Foglight for VMware 5.8.1 - User and Reference Guide

Virtual Machine Summary view

The Virtual Machine Summary view shows the overall resource utilization and the amounts of system resource consumption for a virtual machine.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 170. Alarms

Description	Lists the alarms generated against the selected virtual machine.
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.
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	• 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 172. Related Items

Description	Shows the numbers and states of the selected virtual machine and other components associated with it.
Data displayed	• Cluster. The name of the cluster associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Datacenter. The name of the datacenter associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Datastores. The number of datastores that are associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• ESX Host. The name of the ESX host on which the selected virtual machine is running, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Resource Pools. The number of resource pools that are associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Virtual Machine. The number of the selected virtual machine, 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.
	• Cluster. Displays the Clusters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the cluster associated with the selected virtual machine.
	• Datacenter. Displays the Datacenters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the datacenter associated with the selected virtual machine.
	• Datastores. Displays the Datastores Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all datastores that are associated with the selected virtual machine.
	• ESX Host. Displays the ESX Hosts Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the ESX host associated with the selected virtual machine.
	• Resource Pools. Displays the Resource Pools Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all resource pools that are associated with the selected virtual machine.
	• Virtual Center. Displays the Virtual Centers Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the virtual center associated with the selected virtual machine.
	• Virtual Machine. Displays the Virtual Machines Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the selected virtual machine.

Table 173. Resource Utilizations

Description	Shows the resource consumption for the selected virtual machine broken down into four simple views.
Data displayed	• CPU Load. The current percentage of the selected virtual machine’s CPU load, used to execute system code and user programs, based on the total CPU capacity.
	• CPU Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected CPU utilization range based on historical data.
	• CPU Utilization, % Ready. The percentage of the virtual machine’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 virtual machine to execute system code and user programs, during the selected time period.
	• Disk I/O. The current disk I/O rate for the selected virtual machine.
	• Disk Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected disk utilization range based on historical data.
	• Disk Utilization, Transfer Rate. The rate at which the virtual machine reads and writes data to the disk during the selected time period.
	• Memory Usage. The current percentage of the average memory usage by the selected virtual machine, based on the total memory capacity.
	• Memory Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected memory utilization range based on historical data.
	• Memory Utilization, Utilization. The percentage of memory used by the virtual machine during the selected time period.
	• Network I/O. The current rate at which the selected virtual machine transfers data from and to the network.
	• Network Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected network utilization range based on historical data.
	• Network Utilization, Transfer Rate. The rate at which the selected virtual machine receives and sends data to the network during the selected time period.
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	• 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 Virtual Machines view

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

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 174. 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 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 175. Top CPU Consumers

Description	Shows the top three virtual machines with the highest average CPU utilization.
Data displayed	• Virtual Machine. The name of the virtual machine.
	• 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:
	• Virtual Machine. For more information, see Summary tab.
	• Used Hz (in the graph). Displays the Top Virtual Machines-CPU Used Hz dialog box.

Table 176. Top Disk Consumers

Description	Shows the top three virtual machines 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.
	• Virtual Machine. The name of the virtual machine.
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	• Rate (in the graph). Displays the Top Virtual Machines - Disk Transfer Rate dialog box.
	• Virtual Machine. For more information, see Summary tab.

Table 177. Top Memory Consumers

Description	Shows the top three virtual machines with the highest average memory utilization.
Data displayed	• Consumed. The amount of memory the top three memory consumers use during the selected time range.
	• Virtual Machine. The name of the virtual machine that is one of the top three memory consumers.
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	• Consumed. Displays the Top Virtual Machines - Memory Consumed dialog box.
	• Virtual Machine. For more information, see Summary tab.

Virtual Machines view

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

Selecting the All Virtual Machines node displays overall resource utilization for all virtual machines in your integrated system, and the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources in the Summary - All Virtual Machines view on the right. Similarly, selecting a Virtual Machine node shows Virtual Machine-specific metrics in the Virtual Machine Summary view view on the right.

Summary - Standard Virtual Switch view

The Summary - Standard Virtual Switch view illustrates the overall network utilization and the levels of overall network packet loss for a selected standard virtual switch.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 181. Packet Loss

Description	Displays the utilization of the selected switch along with packet loss data. This view illustrates the overall switch efficiency.
Data displayed	• Utilization chart, Avg Utilization. The average percentage of the network resources available to the switch that are in use over the selected time period.
	• Utilization chart, Packet Loss. The average percentage of time the data packets sent to the monitored switch are not echoed back over the selected time period.
	• Utilization table, Average Utilization. The average percentage of the network resources available to the switch that are currently in use.
	• Utilization table, Packet Loss. The average percentage of time the data packets sent to the monitored switch are not echoed back.
	• Utilization table, Sum Throughput. The current rate of network throughput for the selected switch.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Packet Loss, Utilization chart. Displays the Utilization dialog box.

Table 182. Product Information

Description	Shows the name of the selected switch along with some basic configuration information.
Data displayed	• Available Ports. The number of switch ports that are available for use out of the total number of ports.
	• Type. The type of the switch: VMware Standard Virtual Switch.
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	• Product Information. Displays a dwell, providing additional configuration information about the selected standard virtual switch.

Table 183. Related Items

Description	Shows the numbers and states of the objects in your environment associated with the selected switch.
Data displayed	• Cluster. Represents the cluster associated with the selected switch, followed by the counts of alarms generated against that cluster in each severity state.
	• Datacenter. Represents the datacenter associated with the selected switch, followed by the counts of alarms generated against that datacenter in each severity state.
	• Virtual Center. Represents the virtual center associated with the selected switch, followed by the counts of alarms generated against that virtual center in each severity state.
	• Virtual Machine. Represents the virtual machines associated with the selected switch, followed by the counts of alarms generated against those virtual machines in each severity state.
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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.
	• Cluster. Displays the Clusters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the cluster associated with the selected switch.
	• Datacenter. Displays the Datacenters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the datacenter associated with the selected switch.
	• Virtual Center. Displays the Virtual Centers Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the virtual center associated with the selected switch.
	• Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of each virtual machine associated with the selected switch.

Table 185. Traffic Type Utilization

Description	Illustrates how different types of data traffic are represented in the overall network traffic managed by the selected switch. The current percentages of different type of network traffic appear in the table, while the chart displays the values captured over the selected time period.
Data displayed	• FT. The percentage of network traffic resulting from VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) operations, processed by the selected switch.
	• HBR. The percentage of network traffic resulting from host-based replication (HBR) operations, processed by the selected switch.
	• iScsi. The percentage of iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) network traffic processed by the selected switch.
	• NFS. The percentage of network traffic resulting from Network File System (NFS) operations, processed by the selected switch.
	• vMotion. The percentage of network traffic resulting from VMware vMotion operations, processed by the selected switch.
	• VM. The percentage of network traffic between virtual machines managed by the selected switch.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Traffic Type Utilization chart. Displays the Traffic Type Utilization dialog box.