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Foglight for VMware 5.7.3 - User and Reference Guide

Table of Contents

Using Foglight for VMware

Introducing the virtual infrastructure

Physical objects Virtual objects

Navigation basics

Foglight for VMware browser interface elements

Navigation panel Display area Action panel

Breadcrumbs Time Range Sortable lists Alarms and their status indicators Mouse-over actions

Interacting with Foglight for VMware

About VMware roles Exploring administrative tasks

Tasks area Agents view Accessing the Administration tab

Configuring monitoring agents for data collection Viewing the overall system status Exploring your VMware environment

Exploring frequently asked questions

Investigating performance metrics

Accessing VMware actions and tasks Viewing baseline ranges

Exploring VMware alarms

Filtering alarms

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

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 Summary - Datastore view Summary - Datastore 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

Action panel

VMW Agent Data Updates VMW Agent Messages VMW Agent Updates

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 VMW Datastore Inactive

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 Virtual Machine Active Vs. Granted Memory VMW Virtual Machine Balloon Memory Deflation VMW Virtual Machine Balloon Memory Target VMW Virtual Machine Consumed Vs. Granted Memory VMW Virtual Machine CPU Utilization VMW Virtual Machine Disk Command Aborts VMW Virtual Machine Disk IO VMW Virtual Machine Logical Drive Estimated Fill Time VMW Virtual Machine Logical Drive Utilization VMW Virtual Machine Memory Allocation Versus Limit VMW Virtual Machine Memory Swapping VMW Virtual Machine Memory Utilization VMW Virtual Machine Network IO VMW Virtual Machine Percent Ready VMW Virtual Machine Power State Change VMW Virtual Machine VMware Tools VMW Virtual Machine Zero Page Memory Detection

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 Appendix: Metrics

Virtual machine metrics ESXi host metrics Datastore metrics Datastore cluster metrics Resource pool metrics vApp metrics Cluster metrics Datacenter metrics vCenter metrics DvSwitch metrics

VMW Virtual Machine Network IO

This rule monitors for spikes and dramatic drops in network IO for a virtual machine.

VMWVirtualMachineHostNetwork

Table 248. Rule Definition
Conditions	State	Action
The network usage is no more than 2.2 standard deviations (NumSTDevs) from the mean network usage.	Normal	None
The network usage is more than 2.2 but no more than 2.8 standard deviations from the mean network usage.	Warning	None
The network usage is more than 2.8 standard deviations from the mean network usage.	Critical	None

VMW Virtual Machine Percent Ready

This rule fires an alarm to report that when a virtual machine is requesting CPU cycles from the ESX Server on which it is running, it is not receiving them some percentage of the time. This will impact performance on the virtual machine.

VMWVirtualMachineHostCPUs

Table 249. Rule Definition
Conditions	State	Action
When the virtual machine requests CPU cycles, it is only not receiving them 2 percent or less of the time.	Normal	None
When the virtual machine requests CPU cycles, it is not receiving them greater than 2 percent but no greater than 8 percent of the time.	Warning	None
When the virtual machine requests CPU cycles, it is not receiving them greater than 8 percent but no greater than 12 percent of the time.	Critical	None
When the virtual machine requests CPU cycles, it is not receiving them greater than 12 percent of the time.	Fatal	None

VMW Virtual Machine Power State Change

This rule fires an alarm if a virtual machine has been suspended or powered off recently.

VMWVirtualMachine

Table 250. Rule Definition
Conditions	State	Action
The virtual machine has not been suspended or powered off recently.	Normal	None
The virtual machine has been suspended recently.	Warning	None
The virtual machine has been powered off recently.	Critical	Send email to VMware administrator

VMW Virtual Machine VMware Tools

This rule fires an alarm if the VMware tools on a virtual machine are out of date or not running properly.

You should always keep the VMware tools on each virtual machine up-to-date to enable the collection of all relevant data.

VMWVirtualMachine

Table 251. Rule Definition
Conditions	State	Action
The VMware tools on the virtual machine are up-to-date and running properly.	Normal	None
The VMware tools on the virtual machine are either out of date or not running properly.	Warning	None

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