VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 8.0

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Check Database Usage in
vCenter Server
Last Updated December 16, 2024

vCenter Server
 contains a database of all objects managed by the
vCenter Server
 instance. In addition to inventory objects, the database includes
vCenter Server
 statistics, events, alarms, and tasks. You can calculate the database storage consumption by adding the sizes of all data categories.
This task assumes you have previously authenticated and created a client session.
You need to monitor storage consumption in
vCenter Server
.
  1. Prepare a request for database usage statistics.
    Include metric IDs both for
    vcdb_core_inventory
     and
    vcdb_seat
    . The name
    vcdb_seat
     refers to Statistics, Events, and Tasks in the
    vCenter Server
     database.
  2. Issue the request to the API endpoint.
  3. Process the resulting data points as needed.
  4. Format and print the results.
The result of this procedure shows the storage used in the
vCenter Server
 database, which includes storage overhead used for indexes and other optimizations beyond the actual size of the data.

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