Citrix — Xenserver Performance Monitoring 2021

# Check NIC stats for drops/errors xe pif-param-list uuid=<pif_uuid> | grep -E "carrier|errors|collisions"

Don't rely on a single pane of glass if it doesn't give you the depth you need.

Using Grafana + InfluxDB + Telegraf (with XenServer plugin), you can build: citrix xenserver performance monitoring

(assuming 75% max sustainable utilization)

Don't assign vCPUs willy-nilly.

If you are managing a Citrix Hypervisor environment (formerly known as XenServer), you know that virtualization is a balancing act. You are squeezing maximum value out of your physical hardware, but if you push too hard, performance tanks, and user experience suffers.

: VM feels slow, high %steal in xentop . # Check NIC stats for drops/errors xe pif-param-list

Retrieve live performance counters: