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Foglight for Hyper-V 5.7.7 - 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

Foglight for Hyper-V alarms

Foglight for Hyper-V triggers alarms when certain thresholds are reached. You can review the existing alarms on the Hyper-V Alarms dashboard.

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Accessing the Hyper-V Alarms dashboard
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Alarm overview
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Alarm table
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Setting the alarm sensitivity level
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Finding alarms using the action panel

Accessing the Hyper-V Alarms dashboard

The Hyper-V Alarms dashboard is a simple dashboard that shows the alarms that have been triggered but not cleared. It can be used to isolate alarms specific to the virtualized environment.

Figure 253. Hyper-V Alarms dashboard

To access the Hyper-V Alarms dashboard:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
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On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, choose Hyper-V > Hyper-V Alarms.
The Hyper-V Alarms dashboard appears in the display area.
 

Alarm overview

The Alarms Overview shows the Foglight for Hyper-V alarms, grouped by object type and severity level. Use it as a starting point when monitoring alarms to quickly identify the sources of problems within the virtual infrastructure.

This view appears along the top of the Hyper-V Alarms dashboard, just above the Alarm table.

Figure 254. Alarms Overview

 

Table 138. Description of the View
Data displayed
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Alarm counts. The total counts of alarms associated with the physical servers, broken down by alarm types (Normal, Warning, Critical, Fatal).
Where to go next
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Drill down on any alarm count. Displays the Alarms dialog box that shows a list of all related alarms.
Figure 255. Alarms dialog box

Alarm table

The Alarms List view shows all alarms fired in your Hyper-V® environment. For each alarm entry, it shows its severity, the time it was fired, the rule name that triggered the alarm, and the alarm message.

This view appears on the Hyper-V Alarms dashboard, just below the Alarm overview.

Figure 256. Alarms List view

 
Table 139. Description of the View
Data displayed
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Alarm Message. An explanation about why the alarm occurred.
 
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Object indicator. Indicates if the alarm is related to a cluster , server , or virtual machine .
 
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Rule Name. The name of the rule that triggered the alarm.
 
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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, Object indicator, Rule Name, or Time. For server and virtual machine objects, the Select Drilldown dwell appears.
Figure 257. Select Drilldown dwell
From here, selecting Explorer shows the selected server or virtual machine in the Hyper-V Explorer, with the Hyper-V Explorer Summary tab open. Selecting Quick View shows the selected server or virtual machine in the Server Summary view or Virtual Machine Summary view.
Drilling down on a cluster displays a dwell showing additional information about the cluster.
 
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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.
Figure 258. Alarm Created dialog box
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