Foglight for VMware 5.7.3 - User and Reference Guide

Description of Embedded Views

On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Datastores tile.

In the Quick-View, select the All Datastores node in the Datastores view.

The Summary - Datastore view appears on the right.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

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Alarms

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Bottom Free Space

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Bottom Time Until Full

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Top Free Space

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Top Weekly Growth Rate

Table 123. Alarms

Lists the alarms generated against the monitored system.

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Alarm Message. An explanation about why the alarm occurred.

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Severity. Indicates the alarm severity: Warning, Critical, or Fatal.

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Time. The time at which the alarm was generated.

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Alarm Message. Links to the Summary - Datastore view .

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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.

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Time. Links to the Summary - Datastore view .

Table 124. Bottom Free Space

Shows the three datastores with the lowest amount of free space.

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Datastore. The name of the datastore.

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Free space.The amount of free space for this datastore.

Datastore. For more information, see Datastore tab.

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Table 125. Bottom Time Until Full

Shows the three datastores with the highest amount of time until they reach their full capacity, based on the current trend.

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Datastore. The name of the datastore.

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Time.The estimated amount of time after which this datastore becomes full.

Datastore. For more information, see Datastore tab.

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Table 126. Top Free Space

Shows the three datastores with the highest amount of free space.

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Datastore. The name of the datastore.

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Free space.The amount of free space for this datastore.

Datastore. For more information, see Datastore tab.

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Table 127. Top Weekly Growth Rate

Shows the three datastores with the highest weekly growth rate.

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Datastore. The name of the datastore.

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Rate.The average amount of space the datastore expands every week.

Datastore. For more information, see Datastore tab.

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Datastores view

Purpose

This view is a tree view. It lists the datastores that exist in your environment and shows their state.

Figure 287. Datastores view

Selecting the All Datastores node displays overall resource utilization for all datastores in your integrated system, and the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources in the Summary - Datastore view on the right. Similarly, selecting a datastore node shows datastore-specific metrics in the Summary- Datastore view on the right.

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On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Quick-View, select the Datastores tile.

The Datastores view appears in the Quick-View on the left.

Table 128. Description of the View

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Alarm severity. The state of the most recent alarm raised against the associated datastore.

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All Datastores. A parent node for the datastore object instances that appear in this view.

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Datastore classifications. The datastore classifications, which include the following options: vSan Datastores, VMFS Datastores, NFS Datastores, and VVOL Datastore. Clicking a classification node shows all available datastores that belong to this classification.

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All Datastores. Shows the Summary - Datastore view in the Quick-View.

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Datastore classifications. Shows the Summary - Datastore view in the Quick-View.

Datastore tab

Purpose

The Datastore tab shows the overall resource utilization and the amounts of system resource consumption for a physical datastore, the related components, and their alarm state.

Figure 288. Datastore tab

Description of Embedded Views

On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Datastores tile.

In the Quick-View, in the Datastores view, select a datastore node.

In the Summary - Datastore view that appears, click a datastore.

The Datastore tab appears in the display area.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

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Related Components Views

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Resource Utilizations

Table 129. Related Components Views

Shows the numbers and states of the components associated with this datastore.

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Datacenter. The name of the datacenter associated with this datastore, followed by the related alarm counts.

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Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center associated with this datastore, followed by the related alarm counts.

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Virtual Machines. The number of virtual machines that are associated with the selected datastore, followed by the related alarm counts.

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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.

Figure 289. Alarms dialog box

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Datacenter, Virtual Center, or a Virtual Machine. For more information, see Summary tab.

Table 130. Resource Utilizations

Shows the resource consumption for the selected datastore broken down into four simple views.

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Capacity. The total space allocated to this datastore.

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Datastore. The name of the selected datastore, followed by the related alarm counts.

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Est. Time Until Full. The estimated amount of time after which this datastore becomes full.

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Free. The amount of free space for this datastore.

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Max File Size. The maximum file size for this datastore.

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Percent Free. The percent of free space for this datastore.

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Type. The datastore type.

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URL. The datastore URL.

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Used. The amount of used space for this datastore.

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Weekly Growth Rate. The average amount of space the datastore expands every week.

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Free or Percent Free. Displays the Storage Used dialog box.

Figure 290. Storage Used dialog box

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Used. Displays the Logical Drive Utilization dialog box.

Figure 291. Logical Drive Utilization dialog box

Datastore view

Purpose

The Datastore view shows the performance and utilization metrics for a selected datastore.

Figure 292. Datastore view


	NOTE: The VSAN Physical Disks, VSAN Virtual Disks, and VSAN Topology tabs appear in this view only if a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .

Description of Embedded Views

On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Datastores tile.

In the Quick-View, in the Datastores view, select a datastore node.

In the Summary - Datastore view that appears, click Explore.

The Datastore view appears in the display area.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

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FAQts tab

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Datastore Capacity (Utilization tab)

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Datastore Capacity table (Utilization tab)

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Datastore Performance (Performance tab)

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Datastore Total I/O and Latency (Performance tab)

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Local VMware Disk: VM Objects On Disk (VSAN Physical Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)

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Physical Disk Placement (VSAN Virtual Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)

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Physical Disks (VSAN Physical Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)

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SAN Topology tab

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Virtual Disks (VSAN Virtual Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)

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VSAN Topology tab (VSAN datastores only)

Table 131. FAQts tab
Description	Shows answers to common questions about your environment. For complete details about the information that appears on this tab, see FAQts tab .

Table 132. Datastore Capacity (Utilization tab)

Contains information about the selected datastore data capacity.

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Datastore, In Use. The percentage of disk space in use.

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Datastore, Name. The datastore name.

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Current Utilization, Allocated. The percentage of the total disk space that is allocated to the virtual machines associated with the selected datastore.

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Current Utilization, Available Space. The amount of the datastore disk space that is available for use.

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Current Utilization, Capacity. The total amount of the datastore disk space, including the space in use and the available space.

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Current Utilization, In use. The percentage of the total disk space that is currently in use.

Table 133. Datastore Capacity table (Utilization tab)

Lists the virtual machines associated with the selected datastore.

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Name. The virtual machine name

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Space Allocated. The amount of disk space allocated to the virtual machine.

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Space Used. The amount of disk space the virtual machine currently uses.

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Weekly Growth Rate. The estimated growth pattern of the used disk space for the virtual machine.

Name. For more information, see Summary tab.

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Table 134. Datastore Performance (Performance tab)

Shows the levels of disk resources used by the virtual machines associated with the selected datastore.

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I/O Distribution. A pie chart indicating how much disk space the individual virtual machines are using.

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VM Offenders, ESX Host Name. The name of the ESX host on which the virtual machine is running.

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VM Offenders, I/O. The rate at virtual machine writes or reads data from the disk associated with the selected datastore.

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VM Offenders, IOps. The number of disk I/O operations the virtual machine processes per second.

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VM Offenders, Latency. The data transfer latency.

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VM Offenders, Name. The name of the virtual machine.

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VM Offenders, ESX Host Name or VM Offenders, Name. For more information, see Summary tab.

Table 135. Datastore Total I/O and Latency (Performance tab)

Shows the disk latency and throughput rates for the selected datastore.

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Datastore, Avg/Peak Latency. The average and peak latency rates for the selected datastore.

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Datastore, I/O. The data transfer rates for the selected datastore.

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Latency. The datastore latency rates over the selected time range.

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Throughput. The datastore disk throughput rates over the selected time range.

Table 136. Local VMware Disk: VM Objects On Disk (VSAN Physical Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)

Lists the visual machines associated with the selected disk in the Physical Disks view.

NOTE: This view appears on the VSAN Physical Disks tab. This tab is only available when a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .

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Object Type. The type of the topology object representing the virtual machine.

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Parent VM. The name of the virtual machine associated with the selected disk.

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VM Object. The topology object representing the virtual machine.

Parent VM. For more information, see Summary tab.

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Table 137. Physical Disk Placement (VSAN Virtual Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)

Lists the visual machines associated with the selected virtual machine in the Virtual Disks view.

NOTE: This view appears on the VSAN Virtual Disks tab. This tab is only available when a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .

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Component State. The virtual machine state, for example, ACTIVE.

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Flash Disk Name. The name of the flash disk associated with the virtual machine.

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Flash Disk UUID. The universally unique identifies (UUID) of the flash disk associated with the virtual machine.

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HDD Disk Name. The name of the hard disk associated with the virtual machine.

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HDD Disk UUID. The universally unique identifies (UUID) of the hard disk associated with the virtual machine.

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Host. The name of the ESX host on which the virtual machine is running.

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Type. The type of the virtual machine such as Component or Witness.

Host. For more information, see Summary tab.

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Table 138. Physical Disks (VSAN Physical Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)

Lists the physical disks associated with the selected VSAN datastore.

NOTE: This view appears on the VSAN Physical Disks tab. This tab is only available when a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .

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Capacity. The total space on the disk, including the available space and the space in use.

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Capacity Reserved. The amount of space on disk that is reserved for some special purpose, for example, when the disk becomes full, or for some specific privileged processes.

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Capacity Used. The amount of disk space on that is currently used.

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Disk Group. The disk group to which the disk belongs.

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Drive Type. The disk type. For example, HDD or Flash.

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Name. A navigation tree with an ESX host as the root, and physical disks as child nodes.

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Operational Status. The current operational disk status.

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VSAN Health Status. The status of the VSAN the disk is associated with.

Table 139. SAN Topology tab
Description	This view appears only if you have Foglight for Storage Management installed and enabled. For more information, see the Foglight for Storage Management documentation.

Table 140. Virtual Disks (VSAN Virtual Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)

Lists the virtual machines associated with the selected VSAN datastore.

NOTE: This view appears on the VSAN Virtual Disks tab. This tab is only available when a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .