VMware VMs Disk Event Monitor Reference Guide
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Overview
The VMware VMs Disk Event Monitor tracks the disk space usage of VMware guests. It provides detailed alerting based on disk space metrics, helping you manage storage resources effectively.
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Use Cases
- Disk Space Alerts: Receive notifications about significant changes in disk space availability.
- Disk Space Management: Ensure that each VMware guest has sufficient disk space for its operations.
Monitoring Options
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Alerts and Notifications
- Device Connectivity: Alerts if the device cannot be contacted.
- Disk Space Usage:
- Minimum Free Space: Alerts if disks have less free space than the specified threshold.
- Maximum Used Percentage: Alerts if disks are more than a specified percentage full.
- Excessive Data: Alerts if disks contain more than a specified amount of data.
- Insufficient Data: Alerts if disks contain less than a specified amount of data.
- Disk Space Changes:
- Percentage Change: Alerts if available disk space changes by more than a specified percentage since the last check.
- Absolute Change: Alerts if available disk space changes by more than a specified amount since the last check.
- Disk Size Filters:
- Ignore Larger Disks: Only check disks smaller than a specified size.
- Ignore Smaller Disks: Only check disks larger than a specified size.
Exclusions
- Virtual Machines to Ignore: Specify VMs that should not be monitored.
- Disks to Ignore: Specify disks that should be excluded from monitoring.
Authentication and Security
- Permissions Required: The account used must have view permissions for the VMware REST API or administrative rights.
Protocols
Data Points
| Data Point | Description |
|---|---|
| Space Available | The amount of disk space still available. |
| Space Used | The amount of disk space that has been used. |
Sample Output
