Foglight for VMware 6.3.0 - User Guide

Metrics Collection Management View

The Metrics Collection Management view is used to configure the metrics collect by agent. VMware agent has collect total 99 metrics from vCenter, but some metrics are not used to VMware dashboard and relate products (Capacity Director, Optimizer and so on), less metrics collection can reduce the pressure of collection from vCenter and improve performance for agent on large environment. This view is for this purpose and user can disable the collection of these metrics at this view.

Data displayed

Quick-View

The Quick-View displays summary information about the objects you select from the Virtual Environment Overview, which is also available on the Virtual Environment Summary dashboard.

The Quick-View is made up of two embedded views—the Object Tree view and the Object Summary view. Depending on what is selected in the Object Tree view, the Object Summary view, located at the right of the Quick-View, displays summary information for either a single object or for a group of objects of a particular type.

Resource Pool Summary view

The Resource Pool Summary view shows the overall resource utilization and the amounts of system resource consumption for a physical resource pool.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 152. Alarms

Description	Lists the alarms generated against the selected resource pool.
Data displayed	• Alarm Message. An explanation about why the alarm occurred.
	• Severity. Indicates the alarm severity: Warning, Critical, or Fatal.
	• Time. The time when the alarm was generated.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Alarm Message, Severity, or Time. Displays the Alarm dialog box, showing additional information about the alarm. For more information about alarms in Foglight, see the Foglight User Help.

Table 153. Related Items

Description	Shows the numbers and states of the selected resource pool and other components associated with the resource pool.
Data displayed	• Cluster. The name of the cluster associated with the selected resource pool, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Datacenter. The name of the datacenter associated with the selected resource pool, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Resource Pools. The name of the selected resource pool, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center associated with the selected resource pool, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Virtual Machines. The number of virtual machines that are associated with the selected resource pool, followed by the related alarm counts.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Alarm count. Displays the Alarms dialog box that shows a list of all related alarms. For each alarm entry, it shows its severity, the time at which it was triggered, the rule name that triggered the alarm, and the alarm message.
	• Cluster. Displays the Clusters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the cluster associated with the selected resource pool.
	• Datacenter. Displays the Datacenters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the datacenter associated with the selected resource pool.
	• Resource Pool. Displays the Resource Pools Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the selected resource pool.
	• Virtual Center. Displays the Virtual Centers Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the virtual center associated with the selected resource pool.
	• Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all virtual machines that are associated with the selected resource pool.

Table 154. Resource Utilizations

Description	Shows the resource consumption for the selected resource pool broken down into four simple views.
Data displayed	• CPU Load. The current percentage of the selected resource pool’s CPU load, used to execute system code and user programs, based on the total CPU capacity.
	• CPU Utilization, % Ready. The percentage of the resource pool’s CPU resources that is ready to execute system code and user programs during the selected time period.
	• CPU Utilization, % Used. The percentage of the CPU utilization used by the resource pool to execute system code and user programs, during the selected time period.
	• Disk I/O. The current disk I/O rate for the selected resource pool.
	• Disk Utilization, Read Rate. The rate at which the resource pool reads data from the disk during the selected time period.
	• Disk Utilization, Write Rate. The rate at which the resource pool writes data to the disk during the selected time period.
	• Memory Usage. The current percentage of the average memory usage by the selected resource pool, based on the total memory capacity.
	• Memory Utilization, Active. The amount of the available memory used by the selected resource pool during the selected time period.
	• Memory Utilization, Ballooned. The amount of physical memory that is actively being used by the VMware Memory Control Driver to allow the guest OS to selectively swap memory.
	• Memory Utilization, Shared. The amount of the virtual machine memory that is freed up due to transparent page sharing.
	• Memory Utilization, Swapped. The amount of memory that is stored in disk swap space
	• Network I/O. The current rate at which the selected resource pool transfers data from and to the network.
	• Network Utilization, Receive Rate. The rate at which the selected resource pool receives data from the network during the selected time period.
	• Network Utilization, Send Rate. The rate at which the selected resource pool sends data to the network during the selected time period.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• CPU Load spinner. Displays the CPU Load dialog box.
	• CPU Utilization graph. Displays the CPU Utilization dialog box.
	• Disk I/O spinner. Displays the Disk I/O dialog box.
	• Disk Utilization graph. Displays the Disk Utilization dialog box.
	• Memory Utilization graph. Displays the Memory Utilization dialog box.
	• Network I/O spinner. Displays the Network I/O dialog box.
	• Network Utilization graph. Displays the Network Utilization dialog box.

Summary - All Resource Pools view

The Summary - All Resource Pools view displays overall resource utilization information for a group of physical resource pools and shows the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 155. Alarms

Description	Lists the alarms generated against the monitored system.
Data displayed	• Alarm Message. An explanation about why the alarm occurred.
	• Severity. Indicates the alarm severity: Warning, Critical, or Fatal.
	• Time. The time at which the alarm was generated.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Alarm Message. Links to the Resource Pool Summary view .
	• Severity. Displays the Alarm Created dialog box, showing additional information about the alarm. For more information about alarms in Foglight, see the Foglight User Help.
	• Time. Links to the Resource Pool Summary view .

Table 156. Top CPU Consumers

Description	Shows the top three resource pools with the highest average CPU utilization.
Data displayed	• Resource Pool. The name of the resource pool.
	• Used Hz.The amount of CPU processing speed each of the top three CPU consumers spend on executing system code and user programs, during the selected time range.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Resource Pool. For more information, see Summary tab.
	• Used Hz (in the graph). Displays the Top Resource Pools-CPU Used Hz dialog box.

Table 159. Top Network Consumers

Description	Shows the top three resource pools that are consuming most network bandwidth.
Data displayed	• Rate. The rate at which the top three network consumers transfer data to or from the network during the selected time range.
	• Resource Pool. The name of the resource pool that is one of the top three network consumers.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Rate. Displays the Top Resource Pools - Network Transfer Rate dialog box.
	• Resource Pool (in the table). For more information, see Summary tab.