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Measures reported by RHEVMDataCenTest

A data center is a logical entity that defines the set of resources used in a specific environment. It is a collection of a number of clusters of virtual machines, storage and networks. The data center is the highest level container for all physical and logical resources within a managed virtual environment.

This test auto-discovers the data centers configured on an RHEV manager and reports the composition, resource availability, and resource usage of each data center. This way, the test turns the spot light on those data centers that are headed towards a potential resource contention.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Status Indicates the current status of this data center.   This measure reports the status of the datacenter and their numeric equivalents as shown in the table:

Numeric Value Measure Value
0 Not Operational
1 Up
2 Uninitialized
3 Maintenance
4 Problematic
5 Contend

Note:

By default, this measure reports one of the Measure Values listed in the table above. The graph of this measure however will represent status using the numeric equivalents - ‘0 to 5’.

Num_sto_dmn Indicates the current number of storage domains that are available in this datacenter. Number Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which storage domains are part of the data center.
Total_space Indicates the total disk capacity of this datacenter. GB  
Free_space Indicates the total unused space in this datacenter. GB A high value is desired for this measure.
Used_space Indicates the amount of disk space that is currently utilized in this datacenter. GB Ideally, the value of this measure should be low.
Pct_free Indicates the percentage of disk space that is currently free in this datacenter. Percent A low value or a steady decrease in the value of this measure indicates the gradual erosion of disk space from the hosts in the data center. If the situation persists, then the data center may suddenly run very low on disk space, causing the hosts and VMs in the data center to fight over the meager resources. This in turn will affect the performance of the VMs, hosts, and the applications executing on the VMs.
Num_hosts Indicates the current number of RHEV servers in this data center. Number Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which RHEV servers are part of the data center.
Num_vms Indicates the current number of VMs in this data center. Number Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which virtual machines are part of the data center.
Num_cluster Indicates the number of clusters in this datacenter. Number Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which clusters are part of the data center.
Version Indicates the compatibility level of this data center. Number Each host connected to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager contains a version of VDSM. VDSM is the agent within the virtualization infrastructure that runs on a hypervisor or host and provides local management for virtual machines, networks and storage. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager controls hypervisors and hosts using current or older versions of VDSM. The Manager migrates virtual machines from host to host within a cluster. This means the Manager excludes certain features from a current version of VDSM until all hosts within a cluster have the same VDSM version, or more recent, installed.

The API represents this concept as a compatibility level for each host, corresponding to the version of VDSM installed. A version element contains major and minor attributes, which describe the compatibility level. When an administrator upgrades all hosts within a cluster to a certain level, the version level appears under a supported_versions element. This indicates the cluster's version is now updatable to that level. Once the administrator updates all clusters within a data center to a given level, the data center is updatable to that level.

Supported_ver Indicates the supported version of this data center. Number