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Foglight for Hyper-V 5.7.3 - 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

Setting the Hyper-V Agent Configuration properties

To monitor a desired Hyper-V® server, ensure the Hyper-V Agent’s Configuration properties are set up as required.

Figure 4. Hyper-V Agent Configuration properties

To set the Hyper-V Agent Configuration properties:
1
Locate the Hyper-V Agent’s Configuration properties.
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Set the Configuration properties as follows:
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Host Name: Type the fully qualified host name of the machine on which the monitored Hyper-V Server is running.
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Collect CPU metrics: Select this option if you want to collect CPU metrics from the monitored Hyper-V environment.
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Collect disk metrics: Select this option if you want to collect disk metrics from the monitored Hyper-V environment.
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Collect memory metrics: Select this option if you want to collect memory metrics from the monitored Hyper-V environment.
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Collect network metrics: Select this option if you want to collect network metrics from the monitored Hyper-V environment.
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Enable Storage Collection: Select this option if you want to collect virtual disk metrics from the monitored Hyper-V environment.
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Update request timeout (sec): Type the number of seconds after a collection times out.

Setting the SCVMM Agent Configuration properties

To monitor a desired System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), ensure the SCVMM Agent’s Configuration properties are set up as required.

Figure 5. SCVMM Agent Configuration properties

To set the SCVMM Agent Configuration properties:
1
Locate the SCVMM Agent’s Configuration properties.
2
In the Configuration area, in the SCVMM Host Name box, type the name of the machine on which the Virtual Machine Manager is running.

Setting the SOFS Agent Configuration properties

To monitor a desired SoFS server, ensure the SOFS Agent’s Configuration properties are set up as required.

Figure 6. SOFS Agent Configuration properties

To set the SOFS Agent Configuration properties:
1
Locate the SOFS Agent’s Configuration properties.
2
Set the Configuration properties as follows:
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Host Name: Type the fully qualified host name of the machine on which the monitored Hyper-V Server is running.
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Collect CPU metrics: Select this option if you want to collect CPU metrics from the monitored SOFS environment.
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Collect disk metrics: Select this option if you want to collect disk metrics from the monitored SOFS environment.
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Collect memory metrics: Select this option if you want to collect memory metrics from the monitored SOFS environment.
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Collect network metrics: Select this option if you want to collect network metrics from the monitored SOFS environment.
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Enable Storage Collection: Select this option if you want to collect virtual disk metrics from the monitored SOFS environment.
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Update request timeout (sec): Type the number of seconds after a collection times out.

Setting the Hyper-V/SCVMM/SOFSAgent Data Collection Scheduler properties

Use the Data Collection Scheduler properties to adjust how frequently the Hyper-V, SCVMM, or SOFS Agent collects data from the monitored server.

Figure 7. Data Collection Scheduler properties

To set the Data Collection Scheduler properties:
1
Locate the Hyper-V, SCVMM, or SoFS Agent Data Collection Scheduler properties.
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Select the collection configuration list that you want to use.
Click Collection Config, and from the list that appears, select a collection list.
 
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TIP: The Inventory Collection process does not submit data back to the Management Server, it is used entirely to support the Essential and Resource metric collections.

If you want to clone a list and associate it with the agent instance whose properties you are editing, select it and click Clone. When prompted, enter a name for the cloned list. For more information on cloning, see the Administration and Configuration Help.

The default Data Collection entry appears in the list. This collector is responsible for obtaining Hyper-V metrics from the monitored system.
3
Update the selected collection configuration list.
a
Click the Edit button on the right of Collector Config.
A dialog box appears.
b
Edit the entries in the list, as required.
c
To edit a value in the table, double-click the table cell, and enter the required value. Each list has the following values:
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Collector Name: Contains the name of the default collector, Data Collection.
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Default Collection Interval: Contains the length of the default collection interval.
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Time Unit: Contains the time unit for measuring the default collection interval: milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, or days.
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Fast-Mode Collection Interval: Contains the length of the collection interval when the agent is running in fast mode.
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Fast-Mode Time Unit: Contains the length of the collection interval when the agent is running in fast mode.
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Fast-Mode Max Count: Contains the maximum count of entries when the agent is running in fast mode.
d
Save your changes to the list by clicking Save Changes in the dialog box.
The dialog box closes.
4
In the display area, click Save.
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