vSphere API and Performance Monitoring Resource
Pointers to Performance Monitoring content to help software developers build performance monitoring applications. Please add any other pointers you think our community should be aware of.
Latest Updates:
-> Using vscsiStats for Storage Performance Analysis by Scott D. (using ESXi)
http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-10095
-> vSphere APIs for Performance Monitoring Webinar
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/233040
-> Performance TroubleShooting for VMware vSphere 4
http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-10352
->New vSphere Performance Monitoring Video and Sample Code - from Tech Exchange Orlando
See Application Performance Monitoring through the VI APIs (takes a few minutes to load - 60 mins)
http://www.vmware.com/communities/content/developer/webinars/performance.html
vSphere API Reference Guide 4.0:
-> http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk400pubs/ReferenceGuide/cpu_counters.html
-> http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk400pubs/ReferenceGuide/vim.PerformanceManager.ht...
-> Performance Monitoring and Analysis
VI SDK Performance Monitoring Video
60 Minutes goes into details of best practices when gathering VI Performance information.
VI-Performance-Monitoring.pdf
technote_PerformanceCounters-11-03-08.pdf - Improved Performance Counter Definition
VI 3.5 Memory Statistic Definitions.pdf - Details on Memory Statistics for VI 3.5
VMware Performance Community - Dedicated to all things Peformance
Best Practices for Perfomance - Community Guide