CPU counters at the cluster level
vCenter 6.0 only provides three CPU counters at the cluster level (as shown in the next screenshot):
Cluster CPU counters provided by vCenter
These are the three counters:
- CPU Usage (MHz)
- CPU Usage (Percent)
- Total (MHz)There is no storage or network metric group provided. Also, the data is not available in real time, meaning that the data granularity is in intervals of 5 minutes, not 20 seconds.
Let's look at an example of the values of the two usage counters. I've excluded the Total metric from the next screenshot, as you would not be able to see the fluctuation in the Usage in MHz counter if it were included.
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