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Foglight for Hyper-V 5.7.0 - User and Reference Guide

About Foglight for Hyper-V Agent administration Performance monitoring with the Hyper-V Environment dashboard Performance investigation with the Hyper-V Explorer Foglight for Hyper-V alarms Appendix: Hyper-V Agent error codes

Hyper-V Explorer Processes

This tab only appears when you are exploring individual servers and virtual machines, and have Foglight for Infrastructure installed. It displays an organized view of process information gathered by Foglight for Infrastructure agents from a virtual or physical machine configured to send process information. When you open this tab, the process information for the selected server or virtual machine appears, allowing you to view the current CPU, memory, and monitored process statistics.
Figure 229. Processes tab

Hyper-V Explorer Cost

This tab only appears when you are exploring individual virtual machines. It provides information about the costs associated with the selected host usage. For example, an organization decides to build a new virtual infrastructure, mandating that any new physical machine must first be created as a virtual machine. Use this tab to verify the potential workload. If the results show that the virtual machine cannot properly handle the application requirements, you can explore possible physical machine options.
Figure 230. Cost tab

Hyper-V Explorer Cost tab

The Cost tab contains information about the costs associated with the selected virtual machine’s usage. The information about these costs is provided by the cost models and server assignments that are configured in Foglight for Chargeback. For more information about Foglight for Chargeback, see the Foglight for Chargeback User and Reference Guide.
This tab appears in the Hyper-V Explorer when you select a virtual machine instance on the Hyper-V Explorer Topology tab.
Figure 231. Cost tab
This tab is made up of the following embedded views:
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Cost Breakdown
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Host Add-ons
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Measured Resource Template
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Tasks
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Tiered Flat Rate
 
Table 105. Cost Breakdown
Description
Shows the levels of Tiered Flat Rate (TFR) and Measured Resource Utilization (MRU), including the base cost and the cost of add-on’s, if applicable.
Data displayed
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Add-Ons. Shows the cost of upgrades to standard host configurations. These upgrades could include hardware, software, licensing, or even infrastructure items such as rack space or power backup units.
 
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Base Cost. Shows the cost of a standard host configuration.
 
Table 106. Host Add-ons
Description
Lists the existing host add-on’s and allows you to edit the existing add-on’s. Add-on’s are upgrades to any standard host configuration. These upgrades could include hardware, software, licensing, or infrastructure items such as rack space or power backup units. Add-on’s consist of other costs incurred in the IT infrastructure.
Data displayed
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Add-On. Contains the name of the add-on.
 
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Edit. Allows you to edit a selected add-on.
 
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Description. Contains the description of the add-on.
 
Table 107. Measured Resource Template
Description
Provides an overview of the measured resource template host assigned to the host. Measured Resource Utilization (MRU) is based on actual percentage utilizations of CPU, Memory, Network, and disk IO weight. You can create templates based on these levels.
Data displayed
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Description. The description of the template associated with the selected virtual machine.
 
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Hypervisor. The name of the server in which the virtual machine is running.
 
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Lifecycle. The length of time the selected virtual machine will be used.
 
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Status. The template status.
 
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Template Assignment. The name of the template associated with the selected virtual machine.
 
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Total Cost. The total cost of the selected virtual machine for the duration of its life cycle.
 
Table 108. Tasks
Description
Contains access to wizards that allow you to set up TFR tiers, MRU templates, and edit add-on’s.
Data displayed
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Edit Add-Ons List. Starts a wizard that allows you to add add-on’s to the selected virtual machine.
 
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Set MRU Template. Starts a wizard that allows you to create a measured resource template and associate it with the selected virtual machine.
 
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Set TFR Tier. Starts a wizard that allows you to create tiers and associate them with the selected virtual machine. A tiered flat rate (TFR) is a pre-configured level of expense that is associated with a virtual machine.
 
Table 109. Tiered Flat Rate
Description
Provides an overview of the tiered flat rate assignment. A tier is a level of expense for a host machine. Using the Tiered Flat Rates (TFR) you can determine monthly costs of the selected virtual machine.
Data displayed
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Description. The description of the tiered flat rate associated with the selected virtual machine.
 
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Rate. The rate of the tier cost over time.
 
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Status. The tier status.
 
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Tier Assignment. The name of the tiered flat rate associated with the selected virtual machine.

Hyper-V server and virtual machine administration

A Hyper-V® environment typically includes a collection of clusters, server, and virtual machines. A cluster can have one or more servers associated with it, one or more virtual machines can run on each server. Each virtual machine is allocated a portion of the server’s resources, including disk, CPU, memory, and network resources. A virtual machine has its own machine name and IP address, and it runs a guest OS (for example, Microsoft® Windows® XP), along with other applications.
Additionally, Hyper-V implements the concepts of virtual machine snapshots and server workflows. A virtual machine snapshot is a virtual machine image that you can return to at any point in time. A workflow, on another hand, is a way to automate server tasks, and re-run them using a different set of parameters. For example, you can use an existing virtual machine creation task, change some of its resource allocation parameters, and run it again.
These actions require that you set up credentials for the virtual center on the Automation Configuration dashboard. To do that, on the navigation panel, under Dashboards, choose Hyper-V > Automation Configuration. On the Automation Configuration dashboard that appears, in the Servers view, select a Hyper-V server, click Assign Credentials, and provide host credentials in the Assign Host Credentials Dialog box. Failing to configure host credentials results prevents the automated tasks from being executed.
Figure 232. Providing host credentials
The Hyper-V Explorer’s Administration tab provides access to most of these administration tasks. Use it to shut down or reboot physical servers and virtual machines or create virtual machines and edit their resource allocation. This tab also provides quick access to creating and editing virtual machine snapshots and server workflows.
 
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NOTE: The Hyper-V Explorer Administration tab is only available when the Virtual-HyperV-Admin-<version>.car and Virtual-HyperV-<version>.car are installed. This tab is accessible if your Foglight user account includes the Hyper-V Automation User role, when you are exploring individual servers and virtual machines.
Figure 233. Administration tab
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