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Foglight for VMware 7.1.0 - User Guide

Using Foglight for VMware
Introducing the virtual infrastructure Navigation basics Interacting with Foglight for VMware VMware Performance Agent configuration
Reference
Views
VMware Alarms views VMware Explorer views VMware Modeler views VMware VirtualCenter views VMware Environment views Other views
Rules
Agent Rules Cluster Rules Datacenter Rules Datastore Rules Resource Pool Rules ESX Server Rules VirtualCenter Rules Virtual Machine Rules VMW Stale Data Management Rule Virtual Switch Rules
Appendix: Alarm Messages Appendix: Metrics

Virtual Environment Overview

The Virtual Environment Overview provides you with an overview of the selected virtual environment.

The overview has a tile for each type of object in your virtual infrastructure. Each tile shows the number of instances the corresponding object type that exist in your virtual infrastructure, as well as the count of objects of that type in each of the alarm states (Normal, Warning, Critical, Fatal).

You can move the tiles by dragging and dropping until you achieve the desired layout. To hide one or more tiles, on the tool bar on the right, click Edit , and in the popup that appears, click a tile that you want to hide.

Click the object type icon, the object type name, or the object count, to view summary information for that entire object type in the Quick-View. Click an alarm state (for example, warning) on a tile to view summary information in the Quick-View for the objects of that type that are in the selected alarm state.

If an alarm state has a count of zero, then you can not select that alarm state.

The Virtual Environment Overview is located at the top of the display area.

Virtual Machine Summary view

The Virtual Machine Summary view shows the overall resource utilization and the amounts of system resource consumption for a virtual machine.

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On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Virtual Machines tile.
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In the Quick-View, select a Virtual Machine node in the Virtual Machines view.
The Virtual Machine Summary view appears on the right.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 170. Alarms

Lists the alarms generated against the selected virtual machine.

Alarm Message. An explanation about why the alarm occurred.
Severity. Indicates the alarm severity: Warning, Critical, or Fatal.
Time. The time when the alarm was generated.

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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.

Lists the summary and resource information of the selected virtual machine.

Current Status. The current status of the selected virtual machine: Turned off or Powered On.
Processors. The number of CPUs used by the selected virtual machine.
Uptime. The percentage of time during which the virtual machine is running.
Memory Capacity. The amount of memory resources allocated to the selected virtual machine.
Powered on Date. The date on which the selected virtual machine is powered.
Network Interface. The number of network interface cards that exist on the selected virtual machine.
OS Reboot Date. The date when rebooting the operating system.
Storage Devices. The number of physical and logical disks associated with the virtual machine.
DNS Name. The fully qualified DNS name of the selected virtual machine.
Virtual Center. The IP address of the Virtual Center to which the virtual machine belongs.
Connection Status. The virtual machine’s connection status.
Datacenter. The name of the datacenter associated with the virtual machine.
IP Address. The IP address of the virtual machine.
Cluster. The name of the cluster associated with the virtual machine.
Vmware Tools. The name of VMware applications used to manage the virtual machine.
Resource Pool. The name of resource pools associated with the virtual machine.
OS. The name of the operating system used by the selected virtual machine.
ESX Host. The IP address of the ESX host on which the virtual machine is running.
Managed Object Reference. Identifies the virtual switch in your monitored environment.
Table 172. Related Items

Shows the numbers and states of the selected virtual machine and other components associated with it.

Cluster. The name of the cluster associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
Datacenter. The name of the datacenter associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
Datastores. The number of datastores that are associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
ESX Host. The name of the ESX host on which the selected virtual machine is running, followed by the related alarm counts.
Resource Pools. The number of resource pools that are associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
Virtual Machine. The number of the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.

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Alarm count. Displays the Alarms dialog box that shows a list of all related alarms. For each alarm entry, it shows its severity, the time at which it was triggered, the rule name that triggered the alarm, and the alarm message.
Cluster. Displays the Clusters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the cluster associated with the selected virtual machine.
Datacenter. Displays the Datacenters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the datacenter associated with the selected virtual machine.
Datastores. Displays the Datastores Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all datastores that are associated with the selected virtual machine.
ESX Host. Displays the ESX Hosts Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the ESX host associated with the selected virtual machine.
Resource Pools. Displays the Resource Pools Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all resource pools that are associated with the selected virtual machine.
Virtual Center. Displays the Virtual Centers Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the virtual center associated with the selected virtual machine.
Virtual Machine. Displays the Virtual Machines Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the selected virtual machine.

Shows the resource consumption for the selected virtual machine broken down into four simple views.

CPU Load. The current percentage of the selected virtual machine’s CPU load, used to execute system code and user programs, based on the total CPU capacity.
CPU Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected CPU utilization range based on historical data.
CPU Utilization, % Ready. The percentage of the virtual machine’s CPU resources that is ready to execute system code and user programs during the selected time period.
CPU Utilization, % Used. The percentage of the CPU utilization used by the virtual machine to execute system code and user programs, during the selected time period.
Disk I/O. The current disk I/O rate for the selected virtual machine.
Disk Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected disk utilization range based on historical data.
Disk Utilization, Transfer Rate. The rate at which the virtual machine reads and writes data to the disk during the selected time period.
Memory Usage. The current percentage of the average memory usage by the selected virtual machine, based on the total memory capacity.
Memory Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected memory utilization range based on historical data.
Memory Utilization, Utilization. The percentage of memory used by the virtual machine during the selected time period.
Network I/O. The current rate at which the selected virtual machine transfers data from and to the network.
Network Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected network utilization range based on historical data.
Network Utilization, Transfer Rate. The rate at which the selected virtual machine receives and sends data to the network during the selected time period.

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CPU Load spinner. Displays the CPU Load dialog box.
CPU Utilization graph. Displays the CPU Utilization dialog box.
Disk I/O spinner. Displays the Disk I/O dialog box.
Disk Utilization graph. Displays the Disk Utilization dialog box.
Memory Utilization graph. Displays the Memory Utilization dialog box.
Network I/O spinner. Displays the Network I/O dialog box.
Network Utilization graph. Displays the Network Utilization dialog box.

Summary - All Virtual Machines view

The Summary - All Virtual Machines view displays overall resource utilization information for a group of virtual machines and shows the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources.

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On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Virtual Machines tile.
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In the Quick-View, select the Summary node in the Virtual Machines view.
The Summary - All Virtual Machines view appears on the right.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 174. Alarms

Lists the alarms generated against the monitored system.

Alarm Message. An explanation about why the alarm occurred.
Severity. Indicates the alarm severity: Warning, Critical, or Fatal.
Time. The time when the alarm was generated.

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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.

Shows the top three virtual machines with the highest average CPU utilization.

Virtual Machine. The name of the virtual machine.
Used Hz.The amount of CPU processing speed each of the top three CPU consumers spend on executing system code and user programs, during the selected time range.

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Used Hz (in the graph). Displays the Top Virtual Machines-CPU Used Hz dialog box.

Shows the top three virtual machines with the lowest available disk space.

Rate. The rate at which the top three disk consumers read or write data to the disk during the selected time range.
Virtual Machine. The name of the virtual machine.

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Rate (in the graph). Displays the Top Virtual Machines - Disk Transfer Rate dialog box.

Shows the top three virtual machines with the highest average memory utilization.

Consumed. The amount of memory the top three memory consumers use during the selected time range.
Virtual Machine. The name of the virtual machine that is one of the top three memory consumers.

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Consumed. Displays the Top Virtual Machines - Memory Consumed dialog box.

Shows the top three virtual machines that are consuming most network bandwidth.

Rate. The rate at which the top three network consumers transfer data to or from the network during the selected time range.
Virtual Machine. The name of the virtual machine that is one of the top three network consumers.

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Rate. Displays the Top 3 Virtual Machines - Network Transfer Rate dialog box.

Virtual Machines view

This view is a tree view. It lists the virtual machines that exist in your environment and shows their state.

Selecting the All Virtual Machines node displays overall resource utilization for all virtual machines in your integrated system, and the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources in the Summary - All Virtual Machines view on the right. Similarly, selecting a Virtual Machine node shows Virtual Machine-specific metrics in the Virtual Machine Summary view view on the right.

On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Quick-View, select the Virtual Machines tile.
The Virtual Machines view appears in the Quick-View on the left.
Alarm severity. The state of the most recent alarm raised against the associated virtual machine.
All Virtual Machines. A parent node for the virtual machine object instances that appear in this view.
Virtual Machine. The virtual machine name.

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