We often require a system that effectively monitors and manages the inventory and configuration of a cloud-based virtual infrastructure, such as VMware. This system allows users to easily view and understand their current configurations, and track any changes made to them.
Additionally, it should be able to show how those changes may impact the performance of the infrastructure. In this article, you will learn about useful tools: Auditable Change Management for VMware infrastructure monitoring and management.
This task of infrastructure monitoring management is very complicated, as it requires a deep understanding of the underlying technology and the ability to analyze large amounts of data from various sources. It may involve the use of advanced configuration management (ACM) tools and techniques, as well as the collection and analysis of events and performance metrics from the virtual infrastructure.
To effectively monitor and manage the inventory and configuration of cloud-based virtual infrastructure, along with performance, several dimensions and metrics of data are required.
Dimensions of data can include:
Metrics of data can include:
Additionally, it may be important to have data on the changes made to the inventory and configurations, such as what changes were made, who made them, and when. One could track them with metrics like Configuration change history and Configuration drift.
It’s also important to have metrics on the performance of the infrastructure, such as:
By collecting and analyzing this data, it will be possible to gain a comprehensive understanding of the state of the infrastructure and identify areas where configuration changes or performance improvements may be needed.
We have already tackled the problem of reliable monitoring of virtual infrastructures by releasing Auditable Change Management. ACM is an infrastructure monitoring management system build upon immudb, an immutable database.
Auditable Change Management allows companies to cryptographically prove they never exceeded the limit of resources in their VMware infrastructure. ACM tracks changes on ESXi host or virtual machine. It detects automatically changes in the ESXi servers (hosts) and logs them into a tamperproof, immutable database. It allows tracking of every change using the detailed dashboard view. Moreover, it allows to set up of rules and alerts and generates audit reports on demand, so companies can answer audit questions about changes in their infrastructure.
Follow this link to learn how ACM can help you monitor your VMware infrastructure. You can request a 30 days trial to familiarize yourself with ACM.
We use a is a powerful data analysis tool one can use to analyze large datasets, such as the dimensions and metrics of a cloud-based virtual infrastructure. Here are a few ways in to use our Airtable approach to analyze the dataset:
You could use these insights to make informed decisions about how to optimize and manage the infrastructure.
Given the dataset described above, there are several dashboards that can be used or created to efficiently monitor cloud-based virtual infrastructure:
This article describes an infrastructure monitoring management system for inventory and configuration of cloud-based virtual infrastructure, such as VMware. The system should allow users to view and understand their current configurations and track changes that may impact performance.
The article also lists the dimensions and metrics of data required to create custom dashboards to gain insights into the infrastructure. Additionally, the article suggests different types of reports that could be created in using the airtable-approach to efficiently monitor cloud-based virtual infrastructure.