Enhancement of README.md for the vSphere input plugin. (#4788)
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* Clusters
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* Clusters
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* Hosts
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* Hosts
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* VMs
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* VMs
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* Data stores
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* Datastores
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## Configuration
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## Configuration
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NOTE: To disable collection of a specific resource type, simply exclude all metrics using the XX_metric_exclude.
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NOTE: To disable collection of a specific resource type, simply exclude all metrics using the XX_metric_exclude.
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For example, to disable collection of VMs, add this:
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For example, to disable collection of VMs, add this:
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```vm_metric_exclude = [ "*" ]```
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```
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vm_metric_exclude = [ "*" ]
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```
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```
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# Read metrics from one or many vCenters
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# Read metrics from one or many vCenters
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### Objects and Metrics Per Query
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### Objects and Metrics Per Query
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Default settings for vCenter 6.5 and above is 256. Prior versions of vCenter have this set to 64. A vCenter administrator
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By default, in vCenter's configuration a limit is set to the number of entities that are included in a performance chart query. Default settings for vCenter 6.5 and above is 256. Prior versions of vCenter have this set to 64.
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can change this setting, which should be reflected in this plugin. See this [VMware KB article](https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2107096)
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A vCenter administrator can change this setting, see this [VMware KB article](https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2107096) for more information.
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for more information.
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Any modification should be reflected in this plugin by modifying the parameter `max_query_objects`
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## number of objects to retreive per query for realtime resources (vms and hosts)
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## set to 64 for vCenter 5.5 and 6.0 (default: 256)
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# max_query_objects = 256
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```
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### Collection and Discovery concurrency
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### Collection and Discovery concurrency
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in order to avoid potential errors for time elapsed during a collection cycle. This should never be greater than 8,
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in order to avoid potential errors for time elapsed during a collection cycle. This should never be greater than 8,
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though the default of 1 (no concurrency) should be sufficient for most configurations.
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though the default of 1 (no concurrency) should be sufficient for most configurations.
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For setting up concurrency, modify `collect_concurrency` and `discover_concurrency` parameters.
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## number of go routines to use for collection and discovery of objects and metrics
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# collect_concurrency = 1
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# discover_concurrency = 1
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```
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## Measurements & Fields
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## Measurements & Fields
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- Cluster Stats
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- Cluster Stats
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