vsphere-automation-sdk-python/samples/vsphere/vcenter/vstats

This directory contains samples for managing vSphere Stats platform and querying for stats data:

vSphere Stats Discovery APIs - List Counters, List Counter Metadata, Get Resource Address Schema, List Providers, List Resource types, List Metrics, List Counter-sets

Sample	Description
discovery.py	Demonstrates all vSphere Stats discovery APIs which give current state of the system.

vSphere Stats Acquisition Specification Create/Get/List/Delete/Update operations

Sample	Description
acquisitionspec/lifecycle.py	Demonstrates create, get, list, update and delete operations of Acquisition Specifications.

vSphere Stats End to End workflow - Create an Acquisition Specification and query for data points

Sample	Description
data/query_data_points.py	Demonstrates creation of Acquisition Specification and query for data points filtered by cid.
data/query_data_points_set_id.py	Demonstrates creation of Acquisition Specification using Counter SetId and query for data points filtered by resource.
data/query_data_points_with_predicate.py	Demonstrates creation of Acquisition Specification using QueryPredicate "ALL" and query for data points filtered by cid.

To view the available command-line options:

$ python discovery.py --help
$ python acquisitionspec/lifecycle.py --help
$ python data/query_data_points.py --help
$ python data/query_data_points_set_id.py --help
$ python data/query_data_points_with_predicate.py --help

Running the samples:

$ python discovery.py --server <vCenter Server IP> --username <username> --password <password> --skipverification
$ python acquisitionspec/lifecycle.py --server <vCenter Server IP> --username <username> --password <password> --skipverification --interval <interval> --expiration <expiration>
$ python data/query_data_points.py --server <vCenter Server IP> --username <username> --password <password> --skipverification --interval <interval> --expiration <expiration>
$ python data/query_data_points_set_id.py --server <vCenter Server IP> --username <username> --password <password> --skipverification --interval <interval> --expiration <expiration>
$ python data/query_data_points_with_predicate.py --server <vCenter Server IP> --username <username> --password <password> --skipverification --interval <interval> --expiration <expiration>

Testbed Requirement:

- 1 vCenter Server on version 7.0x or higher
- 2 ESXi hosts on version 7.0x or higher with VMs
- 1 datastore