vROPS JSON – VirtuallyThatGuy

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<view>
  <name>VM Disk Mapping Overview</name>
  <description>Powered‑On VMs: Guest file system & VM disk metrics</description>
  <type>LIST</type>
  <subject>Virtual Machine</subject>

  <filtering>
    <cond>
      <lhs>${entity.summary.powerState}</lhs>
      <op>EQUALS</op>
      <rhs>POWERED_ON</rhs>
    </cond>
  </filtering>

  <columns>
    <column>
      <property>summary.name</property>
      <display-name>VM Name</display-name>
      <format>STRING</format>
    </column>

    <column>
      <property>guestFileSystem.mountPoint</property>
      <display-name>Guest Drive</display-name>
      <format>STRING</format>
    </column>
    <column>
      <property>guestFileSystem.capacity</property>
      <display-name>Guest Capacity (GB)</display-name>
      <unit>GB</unit>
      <format>VALUE</format>
    </column>
    <column>
      <property>guestFileSystem.free</property>
      <display-name>Guest Free (GB)</display-name>
      <unit>GB</unit>
      <format>VALUE</format>
    </column>
    <column>
      <property>guestFileSystem.used</property>
      <display-name>Guest Used (GB)</display-name>
      <unit>GB</unit>
      <format>VALUE</format>
    </column>

    <column>
      <property>diskSpace.provisioned</property>
      <display-name>VMDK Provisioned (GB)</display-name>
      <unit>GB</unit>
      <format>VALUE</format>
    </column>
    <column>
      <property>diskSpace.used</property>
      <display-name>VMDK Used (GB)</display-name>
      <unit>GB</unit>
      <format>VALUE</format>
    </column>
    <column>
      <property>diskSpace.free</property>
      <display-name>VMDK Free (GB)</display-name>
      <unit>GB</unit>
      <format>VALUE</format>
    </column>
    <column>
      <property>diskSpace.numberOfDisks</property>
      <display-name># VMDKs</display-name>
      <format>VALUE</format>
    </column>
  </columns>
</view>

🧑‍💻 Option 2: Build It Yourself in vROps UI

To do it manually:

Log in to vROps UI
Go to Dashboards > Views > Add
Follow these configuration steps (based on earlier JSON):
- Name: VM VMDK vs Guest OS Usage
- Subject: Virtual Machine
- Type: List
- Columns:
  - Summary|Name
  - VirtualDisk|Capacity (GB)
  - VirtualDisk|Used (GB)
  - GuestFileSystem|Total Capacity (GB)
  - GuestFileSystem|Free (GB)
  - Create a calculated column:
    Used = Total - Free
  - Optional: Create a Super Metric:
    if(abs(VMDK - GuestCap) < 10%, 1, 0)
Save the View.
Export:
- Go to Dashboards > Views
- Find your view
- Click Export
- It will download as a .zip file containing XML

XML

<view>
  <name>VM Disk Mapping Overview</name>
  <description>Lists powered‑on VMs with guest file system & disk metrics</description>
  <type>LIST</type>
  <subject>Virtual Machine</subject>

  <filtering>
    <cond>
      <lhs>${entity.summary.powerState}</lhs>
      <op>EQUALS</op>
      <rhs>POWERED_ON</rhs>
    </cond>
  </filtering>

  <columns>
    <column>
      <property>summary.name</property>
      <display-name>VM Name</display-name>
      <unit></unit>
      <format>STRING</format>
    </column>

    <column>
      <property>guestFileSystem.free</property>
      <display-name>Guest Free (GB)</display-name>
      <unit>GB</unit>
      <format>VALUE</format>
    </column>

    <column>
      <property>guestFileSystem.capacity</property>
      <display-name>Guest Capacity (GB)</display-name>
      <unit>GB</unit>
      <format>VALUE</format>
    </column>

    <column>
      <property>guestFileSystem.used</property>
      <display-name>Guest Used (GB)</display-name>
      <unit>GB</unit>
      <format>VALUE</format>
    </column>

    <column>
      <property>guestFileSystem.mountPoint</property>
      <display-name>Guest Drive</display-name>
      <unit></unit>
      <format>STRING</format>
    </column>

    <column>
      <property>diskSpace.provisioned</property>
      <display-name>VMDK Provisioned (GB)</display-name>
      <unit>GB</unit>
      <format>VALUE</format>
    </column>

    <column>
      <property>diskSpace.used</property>
      <display-name>VMDK Used (GB)</display-name>
      <unit>GB</unit>
      <format>VALUE</format>
    </column>

    <column>
      <property>diskSpace.free</property>
      <display-name>VMDK Free (GB)</display-name>
      <unit>GB</unit>
      <format>VALUE</format>
    </column>

    <column>
      <property>diskSpace.numberOfDisks</property>
      <display-name># VMDKs</display-name>
      <unit></unit>
      <format>VALUE</format>
    </column>
  </columns>
</view>

🧑‍💻 Option 2: Build It Yourself in vROps UI

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