Foglight for Hyper-V 5.7.0 - User and Reference Guide

Shows the resource consumption for the selected cluster, server, or virtual machine broken down into four simple views.

NOTE: This metric only appears when exploring server or virtual machine details.

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CPU Load. The current percentage of the selected component’s (cluster, server, or virtual machine) CPU load, used to execute system code and user programs, based on the total CPU capacity available to that component.

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CPU Utilization, % Used. The percentage of the selected component’s (cluster, server, or virtual machine) CPU utilization spent on executing system code and user programs during the selected time period.

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CPU Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected CPU utilization range based on historical data.

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Disk I/O. The current disk I/O rate for the selected cluster, server or virtual machine.

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Disk Transfer Rate. The rate at which data was read from or written to the disks associated with the selected cluster, server, or virtual machine) during the specified time period.

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Disk Transfer Rate, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected disk utilization range based on historical data.

NOTE: This metric only appears when exploring server or virtual machine details.

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Memory, Static Memory. The total amount of static memory available to the selected cluster, server, or virtual machine.

NOTE: This metric appears only if the DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) is disabled on the selected cluster, server, or virtual machine.

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Memory Load. The current percentage of the average memory usage by the selected cluster, server, or virtual machine.

NOTE: This metric appears only if the DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) is enabled on the selected cluster, server, or virtual machine.

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Memory Utilization, Assigned. The amount of memory that is allocated to the selected server or cluster) during the specified time period.

NOTE: This metric appears only if the DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) is enabled on the selected cluster, server, or virtual machine.

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Memory Utilization, Demand. The amount of memory that the selected cluster, server or virtual machine requires during the specified time period.

NOTE: This metric appears only if the DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) is enabled on the selected cluster, server, or virtual machine.

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Network I/O. The current rate at which the selected component (cluster, server, or virtual machine) transfers data from and to the network.

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Network Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected CPU utilization range based on historical data.

NOTE: This metric only appears when exploring server or virtual machine details.

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Network Utilization, Transfer Rate. The rate at which the selected component (cluster, server, or virtual machine) receives or sends data to the network during the selected time period.

NOTE: This drilldown is only available when viewing server or cluster details in the Hyper-V Explorer.

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CPU Load spinner. Displays the CPU Load dialog box.

Figure 162. CPU Load dialog box

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CPU Utilization graph. Displays the CPU Utilization dialog box.

Figure 163. CPU Utilization dialog box

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Disk I/O spinner. Displays the Disk I/O dialog box.

Figure 164. Disk I/O dialog box

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Disk Utilization graph. Displays the Disk Utilization dialog box.

Figure 165. Disk Utilization dialog box

NOTE: This drilldown is only available when viewing server or cluster details in the Hyper-V Explorer.

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Memory Usage spinner. Displays the Memory Usage dialog box.

Figure 166. Memory Usage dialog box

NOTE: This drilldown is only available when viewing server or cluster details in the Hyper-V Explorer.

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Memory Utilization graph. Displays the Memory Utilization dialog box.

Figure 167. Memory Utilization dialog box

NOTE: This drilldown is only available when viewing server or cluster details in the Hyper-V Explorer.

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Network I/O spinner. Displays the Network I/O dialog box.

Figure 168. Network I/O dialog box

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Network Utilization graph. Displays the Network Utilization dialog box.

Figure 169. Network Utilization dialog box

Table 76. Servers

Shows a list of servers that belong to the selected cluster.

NOTE: This view only appears when viewing cluster details.

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Server, 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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Server, Memory. The current percentage of the server’s memory usage by the selected component.

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Server, NICs. The number of network interface cards that the server uses.

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Server, Server Name. The server name.

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

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Server, Version. The operating system version.

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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 currently running on the server.

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

Table 77. Summary and Resource Information

Shows physical configuration details for the selected cluster, server or virtual machine.

Data appearing when viewing cluster details:

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Hypervisor. The name of the hypervisor application, Microsoft Hyper-V.

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Memory Capacity. The combined memory capacity of the servers that belong to the selected cluster.

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Network Interfaces. The number of network interface cards used by the servers that belong to the selected cluster.

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Processing Power. The CPU speed available to the selected cluster.

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Processor Count. The number of CPUs used by the servers that belong to the selected cluster.

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Servers. The number of servers that belong to the selected cluster.

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Virtual Machines Count. The number of virtual machines running in the selected cluster.

Data appearing when viewing server details:

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Cluster. The name of the cluster to which the selected server belongs.

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Current Status. The current status of the selected server: Turned off or Running.

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Hypervisor. The name of the hypervisor application: Hyper-V.

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IP Address. The IP address of the selected server.

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Manufacturer. The manufacturer of the physical machine.

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Memory Capacity. The memory capacity of the selected server.

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Model Number. The model number of the physical machine.

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Network Interfaces. The number of network interface cards used by the selected server.

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Processor Count. The number of CPUs used by the selected server.

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Processor Type. The processor type of the physical machine.

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Uptime. The length of time the selected server is running.

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Version. The version of the OS that is running on the selected server.

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Virtual Machines Count. The number of virtual machines running on the selected server.

Data appearing when viewing virtual machine details:

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Cluster. The name of the cluster to which the selected virtual machine belongs.

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Current Status. The current status of the selected virtual machine: Turned off or Running.

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Guest OS. The name of the operating system used by the selected virtual machine.

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Host Name. The host name of the selected virtual machine.

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Hypervisor. The name of the hypervisor application: Hyper-V.

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IP Address. The IP address of the selected virtual machine.

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Memory Capacity. The memory capacity of the selected virtual machine.

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Network Interfaces. The number of network interface cards used by the selected virtual machine.

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Processor Count. The number of CPUs used by the selected virtual machine.

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Storage Capacity. The storage capacity of the selected virtual machine.

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Uptime. The length of time the selected virtual machine is running.

Table 78. 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 object type: 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 clusters 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 names and states of all clusters in your environment.

Figure 170. Clusters dwell

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Servers. Displays the Servers dwell, showing the names and states of all servers in your environment.

Figure 171. Clusters 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 172. Virtual Machines dwell

Table 79. Virtual Machines

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

NOTE: This view only appears when viewing cluster or server details.

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Name. The virtual machine name.

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

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

Hyper-V Explorer Summary (All Clusters) tab

The Hyper-V Explorer Summary (All Clusters) tab shows a summary of system resources for all available clusters.

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

Figure 173. Hyper-V Explorer Summary (All Clusters) tab

This tab is made up of the following embedded views:

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Clusters at Hyper-V Model

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Combined CPU Consumption

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Virtual Environment

Table 80. Clusters at Hyper-V Model

This tabular view lists the clusters that exist in your environment.

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CPU Used. The current amount of the CPU speed used by the servers in the cluster.

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Key. The color used in the Combined CPU Consumption chart to represent the cluster.

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Memory. The current percentage of memory used by all servers in the cluster.

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Name. Cluster name.

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Servers. The number of servers in the cluster.

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

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

Combined CPU Consumption

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

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Combined CPU Consumption, %. The combined percentage of the CPU utilization used by all servers in all clusters 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 174. Combined CPU Consumption dialog box

Virtual Environment

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 clusters 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 that are running on the physical servers that belong to the selected cluster.