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Foglight Resource Optimizer 6.3.0 - User Guide (for VMware Environments)

Assign a user account to the Role

The Inventory screen appears.
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In the left pane, right-click Hosts & Clusters, and select the root item in the tree, the Virtual Center object.
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4
In the Assign Permissions dialog box, in the Assigned Role area, select the role you just created.
5
Ensure that the Propagate to Child Objects check box is selected.
6
In the Users and Groups area, click Add.
The Select Users dialog box appears.
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The Select Users dialog box closes.

Enable optional privileges for resource optimization

To enable automated resource optimization, the service account requires additional privileges. The following permissions should be added to the Role you just created.

Datastore > Allocate space

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Datastore > Browse Datastore

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Datastore > Low-level file operations

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Scheduled Task > Create task

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Scheduled Task > Delete task

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Scheduled Task > Run task

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Virtual Machine > Configuration > Add existing disk

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Virtual Machine > Configuration > Add new disk

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Virtual Machine > Configuration > Add or remove device

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Virtual Machine > Configuration > Advanced

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Virtual Machine > Configuration > Change CPU Count

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

Virtual Machine > Configuration > Change Resource

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Virtual Machine > Configuration > Extend virtual disk

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Virtual Machine > Configuration > Memory

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Virtual Machine > Configuration > Modify device settings

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Virtual Machine > Configuration > Remove disk

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Virtual Machine > Configuration > Settings

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Virtual Machine > Interaction > Configure CD Media

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Virtual Machine > Interaction > Device Connection

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Virtual Machine > Interaction > Power Off

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Virtual Machine > Interaction > Power On

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Virtual Machine > Snapshot management > Remove Snapshot

NOTE: For vCenter®5.1 and later versions

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Virtual Machine > State > Remove Snapshot

NOTE: For vCenter® versions prior to 5.1

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Credentials required for optimization

Foglight Resource Optimizer provides recommendations for changes in the VMware® environment to make more efficient use of resources. As a prerequisite, a VMware agent must be configured with a user that has elevated privileges, beyond the read-only privileges required for monitoring.

For a list of privileges required for the VMware agent, see section “Configuring Monitoring Agents for Data Collection” in the Foglight for VMware User and Reference Guide.

Credentials groups for resource optimization can be defined using the Credentials tab.

Data collection

The Optimizer dashboard automatically displays the virtual machine hosts (VMware® target machines) that Foglight or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition monitors, for which resource optimization recommendations are provided. No further setup is required.

Each Federated Child should be configured to monitor its own unique environment. There should be no overlap between the monitored environments, such that no two Federated Children are monitoring the same nodes (VM, Server, Datastore, etc.). Incorrect configuration results in topology churn on the Foglight Federation Master.

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