Foglight for VMware 6.0.0

Generating reports

Foglight for VMware includes a report generation ability. This allows you to create reports using a set of predefined templates to report on the various aspects of your virtual environment. Foglight for VMware includes a collection of predefined report templates.

You can generate, copy, and edit reports using the Reports tab on the VMware Environment dashboard, or alternatively the Reports dashboard included with the Management Server.

Figure 58. Reports tab

For complete information about this tab, see the Managing Capacity in Virtual Environments User Guide. For more information about the Reports dashboard, see the Foglight User Help.

You can generate, copy, and edit reports using the Reports dashboard included with the Management Server. For more information, see the Foglight User Help.

Available report templates

The following templates are available with Foglight for VMware.

Table 4. Foglight for VMware report templates
Report Template Name	Object Type	This template can be used to generate a report that…
Datastore Capacity	ESX Host	Shows the capacity of one or more datastores.
Datastore Usage by ESX Hosts	ESX Host	Shows, for a specified datastore, its usage per-ESX Host.
ESX Host Capacity and Performance - Detail	ESX Host	Contains the capacity and performance details for the selected ESX Host.
ESX Host Capacity and Performance - Summary	ESX Host	Summarizes the capacity and performance details of the selected ESX Host.
ESX Hosts Configurations	VirtualCenter	Shows the configurations for the ESX Hosts in the selected vCenter.
ESX Hosts Network Performance - Service	Service	Contains the network performance details for the ESX Hosts in the selected service.
ESX Hosts Performance by Service - Detail	Service	Contains the performance details for the ESX Hosts in the selected service.
ESX Hosts Performance by Service - Summary	Service	Summarizes the performance details of the ESX Hosts in the selected service.
ESX Hosts Physical Disk Latencies	Service	Shows the top 5 and bottom 5 ESX Hosts for queue and total disk latency over a user-specified time range. The report takes into consideration only the ESX Hosts in the service specified.
ESX Hosts Summary by Datacenter (deprecated)	Datacenter	Contains the summary details for the ESX Servers contained within the selected datacenter.
ESX Hosts Summary by Service	Service	Contains the summary details for the ESX Hosts contained within the selected service.
ESX Hosts Summary by VirtualCenter (deprecated)	VirtualCenter	Contains the summary details for the ESX Servers managed by the selected vCenter.
ESX Hosts Utilization - Detail	Service	Shows the top N and bottom N ESX Hosts based on CPU utilization, CPU percent ready, memory utilization, disk transfer rate, and network transfer rate over a user-specified time range. The value of N is also user-specified. The report takes into consideration only the ESX Hosts in the service specified.
ESX Hosts Utilization - Summary	Service	Shows the top 5 and bottom 5 ESX Hosts based on CPU utilization, CPU percent ready, memory utilization, disk transfer rate, and network transfer rate over a user-specified time range. The report takes into consideration only the ESX Hosts in the service specified.
ESX Server Capacity by Cluster (deprecated)	Cluster	Contains the capacity details for the ESX Servers contained within the selected cluster.
ESX Server Capacity by Datacenter (deprecated)	Datacenter	Contains the capacity details for the ESX Servers contained within the selected datacenter.
ESX Server Capacity by Service (deprecated)	Service	Contains the capacity details for the ESX Servers in the selected service.
ESX Server Capacity by VirtualCenter (deprecated)	VirtualCenter	Contains the capacity details for the ESX Servers managed by the selected vCenter.
Open Snapshots Report	Service	For all of the open snapshots for each virtual machine in the specified service. Open snapshots are those with no child snapshots.
Powered Off Virtual Machines	VirtualCenter	Lists the powered off virtual machines in a specified vCenter.
Snapshots Aging Report	Service	For all of the snapshots older than N days for each virtual machine in the specified service. The value of N is user-specified with a default value of 100. All snapshots are included in the report.
Virtual Asset Tracking by Service	Service	Shows the virtual machine host changes for a given service.
Virtual Infrastructure Alarm Summary	VirtualCenter	This template can be used to generate a report that contains the alarm (or event) history for the selected vCenter object.
Virtual Infrastructure Datastore Capacity	Datastore	Shows the capacity of the selected datastores and lists the ESX Servers and virtual machines that are connected to them. Information about the logical and physical disks on the virtual machines is also displayed in this report.
Virtual Infrastructure Overview	N/A	Summarizes your virtual infrastructure, so that you can be sure you are in compliance with the Foglight for VMware license.
Virtual Machine CPU Usage and Percent Ready	Service	Shows, for a given service, the CPU usage for virtual machines and the percent of time those virtual machines were waiting on CPU cycles.
Virtual Machine CPU Usage and Percent Ready (deprecated)	ESX Server	Shows, for a given set of ESX Servers, or for all ESX Servers if none are specified, the CPU usage for virtual machines and the percentage of time those virtual machines were waiting on CPU cycles.
Virtual Machine VMware Tool State	Virtual Machine	Lists virtual machines along with the status of their VMware Tools installation.
Virtual Machines Available CPU and Memory - Detail	Service	Shows the top N and bottom N virtual machines based on available CPU and memory over a user-specified time range. The value of N is also user-specified. The report takes into consideration only the virtual machines in the service specified.
Virtual Machines Available CPU and Memory - Summary	Service	Shows the top 5 and bottom 5 virtual machines based on available CPU and memory over a user-specified time range. The report takes into consideration only the virtual machines in the service specified.
Virtual Machines Configurations	VirtualCenter	Shows the configurations for the virtual machines in the selected vCenter.
Virtual Machines Creation and Usage - Detail	Virtual Infrastructure	Shows the number of virtual machines configured and the number of virtual machines powered on during a user-specified time range. The report displays the data in separate tables based on clusters and standalone ESX hosts. In addition, the report provides this information on a per-cluster and per-server basis. The report takes into consideration the clusters and standalone ESX hosts of the whole virtual infrastructure; it is not based on a specific service.
Virtual Machines Creation and Usage - Summary	Virtual Infrastructure	Shows the number of virtual machines configured and the number of virtual machines powered on during a user-specified time range. The report displays the data in separate tables based on clusters and standalone ESX hosts. The report takes into consideration the clusters and standalone ESX hosts of the whole virtual infrastructure; it is not based on a specific service.
Virtual Machines Logical Disks with X% or Less Free Storage - Detail	VirtualCenter	Shows relevant details for all virtual machines that have X percent or less free storage available. The value of X is user-specified.
Virtual Machines Logical Disks with X% or Less Free Storage - Summary	VirtualCenter	Summarizes relevant details for all virtual machines that have X percent or less free storage available. The value of X is user-specified.
Virtual Machines Logical Disks with X% or More Free Storage - Detail	VirtualCenter	Shows relevant details for all virtual machines that have X percent or more free storage available. The value of X is user-specified.
Virtual Machines Logical Disks with X% or More Free Storage - Summary	VirtualCenter	Summarizes relevant details for all virtual machines that have X percent or more free storage available. The value of X is user-specified.
Virtual Machines Network Performance - Service	Service	Contains the network performance details for the virtual machines in the selected service.
Virtual Machines Storage	Virtual Machine	Shows the capacity and usage of logical and physical disks on the selected virtual machines.
Virtual Machines Utilization - Detail	Service	Shows the top N and bottom N virtual machines based on CPU-used Hz, CPU percent ready, memory consumed, disk growth rate, disk transfer rate, and network transfer rate over a user-specified time range. The value of N is also user-specified. The report takes into consideration only the virtual machines in the service specified.
Virtual Machines Utilization - Summary	Service	Shows the top 5 and bottom 5 virtual machines based on CPU-used Hz, CPU percent ready, memory consumed, disk growth rate, disk transfer rate, and network transfer rate over a user-specified time range. The report takes into consideration only the virtual machines in the service specified.
Virtual Machines with X% or Less Overallocated Memory	VirtualCenter	Shows relevant details for all virtual machines that have X percent or less overallocated memory. The value of X is user-specified.
Virtual Machines with X% or More Overallocated Memory	VirtualCenter	Shows relevant details for all virtual machines that have X percent or more overallocated memory. The value of X is user-specified.
VMware Tools Update Required	Service	Shows the status of the VMware tools for the existing virtual machines and suggests required actions. The report takes into consideration only the virtual machines associated with the selected service.

VMware Performance Agent configuration

The VMware Performance Agent collects data from the virtual infrastructure and sends it to the <Product Name>™ Management Server. The agent keeps track of resource utilization metrics and alerts you when certain pre-defined thresholds are reached.

VMware Performance Agent and Agent Manager configuration

On 64-bit hosts meeting the minimum system requirements, the embedded Agent Manager can be used to run VMware Performance Agents to monitor up to 500 virtual machines. If the total number of virtual machines to be monitored from a single agent host is greater than 500, an Agent Manager should be installed on a separate host.


	IMPORTANT: Foglight Evolve Virtual Appliance comes pre-configured to support up to 4,000 virtual machines. If you are using this product, there is no need to follow the configuration procedure described in this section.

If additional cartridges and agents are added to the environment, product performance should be monitored and agents moved off of the embedded Agent Manager to reduce the load.

Table 5. Foglight VMware Performance Agent host system requirements
	Minimum CPU	Minimum Memory	Total Monitored VMs
Windows 64-bit	21	4 GB	2000
Linux 64-bit	21	4 GB	2000

1 Additional CPUs may be required for larger environments.

Monitoring more than 4000 virtual machines from a single agent host

The Agent Manager JVM usually requires additional memory to monitor more than 4000 virtual machines. The total number of virtual machines is the total from all vCenters that will be monitored from all VMware Performance agents running on the Agent Manager.

The following calculations are guidelines, not hard and fast rules. Memory requirements can vary greatly from installation to installation with similar VM counts. If insufficient memory is configured, the failure mode is easily recognizable: all agents on the Agent Manager host will go into a broken state after the agent(s) were activated for a short period of time, usually within 24 hours. In addition, the Agent Manager log will contain a line similar to the following:

Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

If this is the case, add memory greater than what is shown in the calculations below, in increments of 512 MB until the agents stabilize.

JVM memory requirements for VMware Performance agents are calculated using the following formula:

512 MB + 0.5 MB/VM

According to the above formula, monitoring 4000 virtual machines requires 2560 MB of memory:

512 MB + 2048 MB = 2560 MB

This is the default setting for agents deployed on 64-bit systems.

512 MB + 4096 MB = 4608 MB

This requires a change in the default Agent Manager settings.

To change the JVM memory settings:

Determine the amount of additional memory required. This will be the total from the last step above minus the default value of 2560 MB. In the example above, this is 4608 MB – 2560 MB = 2048 MB.

On the agent machine, open the baseline.jvmargs.config file for editing. The file is located in the <Agent_Manager_home>/state/default/config directory.

Add the following lines to the memory settings section:

vmparameter.0 = "-Xms2048m";

vmparameter.1 = "-Xmx2048m";