Supported metrics

PowerVC stores metrics based on aggregation. For 15 minutes of aggregation, metrics are stored for a period of 10 days. For 1 hour and 6 hours of aggregation, metrics are stored for a period of 30 days.

Table 1. Supported metrics in PowerVC
Resource type Metric Description
nova_compute(1) compute.node.cpu.percent CPU utilization of the host.
compute.node.memory.percent Memory utilization of the host.
instance(2) cpu_util CPU utilization of the virtual machine.
mem_util(3) Memory utilization of the virtual machine.
instance_network_interface network.incoming.bytes The count of the bytes received by the client Network Adapter.
network.outgoing.bytes The count of the bytes sent by the client Network Adapter.
instance_disk disk.device.read.bytes The number of bytes read from the storage adapter.
disk.device.write.bytes The number of bytes written to the storage adapter.

cloud_aggregated_metrics

total_vcpu The total number of virtual CPUs being used by virtual machines.
total_proc_unit The total number of processor units being used by virtual machines.
total_memory The amount of memory being used by virtual machines.
total_volumes The amount of storage being used by volumes.

1: This represents a host.

2: This represents a virtual machine.

3: This is only available for virtual machines running on NovaLink hosts.