Change in definition for ‘Overage’ and ‘Flow’ in vRealize Network Insight Cloud (vRNI Cloud)

Products

• VMware Aria Operations for Networks

Issue/Introduction

Updated definition of overage:

“Overage” caused by disproportionate flow usage, is defined by average usage of greater than 6,500 flows per CPU or 400 flows per vCPU over a 24 hour period.  For customers who need to support a higher average than 6,500 flows per CPU or 400 flows vCPU over a 24-hour period “Overage” charges will apply.  Overage is also the amount of usage of the Service Offering during any particular hour that exceeds the number of CPUs and vCPUs covered by your active committed term subscription.

Previously, overage only included “the amount of usage of the Service Offering during any particular hour that exceeds the number of CPUs and vCPUs covered by your active committed term subscription.”

Definition of a flow:  

A flow is defined as a stream of packets, aggregated across individual sessions, with unique source IP address, destination IP address, IP protocol, and destination UDP/TCP port.  A flow can represent unidirectional or bidirectional communication.

Resolution

The definition of Overage in the vRealize Network Insight Cloud changed to calculate over a 24 hour period in addition to over a 1 hour period.

Additional Information

This updated definition of overage is not relevant to the on-premises version of vRealize Network Insight.

References:
Aria Operations for Networks
VMware End Of Availability of Perpetual Licensing and SaaS Services