Clear nic statistics

[ravargs]

Hi,

I am looking for a way to clear the network statics on the esxi host. Does esxcli network or any other command provide such functionality?

For esxcli network I found only the stats get option. " esxcli network nic stats get -n vmnicX"

Thanks

RV

[Ram8]

Hi,

I've tried this too. Couldn't find an option on esxcli or any cmdlet that lets us clear the nic stats.

Thanks,

Ram.

[prasannag6]

There are many parameters that can be obtained using get-stat -network switch via powercli.

Get-Stat -Entity $esxName -network -realtime | where {$_.MetricID -eq "net.usage.average" -and $_.Instance -eq "vmnic1"}

Here net.usage.average could be replaced with other metrics, and vmnic1 with other NICs. -realtime also could be replaced with specific duration using -IntervalMins, -Start 5/5/2008 -Finish 7/10/2008 etc

(Not sure if this is what you are looking for, let me know if you are looking for specific stats)

[cianfa72]

Thanks for reply...

I'm looking for dropped packets in the Hypervisor switch environment just to understand in which part of the emulated lab I'm losing packets...

[nicepat]

~ # esxcli network nic stats get -n=vmnic0

NIC statistics for vmnic0

   Packets received: 230

   Packets sent: 212

   Bytes received: 18365

   Bytes sent: 15509

   Receive packets dropped: 0

   Transmit packets dropped: 0

   Total receive errors: 0

   Receive length errors: 0

   Receive over errors: 0

   Receive CRC errors: 0

   Receive frame errors: 0

   Receive FIFO errors: 0

   Receive missed errors: 0

   Total transmit errors: 0

   Transmit aborted errors: 0

   Transmit carrier errors: 0

   Transmit FIFO errors: 0

   Transmit heartbeat errors: 0

   Transmit window errors: 0

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