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vCenter Receiver

OpenTelemetry Collector receiver · contrib distribution

This receiver fetches metrics from a vCenter or ESXi host running VMware vSphere APIs.

Component ID: contrib-vcenterreceiver
Name: vcenterreceiver
Type: receiver
Distribution: contrib
Repository: opentelemetry-collector-contrib

Stability

Level	Signals
alpha	metrics

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
`cpu_reservation_type`	string	The type of CPU reservation for the host.
`cpu_state`	string	CPU time spent in idle, ready or idle state.
`disk_direction`	string	The direction of disk latency.
`disk_state`	string	The state of storage and whether it is already allocated or free.
`disk_type`	string	The type of storage device that is being recorded.
`entity_status`	string	The current status of the managed entity.
`host_effective`	bool	Whether the host is effective in the vCenter cluster.
`host_power_state`	string	The current power state of the host.
`memory_granted_type`	string	The type of memory granted.
`memory_usage_type`	string	The type of memory usage.
`object_name`	string	The object on the virtual machine or host that is being reported on.
`throughput_direction`	string	The direction of network throughput.
`vm_count_power_state`	string	The current power state of the virtual machine.
`vsan_latency_type`	string	The type of vSAN latency.
`vsan_operation_type`	string	The type of vSAN operation.
`vsan_throughput_direction`	string	The type of vSAN throughput.

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