VMware VirtualCenter: ESX incoming dropped packets Health Monitor

Jalasoft.Xian.SmartManagementPacks.VMwareVirtualCenters.EsxNetDroppedRx.1.1 (AggregateMonitor)

Monitors the number of dropped packets transmitted across each physical NIC instance on the host.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

ESX Network Incoming Dropped Packets is over threshold.

The network incoming dropped packets in this ESX server is above the maximum threshold configured in Xian Network Manager.

Causes

The amount of network Incoming Dropped Packets received by the ESX server is growing.

Resolutions

Verify that reservations, shares, and limits correspond to the requirements and are not unnecessary restricting the management of resources. Tune the environment if necessary.

Additional

Monitors the amount of dropped packets reception by the ESX server's network.

Element properties:

Target

Jalasoft.Xian.Common.Elements.ThirdParty.VMWare.JsXVMwareVirtualCenterEsxElement

Parent Monitor

System.Health.PerformanceState

Algorithm

WorstOf

Category

StateCollection

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

MatchMonitorHealth

Alert Priority

Low

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

ESX incoming dropped packets Alert

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Source Code:

<AggregateMonitor ID="Jalasoft.Xian.SmartManagementPacks.VMwareVirtualCenters.EsxNetDroppedRx.1.1" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="ThirdParty_VMWare!Jalasoft.Xian.Common.Elements.ThirdParty.VMWare.JsXVMwareVirtualCenterEsxElement" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.PerformanceState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>StateCollection</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="EsxNetDroppedRx_AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Low</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>MatchMonitorHealth</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/Params/Param[3]$</AlertParameter1>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <Algorithm>WorstOf</Algorithm>

</AggregateMonitor>