Foglight for Hyper-V 5.8 - User and Reference Guide

Storage view

The Storage view is a tree view. It lists the server volumes and cluster volumes existing in your environment, and shows their severity state.

This view appears in the Quick-View on the left when you select the Storage tile in the Virtual Environment view.

Selecting the All Storage node displays the overall resource utilization for all volumes in your integrated system and identifies the ones that consume the highest amount of system resources in the Summary - All Storage view on the right. Similarly, selecting a storage node shows storage-specific metrics in the Volume Summary view.

Summary - All Storage view

The Summary - All Storage view displays overall resource utilization information for all volumes in the selected service and identifies the elements that consume the highest amount of resources.

This view appears in the Quick-View on the left when you select All Storage in the Storage view.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 68. Alarms

Description	Lists the alarms generated against the monitored volumes.
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, 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.

Volumes Summary view

The Volumes Summary view displays complete details for all volumes in the selected service and identifies the ones that consume the lowest amounts of disk resources.

This view appears in the display area when you click Explore in the Summary - All Storage view.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Volume Summary view

The Volume Summary view shows the levels of resource utilization and consumption for a selected volume.

This view appears in the display area when you select a volume in the Summary - All Storage view.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 75. Alarms

Description	Lists the alarms generated against the selected datastore.
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, 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 122. Alarm dialog box

Table 76. Related Items

Description	Shows the selected volume and other components associated with it in your virtual infrastructure.
Data displayed	• Clusters. The number of clusters associated with the selected volume, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Servers. The number of servers associated with the selected volume, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Virtual Machines. The number of virtual machines that are associated with the selected volume, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Volume. Represents the selected volume. Shows the counts of the alarms generated against the volume.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Clusters. Displays the Clusters dwell, showing the names and states of all clusters that are associated with the selected volume. Figure 123. Clusters dwell
	• Server. Displays the Servers dwell, showing the names and state of the servers associated with the selected volume. Figure 124. Servers dwell
	• Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines dwell, showing the names and states of all virtual machines that are associated with the selected volume. Figure 125. Virtual Machines dwell
	• Volume. Displays the Other Items Inventory dwell, showing the state of the selected volume. Figure 126. Other Items Inventory dwell

Table 77. Resource Utilizations

Description	Shows the resource consumption for the selected volume.
Data displayed	• Capacity. The total amount of volume space, including free and used space.
	• Est. Time Until Full. The estimated amount of time after which the selected volume becomes full.
	• Free. The amount of volume space that is available for use.
	• Max File Size. The maximum file size on the selected volume.
	• Percent Free. The percentage of volume space on the that is available for use.
	• Type. The file system on the selected volume.
	• URL. The URL to the selected volume.
	• Used. The amount of volume space that is currently in use.
	• Volume. The name of the selected volume, followed by the related alarm counts.
	• Weekly Growth Rate. The projected amount of the volume space that becomes in use on a weekly basis.
Where to go next	Drill down on:
	• Free or Used. Displays the Logical Drive Utilization dialog box. Figure 127. Logical Drive Utilization dialog box
	• Percent Free. Displays the Storage Used dialog box. Figure 128. Storage Used dialog box