Foglight for VMware 5.8 - User and Reference Guide

Clusters view

The Clusters view is a tree view. It lists the clusters that exist in your environment and shows their state.

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

Datacenter Summary view

The Datacenter Summary view shows the overall resource utilization and the amounts of system resource consumption for a datacenter.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 110. Alarms

Description	Lists the alarms generated against the selected datacenter.
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 111. Related Items

Description	Shows the numbers of the components that are associated with the selected datacenter and the related alarm counts.
Data displayed	• Clusters. The number of clusters that are associated with the selected datacenter, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Datacenter. The name of the selected datacenter.
	• Datastores. The number of datastores that are associated with the selected datacenter, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• ESX Hosts. The number of ESX hosts that are associated with the selected datacenter, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Resource Pools. The number of resource pools that are associated with the selected datacenter, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center to which the selected datacenter belongs, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Virtual Machines. The number of virtual machines that are associated with the selected datacenter, 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.
	• Clusters. Displays the Clusters Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all clusters that are associated with the selected datacenter.
	• Datacenters. Displays the Datacenters Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all datacenters that are associated with the selected datacenter.
	• Datastores. Displays the Datastores Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all datastores that are associated with the selected datacenter.
	• ESX Hosts. Displays the ESX Hosts Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all ESX hosts that are associated with the selected datacenter.
	• Resource Pools. Displays the Resource Pools Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all resource pools that are associated with the selected datacenter.
	• Virtual Center. Displays the Virtual Centers Inventory dwell, showing the name and states of the selected datacenter.
	• Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all virtual machines that are associated with the selected datacenter.

Table 112. Resource Utilizations

Description	Shows the resource consumption for the selected datacenter broken down into four simple views.
Data displayed	• CPU Load. The current percentage of the selected datacenter’s CPU load, used to execute system code and user programs, based on the total CPU capacity.
	• CPU Utilization, % Ready. The percentage of the datacenter’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 datacenter’s CPU utilization spent on executing system code and user programs during the selected time period.
	• Disk I/O. The current disk I/O rate for the selected datacenter.
	• Disk Utilization, Read Rate. The rate at which the datacenter reads data from the disk during the selected time period.
	• Disk Utilization, Write Rate. The rate at which the datacenter writes data to the disk during the selected time period.
	• Memory Utilization, Active. The amount of the available memory that the datacenter uses 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 datacenter transfers data from and to the network.
	• Network Utilization, Receive Rate. The rate at which the selected datacenter receives data from the network during the selected time period.
	• Network Utilization, Send Rate. The rate at which the selected datacenter 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 Datacenters view

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

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 113. 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 when the alarm is generated.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Alarm Message or Time. Links to the view that shows additional information about the component affected by the alarm.
	• 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.

Table 114. Top CPU Consumers

Description	Shows the top three datacenters with the highest average CPU utilization.
Data displayed	• Datacenter. The name of the datacenter.
	• 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:
	• Datacenter. For more information, see Summary tab.
	• Used Hz (in the graph). Displays the Top Datacenters -CPU Used Hz dialog box.

Table 115. Top Disk Consumers

Description	Shows the top three datacenters with the lowest available disk space.
Data displayed	• Rate. The rate at which the top three disk consumers read or write data to the disk during the selected time range.
	• Datacenter. The name of the datacenter.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Rate (in the graph). Displays the Top Datacenters - Disk Transfer Rate dialog box.
	• Datacenter. For more information, see Summary tab.

Table 116. Top Memory Consumers

Description	Shows the top three datacenters with the highest average memory utilization.
Data displayed	• Consumed. The amount of memory the top three memory consumers use during the selected time range.
	• Datacenter. The name of the datacenter.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Consumed. Displays the Top Datacenters - Memory Consumed dialog box.
	• Datacenter. For more information, see Summary tab.

Table 117. Top Network Consumers

Description	Shows the top three datacenters 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.
	• Datacenter. The name of the datacenter.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Rate. Displays the Top Datacenters - Network Transfer Rate dialog box.
	• Datacenter (in the table). For more information, see Summary tab.

Datacenters view

This tree view lists the datacenters that exist in your environment and shows their state.

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