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Foglight Change Analyzer 7.1.0 - User Guide

Purpose

The Analyze Changes view allows you to analyze what is changing performance-wise in a selected environment, during a selected timeframe.

Description of view elements

This view is made up of the following elements:

This bar allows you to specify the objects to be included in the analysis.

Environment selector. Allows you to select the environment to be analyzed. The following options are available by default in the drop-down list (additional user-created items may appear in the list as well):

Object selector. Allows you to select the object to be analyzed.

Object Type selector. Allows you to select a virtual object from the following options:

Search box. Allows you to type the name of a virtual object to be analyzed.

The Analyze Changes—Quick view is updated to display the objects that have experienced an event that affects the performance of the environment, during the selected timeframe.

This view displays the objects that have experienced an event that affects the performance of the environment, during the selected timeframe.

Upper table. Displays all objects that have experienced an event that affects the performance of the environment, during the selected timeframe.

Object Name. Shows the object name.
Change Event. Shows the event that impacts the performance of the environment. For a list of change events being monitored and reported, see Table 4.
Performance Impact. Shows the impact on performance, as a percentage.
Affected Objects. Shows the number of objects in the environment who’s performance is affected by the event.
Change Date. Shows the date and time when the event occurred.

Lower table. Displays the list of all objects who’s performance is affected by the object/ event selected in the upper table.

Affected Object. Shows the name of the objects affected by the event.
Performance Before. Shows the performance value before the event.
Performance After. Shows the performance value after the event.
Performance Change. Shows the ratio of the change.

Drill down on: N/A

Change Summary view

To open the Change Summary view, click the Change Summary icon on the Change Analyzer tab > Menu bar.

For more details, see the following topics:

Purpose

The Change Summary view shows all the changes that occurred to VMs, hosts, clusters, datastores, and resource pools within a selected environment, during a selected timeframe.

The following table presents the change events that Foglight Change Analyzer captures and presents upon request.

Table 4. Change events

Cluster Events

Cluster created

New cluster was added to the environment.

Cluster Deleted

Cluster was removed from the environment.

Host Added

New host was added to cluster.

Host Removed

Host was removed from cluster.

VM Added

VM was added to cluster.

VM Removed

VM was removed from cluster.

HA Enabled

Cluster HA was enabled.

HA Disabled

Cluster HA was disabled.

HA Configuration Change

Cluster HA configuration was changed.

Host Enters Disconnected State

Host has been disconnected.

Host Exits Disconnect State

Host has reconnected.

Host Enters Maintenance Mode

Host has entered maintenance mode.

Host Exits Maintenance Mode

Host has exited maintenance mode.

Datacenter Events

Host Added

Host was added to the datacenter.

Host Removed

Host was removed from the datacenter.

Cluster Added

Cluster was added to the datacenter.

Cluster Removed

Cluster was removed from the datacenter.

Datastore Added

Datastore was added to the datacenter.

Datastore Removed

Datastore was removed from the datacenter.

Datastore Events

Datastore Created

New datastore was added to the environment.

Datastore Removed

Datastore was removed from the environment.

Datastore Added to Host

Datastore was mapped to host.

Datastore Removed from Host

Datastore was unmapped from host.

Datastore Resource Allocation Events

Datastore Capacity Increased

Capacity of the datastore was changed.

Host Events

Host Added

New host was added to the environment.

Host Removed

Host was removed from the environment.

VM Added

VM has been added to host.

VM Removed

VM has been removed from host.

VM Host Move Target

Host was the target of a VM move from a different host.

VM Host Move Source

Host was the source of a VM move to a different host.

Datastore Added

New datastore was mapped to host.

Datastore Removed

Datastore mapping has been removed from host.

Host Enters Disconnected State

Host has been disconnected.

Host Exits Disconnected State

Host has reconnected

Host Enters Maintenance Mode

Host has entered maintenance mode.

Host Exits Maintenance Mode

Host has existed maintenance mode.

Host Link Up

Host network link is up.

Host Link Down

Host network link is down.

Resource Pool Events

Resource Pool Created

New resource pool was added to environment.

Resource Pool Removed

Resource pool was removed from environment.

Resource Pool Moved

Resource Pool was moved to a new parent.

VM Added

VM was added to resource pool.

VM Removed

VM was removed from resource pool.

Resource Pool Resource Allocation Events

CPU Limit Increased

Resource Pool CPU Limit Changed.

CPU Limit Decreased

Resource Pool CPU Limit Changed.

CPU Reservation Increased

Resource Pool CPU Reservation Changed.

CPU Reservation Decreased

Resource Pool CPU Reservation Changed.

CPU Priority Increased

Resource Pool CPU Priority Changed.

CPU Priority Decreased

Resource Pool CPU Priority Changed.

Memory Limit Increased

Resource Pool Memory Limit Changed.

Memory Limit Decreased

Resource Pool Memory Limit Changed.

Memory Reservation Increased

Resource Pool Memory Reservation Changed.

Memory Reservation Decreased

Resource Pool Memory Reservation Changed.

Memory Priority Increased

Resource Pool Memory Priority Changed.

Memory Priority Decreased

Resource Pool Memory Priority Changed.

Virtual Machine Events

VM Created

New VM was added to environment.

VM Removed

VM was removed from environment.

VM Powered On

VM was powered on.

VM Powered Off

VM was powered off.

VM Suspended

VM was suspended.

VM Restarted

VM was restarted.

VM Host Move

VM has been moved to a different host.

VM Resource Pool Move

VM has been moved to a different resource pool.

VM datastore Move

VM has been moved to a different datastore.

Virtual Machine Resource Allocation Events

VM CPU Allocation Increased

Change in number of vCPUs allocated to VM.

VM CPU Allocation Decreased

Change in number of vCPUs allocated to VM.

VM CPU Limit Increased

CPU limit changed for VM.

VM CPU Limit Decreased

CPU limit changed for VM.

VM CPU Reservation Increased

Reserved CPU level changed for VM.

VM CPU Reservation Decreased

Reserved CPU Level changed for VM.

VM CPU Priority Increased

CPU Priority changed for VM.

VM CPU Priority Decreased

CPU Priority changed for VM.

VM Memory Allocation Increased

Memory allocation changed for VM.

VM Memory Allocation Decreased

Memory allocation changed for VM.

VM Memory Limit Increased

Memory limit changed for VM.

VM Memory Limit Decreased

Memory limit changed for VM.

VM Memory Reservation Increased

Reserved memory level changed for VM.

VM Memory Reservation Decreased

Reserved memory level changed for VM.

VM Memory Priority Increased

Memory priority changed for VM.

VM Memory Priority Decreased

Memory priority changed for VM.

DRS Events

VM migration from one ESX host to another

VM Migration from one ESX host to another.

vCloud Director Resource Allocation Events

Organization was created

vCloud Organization was created.

Organization was deleted

vCloud Organization was deleted.

Provider vDC was created

vCloud Provider vDC was created.

Provider vDC was deleted

vCloud Provided vDC was deleted.

vDC was created

vCloud vDC was created.

vDC was deleted

vCloud vDC was deleted.

The usesFastProvisioning value of a vCloud vDC was modified

The UsesFastProvisioning value of a vCloud vDC was modified.

The IsThinProvision value of a vCloud vDC was modified

The IsThinProvision value of a vCloud vDC was modified.

Virtual machine was created

vCloud VM was created.

Virtual machine was deleted

vCloud VM was deleted.

vApp was created

vCloud vApp was created.

vApp was deleted

vCloud vApp was deleted.

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