Foglight for VMware 6.1.0 - User Guide (Lite version)

Combined CPU Consumption %. The combined percentage of the CPU utilization used by all ESX hosts to execute system code and user programs during the selected time period.

Where to go next

Drill down on:

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Combined CPU Consumption %. Displays the Combined CPU Consumption dialog box.

Table 44. ESX hosts

Description

This tabular view lists all ESX hosts that exist in your environment.

Data displayed

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ESX host, CPU. The current amount of the CPU speed that is used by the ESX host.

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ESX host, Key. The color used in the Combined CPU Consumption chart to represent the ESX host.

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ESX host, Memory. The current percentage of memory that is used by the ESX host.

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ESX host, NICs. The number of network interface cards used by the ESX host.

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ESX host, ESX host Name. ESX host name.

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ESX host, Status. The ESX host status, associated with any alarms raised against it. If no alarms are fired, the status appears as Normal. Otherwise, the status is set to the highest alarm severity (Warning, Critical, or Fatal).

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ESX host, Version. The version number of the Windows OS running on the ESX host.

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Virtual Machines, Configured. The number of virtual machines that exist on the ESX host.

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Virtual Machines, Running. The number of virtual machines that are running on the ESX host.

Where to go next

Drill down on any ESX host entry. The VMware Environment dashboard appears, showing the ESX host details on the Summary tab.

Table 45. Virtual Environment
Description	This embedded view shows the same information as the Virtual Environment view appearing on the Summary (All Clusters) tab. See page 97 for complete information.

Summary (All Virtual Machines) tab

Purpose

The Summary (All Virtual Machines) tab shows a summary of system resources for all virtual machines that currently exist in the selected Virtual Center.

Figure 70. Summary (All Virtual Machines) tab

How to Get Here

Open the VMware Explorer.

On the Virtual Infrastructure view, select a Virtual Machines node.

The VMware Explorer refreshes in the display area, showing the Summary (All Virtual Machines) tab.

Description of Embedded Views

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

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Virtual Environment

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Virtual Machines

Table 46. Virtual Environment
Description	This embedded view shows the same information as the Virtual Environment view appearing on the Summary (All Clusters) tab. See page 97 for complete information.

Table 47. Virtual Machines

Description

This tabular view lists all virtual machines that exist in the selected Virtual Center.

Data displayed

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Virtual Machine, Name. The name of the server on which the virtual machine is running.

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Virtual Machine, Status. The status of the server on which the virtual machine is running, associated with any alarms raised against it. If no alarms are fired, the status appears as Normal. Otherwise, the status is set to the highest alarm severity (Warning, Critical, or Fatal).

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Virtual Machine, CPU. The percentage of the virtual machine’s CPU utilization spent on executing system code and user programs.

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Virtual Machine, Name. The virtual machine name.

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Virtual Machine, Status. The virtual machine status, associated with any alarms raised against it. If no alarms are fired, the status appears as Normal. Otherwise, the status is set to the highest alarm severity (Warning, Critical, or Fatal).

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Virtual Machine, Memory. The total amount of memory allocated to the virtual machine.

Where to go next

Drill down on any virtual machine entry. The VMware Environment dashboard appears, showing the server details on the Summary tab.

Virtual Infrastructure view

Purpose

The Virtual Infrastructure view provides an organized view of the various virtual infrastructure objects that are monitored by Foglight for VMware. It serves as a navigation tool, and it also presents pertinent alarm information.

When you select an object from the Virtual Infrastructure view, all of the views in the VMware Explorer dashboard are updated with information pertaining to that object.

How to Get Here

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Open the VMware Explorer.

The Virtual Infrastructure view appears on the navigation panel.

Description of Embedded Views

The Virtual Infrastructure view is made up of the following embedded views:

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Topology Tab

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Hierarchy Tab

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Mouse-over Status Popups

Topology Tab

The Topology view is organized into a tree using object type (or topology type) containers for branches.

Within the Topology view, all of the virtual infrastructure objects are organized into a tree using object type (or topology type) containers for branches. The top-level objects in the Topology view are always the vCenters.

The top-level objects in the Topology view are always the VirtualCenters.

Each VirtualCenter in the Topology view contains several object type containers, and each object type container contains every object of that particular type that is managed by the parent VirtualCenter.

Each object type container, as well as each object, has a representative icon that is displayed to the left, as shown in the following table.

Table 48. Virtual Infrastructure View Object Icons
Icon	Object	Object Name
	VirtualCenter	VMWVirtualCenter
	Datacenter	VMWDatacenter
	Cluster	VMWCluster
	ESX Server	VMWESXServer
	Resource Pool	VMWResourcePool
	Virtual Machine	VMWVirtualMachine
	Datastore	VMWDatastore

At the right, the Topology view displays status indicators. For an individual object, the status indicator represents the alarm of highest severity that is outstanding for that object. For an object type container, the status indicator represents the alarm of highest severity that is outstanding for all objects of that type.


	NOTE: A single virtual machine running at a high CPU utilization does not trigger an alarm for its parent ESX Server. An alarm is only triggered for the parent ESX Server if the server itself is running at a high CPU utilization.