "121.0.0.0" } ], "cpu": { "used": { "mhz": 67 }, "total": { "mhz": 4588 }, "free": { "mhz": 4521 } }, "disk": { "capacity": { "usage": { "bytes": 0 } }, "devicelatency": { "average": { "ms": 0 } }, "latency": { "total": { "ms": 18 } }, "total": { "bytes": 262000 }, "read": { "bytes": 13000 }, "write": { "bytes": 248000 } }, "memory": { "free": { "bytes": 2822230016 }, "total": { "bytes": 4294430720 }, "used": { "bytes": 1472200704 } }, "network": { "bandwidth": { "total": { "bytes": 372000 }, "transmitted": { "bytes": 0 }, "received": { "bytes": 371000 } }, "packets": { "received": { "count": 9463 }, "errors": { "transmitted": { "count": 0 }, "received": { "count": 0 }, "total": { "count": 0 } }, "multicast": { "total": { "count": 6679 }, "transmitted": { "count": 0 }, "received": { "count": 6679 } }, "dropped": { "received": { "count": 0 }, "total": { "count": 0 }, "transmitted": { "count": 0 } }, "transmitted": { "count": 54 } } }, "vm": { "count": 2, "names": [ "DC0_H0_VM0", "DC0_H0_VM1" ] }, "datastore": { "count": 1, "names": [ "LocalDS_0" ] }, "network_names": [ "VM Network" ], "name": "DC0_H0", "status": "green", "uptime": 1728865 } } }