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Foglight for VMware 5.8 - 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 Appendix: Metrics

Summary (All Datacenters) tab

Purpose

The Summary (All Datacenters) tab shows a summary of system resources for all datacenters that currently exist in a selected Virtual Center.

Figure 80. Summary (All Datacenters) tab

How to Get Here
1
Open the VMware Explorer.
2
On the Virtual Infrastructure view, that appears on the navigation panel, select the Datacenters node.
The VMware Explorer refreshes in the display area, showing the Summary (All Datacenters) tab.
Description of Embedded Views

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

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Combined CPU Consumption
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Datacenter Configurations
•
Virtual Environment
 
 
Table 86. Combined CPU Consumption
Description

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

Data displayed
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Combined CPU Consumption %. The combined percentage of the CPU utilization used by all ESX hosts to execute system code and user programs during the selected time period.
Where to go next

Drill down on:

 
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Combined CPU Consumption %. Displays the Combined CPU Consumption dialog box.
 
Table 87. Datacenter Configurations
Description

This tabular view lists all datacenters that exist in a Virtual Center configuration.

Data displayed
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Clusters. The number of clusters associated with the datacenter.
 
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CPU Used. The current amount of the CPU speed that is used by the ESX hosts associated with the datacenter.
 
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Hosts. The number of ESX hosts associated with the datacenter.
 
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Key. The color used in the Combined CPU Consumption chart to represent the datacenter.
 
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Memory. The current percentage of memory that is used by the ESX host.
 
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Name. The datacenter name.
 
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Status. The datacenter 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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VMs. The number of virtual machines associated with the datacenter.
Where to go next

Drill down on any datacenter entry. The VMware Environment dashboard appears, showing the datacenter details on the Summary tab.

 
Table 88. Virtual Environment
Description

This embedded view shows the same information as the Virtual Environment view appearing on the Summary (All Clusters) tab. See page 142 for complete information.

Summary (All Resource Pools) tab

Purpose

The Summary (All Resource Pools) tab shows a summary of system resources for all resource pools that currently exist in a selected Virtual Center.

Figure 81. Summary (All Resource Pools) tab

How to Get Here
1
Open the VMware Explorer.
2
On the Virtual Infrastructure view, that appears on the navigation panel, select the Resource Pools node.
The VMware Explorer refreshes in the display area, showing the Summary (All Resource Pools) tab.
Description of Embedded Views

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

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Resource Pool
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Virtual Environment
Resource Pool

For complete information about this view, see Resource Pools Relationship Tree view .

Virtual Environment

This embedded view shows the same information as the Virtual Environment view appearing on the Summary (All Clusters) tab. See page 142 for complete information.

Summary (All Servers) tab

Purpose

The Summary (All Servers) tab shows a summary of system resources for all ESX hosts that currently exist in a selected Virtual Center.

Figure 82. Summary (All Servers) tab

How to Get Here
1
Open the VMware Explorer.
2
On the Virtual Infrastructure view, that appears on the navigation panel, select the ESX Hosts node.
The VMware Explorer refreshes in the display area, showing the Summary (All Servers) tab.
Description of Embedded Views

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

•
Combined CPU Consumption
•
ESX hosts
•
Virtual Environment
 
 
Table 89. Combined CPU Consumption
Description

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

Data displayed
•
Combined CPU Consumption %. The combined percentage of the CPU utilization used by all ESX hosts to execute system code and user programs during the selected time period.
Where to go next

Drill down on:

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

 
Table 90. ESX hosts
Description

This tabular view lists all ESX hosts that exist in your environment.

Data displayed
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ESX host, CPU. The current amount of the CPU speed that is used by the ESX host.
 
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ESX host, Key. The color used in the Combined CPU Consumption chart to represent the ESX host.
 
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ESX host, Memory. The current percentage of memory that is used by the ESX host.
 
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ESX host, NICs. The number of network interface cards used by the ESX host.
 
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ESX host, ESX host Name. ESX host name.
 
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ESX host, Status. The ESX host 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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ESX host, Version. The version number of the Windows OS running on the ESX host.
 
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Virtual Machines, Configured. The number of virtual machines that exist on the ESX host.
 
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Virtual Machines, Running. The number of virtual machines that are running on the ESX host.
Where to go next

Drill down on any ESX host entry. The VMware Environment dashboard appears, showing the ESX host details on the Summary tab.

 
Table 91. Virtual Environment
Description

This embedded view shows the same information as the Virtual Environment view appearing on the Summary (All Clusters) tab. See page 142 for complete information.

Summary (All Virtual Machines) tab

Purpose

The Summary (All Virtual Machines) tab shows a summary of system resources for all virtual machines that currently exist in the selected Virtual Center.

Figure 83. Summary (All Virtual Machines) tab

How to Get Here
1
Open the VMware Explorer.
2
On the Virtual Infrastructure view, select a Virtual Machines node.
The VMware Explorer refreshes in the display area, showing the Summary (All Virtual Machines) tab.
Description of Embedded Views

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

•
Virtual Environment
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Virtual Machines
 
Table 92. Virtual Environment
Description

This embedded view shows the same information as the Virtual Environment view appearing on the Summary (All Clusters) tab. See page 142 for complete information.

 
 
Table 93. Virtual Machines
Description

This tabular view lists all virtual machines that exist in the selected Virtual Center.

Data displayed
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Virtual Machine, Name. The name of the server on which the virtual machine is running.
 
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Virtual Machine, 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. 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, Memory. The total amount of memory allocated to the virtual machine.
Where to go next

Drill down on any virtual machine entry. The VMware Environment dashboard appears, showing the server details on the Summary tab.

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