Managing Metrics and Analytics for NVIDIA vGPU Software in VMware Aria Operations

Managing metrics and analytics for NVIDIA vGPU software in VMware Aria Operations involves viewing data on NVIDIA dashboards and changing the settings of the NVIDIA vGPU adapter and NVIDIA vGPU alert definitions.

The metrics are listed in Metrics Presented by NVIDIA Virtual GPU Management Pack for VMware Aria Operations.

Viewing Data on NVIDIA Dashboards

After installing and configuring NVIDIA Virtual GPU Management Pack for VMware Aria Operations, you can view the data on NVIDIA dashboards to verify the installation and configuration. If you have just completed the installation and configuration, allow the adapter to work for ten to fifteen minutes to collect data to display on the dashboards.

1. On the vRealize Operations Manager Home page, click Dashboards in the menu bar.

2. In the All Dashboards drop-down list, select the NVIDIA Dashboards group.

   This group contains the following dashboards:

   • NVIDIA Environment Overview

   • NVIDIA Host Summary

   • NVIDIA GPU Summary

   • NVIDIA vGPU Summary

   • NVIDIA MIG GPU Performance Summary

   • NVIDIA MIG vGPU Performance Summary

   • NVIDIA Application Summary

   Note

   The NVIDIA MIG GPU Performance Summary and NVIDIA MIG vGPU Performance Summary dashboards provide information for GPUs that are based on the NVIDIA Hopper architecture and later architectures.

Changing the NVIDIA vGPU Adapter Collection Interval

The collection interval is the length of time between the end of one metrics collection cycle and the start of the next metrics collection cycle. For example, if the collection interval is set to one minute, the NVIDIA vGPU waits for one minute after completing a collection cycle before starting the next collection cycle. The default collection interval is 10 minutes.

Note

The time between successive updates to the collected metrics is longer than the collection interval because the time between updates also includes the time taken to complete a collection cycle. For example, if a collection cycle takes five minutes, and the collection interval is set to one minute, the collected metrics are updated every six minutes.

1. If you are not already logged in, log in to your vRealize Operations Manager instance as an administrator user.

2. On the vRealize Operations Manager Home page, follow the Administration link.

3. In the left pane, click Configuration.

4. Click Inventory Explorer and expand Adapter Instances in the center pane.

5. Expand NVIDIA vGPU Adapter Instance and select the adapter name.

6. In the right pane, on the List tab, select the adapter name and click Edit Object.

7. On Advanced Settings, enter the new collection interval in the Collection Interval (Minutes) field.

   Note

   The minimum value that you can set is 1 minute.

8. Click OK.

Changing the Threshold of a Symptom in an Alert Definition

An alert definition is a combination of symptoms that identify a problem area and generate alerts for that area. Each symptom in an alert is associated with a metric. For each symptom, a threshold value is defined for its associated metric. If the threshold value is reached, an alert is generated.

For detailed information about the alerts defined for NVIDIA vGPU metrics, including the default threshold values of symptoms in these alerts, see NVIDIA vGPU Alert Definitions.

1. In the menu bar of the vRealize Operations Manager Home page, click Alerts.

2. In the left pane, click Alert Settings.

3. Click Symptom Definitions.

4. Click All Filters, then click Object Type, and type GPU or vGPU.

   The symptom definitions for the object type that you selected are listed.

5. Select the symptom definition that you want to change and click the Edit icon.

6. Change the threshold to the new value that you want and click Save.