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Foglight for VMware 5.7.0 - User and Reference 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

Alarms view

Purpose
This view displays a list of alarms generated against the objects or group of objects selected in the Quick-View. Use this view to quickly identify any potential problems related to a specific object.
Figure 226. Alarms view
How to Get Here
1
On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the tile representing the type of the object whose alarms you want to view. For example, to view alarms associated with a specific ESX host, select the ESX Hosts tile.
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In the Quick-View, in the left pane, expand the Summary node, and select the desired object. The Alarms view appears along the bottom of the Quick-View.
 
Table 101. Description of the View
Data displayed
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Alarm Message. An explanation about why the alarm occurred.
 
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Severity. The alarm severity icon: Warning, Critical, or Fatal.
 
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Time. The time when the alarm was generated.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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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.
Figure 227. Alarm dialog box

Cluster Summary view

Purpose
The Cluster Summary view shows the overall resource utilization and the amounts of system resource consumption for an ESX host cluster.
Figure 228. Cluster Summary view
How to Get Here
1
On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Clusters tile.
2
In the Quick-View, in the Clusters view, select a cluster node.
The Cluster Summary view appears on the right.
Description of Embedded Views
This view is made up of the following embedded views:
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Alarms
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Related Items
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Resource Utilizations
 
Table 102. Alarms
Description
Lists the alarms generated against the selected cluster.
Data displayed
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Alarm Message. An explanation about why the alarm occurred.
 
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Severity. Indicates the alarm severity: Warning, Critical, or Fatal.
 
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Time. The time when the alarm was generated.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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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.
Figure 229. Alarm dialog box
 
Table 103. Related Items
Description
Shows the numbers and states of the cluster, ESX hosts, and virtual machines, all related to the selected cluster.
Data displayed
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Cluster. The name of the selected cluster, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Datacenter. The name of the datacenter associated with the selected cluster.
 
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Datastores. The number of datastores that are associated with the selected cluster, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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ESX Hosts. The number of ESX hosts that are associated with the selected cluster, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Resource Pools. The number of resource pools that are associated with the selected cluster, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center associated with the selected cluster, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Virtual Machines. The number of virtual machines that are associated with the selected cluster, followed by the related alarm counts.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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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.
Figure 230. Alarms dialog box
 
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Cluster. Displays the Clusters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the selected cluster.
Figure 231. Clusters Inventory dwell
 
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Datacenter. Displays the Datacenters Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of the datacenter associated with the selected cluster.
Figure 232. Datacenters Inventory dwell
 
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Datastores. Displays the Datastores Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all datastores that are associated with the selected cluster.
Figure 233. Datastores Inventory dwell
 
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ESX Hosts. Displays the ESX Hosts Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all ESX hosts that are associated with the selected cluster.
Figure 234. ESX Hosts Inventory dwell
 
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Resource Pools. Displays the Resource Pools Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all resource pools that are associated with the selected cluster.
Figure 235. Resource Pools Inventory dwell
 
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Virtual Center. Displays the Virtual Centers Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the virtual center associated with the selected cluster.
Figure 236. Virtual Centers Inventory dwell
 
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Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all virtual machines that are associated with the selected cluster.
Figure 237. Virtual Machines Inventory dwell
 
Table 104. Resource Utilizations
Description
Shows the resource consumption for the selected cluster, broken down into four simple views.
Data displayed
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CPU Load. The current percentage of the CPU load, used by the ESX hosts that belong to the selected cluster to execute system code and user programs, based on the combined CPU capacity.
 
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CPU Utilization, % Used. The percentage of the CPU utilization used by the ESX hosts that belong to the selected cluster to execute system code and user programs, during the selected time period.
 
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CPU Utilization, % Ready. The percentage of the cluster’s CPU resources that is ready to execute system code and user programs during the selected time period.
 
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Disk I/O. The current disk I/O rate for all ESX hosts that belong to the selected cluster.
 
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Disk Utilization, Read Rate. The rate at which all ESX hosts that belong to the cluster read data from the disk, during the selected time period.
 
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Disk Utilization, Write Rate. The rate at which data is written to the disks of all ESX hosts that belong to the cluster, during the selected time period.
 
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Memory Utilization, Active. The amount of the available memory used by all ESX hosts that belong to the cluster during the selected time period.
 
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Memory Utilization, Ballooned. The amount of physical memory that is actively being used by the VMware Memory Control Driver to allow the guest OS to selectively swap memory.
 
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Memory Utilization, Shared. The amount of the virtual machine memory that is freed up due to transparent page sharing.
 
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Memory Utilization, Swapped. The amount of memory that is stored in disk swap space
 
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Network I/O. The current rate at which data is transferred from all ESX hosts that belong to the selected cluster to and from the network.
 
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Network Utilization, Receive Rate. The rate at which all ESX hosts that belong to the selected cluster receive data from the network, during the selected time period.
 
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Network Utilization, Send Rate. The rate at which data is transferred from all ESX hosts that belong to the selected cluster to the network, during the selected time period.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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CPU Load spinner. Displays the CPU Load dialog box.
Figure 238. CPU Load dialog box
 
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CPU Utilization graph. Displays the CPU Utilization dialog box.
Figure 239. CPU Utilization dialog box
 
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Disk I/O spinner. Displays the Disk I/O dialog box.
Figure 240. Disk I/O dialog box
 
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Disk Utilization graph. Displays the Disk Utilization dialog box.
Figure 241. Disk Utilization dialog box
 
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Memory Utilization graph. Displays the Memory Utilization dialog box.
Figure 242. Memory Utilization dialog box
 
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Network I/O spinner. Displays the Network I/O dialog box.
Figure 243. Network I/O dialog box
 
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Network Utilization graph. Displays the Network Utilization dialog box.
Figure 244. Network Utilization dialog box

Summary - All Clusters view

Purpose
The Summary - All Clusters view displays overall resource utilization information for a group of clusters, and shows the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources.
Figure 245. Summary - All Clusters view
How to Get Here
1
On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Clusters tile.
2
In the Quick-View, in the Clusters view, select the Summary node.
The Summary - All Clusters view appears on the right.
Description of Embedded Views
This view is made up of the following embedded views:
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Alarms
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Top 3 CPU Consumers
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Top 3 Disk Consumers
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Top 3 Memory Consumers
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Top 3 Network Consumers
 
 
Table 105. Alarms
Description
Lists the alarms generated against the monitored system.
Data displayed
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Alarm Message. An explanation about why the alarm occurred.
 
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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. Links to the Cluster Summary view .
 
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Severity. Displays the Alarm Created dialog box, showing additional information about the alarm. For more information about alarms in Foglight, see the Foglight User Help.
Figure 246. Alarm Created dialog box
 
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Time. Links to the Cluster Summary view .
 
Table 106. Top 3 CPU Consumers
Description
Shows the top three clusters with the highest average CPU utilization.
Data displayed
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Cluster. The name of the cluster.
 
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Used Hz. The amount of CPU processing speed used by each of the top three CPU consumers to execute system code and user programs, during the selected time range.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Cluster. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
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Used Hz (in the graph). Displays the Top 3 Clusters-CPU Used Hz dialog box.
Figure 247. Top 3 Clusters-CPU Used Hz dialog box
 
Table 107. Top 3 Disk Consumers
Description
Shows the top three clusters with the highest average disk utilization.
Data displayed
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Cluster. The name of the cluster.
 
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Rate. The rate at which the top three disk consumers read or write data to the disk during the selected time range.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Cluster. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
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Rate (in the graph). Displays the Top 3 Clusters-Disk Transfer Rate dialog box.
Figure 248. Transfer Rate dialog box
 
Table 108. Top 3 Memory Consumers
Description
Shows the top three clusters with the highest average memory utilization.
Data displayed
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Cluster. The name of the cluster that is one of the top three memory consumers.
 
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Consumed. The amount of memory the top three memory consumers use during the selected time range.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Cluster. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
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Consumed. Displays the Top 3 Clusters - Memory Consumed dialog box.
Figure 249. Top 3 Clusters - Memory Consumed dialog box
 
Table 109. Top 3 Network Consumers
Description
Shows the top three clusters that are consuming most network bandwidth.
Data displayed
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Cluster. The name of the cluster that is one of the top three network consumers.
 
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Rate. The rate at which the top three network consumers transfer data to or from the network during the selected time range.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Cluster (in the table). For more information, see Summary tab.
 
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Rate. Displays the Top 3 Clusters - Network Transfer Rate dialog box.
Figure 250. Top 3 Clusters - Network Transfer Rate dialog box

Clusters view

The Clusters view is a tree view. It lists the clusters that exist in your environment and shows their state.
Figure 251. Clusters view
Selecting the All Clusters node displays overall resource utilization for all clusters in your integrated system and the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources in the Summary - All Clusters view on the right. Similarly, selecting a cluster node shows cluster-specific metrics in the Cluster Summary view on the right.
How to Get Here
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On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Clusters tile.
The Clusters view appears in the Quick-View on the left.
 
 
Table 110. Description of the View
Data displayed
 
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Alarm severity. The state of the most recent alarm raised against the associated cluster.
 
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All Clusters. A parent node for the cluster object instances that appear in this view.
 
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Cluster. The cluster name.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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All Clusters. Shows the Summary - All Clusters view in the Quick-View.
 
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Cluster. Shows the Cluster Summary view in the Quick-View.
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