Monitor report

Report statistics management enables you to view the host and VM statistics, including network traffic,

performance, and disk read/write rate statistics. You can save the statistics data as reports, pictures, or PDF files.

Restrictions and guidelines

The host, VM, or Top N performance data can be retained for only 180 days. To save the data, export it to a local device.

Features

• Custom monitor

• Manage compute resource statistics

• Manage network resource statistics

• Display storage resource usage statistics

• Manage Top N statistics

• Manage VM shutdown time statistics

Custom monitor

Perform this task to configure monitor items as needed, collect statistics about concerned monitor

metrics, and display monitor results in real time on the management platform. This feature helps users promptly detect and handle service faults and ensures stable service operation. Main features include:

• Monitor objects

• Monitor metrics

Monitor objects

Use this function to perform centralized configuration and management of monitored resources such

as clusters, hosts, and VMs on the management platform. Administrators can flexibly define, adjust, view, and delete monitor rules for single or multiple monitor objects, which enables continuous monitoring and data analysis of key resource status and performance metrics. This function supports configuring monitor objects in bulk or configuring a single monitor object, improving rule management efficiency and helping build an efficient and controllable monitor system.

Add rules for different monitor objects in bulk

Perform this task to create and apply monitor rules for multiple monitor objects in bulk, enabling unified configuration and centralized management of monitor policies. It effectively reduces repetitive operations, improves configuration efficiency, and ensures rule consistency.

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Custom Monitor.

3. Click the Monitor Objects tab, and then select Cluster/Host/VM.

4. Click Bulk Add.

5. In the Basic Info dialog box, configure the parameters, and then click Next.

   ○ Rule Name: Specify the rule name.

   ○ Rule Description: Specify the description for the rule.

   ○ Object Type: Select the type of monitored objects.

   ○ Select Metrics: Select monitor metrics. You must select a minimum of one metric. The available monitor metrics vary by monitor object.

6. In the Select Objects dialog box, click Add. Select the objects to be monitored, and then click OK. You must select a minimum of one object.

7. To delete objects, use either of the following methods. Reserve a minimum of one object for each rule.

   ○ To delete objects in bulk, select the target objects, and then click Delete.

   ○ To delete a single object, click Delete in the Actions column for that object.

8. (Optional.) To return to the Basic Info dialog box, click Previous.

9. (Optional.) To cancel the configuration, click Cancel.

10. Click OK.

11. (Optional.) Select a rule on the left or click the rule name link in the Rule Name column for a rule to obtain the corresponding monitoring data. Click the icon, select a time span, and then click Export or Export Raw Data to export the corresponding data.

Add/Edit/View rules for a monitor object

Perform this task to add, edit, and view monitor rules for a single monitor object. Administrators can flexibly configure monitor metrics and rule parameters to precisely control the monitor policy for a single object, and can directly view detailed rule configuration and related monitoring data to ensure monitor accuracy and management controllability.

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Custom Monitor.

3. Click the Monitor Objects tab.

4. Select a monitor object on the left.

5. Click Add to add a rule.

6. (Optional.) Click Edit in the Actions column for a rule to edit the rule.

7. Configure the rule parameters.

   ○ Object Name: Name of the monitor object, which cannot be edited.

   ○ Rule Name: Enter the name of the rule.

   ○ Rule Description: Enter the description for the rule.

   ○ Select Metrics: Select monitor metrics. You must select a minimum of one metric. The available monitor metrics vary by monitor object.

8. (Optional.) To cancel the configuration, click Cancel.

9. Click OK.

10. (Optional.) To view the configuration of an existing rule, click View in the Actions column for that rule.

Monitor metrics

Use monitor metrics to perform continuous monitoring and data analysis on key metrics of resources

such as clusters, hosts, and VMs. Administrators can flexibly configure, edit, and view various monitor metrics.

Add/Edit rules

Perform this task to configure monitor policies for specified metrics. Administrators can flexibly set monitor metrics and rule parameters to achieve precise monitoring and management of metrics, and can directly view detailed rule configuration and related monitoring data to ensure monitoring accuracy and management controllability.

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Custom Monitor.

3. Click the Monitor Metrics tab.

4. To add a rule, click Add above the rule list.

5. (Optional.) To edit a rule, click Edit in the Actions column for that rule. If an operator edits a rule that contains objects the operator does not have access permissions, the objects will be automatically removed from the rule after the operator finishes editing the rule.

6. In the Basic Info dialog box, configure the parameters, then click Next.

   ○ Metric: Monitor metric.

   ○ Rule Name: Enter the rule name.

   ○ Rule Description: Enter the description for the rule.

   ○ Object Type: Select the object type for the metric. The available object types vary by metric.

7. In the Select Objects dialog box, click Add. Select the objects to be monitored, and then click OK. You can search for objects by using the search box, and you must select a minimum of one object. If an operator does not have access permissions to an object or an object has been deleted, the data related to that object will be hidden on the interface. This might cause the total number of objects displayed on the interface to be inconsistent with the actual number of objects associated with the rule. For example, the total number of objects might be 0.

8. (Optional.) To delete objects, use either of the following methods. Reserve a minimum of one object for each rule.

   ○ To delete a single object, click Delete in the Actions column for that object.

   ○ To delete multiple objects in bulk, select the target objects, and then click Delete.

9. (Optional.) To return to the Basic Info dialog box, click Previous.

10. (Optional.) To cancel the configuration, click Cancel.

11. Click OK.

Add associated objects

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Custom Monitor.

3. Click the Monitor Metrics tab.

4. Select a metric on the left.

5. Click Add above the object list.

6. In the Select Objects dialog box, select objects as required. You can search for objects by using the search box.

7. Click OK.

Delete rules/objects

Perform this task to remove unused monitor rules or remove unused monitor objects from monitor rules. Administrators can delete rules in bulk or a single rule to flexibly clear and adjust monitor policies.

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Custom Monitor.

3. Click the Monitor Metrics tab.

4. Select a metric on the left, or enter a rule name in the search box to quickly search for a rule.

5. To delete objects, use either of the following methods. Reserve a minimum of one object for each rule.

   ○ To delete objects in bulk, select a rule, select the target objects, and then click Delete. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

   ○ To delete a single object, select a rule, click Delete in the Actions column for that object. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

6. Use either of the following methods to delete rules:

   ○ To delete rules in bulk, select the rules to be deleted, and then click Delete. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

   ○ To delete a single rule, click Delete in the Actions column for that rule. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

View monitor metric information

On the Custom Monitor page, users can search for rules by rule name or select a monitor metric from the left menu to quickly locate and view detailed monitoring data. Users can select different time spans to view corresponding metric data, and can export monitoring data as a report or raw data. In addition, users can also click an object’s name to access its summary page and view detailed monitoring information. This implements comprehensive system performance monitoring and analysis.

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Custom Monitor.

3. Click the Monitor Metrics tab.

4. View detailed monitor metric information by using either of the following methods.

5. Use the search box. a. Enter the rule name in the left input box to quickly search for a rule. b. Click the rule name to access the performance monitoring page, click the icon to select a time span, and then click Export or Export Raw Data as required.

Manage compute resource statistics

Resource usage statistics enables you to view the cluster resource usage, host resource usage, and

VM resource usage.

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Display cluster resource usage statistics

Perform this task to view the basic cluster information and cluster resource statistics.

Procedure

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Compute Resource Statistics. The Clusters tab is displayed by default.

3. Select a cloud resource from the Statistics Object list.

4. Click a cluster name to view details about the cluster.

5. To print the statistics information, click Print.

6. To export the statistics information, click Export, select an export file format, and then click OK.

Parameters

• Cluster Name: Name of the cluster.

• Hosts: Number of hosts in the cluster.

• VM Summary: Number of VMs in the cluster, including VMs in running state and VMs in shutdown state.

• VM Density: Average number of VMs on each host in the cluster.

• CPUs: Number of CPU cores of all hosts in the cluster.

• CPU Allocation Ratio: CPU usage, which is the ratio between the CPUs allocated to VMs and the host CPUs.

• Total Memory: Total memory size of all hosts in the cluster.

• Memory Allocation Ratio: Memory usage, which is the ratio between the memory size allocated to VMs and the host memory size.

Display host resource usage statistics

Perform this task to view the basic host information and host resource statistics.

Procedure

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Compute Resource Statistics.

3. Click the Hosts tab.

4. Select a cloud resource from the Statistics Object list.

5. Click a host name to view details about the host.

6. To print the statistics information, click Print.

7. To export the statistics information, click Export, select an export file format, and then click OK.

Parameters

• Host Name: Name of the host.

• State: State of the host.

• Uptime: Uptime of the host.

• Host Model: Model of the host.

• CPU Model: Model of the host's physical CPUs.

• CPUs: Total CPU cores of the host.

Display VM resource usage statistics

Perform this task to view the VM resource statistics.

Procedure

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Compute Resource Statistics.

3. Click the VMs tab.

4. Select a cloud resource from the Statistics Object list.

5. To view details about a VM, click the VM alias.

6. To view details about a VM disk, click the VM disk name.

7. To print the statistics information, click Print.

8. To export the statistics information, click Export, select an export file format, and then click OK.

Parameters

• Alias: Alias of the VM.

• Cluster Name: Name of the cluster to which the VM belongs.

• VM IP Address: IP address of the VM's NIC.

• Description: Description of the VM.

• Host: Name of the host where the VM resides.

• State: State of the VM.

• CPU Usage: Average CPU usage of the VM for the last hour.

• Memory Usage: Average memory usage of the VM for the last hour.

• CPUs: Total CPU cores of the VM.

• Memory: Memory size of the VM.

• VM Disk: Disks attached to the VM. You can click the disk name to view the disk details.

• OS: Operating system of the VM.

• Created At: Time when the VM was created.

• HA State: Whether HA is enabled for the VM.

• Memory Ballooning: Whether memory ballooning is enabled for the VM.

Manage network resource statistics

Perform this task to obtain the usage of network resources in cloud resources. Users can view

resource reports as needed on the Web interface, or export the reports to Excel files or PDF files. Main features include:

• Display IP address assignment statistics

• Display VLAN assignment statistics

• Display private VLAN assignment statistics

Display IP address assignment statistics

Perform this task to view the IP addresses assigned to VMs. You can filter the IP address assignment

information for VMs by data center, cluster, or host and view VM information about an IP address. On the filter result page, you can double-click a VM alias to view details about the VM.

Procedure

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Network Resource Statistics. The IP Assignment tab is displayed by default.

3. Select a cloud resource from the Statistics Object list.

4. To view VM information about an IP address, enter the IP address in the search box and click the icon.

5. To view details about a VM, click the VM alias.

6. To print the statistics information, click Print.

Display VLAN assignment statistics

Perform this task to view the VLANs assigned to VMs.

Procedure

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Network Resource Statistics.

3. Click the VLAN Assignment tab.

4. To filter VM information by VLAN ID, enter a VLAN ID in the search box.

5. To view details about a VM, click the VM alias.

6. To print the statistics information, click Print.

7. To export the statistics information, click Export, select an export file format, and then click OK.

Display private VLAN assignment statistics

Perform this task to view the private VLANs assigned to VMs.

Procedure

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Network Resource Statistics.

3. Click the Private VLAN Assignment tab.

4. To filter VM information by VLAN ID, enter a VLAN ID in the search box.

5. To view details about a VM, click the VM alias.

6. To print the statistics information, click Print.

7. To export the statistics information, click Export, select an export file format, and then click OK.

Display storage resource usage statistics

Perform this task to view the storage resource statistics. You can filter resource information by data

center, cluster, or host.

Restrictions and guidelines

Network storage information is displayed by host instead of by VM.

Procedure

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Storage Resource Statistics.

3. Select a cloud resource from the Statistics Object list.

4. Select a storage type from the Type list.

5. To view details about a VM, click the VM alias.

6. To view details about a host, click the host name.

7. To print the storage information, click Print.

8. To export the storage information, click Export. In the dialog box that opens, select a file format, and then click OK.

Parameters

VM Disk

• Disk Name: Name of the disk.

• Source Path: Path of the disk.

• VM Alias: Alias of the VM to which the disk is attached. You can click the alias to view information about the VM.

• State: State of the VM.

• Host Name: Name of the host to which the VM is attached. You can click the name to view information about the host.

• Disk Size: Total disk size.

• Available Size: Available disk size.

• Disk Usage: Disk usage.

Network Storage

• Alias: Alias of the network storage.

• Type: Network storage type.

• Host Name: Name of the host. You can click the name to view information about the host.

• Total Size: Total network storage size.

• Allocated Size: Allocated size of the block devices in the storage pool.

• Available Size: Available network storage size.

• State: State of the network storage.

• User: Details about the devices that use the network storage.

Shared-File System

• Alias: Alias of the shared file system.

• Type: Shared file system type.

• Target Path: Path of the shared file system.

• Total Size: Total shared file system size.

• Allocated Size: Total virtual storage size that is allocated to VM disks.

• Available Size: Available shared file system size.

• Disk Usage: Disk usage of the shared file system.

• User: Click the user link to view the details about the devices that use the shared file system.

Manage Top N statistics

Perform this task to collect statistics and view information about hosts, VMs, or storage resources with

the highest resource usage such as CPU or memory usage within a specific time period. Operators can set criteria to filter the statistics and save the results to the local disk. Main features include:

• Manage Top N host statistics

• Manage Top N VM statistics

• Manage Top N storage resource statistics

Manage Top N host statistics

Perform this task to view the information about hosts with the highest resource usage such as CPU or

memory usage within a specific time period. You can set criteria to filter the statistics and save the results to the local disk.

Reset filter criteria for or filter Top N host statistics

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Top N Statistics. The Hosts tab is displayed by default.

3. Configure filter criterion parameters as described in "Parameters."

4. Click Filter. The Top N host statistics are displayed below.

5. To restore the filter criteria to the default, click Reset.

Export Top N host statistics

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Top N Statistics. The Hosts tab is displayed by default.

3. Configure filter criterion parameters, and then click Filter. The Top N host statistics are displayed below.

4. Click Export to export the displayed Top N host statistics to a PDF file.

Export raw data of Top N host statistics

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Top N Statistics. The Hosts tab is displayed by default.

3. Configure filter criterion parameters, and then click Filter. The Top N host statistics are displayed below.

4. Click Export Raw Data to export the displayed Top N host statistics to an Excel file.

Parameters

• Data Center/Cluster: Select a data center or cluster.

• Date: Specify the start time and end time for statistics filter. The default is the current date.

• TopN: Select the number of hosts to be queried. Options include Top 5 and Top 10.

• Statistics Counters: Select the statistics items. By default, CPU Usage and Memory Usage are selected.

Manage Top N VM statistics

Perform this task to view the information about VMs with the highest resource usage such as CPU or

memory usage within a specific time period. You can set criteria to filter the statistics and save the results to the local disk.

Filter Top N VM statistics

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Top N Statistics.

3. Click the VMs tab.

4. Configure filter criterion parameters as described in "Parameters."

5. Click Filter. The Top N VM statistics are displayed below.

Export Top N VM statistics

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Top N Statistics.

3. Click the VMs tab.

4. Configure filter criterion parameters, and then click Filter. The Top N VM statistics are displayed below.

5. Click Export to export the displayed Top N VM statistics to a PDF file.

Export raw data of Top N VM statistics

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Top N Statistics.

3. Click the VMs tab.

4. Configure filter criterion parameters, and then click Filter. The Top N host statistics are displayed below.

5. Click Export Raw Data to export the displayed Top N VM statistics to an Excel file.

Reset filter criteria for Top N VM statistics

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Top N Statistics.

3. Click the VMs tab.

4. To restore the filter criteria to the default, click Reset.

Manage Top N storage resource statistics

Perform this task to view storage resource statistics about the specified number of VMs with the

highest statistics metric values. You can set criteria to filter the statistics and save the results to the local disk.

Restrictions and guidelines

• If the name length of a host in the Top N host statistics information is too long, only the first 10 characters will be displayed.

• If the name length of a VM in the Top N VM statistics information is too long, only the first 9 characters will be displayed.

Procedure

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > Top N Statistics.

3. Click the Storage tab.

4. Select statistics counters, and then click Filter. The Top N storage resource statistics for VMs are displayed below. You can hover over the chart to view the names and statistics about the VMs.

5. To reset the filter criteria, click Reset.

6. To export the statistics, click Export.

Parameters

• Data Center/Cluster/Host: Host, cluster, or data center to which the target storage resource belongs.

• TopN: Number of VMs that use storage resources. Options include Top 5 and Top 10.

• Statistics Counters: Select the statistics items.

Manage VM shutdown time statistics

Perform this task to view the periods of time during which a VM is in shutdown state, and the total time

in which a VM is in shutdown state. This task allows you to analyze the operation status of VMs and impact on services within a specific time period.

Restrictions and guidelines

• Because the system collects VM shutdown time periodically, the collected statistics might be slightly different from the actual VM shutdown time statistics.

• The VM shutdown time that occurs within a statistics interval is not recorded. For example, if a VM is down for a short period of time within a statistics interval, the system does not record the VM shutdown time as long as the VM is in running state at the beginning and end time of the statistics interval.

• The system does not record the shutdown time for a VM if the VM remains in shutdown state after creation.

Procedure

1. On the top navigation bar, click Ops.

2. From the left navigation pane, select Monitor Report > VM Shutdown Time Statistics.

3. Click Statistical Interval, set the statistical interval, specify the start time and end time, and then click OK.

4. Perform the following tasks as needed:

   ○ To view detailed shutdown time statistics about a VM, click the expand icon next to the VM name.

   ○ To print the shutdown time statistics, click Print.

   ○ To export the shutdown time statistics, click Export, select a file format, and then click OK.

   ○ To refresh the shutdown time statistics, click the refresh icon.

Parameters

• VM Name (Shutdowns): Name of a VM. If a VM has not been shut down or is down within a statistics interval, the VM will not be displayed.

• Host: Host where the VM resides.

• OS: Operating system installed on the VM.

• VM State: Current state of the VM.

• Shut Down At: Time when the VM was shut down within the current statistics interval.