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title: "Virtual Machine Performance Analysis Monitors"
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# Virtual Machine Performance Analysis Monitors

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      <p>Monitor/ Alert Name</p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:15%;">
      <p>Target </p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:15%;">
      <p>Parent Monitor</p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:15%;">
      <p>Thresholds</p>
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    <th style="width:35%;">
      <p>Alert Description</p>
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    <td>
      <p>Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine CPU Usage Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>VMGUEST </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Performance</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>cpuUsedPct </p>
      <p>&gt;80 (warning)<br/>&gt;90 (error)</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>The virtual machine [vm<span style="font-weight:bold;"> name</span>] running on host [<span style="font-weight:bold;">hostname</span>] has a CPU usage issue.</p>
      <p>The VM has used [<span style="font-weight:bold;">cpuUsedPct</span>]% CPU. Usage is [<span style="font-weight:bold;">cpuUsageMHz</span>] MHz over [<span style="font-weight:bold;">cpuCount</span>] virtual cores.</p>
      <p>The alert also contains dynamically generated message text from correlation logic.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td>
      <p>Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine CPU Scheduling Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>VMGUEST </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Performance</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>cpuReadyPct </p>
      <p>&gt;10 (warning)<br/>&gt;25 (error)</p>
      <p>cpuCoStopPct</p>
      <p>&gt;10 (warning)<br/>&gt;25 (error)</p>
      <p>Overall state = worst state of any metric </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>The virtual machine [<span style="font-weight:bold;">vm name</span>] running on host [<span style="font-weight:bold;">hostname</span>] has a CPU scheduling issue.</p>
      <p>The alert also contains dynamically generated message text from correlation logic.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td>
      <p>Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Memory Usage Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>VMGUEST </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Performance</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>memoryActivePct </p>
      <p>&gt;90 (error)<br/>&gt;80 (warning</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>The virtual machine [<span style="font-weight:bold;">vm name</span>] running on host [<span style="font-weight:bold;">hostname</span>] has a Memory usage issue.</p>
      <p>The alert also contains dynamically generated message text from correlation logic.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td>
      <p>Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Memory Ballooning and Swapping Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>VMGUEST </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Performance</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>memoryBalloonPct &gt; 50</p>
      <p>memorySwapRate &gt;100</p>
      <p>cpuSwapWaitPct&gt;25</p>
      <p>If one metric is &gt;threshold, then state=warning. If &gt;1, then state=Critical.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>The virtual machine [<span style="font-weight:bold;">vm name</span>] running on host [<span style="font-weight:bold;">hostname</span>] has a Memory resource issue.</p>
      <p>The alert also contains dynamically generated message text from correlation logic.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td>
      <p>Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Compute Latency Analysis</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>VMGUEST </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Performance</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>memoryLatencyPct &gt; 10</p>
      <p>cpuLatencyPct&gt;10</p>
      <p>If one metric is &gt;threshold, then state=warning. If &gt;1, then state=Critical.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>The virtual machine [<span style="font-weight:bold;">vm name</span>] running on host [<span style="font-weight:bold;">hostname</span>] has a Latency issue.</p>
      <p>The alert also contains dynamically generated message text from correlation logic.</p>
    </td>
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    <td>
      <p>Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Storage Latency Analysis</p>
      <p><span class="T_Controls">Note:</span> This monitor does not show Top N virtual disks — just the top virtual disk for read latency, and top for write latency (could be the same disk).</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>VMGUEST </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Performance</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>diskLatency &gt;40 (warning)</p>
      <p>diskLatency&gt;80 (error)</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>The virtual machine [<span style="font-weight:bold;">vm name</span>] running on host [<span style="font-weight:bold;">hostname</span>] has a Storage Latency issue. This VM uses datastore(s) [<span style="font-weight:bold;">usesDatastores</span>]</p>
      <p>The latest value for max latency to storage is [<span style="font-weight:bold;">diskLatency</span>] milliseconds. This is the most recent real-time sample value.</p>
      <p>The highest read and write latency by virtual disk averaged over the last collection interval is: </p>
      <p>Virtual Disk - Latency<br/>[<span style="font-weight:bold;">virtualdisk name</span>] - <span style="font-weight:bold;">read latency</span> [<span style="font-weight:bold;">readLatency</span>] ms<br/>[<span style="font-weight:bold;">virtualdisk name</span>] - <span style="font-weight:bold;">read latency</span> [<span style="font-weight:bold;">readLatency</span>] ms</p>
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  </tr>
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    <td>
      <p>Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Disk Space Analysis </p>
      <p><span class="T_Controls">Note:</span> Only the disk partitions that are breaching threshold should be shown – this is not a Top N monitor.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>VMGUEST </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Performance</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>freeMB&lt;100</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>The virtual machine [<span style="font-weight:bold;">vm name</span>] has a disk space issue. One or more disk partitions has breached the threshold for free MB remaining.</p>
      <p>The disk partitions breaching threshold are:</p>
      <p>Drive Name - Free Space MB<br/>[<span style="font-weight:bold;">partition name</span>] [<span style="font-weight:bold;">freeMB</span>]MB</p>
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  </tr>
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    <td>
      <p>Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Snapshot Usage Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>VMGUEST </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Configuration</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>SnapshotAgeHours &gt; 48</p>
      <p>snapshotsSizeMB&gt;2048</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>The virtual machine [<span style="font-weight:bold;">vm name</span>] running on host [<span style="font-weight:bold;">hostname</span>] is using snapshot(s).</p>
      <p>The alert also contains dynamically generated message text from correlation logic.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>