Monitoring vCenter Server vCenter Server provides interfaces to check the current health of its components, and to report the system's history of resource consumption. You can use these interfaces to spot potential trouble areas or predict future shortages. Health Monitoring of vCenter ServerThe vCenter Server API offers health status indicators for several key components of the system. These indicators can be polled periodically to monitor the components for problems. Capacity Monitoring of vCenter ServervCenter Server keeps a history of statistics that you can use to monitor resources used by the vCenter Server instance.