Dell NativeEdge: Container metrics are missing when the deployed container’s name contains spaces

Summary: NativeEdge Endpoints, virtual machine deployments, and container deploy collect and display related metrics. This includes CPU usage, memory usage, disk space consumption, network I/O measurements, and so on. However, when a container is deployed, where the deployment name contains a space, metrics for that container are not displayed. ...

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Symptoms

For example, here is a container deployment created with the name "My Deployment":

Deployment of a baremetal container with a space in the name
This results in a successful container deployment to the endpoint, as shown:

Successful deployment completed of a baremetal container with a space in the name
However, when navigating to the Metrics tab, no data is present:

Metrics tab of baremetal container however no information is displaying
 

Cause

"Metrics for containers" is a new feature in NativeEdge 2.2.0.0.

This issue is resolved in NativeEdge 3.0.0.0.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in NativeEdge 3.0.0.0.

Workaround for NativeEdge 2.2.0.0:

To avoid this issue, ensure all the name of a Container deployment to a NativeEdge endpoint does not contain any spaces. Instead, use dashes or underscores in the name to separate words, as in "My-Deployment," shown below:
Deploying a bare metal container with no space in the name

Affected Products

NativeEdge Solutions, NativeEdge
Article Properties
Article Number: 000228600
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 15 Jan 2025
Version:  2
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