vRealize Operations Manager 7.5 has introduced many new metrics and properties to help track and monitor your environments.

VMware vRealize Operations Manager 7.5.x

Metrics and Properties Added in 7.5

The lists bellow include all of the new vSphere and vSAN metrics and properties added in vRealize Operations Manager 7.5.

vSphere Metrics and Properties

Object Type	Resource Container	Name	Type	Description
Virtual Machine	Configuration	FT Role	Property	Role of the VM in Fault Tolerance Group.
		FT Peer VM	Property	Peer of the VM in Fault Tolerance Group.
		Creation Date	Property	Object Creation Date.
	Summary	UUID	Property	Instance UUID in vCenter that uniquely identify all virtual machine instances.
		MOID	Property	Managed object ID in vCenter. This is unique in scope of vCenter.
	Summary|Guest Operating System	Hostname	Property	Hostname of the guest operating system, if known.
	Cost|Allocation	MTD VM CPU Cost (Currency)	Metric	Month to date virtual machine CPU cost.
		MTD VM Memory Cost (Currency)	Metric	Month to date virtual machine memory cost.
		MTD VM Storage Cost (Currency)	Metric	Month to date storage cost of the virtual machine.
		MTD VM Total Cost (Currency)	Metric	Addition of CPU, Memory, Storage, and Direct cost.
Host System	CPU	vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs	Metric	vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs.
	Memory	Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs	Metric	Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs.
	Hardware	Serial Number Tag	Property	Serial Number Tag.
		Enclosure Serial Number Tag	Property	Enclosure Serial Number Tag.
Cluster Compute Resource	CPU	vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs	Metric	vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs.
		Number of usable CPUs (Cores)	Metric	Amount of usable CPU Cores for Virtual Machines after considering reservations for vSphere High Availability (HA) and other vSphere Services.
		Max VM CPU Ready (%)	Metric	Maximum CPU Ready among all the VMs.
		Max VM CPU Co-Stop (%)	Metric	Maximum CPU Co-Stop among all the VMs.
		Percentage of VMs facing CPU Co-Stop (%)	Metric	Percentage of VMs experiencing CPU Co-Stop above a threshold. This threshold is defined in the configuration file as part of system wide setting.
		Percentage of VMs facing CPU Ready (%)	Metric	Percentage of VMs experiencing CPU Ready above a threshold. This threshold is defined in the configuration file as part of system wide setting.
		Current Overcommit Ratio	Metric	Number of vCPUs allocated to powered on VMs divided by the number of physical cores.
		vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs	Metric	Total number of vCPUs allocated to all powered on VMs.
		vCPUs Allocated on All VMs	Metric	Total number of vCPUs allocated to all VMs.
	CPU|Allocation	Usable Capacity (vCPUs)	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The recommended level of usable capacity (total capacity - HA), to maintain a green state for time remaining for the given object.
	Capacity Analytics Generated|CPU|Allocation	Capacity Remaining (vCPUs)	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. Capacity Remaining based on overcommit ratio (if configured in effective policy).
		Recommended Size (Cores)	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The recommended level of usable capacity (total capacity - HA), to maintain a green state for time remaining for the given object.
		Recommended Total Capacity (Cores)	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The recommended level of total capacity, to maintain a green state for time remaining for the given object.
		Time Remaining (Day(s))	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The number of days remaining is calculated for both group and container. It calculates the time remaining before the resources run out.
	vRealize Operations Manager Generated Properties|CPU|Allocation	Planned Overcommit Ratio	Metric	The overcommit ratio configured in the Allocation Model settings of the active policy.
	Memory	Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs	Metric	Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs.
		Percentage of VMs facing Memory Contention (%)	Metric	Percentage of VMs experiencing Memory Contention above a threshold. This threshold is defined in the configuration file as part of system wide setting.
	Memory|Allocation	Usable Capacity (KB)	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The usable capacity (total capacity - HA) based on configured overcommit ratio.
	Capacity Analytics Generated|Memory|Allocation	Capacity Remaining (KB)	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. Capacity Remaining based on overcommit ratio (if configured in effective policy).
		Recommended Size (KB)	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The recommended level of usable capacity (total capacity - HA), to maintain a green state for time remaining for the given object.
		Recommended Total Capacity (KB)	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The recommended level of total capacity, to maintain a green state for time remaining for the given object.
		Time Remaining (Day(s))	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The number of days remaining is calculated for both group and container. It calculates the time remaining before the resources run out.
	vRealize Operations Manager Generated Properties|Memory|Allocation	Planned Overcommit Ratio	Metric	The overcommit ratio configured in the Allocation Model settings of the active policy.
	Disk Space	Total provisioned disk space with overhead	Metric	Total provisioned disk space (configured size of all virtual disks on the active datastores) plus Overhead on datastores.
		Current Overcommit Ratio	Metric	Total provisioned disk space with Overhead divided by Total Capacity.
	Disk Space|Allocation	Usable Capacity (GB)	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Datastore Cluster Resource. Capacity Remaining based on Overcommit ratio (if configured in effective policy).
	Capacity Analytics Generated|Disk Space|Allocation	Capacity Remaining (GB)	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource. Capacity Remaining based on overcommit ratio (if configured in effective policy).
		Recommended Size (GB)	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource. The recommended level of total capacity to maintain a green state for time remaining for the given object.
		Time Remaining (Day(s))	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource. The number of days remaining is calculated for both group and container. It calculates the time remaining before the resources run out.
	vRealize Operations Manager Generated Properties|Disk Space|Allocation	Planned Overcommit Ratio	Metric	The overcommit ratio configured in the Allocation Model settings of the active policy.
	Profiles	Capacity Remaining Profile (Average)	Metric	The capacity remaining in terms of fitting the average consumer.
		Capacity Remaining Profile (custom profile name)	Metric	Published for custom profiles enabled from policy on Cluster Compute Resource.
	Capacity Analytics Generated|Capacity Remaining (Profile)	Capacity Remaining (Profile)	Metric	Published on Cluster Compute Resource. Calculated as a minimum of all Profiles|capacityRemainingProfile_<profile uuid> metrics.
	Cost|Allocation	Cluster CPU Base Rate (Currency)	Metric	Base rate for Cluster CPU calculated by dividing the monthly total cluster CPU cost by cluster CPU utilization % and CPU cluster capacity (gHZ).
		Cluster Memory Base Rate (Currency)	Metric	Cluster memory base rate calculated by dividing the monthly total cluster memory cost by cluster memory utilization % and memory cluster capacity (GB).
		Monthly Cluster Allocated Cost (Currency)	Metric	Monthly cluster allocated cost calculated by subtracting the monthly cluster unallocated cost from the monthly cluster total cost.
		Monthly Cluster Unallocated Cost (Currency)	Metric	Monthly cluster unallocated cost calculated by subtracting the monthly cluster allocated cost from the monthly cluster total cost.
Datacenter	CPU	vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs	Metric	vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs.
	Memory	Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs	Metric	Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs.
	Capacity Analytics Generated	Capacity Remaining (Profile)	Metric	Published on DC/CDC and VC. Computed as a sum of OnlineCapacityAnalytics|capacityRemainingProfile metric of descendant Cluster Compute Resources.
	Cost|Allocation	Monthly Cluster Allocated Cost (Currency)	Metric	Monthly cluster allocated cost calculated by subtracting the monthly cluster unallocated cost from the monthly cluster total cost.
		Monthly Cluster Unallocated Cost (Currency)	Metric	Monthly cluster unallocated cost calculated by subtracting the monthly cluster allocated cost from the monthly cluster total cost.
	Reclaimable	Number of Orphaned Disks	Metric	Number of reclaimable orphaned disks within the data center.
	Reclaimable|Orphaned Disks	Potential Savings (Currency)	Metric	Potential saving after reclamation of resources of all reclaimable VMs (Idle VMs, Powered Off VMs, VM snapshots) within the data center.
Custom Datacenter	CPU	vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs	Metric	vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs.
		Number of usable CPUs (Cores)	Metric	Amount of usable CPU Cores for Virtual Machines after considering reservations for vSphere High Availability (HA) and other vSphere Services.
	Memory	Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs	Metric	Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs
	Capacity Analytics Generated	Capacity Remaining (Profile)	Metric	Published on DC/CDC and VC. Computed as a sum of OnlineCapacityAnalytics|capacityRemainingProfile metric of descendant Cluster Compute Resources.
	Reclaimable	Number of Orphaned Disks	Metric	Number of reclaimable orphaned disks within the custom data center.
	Reclaimable|Orphaned Disks	Potential Savings (Currency)	Metric	Potential saving after reclamation of resources of all reclaimable VMs (Idle VMs, Powered Off VMs, VM snapshots) within the custom data center.
Datastore	Summary	Percentage of VMs facing Disk Latency (%)	Metric	Percentage of VMs experiencing Disk Latency above a threshold. This threshold is defined in the configuration file as part of system wide setting.
	Cost|Allocation	Monthly Storage Rate (Currency)	Metric	Monthly storage rate for datastore.
	Reclaimable|Orphaned Disks	Disk Space (GB)	Metric	Reclaimable disk space within the datastore.
		Potential Savings (Currency)	Metric	Potential saving after reclamation of resources of all reclaimable VMs (Idle VMs, Powered Off VMs, VM snapshots) within the datastore.
Datastore Cluster	Disk Space	Total provisioned disk space with overhead	Metric	Total provisioned disk space (configured size of all virtual disks on the active datastores) plus Overhead on datastores.
	Disk Space|Allocation	Usable Capacity (GB)	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Datastore Cluster Resource. Capacity Remaining based on Overcommit ratio (if configured in effective policy).
	Capacity Analytics Generated|Disk Space|Allocation	Capacity Remaining (GB)	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Datastore Cluster Resource. Capacity Remaining based on Overcommit ratio (if configured in effective policy).
		Recommended Size (GB)	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Datastore Cluster Resource. The recommended level of total capacity to maintain a green state for time remaining for the given object.
		Time Remaining (Day(s))	Metric	For vSphere objects published on Datastore Cluster Resource. The number of days remaining is calculated for both group and container. It calculates the time remaining before the resources run out.
	vRealize Operations Manager Generated Properties|Disk Space|Allocation	Planned Overcommit Ratio	Metric	The overcommit ratio configured in the Allocation Model settings of the active policy.
Distributed Virtual Portgroup	Configuration	Uplink	Property	Indicates whether the portgroup is an uplink portgroup.
	Configuration|Policies	VLAN ID	Property	VLAN ID.
Distributed Virtual Switch	Summary	Version	Property	Distributed Virtual Switch version in dot-separated view.
		DVS UUID	Property	Generated UUID of the virtual switch.
vCenter Server	CPU	vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs	Metric	vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs.
		Number of usable CPUs (Cores)	Metric	Amount of usable CPU Cores for Virtual Machines after considering reservations for vSphere High Availability (HA) and other vSphere Services.
	Memory	Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs	Metric	Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs.
	Summary	Tag Query Time(ms)	Metric	Time spent in querying all tags and tag assignments from vCenter (milliseconds).
	Capacity Analytics Generated	Capacity Remaining (Profile)	Metric	Published on DC/CDC and VC. Computed as a sum of OnlineCapacityAnalytics|capacityRemainingProfile metric of descendant Cluster Compute Resources.

vSAN Metrics and Properties

Object Type	Resource Container	Name	Type	Description
vSAN Cluster	Configuration|vSAN	Encryption	Property	Is data encryption at rest enabled on vSAN cluster. This means all VM data residing on vSAN datastore is encrypted.
Capacity Disk	Configuration|vSAN	Encryption	Property	Is data encryption at rest enabled on vSAN disk. This means all VM data residing on vSAN disk is encrypted.
	Configuration	Model	Property	The model number of SCSI device.
Cache Disk	Configuration|vSAN	Encryption	Property	Is data encryption at rest enabled on vSAN disk. This means all VM data residing on vSAN disk is encrypted.
	Configuration	Model	Property	The model number of SCSI device.
Disk Group	Read Cache	Capacity	Metric	Read cache capacity.
Host System	Configuration|vSAN	Encryption	Property	Is data encryption at rest enabled on vSAN disk. This means all VM data residing on vSAN disk is encrypted.
	vSAN|Performance|CPU	Used	Metric	The percentage of physical CPU time used by the vSAN LSOM/DOM world.
	vSAN|Performance|CPU	Ready	Metric	The percentage of physical CPU time the vSAN LSOM/DOM world was ready to run.

 

Metrics and Properties Removed in 7.5

The lists bellow include all of the vSphere and vSAN metrics and properties removed in vRealize Operations Manager 7.5.

vSphere Metrics and Properties

Object Type	Resource Container	Name	Type	Description
Virtual Machine	CPU	Demand (ms)	Metric	CPU Demand (ms).
		Capacity entitlement (MHz)	Metric	CPU Capacity Entitlement.
		Recommended number of vCPUs to Add	Metric	Recommended number of vCPUs to Add to the VM
		Recommended number of vCPUs to Remove	Metric	Recommended number of vCPUs to Remove from the VM.
		50% of Recommended number of vCPUs to Remove	Metric	50% of Recommended number of vCPUs to Remove from the VM.
		Recommended Size Reduction	Metric	Percentage of recommended CPU size reduction.
	Memory	Host Workload (%)	Metric	Host Workload (%).
		Guest Workload (%)	Metric	Guest Workload (%).
		Numa Remote Latest (KB)	Metric	Numa Remote (Kb).
		Numa Locality Average (%)	Metric	Numa Local (Kb).
		Numa Migrations Latest	Metric	Numa Migrations (number).
		Numa Locality Average (%)	Metric	Numa Locality (%).
		Recommended Size Reduction	Metric	Percentage of recommended Memory size reduction.
	Disk Space	Total Provisioned Disk Space (GB)	Metric	Total provisioned disk space on all datastores visible to this object.
		Virtual Machine Used (GB)	Metric	Space used by virtual machine files in gigabytes.
		Virtual Disk Used (GB)	Metric	Space used by virtual disks in gigabytes.
		Snapshot Space (GB)	Metric	Space used by snapshots in gigabytes.
		Shared Used (GB)	Metric	Shared used space in gigabytes.
		Number of Virtual Disks	Metric	Number of virtual disks.
		Provisioned Space (GB)	Metric	Provisioned space in gigabytes.
		Not Shared (GB)	Metric	Unshared space in gigabytes.
	Datastore|Disk Space	Number of Virtual Disks	Metric	Number of virtual disks.
	System	Build Number	Metric	VMware build number.
Host System	CPU	Demand (ms)	Metric	Demand (ms).
	Datastore|Disk Space	Number of Virtual Disks	Metric	Number of virtual disks.
	Disk Space	Virtual Machine Used (GB)	Metric	Space used by virtual machine files in gigabytes.
		Virtual Disk Used (GB)	Metric	Space used by virtual disks in gigabytes.
		Snapshot Space (GB)	Metric	Space used by snapshots in gigabytes.
		Shared Used (GB)	Metric	Shared used space in gigabytes.
		Number of Virtual Disks	Metric	Number of virtual disks.
		Not Shared (GB)	Metric	Unshared space in gigabytes.
Cluster Compute Resource	CPU	Demand (ms)	Metric	Demand (ms).
		vCPU Allocation % for 4 vCPU per Core (%)	Metric	How much vCPU you have allocated in percentage, based on 4:1 allocation (4:1 overcommit).
		vCPU Allocation % for 6 vCPU per Core (%)	Metric	How much vCPU you have allocated in percentage, based on 6:1 allocation (6:1 overcommit).
	Memory	vMem Allocation % for 1.25 Overcommit per GB (%)	Metric	vMem Allocation % for 1.25 Overcommit per GB.
	Disk Space	Virtual Machine Used (GB)	Metric	Space used by virtual machine files in gigabytes.
		Virtual Disk Used (GB)	Metric	Space used by virtual disks in gigabytes.
		Snapshot Space (GB)	Metric	Space used by snapshots in gigabytes.
		Shared Used (GB)	Metric	Shared used space in gigabytes.
		Not Shared (GB)	Metric	Unshared space in gigabytes.
Datacenter	CPU	Demand (ms)	Metric	Demand (ms).
		vCPU Allocation % for 4 vCPU per Core (%)	Metric	How much vCPU you have allocated in percentage, based on 4:1 allocation (4:1 overcommit).
		vCPU Allocation % for 6 vCPU per Core (%)	Metric	How much vCPU you have allocated in percentage, based on 6:1 allocation (6:1 overcommit).
	Memory	vMem Allocation % for 1.25 Overcommit per GB (%)	Metric	vMem Allocation % for 1.25 Overcommit per GB.
	Datastore|Disk Space	Number of Virtual Disks	Metric	Number of virtual disks.
	Disk Space	Virtual Machine Used (GB)	Metric	Space used by virtual machine files in gigabytes.
		Virtual Disk Used (GB)	Metric	Space used by virtual disks in gigabytes.
		Snapshot Space (GB)	Metric	Space used by snapshots in gigabytes.
		Shared Used (GB)	Metric	Shared used space in gigabytes.
		Not Shared (GB)	Metric	Unshared space in gigabytes.
Resource Pool	CPU	Demand (ms)	Metric	Demand (ms).
Datastore	Disk Space	Utilization (GB)	Metric	Total disk space used on all datastores visible to this object.
		Virtual Machine Used (GB)	Metric	Space used by virtual machine files in gigabytes.
		Virtual Disk Used (GB)	Metric	Space used by virtual disks in gigabytes.
		Snapshot Space (GB)	Metric	Space used by snapshots in gigabytes.
		Shared Used (GB)	Metric	Shared used space in gigabytes.
		Number of Virtual Disks	Metric	Number of virtual disks.
		Provisioned Space (GB)	Metric	Provisioned space in gigabytes.
		Freespace (GB)	Metric	Unused space available on datastore in gigabytes.
		Capacity (GB)	Metric	Total capacity of datastore in gigabytes.
		Total Used (GB)	Metric	Total used space in gigabytes.
		Swap File Space (GB)	Metric	Swap file space in gigabytes.
		Other VM Space (GB)	Metric	Other virtual machine space in gigabytes.
		Not Shared (GB)	Metric	Unshared space in gigabytes.
vCenter Server	CPU	Demand (ms)	Metric	Demand (ms).
vSphere World	CPU	Demand (ms)	Metric	Demand (ms).

vSAN Metrics and Properties

Object Type	Resource Container	Name	Type	Description
Host System	vSAN|Performance|CPU	PCPU Usage	Metric	PCPU Usage.
	vSAN|Performance|CPU	PCPU Utilization	Metric	PCPU Utilization.
	vSAN|Performance|CPU	Core Utilization	Metric	Core Utilization.

 

 

Metrics and Properties Renamed or Modified in 7.5

The list bellow includes all of the vSphere metrics and properties renamed or modified in vRealize Operations Manager 7.5.

vSphere Metrics and Properties

Object Type	Resource Container	Name	Type	Description
Virtual Machine	Configuration	Number of Virtual Disks	Property	Renamed from Number of VMDKs. Number of Virtual Disks.
Host System	Hardware	BIOS Power Management Setting	Metric	Renamed from Power Management Technology. Settings at BIOS level (hardware). Set this to OS Controlled to pass control to ESXi, as BIOS level setting changes requires ESXi to be shutdown. In vSphere UI this might read as "Technology".
		ESXi Power Management Setting	Metric	Renamed from Power Management Policy. Settings at ESXi level. For latency sensitive workload, set this to High Performance. ESXi level settings only work if the BIOS is set to OS Controlled. In vSphere UI this might read as "Active policy".
Cluster Compute Resource	CPU	vCPU Allocation % for 1 vCPU per Core	Metric	Disabled OOTB. Maximum Memory Contention among all the VMs.
		Number of usable CPUs (Cores)	Metric	Changed from a computed metric to an adapter published metric. Amount of usable CPU Cores for Virtual Machines after considering reservations for vSphere High Availability (HA) and other vSphere Services.
		Current Overcommit Ratio	Metric	Renamed from vCPUs to Cores Allocation Ratio. vCPUs to Physical Cores Overcommit Ratio.
	Memory	Max VM Memory Contention (%)	Metric	Changed from a Super Metric to an adapter metric. Maximum Memory Contention among all the VMs.
		vMem Allocation % for No Overcommit per GB	Metric	Disabled OOTB. vMem Allocation % for No Overcommit per GB.
		Current Overcommit Ratio	Metric	Renamed from Virtual to Physical Memory Allocation Ratio. Current Overcommit Ratio.
	Datastore	Max VM Disk Latency (ms)	Metric	Renamed from Max VM Disk Command Latency. The highest Disk Latency of all VMs of the cluster. This is an early warning for Storage performance.
Datacenter	CPU	vCPU Allocation % for 1 vCPU per Core	Metric	Disabled OOTB. How much vCPU you have allocated in percentage, based on 1:1 allocation (no overcommit).
		Current Overcommit Ratio	Metric	Renamed from vCPUs to Cores Allocation Ratio. vCPUs to Physical Cores Overcommit Ratio.
	Memory	vMem Allocation % for No Overcommit per GB	Metric	Disabled OOTB. vMem Allocation % for No Overcommit per GB.
		Current Overcommit Ratio	Metric	Renamed from Virtual to Physical Memory Allocation Ratio. Virtual to Physical Memory Overcommit Ratio.
Datastore	Summary	Max VM Disk Latency (ms)	Metric	Description updated to: Maximum Disk Latency among all the VMs.
vCenter Server	CPU	Current Overcommit Ratio	Metric	Renamed from vCPUs to Cores Allocation Ratio. vCPUs to Physical Cores Overcommit Ratio.
	Memory	Current Overcommit Ratio	Metric	Renamed from Virtual to Physical Memory Allocation Ratio. Virtual to Physical Memory Overcommit Ratio.
	Summary	DRS Rule Management time for HBP(ms)	Metric	Renamed from DRS Rule Management Elapsed Time (milliseconds). Time spent in managing DRS rules for Host Based Placement. This includes creation of new DRS rules for vROps, membership update of VM and Host Groups created by vROps and disabling conflicting rules (milliseconds).
vSphere World	CPU	Current Overcommit Ratio	Metric	Renamed from vCPUs to Cores Allocation Ratio. vCPUs to Physical Cores Overcommit Ratio.
	Memory	Current Overcommit Ratio	Metric	Renamed from Virtual to Physical Memory Allocation Ratio. Virtual to Physical Memory Overcommit Ratio.