Capacity Monitoring of the vCenter Server Appliance

The vCenter Server Appliance keeps a history of statistics that you can use to monitor resources used by the vCenter Server instance.

You can use the statistics to spot peak usage demands or to monitor trends for advance warning of potential resource exhaustion.

Subtopics
Frequency and Retention of Statistics Collection in the vCenter Server Appliance
Nature of Statistics in the vCenter Server Appliance
Requesting Statistics from the vCenter Server Appliance
Statistics Collection Times
Statistics Interval Adjustment in the vCenter Server Appliance
Empty Data Values
Check Database Usage in the vCenter Server Appliance
JavaScript Example of Checking Database Usage in the vCenter Server Appliance
List Storage Consumption By Data Type in the vCenter Server Appliance
JavaScript Example of Listing Storage Consumption By Data Type in the vCenter Server Appliance