Bandwidth hog

[johnkels]

I want to see my users based on bandwidth   current, average etc.   I want to sort the thousands of guest machines currently using the most network resources.

I do not see a way to do this.   I have ESXi 5.5 U3b   and as a vcenter user I would think there is some tool available that could sort out all the guest based on various criteria either based on network use or storage CPU memory etc.   I can drill down into each guest and view however that would take time.   I need a way to see how users use the resources and plan better for expansion.

[TheBobkin]

Hello John,

You can monitor the VM usage metrics you asked about via the Web Client:

Select Cluster/Host > Monitor > Performance > Overview > View: VMs

(pg. 14 as per above, but useful guide overall)

https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-552-monit...

You may also find some benefit from using esxtop (and cron job for over time):

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/esxtop/

If you really need to monitor/manage this at a higher level with less difficulty and more precision then get a specialised product designed for this task such as vRealize Operations (vROPS):

https://blogs.vmware.com/management/2016/12/vrops-editions-series-overview.html

http://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-operations.html

Bob

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