---
title: "Understanding vScope"
description: "The vScope interface allows you to monitor your infrastructure"
url: https://docs.ovhcloud.com/en/guides/hosted-private-cloud/powered-by-vmware/how-to-use-vscope
lang: en
lastUpdated: 2025-10-01
---
# Understanding vScope

## Objective

OVHcloud provides you with a **supervision** and **monitoring** tool for your virtual machines and infrastructure: **vScope**.

This web interface gathers all the essential information about your resources.

**This guide explains how to read and use the vScope interface.**


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### OVHcloud Control Panel Access

- **Direct link:** [VMware vSphere](https://manager.eu.ovhcloud.com/#/dedicated/dedicated_cloud)
- **Navigation path:** <code className="action">Hosted Private Cloud</code> > <code className="action">Managed VMware vSphere</code> > Select your vSphere service

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## Requirements

- You must be an administrator contact of the [Hosted Private Cloud](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/hosted-private-cloud/vmware/) infrastructure, in order to receive login credentials.
- An active user ID (created in the <ManagerLink to="/">OVHcloud Control Panel</ManagerLink>).

## Instructions

### Accessing vScope

1. In the <ManagerLink to="/">OVHcloud Control Panel</ManagerLink>, click <code className="action">Hosted Private Cloud</code>.

2. In the left-hand menu, click <code className="action">Managed VMware vSphere</code>.

3. Select your PCC service.

4. In the `General information` tab, scroll down and click the <code className="action">vScope</code> link.

![vScope](/images/hosted-private-cloud/powered-by-vmware/how-to-use-vscope/gatewayPCC.png)
The interface opens in a new tab in your browser.

![vScope](/images/hosted-private-cloud/powered-by-vmware/how-to-use-vscope/vScope12.png)
Log in with your **user** and **password** - the same credentials you use to connect to the vSphere client.

![vScope](/images/hosted-private-cloud/powered-by-vmware/how-to-use-vscope/vScope11.png)
You are now connected to **vScope**. This page centralises the key information about your resources.

For example, for each host, you can immediately view:

- The number of cores and VMs
- CPU and RAM usage
- Network traffic

![vScope](/images/hosted-private-cloud/powered-by-vmware/how-to-use-vscope/vScope.png)
### Browsing vScope

#### Selecting the datacenter

If your Hosted Private Cloud contains several datacenters, select the one you want to display from the drop-down menu.

The **Last refresh** field corresponds to the last refresh of the web page, not of vScope data. vScope data is automatically updated every 2 to 5 minutes.

![vScope](/images/hosted-private-cloud/powered-by-vmware/how-to-use-vscope/vScope1.png)
#### Filer menu

The **Filer** menu shows the usage of your datastores: number of virtual machines and consumed storage space.

Use this view to anticipate extension needs or monitor load balancing.

![vScope](/images/hosted-private-cloud/powered-by-vmware/how-to-use-vscope/vScope2.png)
### Hosts menu

The **Hosts** menu details the characteristics of each host in your datacenter:

- Number of cores, vCPUs and VMs
- CPU and RAM usage percentages
- Network connectivity
- Number of physical network cards (VMNic)

![vScope](/images/hosted-private-cloud/powered-by-vmware/how-to-use-vscope/vScope4.png)
### Virtual machines menu

This section provides a detailed view of each virtual machine:

- Status of VMware Tools
- Network traffic
- VM size
- FT (Fault Tolerance) activation
- CPU Ready Time
- Disk IO
- Disk latency

![vScope](/images/hosted-private-cloud/powered-by-vmware/how-to-use-vscope/vScope6.png)
## Go further

If you need training or technical assistance to implement our solutions, contact your sales representative or click on [this link](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/professional-services/) to get a quote and ask our Professional Services experts for a custom analysis of your project.

Join our [community of users](https://community.ovhcloud.com/community/en).