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# Monitoring

> Track CPU, memory, disk, and network metrics for your Cloud VM, and review recent activity.

The **Monitoring** tab on the server detail page shows live metrics and a history of recent operations. Use it to spot saturation, validate resize impact, and confirm that automated jobs (backups, snapshots, restores) ran as expected.

## Open monitoring

1. Go to **Cloud VMs** in the IBEE Solutions portal.
2. Click your VM to open the detail page.
3. Open the **Monitoring** tab.

The header shows when metrics were last updated and the sample interval (typically **1-minute intervals**). Use the time range buttons to switch between **30m**, **1h**, **6h**, **24h**, and **7d**. Click **Refresh** to force an immediate sample.

## Compute metrics

| Metric                 | Source                             | What it shows                                                                                      |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **CPU Utilization**    | Host-side libvirt                  | VM CPU % across all allocated vCPUs. Spikes above the plan's vCPU count indicate steal pressure.   |
| **Memory Utilization** | Host-side libvirt (when available) | Memory used vs. allocated, in MB. Falls back to balloon stats when the guest agent is unavailable. |

A current value and last sample timestamp are shown above each chart.

## Storage and disk metrics

| Metric                  | Source                 | What it shows                                                                                             |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Storage Utilization** | QEMU guest agent       | Guest filesystem usage as a percentage and absolute used/total. Requires the guest agent to be installed. |
| **Disk Throughput**     | libvirt block counters | Read and write throughput (B/s, KB/s, MB/s).                                                              |
| **Disk IOPS**           | libvirt block counters | Read and write operations per second.                                                                     |

If **Storage Utilization** is missing, install or start `qemu-guest-agent` inside the VM:

```bash
sudo apt-get install -y qemu-guest-agent
sudo systemctl enable --now qemu-guest-agent
```

Throughput and IOPS metrics work without the guest agent.

## Network metrics

The **Network Traffic** chart plots **inbound** and **outbound** traffic per second, with the current rates and your **Monthly outbound** usage shown above it. Use it together with the bandwidth allowance for your plan ([Instance types](/docs/infrastructure/cloud-vms/instance-types)) to estimate monthly egress.

## Activity feed

The **Activity** section lists recent VM events with a timestamp and short status:

| Event                 | Meaning                                                                          |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Operation Accepted`  | The control plane queued the operation.                                          |
| `Operation Started`   | The hypervisor or storage layer began executing it.                              |
| `Operation Succeeded` | The operation completed successfully.                                            |
| `Operation Failed`    | The operation did not complete; check the message and retry, or contact support. |

Common operations you'll see:

* `VM create` — initial provisioning
* `VM attach_volume` / `VM detach_volume` — block storage changes
* `VM start`, `VM stop`, `VM reboot` — power actions
* `VM snapshot_create`, `VM snapshot_restore` — recovery point operations
* `VM backup_create` — scheduled backup runs

## Tips

* Investigate **CPU sustained above 80%** before resizing — many workloads are I/O- or memory-bound.
* A flat **Memory Utilization** line near 100% with low free RAM is a strong signal to upsize.
* If **Disk Throughput** plateaus while CPU has headroom, you may be hitting the disk's IOPS ceiling — consider attaching faster [Block Storage](/docs/infrastructure/block-storage).
* Use the **24h** range to see backup or snapshot windows; expect a small CPU and disk bump during those windows.

## Related pages

* [Instance types](/docs/infrastructure/cloud-vms/instance-types)
* [Resize a VM](/docs/infrastructure/cloud-vms/resize-a-vm)
* [Backups](/docs/tools/backups)
* [Snapshots](/docs/tools/snapshots)

> Track CPU, memory, disk, and network metrics for your Cloud VM, and review recent activity.