User manual
Table Of Contents
- VMware vCloud Air User's Guide
- Contents
- About vCloud Air
- Use the vCloud Air Web Console
- About Virtual Data Centers
- Create a Virtual Data Center
- View Virtual Data Center Details in vCloud Air
- Manage Resource Allocation for a Virtual Data Center
- Manage Virtual Machines in a Virtual Data Center
- Lock a Virtual Data Center
- Unlock a Virtual Data Center
- Set a Limit on Number of Virtual Machines in a Virtual Data Center
- Change Virtual Data Center Name or Description
- Delete a Virtual Data Center
- About Gateways and Networks
- Basic Management for Virtual Machines
- About Virtual Machine Monitoring
- Advanced Management for Virtual Machines
- Data Protection Service
- Features of the Data Protection Service
- About Data Protection Policies
- Reporting and Storage Use
- Billing for the Data Protection Service
- Ways to Restore Virtual Machines
- Enable Data Protection for a Virtual Data Center
- Update the Data Protection Policy for a Virtual Data Center
- Add a Backup Policy for a vApp
- Run a Manual Backup
- Restore a Virtual Machine from a Backup
- Restore a Deleted vApp
- Delete a Backup Image
- Disaster Recovery in vCloud Air
- Storage in vCloud Air
- About Snapshots
- vCloud Air User Management
- Technical Support
- Index
What to do next
Review usage history in the Monitoring tab. See “View Virtual Machine CPU and Memory Usage History,”
on page 29.
View Virtual Machine CPU and Memory Usage History
You can view historical graphs of CPU and memory usage of virtual machines in the Monitoring tab of
vCloud Air. You can view history by percentage used and by actual usage data.
When you increase or decrease resources, this impacts the timeline view, such as an increase in vCPU that
was made to allow a virtual machine more capacity.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have end user or virtual infrastructure administrator privileges.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the virtual machine list.
Option Description
My Virtual Machines (end users)
Sign in to your cloud service.
All virtual machines in a
Dedicated Cloud or
Virtual Private Cloud service
(administrators)
Sign in and click the Virtual Machines tab.
Virtual machines in a virtual data
center (administrator)
On the Dashboard tab, click the virtual data center and click the Virtual
Machines tab.
2 Power on the virtual machine.
3 Access further details of the virtual machine by clicking the virtual machine's name.
4 To view real time resource usage click the Monitoring tab.
Click the refresh icon to make sure that the most recent data is displayed.
5 View the past 24 hours, 7 days, or 14 days' usage.
The left-hand Y axis for percentage data is fixed between 0-100%, while the right-hand Y axis for raw
usage scales with the historical usage data of the individual virtual machine.
Option Description
View CPU usage
View by percentage or by raw data as MHz units by clicking the controls.
The displays toggle on and off.
View memory usage
View by percentage or by raw data as GB units.
Example: Percentage and Raw Usage Graphs
These examples show 24 hour, 7 days, and 14 days views.
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