Data collected by the Agentless Collector VMware vCenter data collection module - AWS Application Discovery Service

Data collected by the Agentless Collector VMware vCenter data collection module

The following information describes the data that's collected by the Application Discovery Service Agentless Collector (Agentless Collector) VMware vCenter data collection module. For information about setting up data collection, see Setting up the Agentless Collector data collection module for VMware vCenter.

Table legend for Agentless Collector VMware vCenter collected data:
  • Collected data is in measurements of kilobytes (KB) unless stated otherwise.

  • Equivalent data in the Migration Hub console is reported in megabytes (MB).

  • Data fields denoted with an asterisk (*) are available only in the .csv files that are produced from the Application Discovery Service API export function.

    The Agentless Collector supports data export using the AWS CLI. To export collected data using the AWS CLI, follow the instructions described under Export System Performance Data for All Servers on the page Export Collected Data in the Application Discovery Service User Guide.

  • The polling period is in intervals of approximately 60 minutes.

  • Data fields denoted with a double asterisk (**) currently return a null value.

Data field Description
applicationConfigurationId* ID of the migration application the VM is grouped under.
avgCpuUsagePct Average percentage of CPU usage over polling period.
avgDiskBytesReadPerSecond Average number of bytes read from disk over polling period.
avgDiskBytesWrittenPerSecond Average number of bytes written to disk over polling period.
avgDiskReadOpsPerSecond** Average number of read I/O operations per second null.
avgDiskWriteOpsPerSecond** Average number of write I/O operations per second.
avgFreeRAM Average free RAM expressed in MB.
avgNetworkBytesReadPerSecond Average amount of throughput of bytes read per second.
avgNetworkBytesWrittenPerSecond Average amount of throughput of bytes written per second.
computerManufacturer Vendor reported by the ESXi host.
computerModel Computer model reported by the ESXi host.
configId ID assigned by Application Discovery Service to the discovered VM.
configType Type of resource discovered.
connectorId ID of the virtual appliance.
cpuType vCPU for a VM, actual model for a host.
datacenterId ID of the vCenter.
hostId* ID of the VM host.
hostName Name of host running the virtualization software.
hypervisor Type of hypervisor.
id ID of server.
lastModifiedTimeStamp* Latest date and time of data collection before data export.
macAddress MAC address of the VM.
manufacturer Maker of the virtualization software.
maxCpuUsagePct Max. percentage of CPU usage during polling period.
maxDiskBytesReadPerSecond Max. number of bytes read from disk over polling period.
maxDiskBytesWrittenPerSecond Max. number of bytes written to disk over polling period.
maxDiskReadOpsPerSecond** Max. number of read I/O operations per second.
maxDiskWriteOpsPerSecond** Max. number of write I/O operations per second.
maxNetworkBytesReadPerSecond Max. amount of throughput of bytes read per second.
maxNetworkBytesWrittenPerSecond Max. amount of throughput of bytes written per second.
memoryReservation* Limit to avoid overcommitment of memory on VM.
moRefId Unique vCenter Managed Object Reference ID.
name* Name of VM or network (user specified).
numCores Number of CPU cores assigned to VM.
numCpus Number of CPU sockets on the ESXi host.
numDisks** Number of disks on VM.
numNetworkCards** Number of network cards on VM.
osName Operating system name on VM.
osVersion Operating system version on VM.
portGroupId* ID of group of member ports of VLAN.
portGroupName* Name of group of member ports of VLAN.
powerState* Status of power.
serverId Application Discovery Service assigned ID to the discovered VM.
smBiosId* ID/version of the system management BIOS.
state* Status of the virtual appliance.
toolsStatus Operational state of VMware tools
totalDiskFreeSize Free disk space expressed in MB. Available for vCenter Server 7.0 and later versions.
totalDiskSize Total capacity of disk expressed in MB.
totalRAM Total amount of RAM available on VM in MB.
type Type of host.
vCenterId Unique ID number of a VM.
vCenterName* Name of the vCenter host.
virtualSwitchName* Name of the virtual switch.
vmFolderPath Directory path of VM files.
vmName Name of the virtual machine.