The interval breakdown feature is located in the View widget. This feature is very useful when you would like to see a metric or property at a certain point in time. For example the growth of VMs in the past 6 months. You can choose to display the results in hours, days, weeks, month, quarter, and a year. To download this dashboard that has already been created with an included graph, just click here
6-Month VM and Host Growth detailed View
The following guide will show you how to use the Interval breakdown feature to create a 6-Month VM and Host Growth of your entire environment
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First we will need to create the dashboard. Click on Dashboards > Actions >
Create Dashboard
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Add a name (Example: Company Name – VM Monthly Growth)
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Under Widget List, drag and drop a view widget to the right side
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Click on Save, you should now be able to see your dashboard
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Click on the Pencil icon on the View widget
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Enter Total VMs by Month for the title and turn on Self Provider. This allows us to select an object below.
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Hit the dropdown below Select Object and then select All Objects
- Expand vCenter Adapter > vSphere World and then select vSphere World (This ensures we include everything in the vCenter Adapter regardless of how many vCenters are in the environment). Then click on
to add a new view
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Give it a Name
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Click on Presentation and then select List
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Under Subjects, Hit the dropdown and select vCenter Adapter >
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Under Data, select Summary > Total Number of VMs metric by double clicking on it till it shows up on the right side. Also add Summary > Total Number of Hosts
- Click on Group By tab and check the box Add interval breakdown column
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Since we want 6 months of past history, click on Time Settings and change the Relative Date Range to 6 Months
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Now go back to Data tab in the middle
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Configure the following
- Select Interval Breakdown and Change the Metric Label to Month. Change Sort Order to Descending
- Select Summary|Total Number of VMs and Change the Metric Label to Total VMs
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Select Summary|Total Number of Host and Change the Metric Label to Total Hosts
- Click on Save and then Save again. You should now see a 6 month history of VM and Host Growth by months
