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Foglight Change Analyzer 7.1.0 - User Guide

Change History

The Change History view lists all changes that occurred to VMs, resource pools, hosts, clusters, disks, datastores, and data centers within a selected environment over a selected timeframe.

1
Click the Change History icon on the Change Analyzer tab > Menu bar.
a
Select the event types from the Event Source Type drop-down list.
The Implement Change dialog box opens.
2
On the Implement tab, review the name of the virtual object and the change details. Choose whether the change should be made immediately (select the Now check box) or at a later date (select the Later check box and a date and time from the Date and Time drop-down lists).
3
Optionally, on the Notifications tab, select the users to be notified about this change.
In the Report Name field, type a short description of the change being made.
Use the Add and Delete buttons to define the list of users (email addresses) to be notified about this change.

For additional information about this view, see Change History view.

Users and Permissions

The Users and Permissions view displays the user/group, role, and the privileges the role has, for a selected virtual object. It also identifies where the permissions are defined.

All these user groups and associated privileges are set up in Foglight for VMware. This view only allows you to review these settings. For information about configuring user groups and privileges, see the Foglight for VMware documentation.

1
Click the Users and Permissions icon on the Change Analyzer tab > Menu bar.
a
Click Browse to open the Select an Object dialog box.
b
Select the virtual object type from the Select Object Type drop-down list, or by typing the name of a virtual object in the Search box.
c
Select an object from the Object’s table and click Select to close the Select an Object dialog box.

For additional information about this view, see Users and Permissions view.

Settings

The Settings dialog allows you to configure the settings to be taken into calculation when analyzing the impact that various changes have on your environment.

1
Click the Settings icon on the Change Analyzer tab > Actions bar.
The Settings dialog box opens.
Impact on Performance. Minimum value (as percentage) to be taken into consideration when calculating the performance impact.
Time before Event. Timeframe before the event (minutes, hours, or days) to be taken into consideration when calculating the performance impact.
Time after Event. Timeframe after the event (minutes, hours, or days) to be taken into consideration when calculating the performance impact.
3
Click Save to save the analysis settings and close the Settings dialog box.

Scheduled Actions

Modeled changes can be implemented automatically, or scheduled for implementation at a particular time in the future (for example, within a maintenance window).

The Scheduled Actions dialog shows the list of operations scheduled to be run at a particular time in the future, and allows you to edit or remove any scheduled actions. To view only the actions specific to Foglight Change Analyzer, select the “show only Change Analyzer actions” checkbox. When the checkbox is not selected, the dialog shows all actions scheduled for your virtual environment.

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In the Scheduled Actions dialog, click the Edit icon at the right end of the action you want to modify.
The Edit Scheduled Action dialog box appears.
3
Click Apply.
The settings are saved and the Scheduled Actions dialog box closes.
1
In the Scheduled Actions dialog, select the check box for the action you want to delete, and click Remove.
The settings are saved and the Scheduled Actions dialog box closes.
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