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Dashboards Setup

Variables

Get the value from a tag

> show tag values from "snapdb" with key="db"

Get the value from a field

> select DISTINCT("vmname") from (select "ready_summation","vmname" from "vsphere_vm_cpu")

Query Syntax

InfluxQL with InfluxDB v2 with InfluxQL
SELECT * FROM cpu WHERE time >= $__timeFrom AND time <= $__timeTo
SELECT * FROM cpu WHERE $__timeFilter(time)
SELECT $__dateBin(time) from cpu

Time Series: vSphere Cluster CPU Usage

SELECT mean("usage_average") 
FROM "vsphere_host_cpu" 
WHERE ("clustername" =~ /^$clustername$/ AND "cpu" = 'instance-total') AND $timeFilter 
GROUP BY time($inter), "clustername", "cpu" fill(none)

Gauge: vSphere Datastore Status

SELECT mean("used_latest") * (100 / mean("capacity_latest"))  
FROM "vsphere_datastore_disk" 
WHERE ("source" =~ /^$datastore$/) AND $timeFilter 
GROUP BY time($inter) fill(none)

Bar gauge: vSphere Datastore Usage Capacity

SELECT last("used_latest") * (100 / last("capacity_latest"))  
FROM "vsphere_datastore_disk" 
WHERE ("source" =~ /^$datastore$/) AND $timeFilter 
GROUP BY time($inter) , "source"  fill(none)

Stat: Uptime

SELECT last("uptime_latest") AS "Uptime" 
FROM "vsphere_host_sys" 
WHERE ("vcenter" =~ /^$vcenter$/ AND "clustername" =~ /^$clustername$/) AND $timeFilter 
GROUP BY time($inter) fill(null)
Flux with InfluxDB v2 with Flux

Time Series: vSphere Cluster CPU Usage

from(bucket: v.defaultBucket)
  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r["_measurement"] == "vsphere_host_cpu")
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r["_field"] == "usage_average")
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r["cpu"] == "instance-total")
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r["clustername"] =~ /${clustername:regex}/)
  |> group(columns: ["clustername"])
  |> aggregateWindow(every: v.windowPeriod, fn: mean, createEmpty: false)
  |> yield(name: "mean")

Gauge: vSphere Datastore Status

from(bucket: v.defaultBucket)
  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r["_measurement"] == "vsphere_datastore_disk")
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r["_field"] == "capacity_latest" or r["_field"] == "used_latest")
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r["source"] =~ /${datastore:regex}/)
  |> group()
  |> pivot(rowKey:["_time"], columnKey: ["_field"], valueColumn: "_value")
  |> map(fn: (r) => ({ r with  _value: float(v: r.used_latest) / float(v: r.capacity_latest) * 100.0 }))
  |> group(columns: ["source","_field"])
  |> aggregateWindow(every: v.windowPeriod, fn: mean, createEmpty: false)

Bar gauge: vSphere Datastore Usage Capacity

from(bucket: v.defaultBucket)
  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r["_measurement"] == "vsphere_datastore_disk")
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r["_field"] == "capacity_latest" or r["_field"] == "used_latest")
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r["source"] =~ /${datastore:regex}/)
  |> pivot(rowKey:["_time"], columnKey: ["_field"], valueColumn: "_value")
  |> map(fn: (r) => ({ r with  _value: float(v: r.used_latest) / float(v: r.capacity_latest) * 100.0 }))
  |> group(columns: ["source","_field"])
  |> aggregateWindow(every: v.windowPeriod, fn: mean, createEmpty: false)

Stat: Uptime

from(bucket: v.defaultBucket)
  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r["_measurement"] == "vsphere_host_sys")
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r["_field"] == "uptime_latest")
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r["vcenter"] =~ /${vcenter:regex}/)
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r["clustername"] =~ /${clustername:regex}/)
  |> group(columns: ["clustername"])
  |> aggregateWindow(every: v.windowPeriod, fn: mean, createEmpty: false)
  |> yield(name: "mean")