Unable to retrieve performance metric for a vm

ilijaaf — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 06:49:37 GMT

Hello,

I'd like to retrieve advanced performance metrics via a vmware API, but I can't figure out how (even after trying documentation and googling).

I want to get power usage data for single VMs in an ESXI Cluster. I am able to see a chart based based on this data in vSphere representing the power usage by clicking on VM > Monitor > Performance > Advanced.

I am using the System Version 7.0.3.01300

I tried the routes

/rest/vcenter/vm/my-vm-id

which unfortunately does not contain the power usage metrics

and

/api/stats/data/dp?metric=power.capacity.usage&types=VM=my-vm-id

trying to specify the vm id and vm type in varous combinations always receiving the error message:

Invalid data points filter

Any thoughts/advice on this?

(Please excuse me if the location of the post is wrong - this is my first post in the vmware communities)

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Unable to retrieve performance metric for a vm