vCenter Server advanced performance charts only display real time counters or some chart metrics are missing entirely
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Article ID: 344684
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Products
VMware vCenter Server
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms: When viewing the advanced performance charts in vCenter Server, you notice that some chart options are missing or only real time counters are available. This can impact different charts depending on which metric you are trying to view.
Environment
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.5.x VMware vCenter Server 5.1.x VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.x VMware vCenter Server 5.5.x VMware vCenter Server 6.0.x VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.1.x
Cause
In vSphere 5.0 Update 1 and later, by default, the Storage DRS and SIOC counters are active at the higher statistics collection level 3. This effectively disables historical performance charts.
For more information, see Moving SDRS/SIOC stats from level 1 to a higher stats level mitigates the slow down caused by these stats in the Resolved Issues section of the vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1 Release Notes.
Resolution
This is an expected behavior in vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1 and later.
Note: Moving Storage DRS and SOIC counters from a higher collection level to a lower collection level (for example, from Statistics Level 3 to Statistics Level 1 enables Storage DRS and SIOC data counters to be collected) will negatively impact performance because more statistics are persisted, requiring more I/O and database operations.