Metrics for Policies

Each policy is an object in
VMware Aria Operations
. This allows you to track every change in the policy and create any dashboard, report, or alert on policy usage distribution.
VMware Aria Operations
collects metrics for the object type 'Policy'.
Metric Key
Metric Name
Description
NumberOfEffectiveObjects
Number of Affected Objects
Represents the count of objects affected by the effective policy.
NumberOfVirtualMachines
Number of Affected vCenter Virtual Machines
Represents the number of vCenter Virtual Machines associated with a specific policy.
NumberOfCustomGroups
Number of Assigned Custom Groups
Represents the number of assigned custom groups for a specific policy.
NumberOfDefaultAssignedObjects
Number of Default Assigned Objects
Represents the number of objects that are assigned by default for a specific policy. This metric value is 0 for all policies except the default policy.
NumberOfDirectAssignedObjects
Number of Directly Assigned Objects
Represents the number of objects that are directly assigned for a specific policy.
NumberOfInheritedObjects
Number of Objects Assigned By Scope
Represents the count of inherited objects for a specific policy.