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Foglight Resource Optimizer 5.8 - User Guide (for Hyper-V Environments)

Waste tab

Figure 7. Waste tab

The Waste tab allows you to configure the settings for determining resources wasted in your environment. These include powered-off VMs, checkpoints, and potential zombie VMs:

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Determine as waste if area: A resource is considered wasted if one of the following settings is met:
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VM has not been used for more than [x] Days. Defines when a powered-off VM is wasting resources in your environment by not being used.
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Checkpoint has not been accessed for more than [x] Days. Defines when a checkpoint is wasting resources in your environment by not being accessed.
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Determine as a potential zombie if area: A VM is considered a zombie VM if the following five settings are met:
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Time period used for average calculation is [x] Days. Defines when a resource is considered a zombie VM, by looking at the period used for average calculations.
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Average Resource Utilization—Deviation. Defines when a resource is considered a zombie VM, by looking at the CPU, memory, disk throughput, and network utilization values.
 
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TIP: Deviation is the maximum deviation from the average resource utilization that is allowed for a VM considered to be a zombie.

To save any changes made to the Waste settings, click Save at the bottom of the tab.

Excluded tab

The Excluded tab allows you to remove a VM from the list of excluded objects.

For information about how to add a VM to the list of excluded objects, see Excluding objects.

Figure 8. Excluded tab

The Excluded tab includes the following information:

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On the left side, a navigation tree, that allows you to select the VM component category.
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On the right side, the list of VMs excluded from the selected VM category.

To remove VMs from the list of Excluded objects, select the check boxes for these VMs and click Remove.

To save any changes made to the Excluded settings, click Save at the bottom of the tab.

The Excluded tab can also be accesses by clicking Show Excluded Items on the Reclaiming Savings bar. For more information, see Viewing excluded objects.

Constraints tab

The Constraints tab allows you to set custom thresholds for select objects in the environment. These recommendations are displayed in the Optimizer tab > VM Configuration/ CPU/ Memory/ Storage views > Modify Recommendation column. Use this tab to add, edit, and remove constraints groups.

 
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IMPORTANT: A virtual machine may have several partitions. Foglight Resource Optimizer makes recommendations for each partition separately, but the custom constraints can be set only for the entire VM (not for individual partitions). Therefore, the custom constraint for storage are applied to all partitions on the selected VM.
Figure 9. Constraints tab

To add a constraint group:
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In the Settings Dialog, click Constraints > Add a New Constraint Group.
The Create a New Constraint Group dialog box appears.
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In the Constraint Group Name field, type in name of the new group.
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In the List of Related Object area, define the objects that are related to this constraint group. Click Add Services or Add Virtual Machines, and select the objects from the available lists.
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In the Constraints area, select the options or type the values you want to assign to this group.
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Click Save.
The new group appears in the Constraints tab.
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To save the new group, click Save.
The settings are saved and the Settings Dialog closes.
To edit a constraint group:
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In the Settings Dialog, click the Constraints tab.
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Click the Edit icon at the right end of the constraint group you want to modify.
The Edit a Constraint Group dialog box appears.
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Modify the group name, the list of related objects, and the list of assigned constraints, as necessary.
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Click Save.
The constraint information for the selected group is updated in the Constraints tab.
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To save the changes, click Save.
The settings are saved and the Settings Dialog closes.
To delete a constraint group:
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In the Settings Dialog, click the Constraints tab.
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Select the check box for the constraint group you want to delete, and click Remove Constraint Groups.
A Confirm deletion dialog box appears.
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To proceed with the operation, click Confirm.
The group is deleted from Constraints tab.
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To save the changes, click Save.
The settings are saved and the Settings Dialog closes.

Scheduled Actions

Recommendations for improvements in resource utilization can be implemented automatically, or scheduled for implementation at a particular time in the future (for example, within a maintenance window).

 
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IMPORTANT: Foglight users must have the “Remediation role” to be able to run and automate recommendations. This role can be assigned to a user using the User Management dashboard. For more information about this dashboard, see the “Controlling user access to dashboards” topic in the Foglight Online Help.

Use the Scheduled Actions menu to access the list of operations scheduled to be run at a particular time in the future.

The Scheduled Actions dialog shows the list of operations scheduled to be run at a particular time in the future, and allows you to edit or remove any scheduled actions. To view only the actions specific to Foglight Resource Optimizer, select the “show only Optimizer actions” checkbox. When the checkbox is not selected, the dialog shows all actions scheduled for your virtual environment.

Figure 10. Scheduled Actions dialog box

To edit a scheduled action:
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In the Scheduled Actions dialog, click the Edit icon at the right end of the action you want to modify.
The Edit Scheduled Action dialog box appears.
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Modify the report name, add or remove email addresses, and updated the date and time when the action will be executed, as necessary.
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Click Apply.
The scheduled action is updated in the list.
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To save the changes, click Save.
The settings are saved and the Scheduled Actions dialog box closes.
To delete a scheduled action:
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In the Scheduled Actions dialog, select the check box for the action you want to delete, and click Remove.
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To save the changes, click Save.
The settings are saved and the Scheduled Actions dialog box closes.
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