Data Collected from VMWare vCenter

System Information

  • Processor, e.g., "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5482  @ 3.20GHz"

  • Other details about the processor such as processor clock rate, processor family and processor number of cores, memory

  • System board vendor and model, e.g., system vendor, system model

  • Operating system, e.g., Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]

  • System identification information

    • DNS host name, e.g., WIN-C3N2VD185F8

    • System name, e.g., WIN-C3N2VD185F8

    • VM Name

    • MAC address(es)

    • IP address(es)

    • NIC type, e.g., Ethernet, Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Connection

    • System status

      • VM state events (disconnection, suspend, powerOn, powerOff events)

      • VM device events (attaching and detaching vdisks, NICs,...)

      • Virtual disks

        • Interface type

        • Manufacturer

        • Serial number

        • Description

        • Disk name

      • Datastores

        • Manufacturer

        • Description

      • Virtual Appliances

        • Vendor

        • Product version

        • Product URLs

System Performance Information

  • CPU usage

  • Memory usage

  • Disk and datastore usage

  • Network usage

Network Bandwidth Requirements

Approximately 40KB per hour