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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

Summary - All Datastores view

Purpose
The Datastores Summary (All Datastores) view displays overall resource utilization information for a group of physical datastores and shows the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources.
Figure 285. Summary - All Datastores view
How to Get Here
1
On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Datastores tile.
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In the Quick-View, select the All Datastores node in the Datastores view.
The Summary - All Datastores 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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Bottom 3 Free Space
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Bottom 3 Time Until Full
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Top 3 Free Space
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Top 3 Weekly Growth Rate
 
 
Table 123. 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 Datastore 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.
 
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Time. Links to the Datastore Summary view .
 
Table 124. Bottom 3 Free Space
Description
Shows the three datastores with the lowest amount of free space.
Data displayed
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Datastore. The name of the datastore.
 
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Free space.The amount of free space for this datastore.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Datastore. For more information, see Datastore tab.
 
Table 125. Bottom 3 Time Until Full
Description
Shows the three datastores with the highest amount of time until they reach their full capacity, based on the current trend.
Data displayed
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Datastore. The name of the datastore.
 
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Time.The estimated amount of time after which this datastore becomes full.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Datastore. For more information, see Datastore tab.
 
Table 126. Top 3 Free Space
Description
Shows the three datastores with the highest amount of free space.
Data displayed
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Datastore. The name of the datastore.
 
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Free space.The amount of free space for this datastore.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Datastore. For more information, see Datastore tab.
 
Table 127. Top 3 Weekly Growth Rate
Description
Shows the three datastores with the highest weekly growth rate.
Data displayed
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Datastore. The name of the datastore.
 
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Rate.The average amount of space the datastore expands every week.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Datastore. For more information, see Datastore tab.

Datastores view

Purpose
This view tree view lists the datastores that exist in your environment and shows their state.
Figure 286. Datastores view
Selecting the All Datastores node displays overall resource utilization for all datastores in your integrated system, and the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources in the Datastore Summary (All Datastores) view on the right. Similarly, selecting a datastore node shows datastore-specific metrics in the Datastore Summary view on the right.
How to Get Here
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On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Quick-View, select the Datastores tile.
The Datastores view appears in the Quick-View on the left.
 
 
Table 128. Description of the View
Data displayed
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Alarm severity. The state of the most recent alarm raised against the associated datastore.
 
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All Datastores. A parent node for the datastore object instances that appear in this view.
 
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Datastore. The datastore name.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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All Datastores. Shows the Summary - All Datastores view in the Quick-View.
 
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Datastore. Shows the Datastore Summary view in the Quick-View.

Datastore tab

Purpose
The Datastore tab shows the overall resource utilization and the amounts of system resource consumption for a physical datastore, the related components, and their alarm state.
Figure 287. Datastore tab
How to Get Here
1
On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Datastores tile.
2
In the Quick-View, in the Datastores view, select a datastore node.
3
In the Datastore Summary view that appears, click a datastore.
The Datastore tab appears in the display area.
Description of Embedded Views
This view is made up of the following embedded views:
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Related Components Views
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Resource Utilizations
 
Table 129. Related Components Views
Description
Shows the numbers and states of the components associated with this datastore.
Data displayed
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Datacenter. The name of the datacenter associated with this datastore, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center associated with this datastore, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Virtual Machines. The number of virtual machines that are associated with the selected datastore, 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 288. Alarms dialog box
 
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Datacenter, Virtual Center, or a Virtual Machine. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
 
Table 130. Resource Utilizations
Description
Shows the resource consumption for the selected datastore broken down into four simple views.
Data displayed
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Capacity. The total space allocated to this datastore.
 
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Datastore. The name of the selected datastore, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Est. Time Until Full. The estimated amount of time after which this datastore becomes full.
 
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Free. The amount of free space for this datastore.
 
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Max File Size. The maximum file size for this datastore.
 
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Percent Free. The percent of free space for this datastore.
 
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Type. The datastore type.
 
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URL. The datastore URL.
 
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Used. The amount of used space for this datastore.
 
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Weekly Growth Rate. The average amount of space the datastore expands every week.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Free or Percent Free. Displays the Storage Used dialog box.
Figure 289. Storage Used dialog box
 
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Used. Displays the Logical Drive Utilization dialog box.
Figure 290. Logical Drive Utilization dialog box

Datastore view

Purpose
The Datastore view shows the performance and utilization metrics for a selected datastore.
Figure 291. Datastore view
 
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NOTE: The VSAN Physical Disks, VSAN Virtual Disks, and VSAN Topology tabs appear in this view only if a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .
How to Get Here
1
On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Datastores tile.
2
In the Quick-View, in the Datastores view, select a datastore node.
3
In the Datastore Summary view that appears, click Explore.
The Datastore view appears in the display area.
Description of Embedded Views
This view is made up of the following embedded views:
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FAQts tab
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Datastore Capacity (Utilization tab)
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Datastore Capacity table (Utilization tab)
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Datastore Performance (Performance tab)
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Datastore Total I/O and Latency (Performance tab)
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Local VMware Disk: VM Objects On Disk (VSAN Physical Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
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Physical Disk Placement (VSAN Virtual Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
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Physical Disks (VSAN Physical Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
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SAN Topology tab
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Virtual Disks (VSAN Virtual Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
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VSAN Topology tab (VSAN datastores only)
 
Table 131. FAQts tab
Description
Shows answers to common questions about your environment. For complete details about the information that appears on this tab, see FAQts tab .
 
Table 132. Datastore Capacity (Utilization tab)
Description
Contains information about the selected datastore data capacity.
 
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Datastore, In Use. The percentage of disk space in use.
 
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Datastore, Name. The datastore name.
 
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Current Utilization, Allocated. The percentage of the total disk space that is allocated to the virtual machines associated with the selected datastore.
 
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Current Utilization, Available Space. The amount of the datastore disk space that is available for use.
 
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Current Utilization, Capacity. The total amount of the datastore disk space, including the space in use and the available space.
 
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Current Utilization, In use. The percentage of the total disk space that is currently in use.
 
Table 133. Datastore Capacity table (Utilization tab)
Description
Lists the virtual machines associated with the selected datastore.
 
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Name. The virtual machine name
 
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Space Allocated. The amount of disk space allocated to the virtual machine.
 
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Space Used. The amount of disk space the virtual machine currently uses.
 
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Weekly Growth Rate. The estimated growth pattern of the used disk space for the virtual machine.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Name. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 134. Datastore Performance (Performance tab)
Description
Shows the levels of disk resources used by the virtual machines associated with the selected datastore.
Data displayed
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I/O Distribution. A pie chart indicating how much disk space the individual virtual machines are using.
 
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VM Offenders, ESX Host Name. The name of the ESX host on which the virtual machine is running.
 
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VM Offenders, I/O. The rate at virtual machine writes or reads data from the disk associated with the selected datastore.
 
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VM Offenders, IOps. The number of disk I/O operations the virtual machine processes per second.
 
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VM Offenders, Latency. The data transfer latency.
 
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VM Offenders, Name. The name of the virtual machine.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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VM Offenders, ESX Host Name or VM Offenders, Name. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
 
Table 135. Datastore Total I/O and Latency (Performance tab)
Description
Shows the disk latency and throughput rates for the selected datastore.
Data displayed
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Datastore, Avg/Peak Latency. The average and peak latency rates for the selected datastore.
 
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Datastore, I/O. The data transfer rates for the selected datastore.
 
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Latency. The datastore latency rates over the selected time range.
 
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Throughput. The datastore disk throughput rates over the selected time range.
Table 136. Local VMware Disk: VM Objects On Disk (VSAN Physical Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
Description
Lists the visual machines associated with the selected disk in the Physical Disks view.
NOTE: This view appears on the VSAN Physical Disks tab. This tab is only available when a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .
 
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Object Type. The type of the topology object representing the virtual machine.
 
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Parent VM. The name of the virtual machine associated with the selected disk.
 
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VM Object. The topology object representing the virtual machine.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Parent VM. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 137. Physical Disk Placement (VSAN Virtual Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
Description
Lists the visual machines associated with the selected virtual machine in the Virtual Disks view.
NOTE: This view appears on the VSAN Virtual Disks tab. This tab is only available when a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .
Data displayed
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Component State. The virtual machine state, for example, ACTIVE.
 
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Flash Disk Name. The name of the flash disk associated with the virtual machine.
 
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Flash Disk UUID. The universally unique identifies (UUID) of the flash disk associated with the virtual machine.
 
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HDD Disk Name. The name of the hard disk associated with the virtual machine.
 
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HDD Disk UUID. The universally unique identifies (UUID) of the hard disk associated with the virtual machine.
 
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Host. The name of the ESX host on which the virtual machine is running.
 
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Type. The type of the virtual machine such as Component or Witness.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Host. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 138. Physical Disks (VSAN Physical Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
Description
Lists the physical disks associated with the selected VSAN datastore.
NOTE: This view appears on the VSAN Physical Disks tab. This tab is only available when a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .
Data displayed
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Capacity. The total space on the disk, including the available space and the space in use.
 
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Capacity Reserved. The amount of space on disk that is reserved for some special purpose, for example, when the disk becomes full, or for some specific privileged processes.
 
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Capacity Used. The amount of disk space on that is currently used.
 
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Disk Group. The disk group to which the disk belongs.
 
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Drive Type. The disk type. For example, HDD or Flash.
 
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Name. A navigation tree with an ESX host as the root, and physical disks as child nodes.
 
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Operational Status. The current operational disk status.
 
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VSAN Health Status. The status of the VSAN the disk is associated with.
 
 
Table 139. SAN Topology tab
Description
This view appears only if you have Foglight for Storage Management installed and enabled. For more information, see the Foglight for Storage Management documentation.
 
Table 140. Virtual Disks (VSAN Virtual Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
Description
Lists the virtual machines associated with the selected VSAN datastore.
NOTE: This view appears on the VSAN Virtual Disks tab. This tab is only available when a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .
Data displayed
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Name. A navigation tree with a virtual machine as the root, and virtual machine topology objects as child nodes.
 
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Object Type. The type of the topology object representing the virtual machine.
 
Table 141. VSAN Topology tab (VSAN datastores only)
Description
Visualizes the relationships between the selected VSAN datastore and other objects in your environment through an interactive dependency map. The map illustrates how different components relate to each other, and the levels of the available resources available to them.
Figure 292. VSAN Topology tab
Topology views are also available for other components on the VMware Environment dashboard. For complete information about topology views, see Topology views .
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