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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"
],
"id": "host-0",
"name": "DC0_H0",
"status": "green",
"uptime": 1728865
}
}
}