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# vSphere default checks and policies

# vSphere default checks and policies {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Zurich
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* Updated July 31, 2025
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Agent Client Collector provides the following default checks and
policies for vSphere monitoring.
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| Type | Check | Description | Usage | Output |
|-|-|-|-|-|
| Metric | vsphere.metric-VirtualMachine | Retrieves metrics for a vSphere virtual machine. Must use a proxy agent. | `commonchecks metric-vsphere -H hostname -R VirtualMachine -v vm_id -r true -i 20` where: * -H = hostname Instance Hostname * -i = intervalId 20 for real time metrics; 300 for 5 minutes older aggregate metrics (default 300) * -r = resourceLevelMetric To enable resource level metrics (default=false) {#vsphere-checks-policies__ul_btp_nlp_f5b} | `vsphere.VirtualMachine.disk.usage.average.total 8 1654755994` |
[Table 1. vSphere virtualMachine metrics policy]

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| Type | Check | Description | Usage | Output |
|-|-|-|-|-|
| Metric | vSphere.metric-Datastore | Retrieves Metrics for vSphere Datastore. Must use a proxy agent. | `commonchecks metric-vsphere -H hostname -R Datastore -v vm_id -r` where: * -H = hostname Instance Hostname * -r = resourceLevelMetric To enable resource level metrics (default=false) {#vsphere-checks-policies__ul_frg_dmp_f5b} | `vsphere.Datastore.disk.capacity.latest.total 21474836480 1655182836 ` |
[Table 2. vSphere Datastore Metrics policy]

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| Type | Check | Description | Usage | Output |
|-|-|-|-|-|
| Metric | vsphere.metric-Datacenter | Retrieves metrics for the vSphere datacenter. | `commonchecks metric-vsphere -H hostname -R Datacenter -v vm_id -r` where: * -H = hostname Instance Hostname * -r = resourceLevelMetric To enable resource level metrics (default=false) {#vsphere-checks-policies__ul_rv1_pmp_f5b} | vsphere.Datacenter.vmop.numChangeDS.latest.total 217 1655194924 vsphere.Datacenter.vmop.numChangeHost.latest.total 1373 1655194924 vsphere.Datacenter.vmop.numChangeHostDS.latest.total 9 1655194924 vsphere.Datacenter.vmop.numClone.latest.total 192 1655194924 |
[Table 3. vSphere Datacenter Metrics policy]

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| Type | Check | Description | Usage | Output |
|-|-|-|-|-|
| Metric | vsphere.metric-ESX_Server | Retrieves metrics for vSphere ESX server or HostSystem. Must use a proxy agent. | `commonchecks metric-vsphere -H hostname -R HostSystem -v vm_id -r` where: * -H = hostname Instance Hostname * -r = resourceLevelMetric To enable resource level metrics (default=false) {#vsphere-checks-policies__ul_ctb_cnp_f5b} | vsphere.HostSystem.net.broadcastRx.summation.total 63885 1655198166 vsphere.HostSystem.net.broadcastTx.summation.total 196 1655198166 vsphere.HostSystem.net.bytesRx.average.total 5924 1655198166 |
[Table 4. vSphere ESX Server Metrics policy]

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