After upgrading to vcenter 6.0
through gui vcenter i am able to fetch the cluster wise data. but when i use powershell below commned no valus are showing ..its returning blank
Get-Stat -Entity ($cluster)-start (get-date).AddDays(-1) -Finish (Get-Date)-MaxSamples 10000 -stat cpu.usage.average
PS C:\> Get-Stat -Entity ($cluster)-start (get-date).AddDays(-1) -Finish (Get-Date)-MaxSamples 10000 -stat cpu.usage.average | Measure-Object -Property value -Average -Maximum -Minimum
PS C:\>
is any counters has been updated in 6.0
Is that only for this specific counter ? Or for all counters on that cluster ?
Does it return data for the ESXi nodes in the cluster ?
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Yes for esx i am able to get the data ..
only for cluster level i am not able to fetch the data. all the counters
The cluster performance data is aggregated data, in other words it has to pass through the aggregation process.
Or you do the aggregation yourself with "realtime" data.
Try getting the cluster data for a time period further back than 1 day.
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i couldn't able to fetch values for a particular time period back days, hours and min also .. but i am able to fetch same from GUI
Cluster metrics are aggregate data, meaning that they are created on the vCenter in scheduled jobs on the vCenter DB.
Can you check if these aggregation jobs are working correctly ?
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All aggregation jobs are working and last run outcome also succeeded.
Event Task Cleanup
Past Day stats rollup
Past Month stats rollup
Past Week stats rollup
Process Performance Data
Topn past day
Topn past month
Topn past week
Topn past year
Could you attach a screenshot of the commands you are trying to run ?
Also display the content of the variables (like $cluster)
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this is the command i am using with out any variable
Get-Stat -Entity (Get-cluster myclustername)-start (get-date).AddDays(-1) -Finish (Get-Date)-MaxSamples 10000 -stat cpu.usage.average | Measure-Object -Property value -Average -Maximum -Minimum
getting blank
There doesn't seem to be a blank between -Finish (Get-Date) and -MaxSamples
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actually ..it has space between
-Finish (Get-Date) and -MaxSamples
previous one is my typo error
Thought as much :smileygrin:
Now can you see data for the past day under the Performance tab for this cluster ?
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Bad luck .... Still same problem
From GUI, vcenter i am able to see the
past day /month and custom date , under the Performance tab for clusters
While using the powershell only getting blank strange
There are a couple more things you could check.
Does the Get-Cluster, as used on the Entity parameter, actually return one or more objects ?
In my Stats Toolbox, see Stats Toolbox – A vSphere Server Performance Counter tool, there is an option to check for the oldest available statistical data for a specific entity.
What does it say for that cluster ?
Can you run the Get-Stat without the MaxSamples parameter.
Does that make any difference ?
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get-cluster CMD is working like normal, its fetching of all my cluster name and HA,HAfaillevel,drs,drsautolevel parameters.
checked Get-Stat without the MaxSamples parameter. no luck same blank.
i am able to fetch the data for individual esxi host.with max samples and without max,
Get-Stat -Entity (Get-vmhost myhostname)-start (get-date).AddDays(-1) -Finish (Get-Date)-MaxSamples 10000 -stat cpu.usage.average | Measure-Object -Property value -Average -Maximum -Minimum
Could it be that you are suffering from the config.vpxd.stats.maxQueryMetrics setting ?
See KB2107096, you only need to check the config.vpxd.stats.maxQueryMetrics in this case.
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Is any other way can fetch this info from database
Need a small info.. .What is the table that having the cluster performance and memory info in vcenter database
No, there is no official other way of retrieving the statistical data.
That being said, the data is of course stored in a DB, and if you're adventurous enough you can try to submit queries directly to the DB.
There are a number of table views (named VPXV._HIST_STAT_xxxx) that apparently contain the statistical data.
Other people have tried this method as well, and seem to be successful in retrieving data.
See for example Querying the VMware vCenter Database (VCDB) for Performance and Configuration Information
But again, this is NOT an official and supported way of retrieving statistical data.
The DB schema can change between versions!
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