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Foglight Capacity Director 5.8.2 - User Guide

Using Foglight Capacity Director Getting Started Tab Current Capacity Tab Resource Utilization Tab Scenario Modeler Tab Server Purchase Tab Report Tab Performance Tuning Tab Changes and DRS Rules Tab Infrastructure Organizations Tab

Exporting server list

Before exporting a server list, in the Server Purchase pane, click the Replace Existing Servers tab or the Purchase Additional Servers tab, and locate the Server List table at the bottom of the Server Purchase view.

To export a server list:
1
In the Server List table, click Export.
2
In the File Download dialog box that appears, choose one of the following options:
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Open the servers list for viewing.
a
Click Open.
b
The server list is opened automatically using Microsoft Excel for viewing.
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Download the server list as a .csv file to a location of your choice.
a
Click Save.
b
In the dialog box that appears, select a location for saving the file, then click Save.
The server list is saved as a .csv file to the selected location.
 

Report Tab

Foglight Capacity Director includes a report generation ability. This allows you to create reports using a set of predefined templates to report on the various aspects of your cloud environment. Foglight Capacity Director includes a collection of predefined report templates.

You can generate, copy, and edit reports using the Reports tab on the Report dashboard, or alternatively the Reports dashboard included with the Management Server.

To access the Report dashboard:
1
On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Capacity Director.
The Capacity Director dashboard opens.
2
Use the Group selector located at the top of the dashboard to select the virtual environment that you want to monitor.
3
On the Menu bar, click the Reports tab.
The Reports view appears at the bottom of the Capacity Director dashboard.

For complete information about this tab, see the Managing Capacity in Virtual Environments User Guide. For more information about the Reports dashboard, see the Foglight User Help.

Foglight Capacity Director allows you to print reports from the Current Capacity view and the Resource Utilization view. For more information, see the following topics:

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Printing Reports from Current Capacity
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Printing Reports from Resource Utilization

Printing Reports from Current Capacity

Foglight Capacity Director allows you to print the following reports from the Current Capacity view.

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Hosts Report: Walks through the Current Capacity - Hosts Report wizard to print a host report that includes the information related to Service, Slot Size, Datastore Include, Selected cluster, and selected Planned Changes.
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Clusters Report: Walks through the Current Capacity - Clusters Report wizard to print a cluster report that includes the information related to Service, Slot Size, Datastore Include, and selected Planned Changes.

Hosts Report

To print a hosts report from the Current Capacity tab:
1
Click Reports on the top right corner of the Foglight dashboard.
2
Click Current Capacity - Hosts Report from the context menu.
The Current Capacity - Hosts Report wizard appears.
3
In the Set Input Parameters page, supply the values for the report input parameters, and click Next.
4
In the Set Properties page, select the report properties:
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Name: Type the name of this new report.
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Output Format: Select an output format from the drop-down list. The output format includes the following options: PDF (default option), Excel, and XML.
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Email Recipients: Type the email address, and separate the email addresses using a comma if there are multiple recipients.
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Schedule This Report: Select this check box to enable this new report.
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Retain: Type the number of days for which this report is retained. This value is only available after selecting the Schedule This Report option.
5
Click Next.
6
Select the scheduled date for executing this report, as needed, then click Next. This configuration is only available after selecting the Schedule This Report option.
7
Review the Summary page to ensure that the provided information are correct, and click Finish.
8
In the File Download dialog box that appears, choose one of the following options:
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Open the report for viewing.
a
Click Open.
b
The report is opened automatically for viewing.
•
Download the report to a location of your choice.
a
Click Save.
b
In the dialog box that appears, select a location for saving the file, then click Save.
The report is saved as the output format specified in Step 4 to the selected location.
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