Foglight for VMware 5.7.0 - User and Reference Guide

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Setting the alarm sensitivity level Administering monitored ESX hosts and virtual machines

Shutting down and rebooting ESX hosts, and enabling maintenance Creating virtual machines Suspending, rebooting and powering off virtual machines Shutting down a guest OS and switching to standby mode Deleting virtual machines Creating, managing, and reverting to virtual machine snapshots Automating VMware administration with workflows

Additional features

Planning for virtual machine migrations Creating OS mapping rules Reviewing object instances and limits Managing chargeback Managing capacity Optimizing resources Generating reports

VMware Performance Agent configuration

VMware Performance Agent and Agent Manager configuration

Monitoring more than 4000 virtual machines from a single agent host Host system recommendations

Configuring agent properties Setting the Configuration properties Setting the FileCollector properties Setting the vSwitchCollector properties Setting the Duplicate VM List properties Setting the Black List properties Setting the Data Collection Scheduler properties

Reference

Views

VMware Alarms views

Alarms Overview Alarms List view

VMware Explorer views

Administration tab Cost tab CPU tab Event Analytics tab FAQts tab Memory tab Monitor tab Network tab Performance tab Processes tab Related Objects views Resource Pools Relationship Tree view Shares tab Storage tab (Cluster) Storage tab (Datacenter) Storage tab (ESX Host) Storage tab (Virtual Machine) Summary tab Summary (All Clusters) tab Summary (All Datacenters) tab Summary (All Resource Pools) tab Summary (All Servers) tab Summary (All Virtual Machines) tab Virtual Infrastructure view VMware Explorer Primary view VMs tab

VMware Modeler views

Migration Modeler view

VMware VirtualCenter views

Virtual Center view

VMware Environment views

Agents view Alarms view Cluster Summary view Summary - All Clusters view Clusters view Datacenter Summary view Summary - All Datacenters view Datacenters view Datastore Summary view Summary - All Datastores view Datastores view Datastore tab Datastore view ESX Host Summary view Summary - All ESX Hosts view ESX Hosts view FAQts tab Instances and Limits view OS Mapping view Quick-View Resource Pool Summary view Summary - All Resource Pools view Resource Pools view Virtual Center Summary view Summary (All Virtual Centers) view Virtual Centers view Virtual Environment Overview Virtual Machine Summary view Summary - All Virtual Machines view Virtual Machines view Summary - Standard Virtual Switch view Summary - Distributed Virtual Switch view Summary - Cisco Virtual Switch view Standard vSwitch Topology and Distributed vSwitch Topology views Summary - All Virtual Switches view Topology views Virtual Switches view

Other views

Action panel

Rules

Agent Rules

VMW Agent Data Updates VMW Agent Messages VMW Agent Updates

Cluster Rules

VMW Cluster CPU Estimated Fill Time VMW Cluster CPU Utilization VMW Cluster Disk IO VMW Cluster Memory Estimated Fill Time VMW Cluster Memory Utilization VMW Cluster Network IO VMW Cluster Percent Ready VMW Cluster Redundancy Verification

Datacenter Rules

VMW Datacenter CPU Utilization VMW Datacenter Disk IO VMW Datacenter Memory Utilization VMW Datacenter Network IO VMW Datacenter Percent Ready

Datastore Rules

VMW Datastore Estimated Fill Time

Resource Pool Rules

VMW Resource Pool CPU Utilization VMW Resource Pool Disk IO VMW Resource Pool Memory Utilization VMW Resource Pool Network IO VMW Resource Pool Percent Ready

ESX Server Rules

VMW ESX Host Connected - No metrics rule VMW ESX Server Balloon Memory Deflation VMW ESX Server Consumed Vs. Granted Memory VMW ESX Server CPU 0 High Utilization VMW ESX Server CPU Estimated Fill Time VMW ESX Server CPU Utilization VMW ESX Server Disconnected VMW ESX Server Disk IO VMW ESX Server Heap Free Memory VMW ESX Server Memory Estimated Fill Time VMW ESX Server Memory Utilization VMW ESX Server Memory Utilization Upward Trend VMW ESX Server Network IO VMW ESX Server Queue Latency VMW ESX Server Queue Latency Deviation VMW ESX Server Total Latency VMW ESX Server Total Latency Deviation

VirtualCenter Rules

VMW VirtualCenter CPU Utilization VMW VirtualCenter Disk IO VMW VirtualCenter Memory Utilization VMW VirtualCenter Network IO VMW VirtualCenter Percent Ready

Virtual Machine Rules

VMW Stale Data Management Rule Virtual Switch Rules

VMW Distributed Virtual Switch Available Ports VMW Distributed Virtual Switch Network Utilization VMW Distributed Virtual Switch Packet Loss VMW Standard Virtual Switch Available Ports VMW Standard Virtual Switch Network Packet Loss VMW Standard Virtual Switch Network Utilization VMW Virtual Switch Credentials Invalid

Appendix: Alarm Messages

VMware Alarms views

The VMware Alarms dashboard contains the following views:

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Alarms Overview

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Alarms List view

Alarms Overview

Purpose

The Alarms Overview provides a quick and easy way for you to view Foglight for VMware alarms grouped by object type and severity level. You can use this Overview to monitor alarms and to identify the sources of problems within the virtual infrastructure. If you click any of the alarm counts for a particular object type, a popup displaying just the alarms for that object type appears.

Figure 93. Alarms Overview

For more information about the VMware Alarms dashboard on which this view appears, see Exploring VMware alarms .

How to Get Here

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Open the VMware Alarms dashboard.

The Alarms Overview appears at the top of this dashboard.

Table 7. Description of the View

Data displayed

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Alarm counts. The total counts of alarms associated with the various components, broken down by alarm types (Normal, Warning, Critical, Fatal).

Where to go next

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Drill down on any alarm count. Displays the Alarms dialog box that shows a list of all alarms associated with the selected component type.

Figure 94. Alarms dialog box

Alarms List view

Purpose

Each alarm row in the Alarms List contains an object icon that identifies the source of the alarm, an alarm icon that indicates the severity of the alarm, the time when the alarm occurred, and the text of the alarm. The columns are sortable so that alarms can be listed in order by source, severity, time, or message. Simply click a column heading to sort the table by that column.

Figure 95. Alarms List view

If you click an alarm’s severity icon, a popup for acknowledging or clearing that alarm is displayed. The popup provides a lot of pertinent information about the alarm, such as the rule of origin for the alarm, the history of the alarm, and all of the notes attached to the alarm. If you click the message or any other column in the row, you are provided with a popup menu. From the popup menu, you can choose to view a VMware Explorer dashboard for the corresponding object.

For more information about managing alarms with the Foglight for VMware browser interface, see the Foglight for VMware User Guide.

How to Get Here

•

Open the VMware Alarms dashboard.

The Alarms List view takes up the majority of that dashboard.

Table 8. Description of the View

Data displayed

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Alarm Message. An explanation about why the alarm occurred.

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Object indicator. Indicates if the alarm is related to a virtual center

, datacenter

, cluster

, ESX host

, resource pool

, virtual machine

, datastore

, agent

, or logical drive

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Rule Name. The name of the rule that triggered the alarm.

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Severity. Indicates the alarm severity: Warning, Critical, or Fatal.

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Time. The time at which the alarm was generated.

Where to go next

Drill down on:

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Alarm Message, Object indicator, Rule Name, or Time. For server and virtual machine objects, the Select Drilldown dwell appears.

Figure 96. Select Drilldown dwell

From here, selecting VMware Explorer shows the selected server or virtual machine in the VMware Explorer, with the Summary tab open. Selecting Quick View shows the selected component in the Quick-View.

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Severity. Displays the Alarm dialog box, showing additional information about the alarm. For more information about alarms in Foglight, see the Foglight User Help.

Figure 97. Alarm dialog box