Monitor your entire VMware infrastructure from a single page. Covers the vCenter environment summary, ESXi host health, cluster resource usage, virtual machine performance, datastore storage, and resource pool allocation.
The vCenter page provides a summary of the entire VMware vCenter environment. Navigate to Virtualization → VMware → vCenter to access this view. It shows general vCenter information alongside counts of all key entities: ESXi hosts, datastores, clusters, VMs, and resource pools.
| Section | What it shows |
| Entity Summary | Total counts of ESXi hosts, datastores, clusters, VMs, and resource pools discovered under this vCenter. |
| Top ESXi Hosts | The top ESXi hosts ranked by CPU usage, memory usage, and VM count, helping to identify which hosts are under the most load. |
| Top Datastores | The top datastores ranked by available space, highlighting which datastores are approaching capacity. |
| Recent Alarms | Recently raised alarms for any monitored vCenter entity, ensuring teams are immediately informed of potential issues. |
Navigate to Virtualization → VMware → ESXi Hosts and click any host to view its detail page. Cloudmon tracks the following for each ESXi host:
| Section | What it shows |
| Resource Utilisation | Processor, memory, and network usage metrics that help identify performance bottlenecks on the host. |
| Hardware Details | Physical health of the ESXi server including fan status, temperature, processor health, and system board status retrieved via VMware API. |
| VM Information | All VMs running on the ESXi host with details on their status and performance. |
| Datastore and Disk I/O | Datastores associated with the ESXi host alongside disk input/output statistics for storage performance analysis. |
| Network Details | Network utilisation and configuration details ensuring the host network is performing optimally. |
Navigate to Virtualization → VMware → Clusters and click any cluster to view its detail page. Cloudmon tracks the following for each cluster:
| Section | What it shows |
| Resource Utilisation | How the cluster is using CPU, memory, and storage across all member hosts. |
| ESXi Hosts | All ESXi hosts that are members of the cluster, with individual performance tracking at the host level. |
| Datastores and VMs | All datastores and virtual machines within the cluster. |
| DRS Configuration | Distributed Resource Scheduler settings showing how load balancing is configured across the cluster's ESXi hosts. |
Navigate to Virtualization → VMware → Virtual Machines and click any VM to view its detail page. Cloudmon tracks the following for each virtual machine:
| Section | What it shows |
| Resource Utilisation | Real-time CPU, memory, and disk utilisation for the VM, ensuring it is running efficiently and not resource-constrained. |
| Networks and Datastores | Network connections and datastores the VM is using, providing context on its connectivity and storage dependencies. |
| Logs | VM-level logs to support troubleshooting and root cause analysis for performance or availability issues. |
Navigate to Virtualization → VMware → Datastores and click any datastore to view its detail page. Cloudmon tracks the following for each datastore:
| Section | What it shows |
| Resource Utilisation | How much storage space is used and how much is available within the datastore. |
| Associated ESXi Hosts and VMs | The ESXi hosts and VMs utilising this datastore, helping to understand how storage is distributed across the environment. |
| Storage Performance | Storage I/O and latency metrics for performance monitoring and optimisation of the datastore. |
Navigate to Virtualization → VMware → Resource Pools and click any resource pool to view its detail page. Cloudmon tracks the following for each resource pool:
| Section | What it shows |
| Resource Utilisation | CPU and memory usage of the resource pool, ensuring resources are being allocated and consumed efficiently. |
| Cluster Details | The parent cluster of this resource pool, providing context on how the pool fits within the overall cluster resource management strategy. |
Each alarm is built around a simple IF/THEN model, where you select a metric, set a threshold, and define what happens when it is breached. Learn more.