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Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager 7.1.0 - User Guide (for AWS environments)

Using Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager for AWS Monitoring Tab System Info Tab Tags Tab Report Tab Rule Configuration Tab Administration Tab Optimizer Tab Cost Tab Policy Management Tab

Waste tab

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

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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 an instance from the list of excluded objects. 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 instances excluded from the selected VM category.

To remove instances from the list of Excluded objects, select the check boxes for these instances 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 Optimizer.

 

Cost Tab

Click Cost on the top of the Cloud Manager dashboard to navigate to the Cost tab.

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NOTE: Ensure that you have configured the cost metrics for account through the Agent Properties dialog box; otherwise there will have no data displayed on this tab. For more information about how to configure cost metrics, refer to the Configure Account Cost to Monitor: .
Figure 28. Cost tab

To access the Cost tab:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
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On the navigation panel, under Homes, click Cloud Manager.
The Cloud Manager dashboard opens.
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Click Cost. The Cost tab opens on the bottom of Cloud Manager dashboard.
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Click AWS.

Cost - Overview

The Cost-Overview includes the following elements:

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Cost Summary: Displays the Total Month-to-date cost, and cost by Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud platforms.
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Cost Overview: A stacked bar chart to display the Month-to-date Expenses and Forecast by Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud platforms.
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NOTE: The Month-to-date (MTD) indicates a period starting from the beginning of the current month till the end of the current date.
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Infrastructure: Displays an Infrastructure resource table across clouds.
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Accounts Configured: The number of Azure subscription, AWS Accounts, or Google Cloud Billing Accounts.
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Total VMs: The total number of VMs running in the Cloud platform.
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Top 5 Business Units by Cost: Aggregates the total cost for Business Units after users assign the AWS accounts, Azure Subscriptions, or Google Cloud Billing Accounts to a BU under Cost > Admin.
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Cost Breakdown by Platforms: Displays the Month-to-date cost by Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud platforms.
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