vRA 7.x Reclamation Machine Usage Thresholds

Sep 26, 2019 · 1 min read · Reclamation Thresholds Usage VMware VMware vRA ·

In vRealize Automation 7.x, you can discover Deployments for reclamation in the Administration > Reclamation > Deployments (Tenant Administrator) view or the Administration > Reclamation > Tenant Machines (IaaS Administrator) view. The Advanced Search feature can be selected clicking > in the top right corner and you can search for VMs with Low or High CPU usage along with several other options. But what are the actual thresholds that vRA uses when you select "Low CPU"? The table below describes exactly what each of the metrics are, for each advanced search option.

Resource	Metrics	Value
CPU	High CPU utilization Low CPU utilization	Average Usage > 80% Average Usage < 5%
Memory	High Memory utilization Low Memory utilization	Average Usage > 80% Average Usage < 10%
Disk	Low Hard Disk utilization	Average Disk Usage < 2KB/s
Network	Low Network utilization	Average Network Usage < 1KB/s
Complex Metric	Idle	Powered-on machines below 20% for CPU, memory, disk, and network usage.