Instance accessibility status metric for compute VM instances
- Services: Compute, Monitoring
- Release Date: January 23, 2023
You can monitor whether a VM instance is responsive by using a new instance accessibility status metric. Compute sends an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) request to the instance's virtual network interface card (VNIC). If the ARP ping fails, the metric shows that the instance is unresponsive. For more information, see Compute Health Metrics.