VMware Aria Operations 8.17.1

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Generate a List of All Metrics for the Object

To generate a complete list of metrics for any virtual machine defined in the vCenter adapter model, you make a GET request to the URL with the adapter type and the object type.
Verify that the following requirements are met:
  1. Make a GET request to obtain the metadata for metrics. 
    GET https://operations.example.com/suite-api/api/adapterkinds/VMWARE/resourcekinds/VirtualMachine/statkeys
  2. Compare the metrics listed in the response to metrics displayed in the user interface. See Virtual Machine Metrics from the API and in the User Interface
Virtual Machine Metrics from the API and in the User Interface
This example shows how the virtual machine metrics listed in the XML response compare to the metrics displayed in the
VMware Aria Operations
 user interface.
Request: 
GET https://operations.example.com/suite-api/api/adapterkinds/VMWARE/resourcekinds/VirtualMachine/statkeys
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: OpsToken <
vROps_token
>
Accept: application/json
The old format, 
Authorization: vRealizeOpsToken <
vROps_token
>
continues to be supported in
VMware Aria Operations
.
Where:
  • VMWARE
     is the
    adapterKindKey
    .
  • VirtualMachine
     is the
    resourceKindKey
    .
  • vROps_token
     is the token that you obtained from the response in
Snippet of the response in JSON: 
200 OK

{    
    "resourceTypeAttributes": [
        ...
        {        
            "key": "mem|host_workload",            
            "name": "Memory|Host Workload",            
            "description": "Host Workload (%)",            
            "defaultMonitored": false,            
            "rollupType": "AVG",            
            "instanceType": "INSTANCED",            
            "unit": "%",            
            "dataType2": "FLOAT",            
            "monitoring": false,            
            "property": false        
        },
        ...
    ]
}
Every
resourceTypeAttribute
 in the response is a metric with metadata for a virtual machine object. The
name
 corresponds to text displayed in the
VMware Aria Operations
 user interface. In this example, the snippet lists metrics for Memory and Host Workload.
To compare metrics in the response with metrics in the user interface, log in to the
VMware Aria Operations
 instance running on
operations.example.com
 and navigate to the metrics for a virtual machine. The following example shows where you find metrics for Memory(Host) and Workload.
Metrics in UI
The example shows how to retrieve metrics for the virtual machine object type. To retrieve metrics for other object types, replace
VirtualMachine
 in the GET request with other
resourceKinds
.

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