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# Veeam VMware Monitoring

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <th>
      <p> Target </p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p> Monitor/Alert Name </p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p> Metric Class </p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p> Metric Name </p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:15%;">
      <p> Threshold (Warning) </p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:15%;">
      <p> Threshold (Error) </p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:10%;">
      <p> Enabled </p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:10%;">
      <p> Overrides </p>
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> Veeam Collector Heartbeat </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Ops Mgr Agent proxy status </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> Veeam Virtualization Extensions Service </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Run As Account for vCenter Failover functionality is not configured </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Cluster </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Cluster CPU Overcommit Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Cluster </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> cpuPressure </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 150 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Cluster </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Cluster CPU Usage Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Cluster </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> cpuUsedPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 90 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 95 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Cluster </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Cluster Memory Overcommit Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Cluster </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> memoryPressure </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 150 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Cluster </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Cluster Memory Usage Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Cluster </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> memoryUsedPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 90 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 95 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Datastore </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Datastore Free Space Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> FreeGB, <br/> usedPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 400, <br/> 75 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 250, <br/> 85 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Datastore </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Datastore Latency Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> DatastoreStats </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> maxDeviceLatency </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 40 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 80 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Datastore </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Datastore Provisioning Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> diskPressure </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 125 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Datastore </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Datastore Unknown Files Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> unknownFilesGB </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 50 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><a href="overrides_vmware_monitoring.md#garbagefiles">yes</a></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Datastore Cluster </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Datastore Cluster Free Space Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> usedPct, <br/> freeGB </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 90, <br/> 50 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 95, <br/> 10 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Resource Pool </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Resource Pool CPU Usage Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> cpuUsedPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 90 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 95 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Resource Pool </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Resource Pool Memory Usage Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> memoryUsedPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 90 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 95 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Virtual Application </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vAPP CPU Usage Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> cpuUsedPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 90 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 95 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Virtual Application </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vAPP Memory Usage Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> memoryUsedPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 90 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 95 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Virtual Machine </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Compute Latency Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> memoryLatencyPct, <br/> cpuLatencyPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 10, <br/> 10 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Virtual Machine </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine CPU Scheduling Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> cpuReadyPct, <br/> cpuCoStopPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 10, <br/> 10 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 25, <br/> 25 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Virtual Machine </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine CPU Usage Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> cpuUsedPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 80 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 90 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Virtual Machine </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Disk Space Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> FreeMB </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 100 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Virtual Machine </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Memory Ballooning and Swapping Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> memoryBalloonPct, <br/> memorySwapRateKB/s, <br/> cpuSwapWaitPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 50, <br/> 100, <br/> 25 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Virtual Machine </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Memory Usage Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> memoryActivePct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 80 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 90 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Virtual Machine </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Snapshot Usage Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> snapshotAgeHours, <br/> snapshotsSizeMB </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 48, <br/> 2048 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Virtual Machine </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Storage Latency Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> diskLatency </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 40 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 80 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware Virtual Machine </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Uptime Monitor </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> VMStats </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware vSphere Host </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Host CPU Overcommit Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> cpuPressure </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 150 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware vSphere Host </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Host CPU Ready Time Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> HostStats </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> cpuReadyPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 15 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 25 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware vSphere Host </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Host CPU Usage Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> HostStats </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> cpuUsedPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 90 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 95 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware vSphere Host </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Host Kernel Latency Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> HostStats </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> MaxKernelLatency </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 5.0 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 10.0 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware vSphere Host </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Host Memory Ballooning Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> HostStats </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> memoryBalloonPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 50 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware vSphere Host </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Host Memory Overcommit Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> HostStats </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> memoryPressure </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 150 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware vSphere Host </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Host Memory Swapping Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> HostStats </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> memorySwapRate </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 1000 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware vSphere Host </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Host Memory Usage Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> memoryUsedPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 90 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 95 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware vSphere Host </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Host Network Packet Loss Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> HostStats </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> droppedPacketsTotal </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 1000 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware vSphere Host </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Host Storage Commands Failed Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> HostStats </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> commandsFailed </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 0 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> - </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p> VMware vSphere Host COS Partition </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> Veeam VMware: vSphere Host COS Partition Free Space Analysis </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> usedPct </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 90 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> 95 </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> yes </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p> no </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>