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Foglight for VMware 5.6.16 - User and Reference Guide

Using Foglight for VMware
Introducing the Virtual Infrastructure Navigation Basics Interacting with Foglight for VMware VMware Performance Agent Configuration
Reference
Views
VMware Alarms Views VMware Explorer Views VMware Modeler Views VMware VirtualCenter Views VMware Environment Views Other Views
Rules
Agent Rules Cluster Rules Datacenter Rules Datastore Rules Resource Pool Rules ESX Server Rules VirtualCenter Rules Virtual Machine Rules VMW Stale Data Management Rule Virtual Switch Rules
Appendix: Alarm Messages

About VMware Roles

The Management Server relies on roles to control user access. Each user can have one or more roles. The roles granted to a user determine the set of actions that the user can perform. The Management Server includes a set of built-in roles that control access to dashboards and reports included with the Management Server. The following roles are included with Foglight™ for VMware to control access to the dashboards and reports:
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VMware Administrator: This role provides full access to all product components, views and reports.
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VMware Automation User: Users with this role can access the VMware Explorer Administration tab. This tab provides quick access to common administrative tasks that include server shutdown, virtual machine creation, resource allocation, and others.
 
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IMPORTANT: Executing VMware administration tasks, such as rebooting an ESX® host or a VM, require specific VMware® permissions.
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VMware Operator User: This role restricts the user to the VMware Environment and VMware Explorer dashboards only, except the Administration tab, and NetFlow Setting and Cisco Setting dialog boxes. Attempts to navigate to these elements result in the following message: Sorry. The view is not authorized.
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VMware QuickView User: This role restricts the user to the VMware Environment dashboard only. Attempts to navigate to the VMware Explorer result in the following message: You are not authorized to access view “VMware Explorer”.
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VMware Report User: This role grants access to the Foglight for VMware reports only. None of the VMware views are accessible if this is the user’s only role. To work with reports, the user additionally requires the Reports Manager role.
For more information about roles, users, and security, see the Administration and Configuration Help.

Exploring Administrative Tasks

The Administration tab of the VMware Environment dashboard contains links to agent administration tasks that you can use to manage VMware Performance Agent instances and set the alarm sensitivity.
This tab consists of the Tasks area and the Agents view.
Figure 8. VMware Environment Administration tab

Tasks area

The Tasks area contains links to administrative tasks that you can initiate from this tab:
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Set Alarm Sensitivity Level: Sets the level of alarms that the system generates, stores, and displays. For more information, see Setting the Alarm Sensitivity Level.
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Configure OS Mapping: Associates different versions of an operating system with a common OS name. For more information, see Creating OS Mapping Rules.
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Review Instances and Limits: View existing VMware object instances. For more information, see Reviewing object instances and limits.

Agents view

The Agents view shows a list of existing agent instances and a set of agent management buttons at the top of the list. The following buttons are available:
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Add: Starts a workflow for creating new agent instances. For more information, see Configuring Monitoring Agents for Data Collection.
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Refresh: Refreshes the list of agent instances and their states.
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Activate: Activates one or more selected agent instances. Activating an agent instance starts the agent process on the machine on which the agent is installed.
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Deactivate: Deactivates one or more selected agent instances. Deactivating an agent stops the agent process on the machine on which the agent is installed.
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Start Data Collection: Starts the data collection for one or more selected agent instances. Starting an agent’s data collection causes the agent to begin monitoring a Virtual Center, and to send the collected metrics back to the Management Server.
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Stop Data Collection: Stops the data collection for one or more selected agent instances. Stopping an agent’s data collection causes the agent to stop monitoring the Virtual Center.
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Edit Properties: Starts a workflow for editing the properties of one or more selected agent instances. Each agent comes with a set of properties that it uses to configure its correct running state. For more information, see Setting the Configuration Properties.
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Remove: Deletes the selected agent instance.
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Update Agent: Updates the agent package to the latest version.
To perform an agent management command, select the one or more check boxes in the left-most column and click the appropriate button. For example, to start an agent’s data collection, select the check box in the agent row and click Start Data Collection.
The table in the Agents area lists the existing VMware Performance Agent instances. For more details about the data appearing in this table, see Agents view .
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