eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by KVMGuestStatusTest

Whenever users complaint of inaccessibility of their virtual machines, administrators need to promptly determine the reason for the same - is it because the VMs are not running currently? is it because they are not even registered? or is it because they have been moved to another server? The KVMGuestStatusTest test provides administrators with this information. This test tracks the status and movement of each virtual machine on the target KVM server, reports the number and names of virtual machines in various states, and also captures the migration of virtual machines to other servers.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Registered_vms Indicates the total number of virtual machines that have been registered with this KVM server. Number The detailed diagnosis of this measure if enabled, lists each registered virtual machine, the IP address of the virtual machine and the Operating system that is loaded on the virtual machine.
Running_vms Indicates the total number of virtual machines that are currently running. Number A high value is desired for this measure.

The detailed diagnosis of this measure if enabled, lists each virtual machine that is currently running, the IP address of the virtual machine and the Operating system that is loaded on the virtual machine.
Not_running_vms Indicates the number of virtual machines that are currently not running. Number The detailed diagnosis of this measure if enabled, lists each virtual machine that is currently not running, the IP address of the virtual machine and the Operating system that is loaded on the virtual machine.
Blocked_vms Indicates the number of virtual machines that are currently blocked. Number The detailed diagnosis of this measure if enabled, lists each virtual machine that is blocked, the IP address of the virtual machine and the Operating system that is loaded on the virtual machine.
Crashed_vms Indicates the number of virtual machines that currently crashed. Number Ideally, the value of this measure should be 0.

The detailed diagnosis of this measure if enabled, lists each virtual machine that crashed, the IP address of the virtual machine and the Operating system that is loaded on the virtual machine.
Nostate_vms Indicates the number of virtual machines that are currently holding the status ‘No state’. Number The detailed diagnosis of this measure if enabled, lists each virtual machine that with the ‘No state’ status, the IP address of the virtual machine and the Operating system that is loaded on the virtual machine.
Paused_vms Indicates the number of virtual machines that are currently paused. Number The detailed diagnosis of this measure if enabled, lists each virtual machine that is currently paused, the IP address of the virtual machine and the Operating system that is loaded on the virtual machine.
Added_vms Indicates the number of virtual machines that were newly added to the KVM server. Percent This measure is a good indicator of the load on the KVM Server.

The detailed diagnosis of this measure if enabled, lists each virtual machine that is added, the IP address of the virtual machine and the Operating system that is loaded on the virtual machine.
Removed_vms Indicates the number of virtual machines that were removed from the KVM server. Number The detailed diagnosis of this measure if enabled, lists each virtual machine that is removed, the IP address of the virtual machine and the Operating system that is loaded on the virtual machine.
VMs_with_users Indicates the number of virtual machines on which users are currently logged in. Number The detailed diagnosis of this measure if enabled, lists each virtual machine, the IP address of the virtual machine, the Operating system that is loaded on the virtual machine and the user who is logged into the virtual machine.

Note that this measure will be available only for the KVM VDI server.
VMs_without_users Indicates the number of virtual machines without any users logged in. Number Note that this measure will be available only for the KVM VDI server.