monitoring.html.md.erb

---
title: Monitoring VMs in Ops Manager
owner: Ops Manager
---

This topic describes how to check and monitor current VM status in <%= vars.platform_name %>.

For a complete guide to monitoring <%= vars.app_runtime_full %> (<%= vars.app_runtime_abbr %>), see [Monitoring <%= vars.app_runtime_abbr %>](../monitoring/index.html).


## <a id="interface"></a> Monitoring VMs Using the <%= vars.ops_manager %> Interface

To view monitoring information:

1. Navigate to the <%= vars.ops_manager %> Installation Dashboard.

1. Click any product tile.

1. Select the **Status** tab.

 <%= image_tag("status-tab.png") %>

The columns display the following information:

<table border="1" class="nice" >
<tr>
	<th>VM Data Point</th>
  <th>Details</th>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><strong>Job</strong></td>
  <td>Each job represents a component running on one or more VMs that <%= vars.ops_manager %> deployed.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><strong>Index</strong></td>
  <td>For jobs that run across multiple VMs, the <strong>index</strong> value indicates the order in which the job VMs were deployed. For jobs that run on only one VM, the VM has an <strong>index</strong> value of <code>0</code>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><strong>IPs</strong></td>
  <td>IP address of the job VM.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><strong>CID</strong></td>
  <td>Uniquely identifies the VM.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><strong>Load Avg15</strong></td>
  <td>CPU load average over 15 minutes.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><strong>CPU</strong></td>
  <td>Current CPU usage.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><strong>Memory</strong></td>
  <td>Current memory usage.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><strong>Swap</strong></td>
  <td>Swap file percentage.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><strong>System Disk</strong></td>
  <td>System disk space usage.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><strong>Ephem. Disk</strong></td>
  <td>Ephemeral disk space usage.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td><strong>Pers. Disk</strong></td>
  <td>Persistent disk space usage.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td><strong>Logs</strong></td>
  <td>Download link for the most recent log files.</td>
</tr>
</table>

### <a id="ops-manager"></a> <%= vars.ops_manager %> VM Disk Space

<%= vars.ops_manager %> stores its logs on the <%= vars.ops_manager %> VM in the `/tmp` directory.

<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> The logs collect over time and do not self-delete. To prevent the VM from running out of disk space, clear the log entries from <code>/tmp</code> by restarting the VM.</p>