VM Rightsizing Details Dashboard for vRealize Operations 8.2 and Cloud
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VM Rightsizing Details Dashboard for vRealize Operations 8.2, and Cloud
Use this vRealize Operations dashboard to expore rightsizing recommendations. This dashboard will help answer these questions.
- How does vROps determine the recommended size for a VM?
- Which VMs are oversized?
- Which VMs are undersized?
- How do I justify the recommendation to the VM owner?
- What is the potential change to capacity if the VMs are rightsized?
- What is the potential change to VM cost if the VMs are rightsized?
More detailed description of Rightsizing with vRealize Operations is available here.
Dashboard
Installation
- Import the super metrics at
Administration/Configuration/Super Metrics/Import Super Metric
- Click
Browse...then select the file named Supermetrics.json - For each Super Metric listed in the Super Metrics section, click on the vertical kebab and select edit.
- Enable the Super Metric for each Policy shown in the
Enable in a Policystage of the wizard.
- Repeat the previous 2 steps for the remaining Super Metrics listed in the Super Metrics section.
- Import the view at
Dashboards/Views/Import...
- Click
Browse...then select the file named Views.zip - The included views are listed in the Views section
- Import the dashboard at
Dashboards/Actions/Manage Dashboards/Import Dashboards
- Click
Browse...then select the file named Dashboard.zip - The dashboard should now be available in in the dashboard list
- The included dashboards are listed in the Dashboards section
Dashboards
| Dashboard Name | Dashboard Path |
|---|---|
| VM Rightsizing Details | Shared Dashboards (GBrandon)/Capacity |
Views
| View Name | Name on Dashboard | View Type |
|---|---|---|
| Rightsizing | Conservative Diagram | Rightsizing - Conservative | Image |
| Rightsizing | Aggressive Diagram | Rightsizing - Aggressive | Image |
| Rightsizing | Undersized Virtual Machine Details | Select an Undersized VM to View Recommendations | List |
| Rightsizing | Oversized Virtual Machine Details | Select an Oversized VM to View Recommendations | List |
| Rightsizing | VM Oversized and Undersized Status | Search for a VM to View Recommendations | List |
| Rightsizing | Guest Memory Not Collecting Warning | Additional Information | Text |
| Rightsizing | Recommended Size - CPU | Compare CPU Recommended Size to Historical Utilization | Trend |
| Rightsizing | Recommended Size - Memory | Compare Memory Recommended Size to Historical Utilization | Trend |
| Rightsizing | Recommended Size - Disk Space | Compare Disk Space Recommended Size to Historical Utilization | Trend |
| Rightsizing | CPU Demand (95th Percentile) | CPU Demand MHz (95th Percentile) | List |
| Rightsizing | CPU Workload (95th Percentile) | CPU Workload % (95th Percentile) | List |
| Rightsizing | Memory Utilization (95th Percentile) | Memory Utilization GB (95th Percentile) | List |
| Rightsizing | Memory Workload (95th Percentile) | Memory Workload % (95th Percentile) | List |
| Rightsizing | Guest Virtual Disks | Virtual Disks | List |
| Rightsizing | Guest Virtual Disks | Guest Filesystems | List |
| Rightsizing | CPU Queue Trend with Total Capacity | Compare CPU Queue to Total Capacity | Trend |
| Rightsizing | CPU Context Switch Rate per Second with Total Capacity | Compare Context Switch Rate to Total Capacity | Trend |
| Rightsizing | Guest Memory Paging | Check for Guest Memory Paging | Trend |
Super Metrics
| Object Type | Super Metric Name |
|---|---|
| CPU Queue Total Capacity | Virtual Machine |
| Context Swap Rate Total Capacity | Virtual Machine |
| Rightsize - Memory to Add to Undersized VMs | Cluster Compute Resource |
| Rightsize - Memory to Add to Undersized VMs | Custom Datacenter |
| Rightsize - Memory to Add to Undersized VMs | Datacenter |
| Rightsize - Memory to Add to Undersized VMs | vSphere World |
| Rightsize - Memory to Remove from Oversized VMs | Cluster Compute Resource |
| Rightsize - Memory to Remove from Oversized VMs | Custom Datacenter |
| Rightsize - Memory to Remove from Oversized VMs | Datacenter |
| Rightsize - Memory to Remove from Oversized VMs | vSphere World |
| Rightsize - Potential Cost Increase | Virtual Machine |
| Rightsize - Potential Cost Increase Total | Cluster Compute Resource |
| Rightsize - Potential Cost Increase Total | Custom Datacenter |
| Rightsize - Potential Cost Increase Total | Datacenter |
| Rightsize - Potential Cost Increase Total | vSphere World |
| Rightsize - Potential Cost Savings | Virtual Machine |
| Rightsize - Potential Cost Savings Total | Cluster Compute Resource |
| Rightsize - Potential Cost Savings Total | Custom Datacenter |
| Rightsize - Potential Cost Savings Total | Datacenter |
| Rightsize - Potential Cost Savings Total | vSphere World |
| Rightsize - Potential CPU Usage Increase (GHz) | Virtual Machine |
| Rightsize - Potential CPU Usage Reclaimable (GHz) | Virtual Machine |
| Rightsize - Potential Memory Consumed Increase (GB) | Virtual Machine |
| Rightsize - Potential Memory Consumed Reclaimable (GB) | Virtual Machine |
| Rightsize - vCPUs to Add to Undersized VMs | Cluster Compute Resource |
| Rightsize - vCPUs to Add to Undersized VMs | Custom Datacenter |
| Rightsize - vCPUs to Add to Undersized VMs | Datacenter |
| Rightsize - vCPUs to Add to Undersized VMs | vSphere World |
| Rightsize - vCPUs to Remove from Oversized VMs | Cluster Compute Resource |
| Rightsize - vCPUs to Remove from Oversized VMs | Custom Datacenter |
| Rightsize - vCPUs to Remove from Oversized VMs | Datacenter |
| Rightsize - vCPUs to Remove from Oversized VMs | vSphere World |
Support
This dashboard requires vRealize Operation 8.2 Advanced or Enterprise edition or vRealize Operations Cloud.
A version compatible with vRealize Operations 8.0 and 8.1 is available here.
Please open an issue for feedback.
Changelog
2020-01-14
- Initial release
2020-01-15
- Update readme
2020-04-29
- Fixed URLs in readme
- Added summary rollup metrics for cluster, datacenter, custom datacenter, and vSphere World
- Added CPU Queue view
- Added Context Switch Rate view
- Added Guest Memory Paging view
- Added 90th Percentile views
- Added VM Properties widgets
2020-05-13
- Update readme
- Removed Rightsize - Memory to Remove from Oversized VMs and Rightsize - vCPUs to Remove from Oversized VMs super metrics for Virtual Machine objects
2020-11-20
- Updated for vRealize Operations 8.2
- Improved text formatting for both light and dark modes
- Added warning for VMs with guest memory metrics not collecting
- Added VM age
- Added disk space recommendations, list of virtual disks, and list of guest file systems
- Improved percentile format covering CPU demand, CPU workload, memory utilizaiton, and memory workload
- A version compatible with vRealize Operations 8.0 and 8.1 was moved here.
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Platform
vRealize Operations Manager 8.0, 8.1, 8.2
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