Identify VM causing high write load at specific time.

[VM_]

Hi All,

I'm (still) using vCops 5.8.5.

I have a host that is experiencing very high write spikes to a specific datastore at specific times.

There are 50 VMs on the host and as a lazy admin I don't want to have to review the write load for each VM at that specific time.

How can I create a graph / report that show which VM was generating the high write activity at the specific time.

I have the advanced mode license for vCops so can use the custom login or standard - which ever will help me produced the info I need.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

[mark_j]

Create a custom dashboard. Using a object list widget populated with VMs on that datastore, use a multi-select to select all the VMs on that datastore to pass those objects to a metric picker. Then pass the Disk Write metrics to a metric graph, configured to visualize in stacked mode. This will show you the aggregate as well as itemized distribution of VM write load over time.