Foglight for VMware Horizon View 5.8 - User and Reference Guide

Table 1. 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 of the 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.

Hierarchy tab

The Hierarchy view represents the logical layout of VirtualCenter management servers, so it is not organized into groups of common objects.

In the Hierarchy view, each VirtualCenter object is organized into a tree that has the same hierarchical structure as the corresponding VirtualCenter, displaying the objects (for example, datacenters, clusters, resource pools, virtual machines, and folders) within the VirtualCenter as branches.

Each object in the Hierarchy view has a representative icon that is displayed at the left of the object’s name. These icons are shown in the table in Topology tab .

At the right, the Hierarchy view displays status indicators. Each status indicator represents the alarm of highest severity that is outstanding for the corresponding object.

Mouse-over status popups

When you hover the cursor over an object in the Virtual Infrastructure view, you see a popup that provides a summary of the present state of that object.

The following image shows the popup you see when you hover the cursor over a VirtualCenter object in the Virtual Infrastructure view.

Figure 54. Status popup example

VMware Explorer Primary view

The VMware Explorer dashboard has a Primary view that takes up the entire display panel of the browser interface. For more information about the VMware Explorer dashboard, see Use the VMware Explorer.

Purpose

The VMware Explorer Primary view is the most content-intensive view in Foglight for VMware Horizon View. It provides access to summary (of alarm, resource, and other) information for the object being viewed in the VMware Explorer dashboard, as well as detailed information on performance with respect to the four core ESX® infrastructure resources: CPU, memory, disk, and network usage. This view provides a great deal of value to administrators who leverage to monitor their virtual infrastructure.

Figure 55. VMware Explorer Primary view

It provides navigation tabs that can be used to view a variety of valuable information pertaining to the object being viewed.

Content and embedded views

The metrics and the amount of detail displayed in the Primary view vary depending on the type of object you select.

The Primary view changes in appearance and content, depending on which navigation tab and embedded view you have selected.

The VMware Explorer Primary view heading, located at the top of the VMware Explorer Primary view, consists of three main components:

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an icon and text that specify the type of selected object or object container (from this point on, these two are referred to simply as object, unless otherwise specified).

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an alarm summary for the selected object.

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navigation tabs.

The alarm summary at the right of the Primary view heading shows you the number of alarms at each severity level that are outstanding for the selected object. When you click an alarm count, you get a popup that lists the active alarms for the object.

The navigation tabs are located immediately below the selected object’s name. These navigation tabs vary from object to object, but generally contain a tab to an object summary (typically the default view), a tab to an object performance overview, and one or more tabs to other relevant information.

The Primary view changes in appearance and content, depending on which navigation tab and embedded view you have selected. For example, typically if you select an object type container from the Topology view, the Summary tab in the Primary view displays a consumption graph and a table that are representative of the group of objects within that container. However, if you select a Resource Pools container from the Topology view, the Summary tab in the Primary view displays a Resource Pools Relationship Tree that contains every resource pool that belongs to the clusters within the associated VirtualCenter.

If you select an individual resource pool from the Virtual Infrastructure view, the Summary tab in the Primary view displays summary and utilization information for that resource pool. This is typically the type of information you see for the Summary tab when you select any individual object from the Virtual Infrastructure view.

The metrics and the amount of detail displayed in the Primary view vary depending on the type of object you select.

The VMware Explorer Primary view a combination of a number of different embedded views. For more information, see the following topics:

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VMs tab

This tab is available in the VMware Explorer. To find it, open the VMware Explorer and on the Virtual Infrastructure view, that appears on the navigation panel, select any node, except the individual virtual machine nodes. In the VMware Explorer, open the VMs tab.

Purpose and content

The VMware Explorer’s VMs tab displays the combined CPU utilization for all virtual machines associated with the selected component. This includes the percentages of CPU processing power allocated to the virtual machines that is used and ready for use.

Figure 56. VMs tab