apivirtual-machinevmwaremetricsvcenter

Does the vmware vCenter api support summary metrics across multiple vms?

Does the vCenter 6.7 API have a summary metrics endpoint across vms in a cluster?

or

Do i have to make an API call for each VM and aggregate all the data later.

Thanks

Solution

  • Performance Manager service is going to be your best resource for this question: https://code.vmware.com/apis/704/vsphere/vim.PerformanceManager.html

    Cliff's notes: The cluster level will have limited amount of metrics that can be sourced and summarized as VM stats, so it will really depend on what metrics you're looking for.