1.4.1 System resources that are important for performance monitoring in a VMware system
The following are the system resources that are important when you use PFM - RM for Virtual Machine to monitor the performance of a VMware system.
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CPU resource (see 1.4.3)
This is the CPU resource installed on the physical server. It is important for performance monitoring of CPU usage and other items.
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Memory resource (see 1.4.4)
This is the memory resource installed on the physical server. It is important for performance monitoring of memory usage, swap usage, and other items.
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Disk resource (see 1.4.5)
This is the disk resource installed on the physical server. It is important for performance monitoring of disk usage, disk I/O status, and other items.
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Network resource (see 1.4.6)
This is the NIC resource installed on the physical server. It is important for performance monitoring of data send/receive speed and other items.
To set up definitions to monitor these important items, PFM - RM for Virtual Machine provides monitoring templates. Therefore, this section mainly explains monitoring methods that use monitoring templates. It also gives examples of compound report definition, which simplifies monitoring.