Foglight for VMware 5.7.3 - User and Reference Guide

ESX Host Summary view

The ESX Host Summary view shows the overall resource utilization and the amounts of system resource consumption for a physical ESX host.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 142. Alarms

Description	Lists the alarms generated against the selected ESX host.
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. Figure 295. Alarm dialog box

Table 143. Related Items

Description	Shows the numbers and states of the selected ESX host and other components associated with the host.
Data displayed	• Datacenter. The name of the datacenter associated with the selected ESX host.
	• Datastores. The number of datastores that are associated with the selected ESX host, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• ESX Hosts. The name of the selected host, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Resource Pools. The number of resource pools that are associated with the selected ESX host, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center associated with the selected ESX host, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Virtual Machines. The number of virtual machines that are associated with the selected ESX host, 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. Figure 296. Alarms dialog box
	• Datacenter. Displays the Datacenters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the datacenter associated with the selected ESX host. Figure 297. Datacenters Inventory dwell
	• Datastores. Displays the Datastores Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all datastores that are associated with the selected ESX host. Figure 298. Datastores Inventory dwell
	• ESX Host. Displays the ESX Hosts Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the selected ESX host. Figure 299. ESX Hosts Inventory dwell
	• Resource Pools. Displays the Resource Pools Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all resource pools that are associated with the selected ESX host. Figure 300. Resource Pools Inventory dwell
	• Virtual Center. Displays the Virtual Centers Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the virtual center associated with the selected ESX host. Figure 301. Virtual Centers Inventory dwell
	• Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all virtual machines that are associated with the selected ESX host. Figure 302. Virtual Machines Inventory dwell

Table 144. Resource Utilizations

Description	Shows the resource consumption for the selected ESX host broken down into four simple views.
Data displayed	• CPU Load. The current percentage of the selected ESX host’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 ESX host’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 ESX hosts to execute system code and user programs, during the selected time period.
	• Datastore I/O. The current datastore I/O rate for the selected ESX host.
	• Datastore Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected datastore utilization range based on historical data.
	• Datastore Utilization, Transfer Rate. The rate at which data was read from and written to the datastore of the selected ESX host during the specified time period.
	• Memory Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected memory utilization range based on historical data.
	• Memory Utilization, Utilization. The current percentage of the average memory usage by the selected ESX host, based on the total memory capacity.
	• Network I/O. The current rate at which the selected ESX host 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 ESX host transfers data to and from the network during the selected time period.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• CPU Load spinner. Displays the CPU Load dialog box. Figure 303. CPU Load dialog box
	• CPU Utilization graph. Displays the CPU Utilization dialog box. Figure 304. CPU Utilization dialog box
	• Disk I/O spinner. Displays the Disk I/O dialog box. Figure 305. Disk I/O dialog box
	• Disk Utilization graph. Displays the Disk Utilization dialog box. Figure 306. Disk Utilization dialog box
	• Memory Utilization graph. Displays the Memory Utilization dialog box. Figure 307. Memory Utilization dialog box
	• Network I/O spinner. Displays the Network I/O dialog box. Figure 308. Network I/O dialog box
	• Network Utilization graph. Displays the Network Utilization dialog box. Figure 309. Network Utilization dialog box

Summary - All ESX Hosts view

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

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 145. 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 at which the alarm was generated.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Alarm Message. Links to the ESX Host Summary view .
	• 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. Figure 311. Alarm Created dialog box
	• Time. Links to the ESX Host Summary view .

Table 146. Top CPU Consumers

Description	Shows the top three ESX hosts with the highest average CPU utilization.
Data displayed	• ESX Host. The name of the ESX host.
	• 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:
	• ESX Host. For more information, see Summary tab.
	• Used Hz (in the graph). Displays the Top ESX Hosts - CPU Used Hz dialog box. Figure 312. Top ESX Hosts - CPU Used Hz dialog box

Table 147. Top Datastore Consumers

Description	Shows the top three ESX hosts 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.
	• ESX Host. The name of the ESX host.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Rate (in the graph). Displays the Top ESX Hosts - Datastore Transfer Rate dialog box. Figure 313. Top ESX Hosts - Datastore Transfer Rate dialog box
	• ESX Host. For more information, see Summary tab.

Table 148. Top Memory Consumers

Description	Shows the top three ESX hosts with the highest average memory utilization.
Data displayed	• Consumed. The amount of memory the top three memory consumers use during the selected time range.
	• ESX Host. The name of the ESX host that is one of the top three memory consumers.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Consumed. Displays the Top ESX Hosts - Memory Consumed dialog box. Figure 314. Top ESX Hosts - Memory Consumed dialog box
	• ESX Host. For more information, see Summary tab.

Table 149. Top Network Consumers

Description	Shows the top three ESX hosts 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.
	• ESX Host. The name of the ESX host that is one of the top three network consumers.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Rate. Displays the Top ESX Hosts - Network Transfer Rate dialog box. Figure 315. Top ESX Hosts - Network Transfer Rate dialog box
	• ESX Host (in the table). For more information, see Summary tab.

ESX Hosts view

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

Selecting the All ESX Hosts node displays overall resource utilization for all ESX hosts in your integrated system, and the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources in the Summary - All ESX Hosts view on the right. Similarly, selecting a ESX host node shows ESX host-specific metrics in the ESX Host Summary view on the right.

FAQts tab

Through three embedded views (the Categories, Question, and Answer views), the FAQts tab enables you to ask Foglight for VMware questions and provides the answers to those questions.

The FAQts view appears on both the Virtual Environment Summary and VMware Explorer dashboards as a navigation tab.

The FAQts view is made up of the following embedded views:

This view provides an answer to the question selected in the Questions view. The answer appears in the following form:

Top x <objects of category>…

where x is the number of objects of the category you provided in the Categories view.

Specify x by entering a number. The answer is relative to the subset of the infrastructure you are viewing in the dashboard. For example, the top 5 datastores are different for each individual cluster in the infrastructure.

This view lists the categories for which questions can be answered for you by Foglight for VMware.

Click a category in the list to select it.

This view lists the questions, for the category selected in the Categories, that can be answered for you by Foglight for VMware.

Click a question in the list to select it.

If the list of questions is long and you want to narrow it down, search for a particular text string using the Search box.