In my test, I run openstack with vmware.
When I check the statistic "network.incoming.bytes.rate", I get redundant data:
[root@tecs30-all ~(keystone_admin)]# ceilometer sample-list -m network.incoming.bytes.rate |grep 5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic0 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:38:07.795000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic1 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:38:07.794000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic2 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:38:07.793000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic3 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:38:07.792000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic4 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:38:07.791000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic5 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:38:07.789000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-4000 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:38:07.788000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic0 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:47.937000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic1 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:47.935000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic2 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:47.934000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic3 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:47.933000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic4 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:47.932000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic5 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:47.931000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-4000 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:47.930000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic0 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:27.712000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic1 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:27.711000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic2 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:27.709000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic3 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:27.708000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic4 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:27.707000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic5 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:27.706000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-4000 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:27.704000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic0 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:07.789000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic1 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:07.788000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic2 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:07.787000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic3 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:07.786000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic4 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:07.785000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic5 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:07.784000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-4000 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:37:07.783000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic0 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:36:47.702000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic1 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:36:47.701000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic2 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:36:47.700000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic3 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:36:47.699000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic4 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:36:47.698000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-vmnic5 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:36:47.697000 |
| instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8-4000 | network.incoming.bytes.rate | gauge | 0.0 | B/s | 2016-11-30T09:36:47.696000 |
In these samples, vminc* are pyhnical nics, and not belong to the vm"instance-0000000e-5ebd1188-29e7-474f-bb7a-53c7d5c823e8", so this sample needs to be filtered out。
Fix proposed to branch: master /review. openstack. org/406807
Review: https:/