Monitoring VMs in Pivotal Platform
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This topic describes how to check and monitor current VM status in Ops Manager.
For a complete guide to monitoring Pivotal Application Service (PAS), see Monitoring PAS.
Monitoring VMs Using the Ops Manager Interface
To view monitoring information:
Navigate to the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard.
Click any product tile.
Select the Status tab.
The columns display the following information:
| VM Data Point | Details |
|---|---|
| Job | Each job represents a component running on one or more VMs that Ops Manager deployed. |
| Index | For jobs that run across multiple VMs, the index value indicates the order in which the job VMs were deployed. For jobs that run on only one VM, the VM has an index value of 0. |
| IPs | IP address of the job VM. |
| CID | Uniquely identifies the VM. |
| Load Avg15 | CPU load average over 15 minutes. |
| CPU | Current CPU usage. |
| Memory | Current memory usage. |
| Swap | Swap file percentage. |
| System Disk | System disk space usage. |
| Ephem. Disk | Ephemeral disk space usage. |
| Pers. Disk | Persistent disk space usage. |
| Logs | Download link for the most recent log files. |
Ops Manager VM Disk Space
Ops Manager stores its logs on the Ops Manager VM in the /tmp directory.
Note: The logs collect over time and do not self-delete. To prevent the VM from running out of disk space, clear the log entries from /tmp by restarting the VM.