Foglight for Hyper-V 5.7.7 - User and Reference Guide

Shows the combined percentage of the CPU usage for all servers in the system.

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Combined CPU Consumption %. The combined percentage of the CPU utilization used by all servers to execute system code and user programs during the selected time period.

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Combined CPU Consumption %. Displays the Combined CPU Consumption dialog box.

Figure 173. Combined CPU Consumption dialog box

Table 100. Servers at Hyper-V Model

This tabular view lists all servers that exist in your environment.

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Server, CPU. The current amount of the CPU speed that is used by the server.

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Server, Key. The color used in the Combined CPU Consumption chart to represent the server.

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Server, Memory. The current percentage of memory that is used by the server.

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Server, NICs. The number of network interface cards used by the server.

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Server, Server Name. Server name.

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Server, Status. The server status, associated with any alarms raised against it. If no alarms are fired, the status appears as Normal. Otherwise, the status is set to the highest alarm severity (Warning, Critical, or Fatal).

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Server, Version. The version number of the Windows OS running on the server.

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Virtual Machines, Configured. The number of virtual machines that exist on the server.

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Virtual Machines, Running. The number of virtual machines that are running on the server.

Drill down on any server entry. The Hyper-V Environment dashboard appears, showing the server details on the Hyper-V Explorer Summary tab.

Table 101. Virtual Environment

The Hyper-V Explorer’s Virtual Environment view displays a high-level overview of your virtual environment. The view has a tile for each type of object in your virtual infrastructure: Clusters, Servers, and Virtual Machines. Each tile shows how many of the corresponding object instances there are in your virtual infrastructure, as well as the count of objects of that type in each of the alarm states (Normal, Warning, Critical, Fatal).

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Alarm counts. The total counts of alarms associated with the clusters, servers, or virtual machines, broken down by alarm types (Normal, Warning, Critical, Fatal).

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Cluster count. The number of physical servers in your virtual environment.

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Server count. The number of physical servers in your virtual environment.

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Virtual Machine count. The number of virtual machines in your environment.

This tab is made up of the following embedded views:

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Clusters. Displays the Clusters dwell, showing the names and states of all clusters in your environment.

Figure 174. Clusters dwell

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Servers. Displays the Servers dwell, showing the name and state of all servers in your environment.

Figure 175. Servers dwell

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Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines dwell, showing the names and states of all virtual machines in your environment.

Figure 176. Virtual Machines dwell

Hyper-V Explorer Summary (All Virtual Machines) tab

The Hyper-V Explorer Summary (All Virtual Machines) tab shows a summary of system resources for all virtual machines that currently exist in your integrated infrastructure.

This tab appears in the Hyper-V Explorer when you select the Virtual Machines node on the Hyper-V Explorer Topology tab.

Figure 177. Hyper-V Explorer Summary (All Virtual Machines) tab

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Virtual Environment

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Virtual Machines at Hyper-V Model

Table 102. Virtual Environment

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Alarm counts. The total counts of alarms associated with the clusters, servers, or virtual machines, broken down by alarm types (Normal, Warning, Critical, Fatal).

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Cluster count. The number of physical servers in your virtual environment.

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Server count. The number of physical servers in your virtual environment.

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Virtual Machine count. The number of virtual machines in your environment.

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Clusters. Displays the Clusters dwell, showing the name and state of all clusters in your environment.

Figure 178. Clusters dwell

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Servers. Displays the Servers dwell, showing the name and state of all servers in your environment.

Figure 179. Servers dwell

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Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines dwell, showing the names and states of all virtual machines in your environment.

Figure 180. Virtual Machines dwell

Table 103. Virtual Machines at Hyper-V Model

This tabular view lists all virtual machines that exist in your environment.

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Server, Name. The name of the server on which the virtual machine is running.

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Server, Status. The status of the server on which the virtual machine is running, associated with any alarms raised against it. If no alarms are fired, the status appears as Normal. Otherwise, the status is set to the highest alarm severity (Warning, Critical, or Fatal).

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Virtual Machine, CPU Utilization. The percentage of the virtual machine’s CPU utilization spent on executing system code and user programs.

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Virtual Machine, Name. The virtual machine name.

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Virtual Machine, Status. The virtual machine status, associated with any alarms raised against it. If no alarms are fired, the status appears as Normal. Otherwise, the status is set to the highest alarm severity (Warning, Critical, or Fatal).

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Virtual Machine, Total Memory. The total amount of memory allocated to the virtual machine.

Drill down on any virtual machine entry. The Hyper-V Environment dashboard appears, showing the server details on the Hyper-V Explorer Summary tab.

Hyper-V Explorer Monitor

The Hyper-V Explorer Monitor tab appears when you are exploring individual servers and virtual machines. It provides more details about the component’s resource usage, such as the utilization of each individual CPU, server, and cluster performance, and the data throughput rate.

Figure 181. Monitor tab

Hyper-V Explorer Monitor tab

The Hyper-V Explorer Monitor tab shows details of system resources consumption for a server or a virtual machine.

This tab appears in the Hyper-V Explorer when you select a server or a virtual machine on the Hyper-V Explorer Topology tab.

Figure 182. Monitor tab

This tab is made up of the following embedded views:

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Cluster

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Connection and Throughput

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Server

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Server Utilizations

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Virtual Machines

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Virtual Machine Utilizations

Table 104. Cluster

Shows the details about the cluster to which the selected server belongs.

NOTE: This view only appears when you are exploring server details.

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Cluster. The name of the server cluster to which the selected server belongs, followed by the total counts of alarms associated with the cluster, broken down by alarm types (Normal, Warning, Critical, Fatal).

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Servers. The number of all servers associated with the cluster, including running and turned-off servers.

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VMs. The number of all virtual machines that exist on the selected server, including running and powered-off virtual machines.

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Drill down on any alarm count. Displays the Alarms dialog box that shows a list of all related alarms.

Table 105. Connection and Throughput

When exploring virtual machines, this view shows the dynamics of network traffic. For servers, this view also illustrates disk and memory input and output rates.

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Memory Swap In. The rate at which memory swap-ins occur.

NOTE: This data only appears when exploring server details.

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Memory Swap Out. The rate at which memory swap-outs occur. When memory becomes scarce, the OS swaps out sleeping processes, then swaps out active processes that use large amounts of memory. If swap-outs occur, the swap space can become critically low.

NOTE: This data only appears when exploring server details.

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Network Data In. The rate at which data is received from the network during the selected time period.

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Network Data Out. The rate at which data is transferred to the network during the selected time period.

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Network Packets In. The rate at which network packets are received during the selected time period.

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Network Packets Out. The rate at which network packets are sent during the selected time period.

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Storage Read Rate. The rate at which data is read from the disk during the selected time period.

NOTE: This data only appears when exploring server details.

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Storage Reads. The percentage of elapsed time that the disk is busy servicing read requests during the selected time period.

NOTE: This data only appears when exploring server details.

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Storage Write Rate. The rate at which data is written to the disk during the selected time period.

NOTE: This data only appears when exploring server details.

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Storage Writes. The percentage of elapsed time that the disk is busy servicing write requests during the selected time period.

NOTE: This data only appears when exploring server details.

NOTE: This drilldown is only available when exploring server details.

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Memory Swap In. Displays the Swap In dialog box.

Figure 183. Swap In dialog box

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Memory Swap Out. Displays the Swap Out dialog box.

Figure 184. Swap Out dialog box

NOTE: This drilldown is only available when exploring server details.

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Network Data In. Displays the Data In dialog box.

Figure 185. Data In dialog box

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Network Data Out. Displays the Data Out dialog box.

Figure 186. Data Out dialog box

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Network Packets In. Displays the Network Packets Received dialog box.

Figure 187. Network Packets Received dialog box

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Network Packets Out. Displays the Network Packets Sent dialog box.

Figure 188. Network Packets Sent dialog box

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Storage Read Rate. Displays the Read Rate dialog box.

Figure 189. Read Rate dialog box

NOTE: This drilldown is only available when exploring server details.

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Storage Reads. Displays the Disk Read Requests dialog box.

Figure 190. Disk Read Requests dialog box

NOTE: This drilldown is only available when exploring server details.

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Storage Write Rate. Displays the Write Rate dialog box.

Figure 191. Write Rate dialog box

NOTE: This drilldown is only available when exploring server details.

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Storage Writes. Displays the Disk Write Requests dialog box.

Figure 192. Disk Write Requests dialog box

NOTE: This drilldown is only available when exploring server details.

Table 106. Server

Shows the current state of the server associated with the selected virtual machine, its current resource consumption, and indicates the number of virtual machines associated with the server.

NOTE: This view only appears when exploring virtual machine details.

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CPU. The current percentage of the server’s CPU load, used to execute system code and user programs, based on the total CPU capacity.

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Disk. The server’s current disk I/O rate.

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Memory. The current percentage of the server’s memory usage

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Network. The current rate at which the server transfers data from and to the network.

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Virtual machines. The number of the virtual machines associated with the server, followed by the counts of all alarms associated with the virtual machines, broken down by the alarm state (Normal, Warning, Critical, Fatal).

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VMs Running. The number of the virtual machines associated with the server that are currently running.

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Any alarm count. Displays the Alarms dialog box that shows a list of all related alarms.

Figure 193. Alarms dialog box

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CPU. Displays the CPU Utilization dialog box.

Figure 194. CPU Utilization dialog box

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Disk. Displays the Disk Reads and Writes dialog box.

Figure 195. Disk Reads and Writes dialog box

Figure 196. Memory. Displays the Memory Utilization dialog box.

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Memory Utilization dialog box

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Network. Displays the Network Utilization dialog box.

Figure 197. Network Utilization dialog box

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Server. Displays the servers details in the Hyper-V Explorer Summary tab.

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Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines dwell, showing the names and states of all virtual machines name associated with the server.

Figure 198. Virtual Machines dwell

Table 107. Server Utilizations

Shows the utilization of the selected server’s resources.

NOTE: This view only appears when exploring server details.

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Composite CPU Utilization. The combined CPU utilization across all CPUs on the selected server.

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CPU 0-N. The current percentage of each individual CPU’s load, used to execute system code and user programs, based on the its total CPU capacity.

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Memory Summary, Consumed. The amount of memory that is used over the selected time period.

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Memory Utilization. The percentage of the server memory that is currently in use.

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Network Summary, NIC. The name of a network interface card.

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Network Summary, Receive. The current rate at which a network interface card receives data from the network.

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Network Summary, Send. The current rate at which a network interface card transfers data to the network.

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Network Summary, Utilization. The current rate at which the server transfers data to and from the network during the selected time period.

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Storage Summary, Disk Usage. The rate at which the server reads from or writes data to disk during the selected time period.

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CPU 0-N. Displays the CPU N dialog box.

Figure 199. CPU N dialog box

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Composite CPU Utilization. Displays the Composite CPU Utilization dialog box.

Figure 200. Composite CPU Utilization dialog box

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Disk Usage. Displays the Storage Summary dialog box.

Figure 201. Storage Summary dialog box

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Memory Summary, Consumed. Displays the Memory Consumed dialog box.

Figure 202. Memory Consumed dialog box

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Memory Utilization. Displays the Server Memory Utilization dialog box.

Figure 203. Server Memory Utilization dialog box

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Network Summary Utilization. Displays the Network Summary dialog box.

Figure 204. Network Summary dialog box

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NIC (any entry). Displays the NIC Statistics dialog box.

Figure 205. NIC Statistics dialog box

Table 108. Virtual Machines

Shows a list of virtual machines associated with the selected server.

NOTE: This view only appears when exploring server details.

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Running. The number of the virtual machines associated with the server that are currently running.

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Virtual Machine. For each virtual machine that is associated with the selected server, and is currently running, there is an entry showing the name of the virtual machine followed by the total counts of alarms associated with the virtual machine, broken down by alarm types (Normal, Warning, Critical, Fatal).

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Any alarm count. Displays the Alarms dialog box that shows a list of all related alarms.

Figure 206. Alarms dialog box

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Virtual Machine. Displays the virtual machine details in the Hyper-V Explorer Summary tab.

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Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines dwell, showing the names and states of all virtual machines associated with the server.

Figure 207. Virtual Machines dwell

Table 109. Virtual Machine Utilizations

Shows a list of virtual machines associated with the selected server.

NOTE: This view only appears when exploring virtual machine details.

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Composite CPU Utilization. The combined CPU utilization across all CPUs on the selected virtual machine.

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CPU 0-N. The current percentage of each individual CPU’s load, used to execute system code and user programs, based on the its total CPU capacity.

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Network Summary, NIC. The name of a network interface card used by the selected virtual machine.

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Network Summary, Receive. The current rate at which a network interface card receives data from the network.

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Network Summary, Send. The current rate at which a network interface card transfers data to the network.

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Network Summary, Utilization. The current rate at which the virtual machine transfers data to and from the network during the selected time period.