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Foglight for Hyper-V 5.8 - 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 Topology tab

The Hyper-V Explorer Topology tab contains an organized view of the virtual infrastructure objects that are monitored by Foglight for Hyper-V: clusters, servers, and virtual machines.

This tab appears on the navigation panel, under Infrastructure.

Figure 153. Topology tab

Hyper-V Explorer Summary

This is the first tab that appears open by default when you access the Hyper-V Explorer. It displays high-level information about the resource utilization and the selected component’s resources, such as its operating system, physical host, storage capacity, and others. The appearance of this tab depends on the object or group of object selected. For example, exploring a group of clusters shows a combined CPU consumption chart followed by a list of clusters, while exploring a virtual machine displays detailed resource consumption for the selected virtual machine.

Hyper-V Explorer Summary tab

The Hyper-V Explorer Summary tab shows a summary of system resources for a selected cluster, server, or virtual machine.

This tab appears in the Hyper-V Explorer when you select a cluster, server, or virtual machine instance on the Hyper-V Explorer Topology tab.

Figure 155. Summary tab

This tab is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 92. Notes

Shows additional notes about the selected virtual machine.

Shows the resource consumption for the selected cluster, server, or virtual machine broken down into four simple views.

CPU Load. The current percentage of the selected component’s (cluster, server, or virtual machine) CPU load, used to execute system code and user programs, based on the total CPU capacity available to that component.
CPU Utilization, % Used. The percentage of the selected component’s (cluster, server, or virtual machine) CPU utilization spent on executing system code and user programs during the selected time period.
CPU Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected CPU utilization range based on historical data.
Disk I/O. The current disk I/O rate for the selected cluster, server or virtual machine.
Disk Transfer Rate. The rate at which data was read from or written to the disks associated with the selected cluster, server, or virtual machine) during the specified time period.
Disk Transfer Rate, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected disk utilization range based on historical data.
Memory, Static Memory. The total amount of static memory available to the selected cluster, server, or virtual machine.
Memory Load. The current percentage of the average memory usage by the selected cluster, server, or virtual machine.
Memory Utilization, Assigned. The amount of memory that is allocated to the selected server or cluster) during the specified time period.
Memory Utilization, Demand. The amount of memory that the selected cluster, server or virtual machine requires during the specified time period.
Network I/O. The current rate at which the selected component (cluster, server, or virtual machine) transfers data from and to the network.
Network Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected CPU utilization range based on historical data.
Network Utilization, Transfer Rate. The rate at which the selected component (cluster, server, or virtual machine) receives or sends data to the network during the selected time period.

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CPU Load spinner. Displays the CPU Load dialog box.
Figure 156. CPU Load dialog box
CPU Utilization graph. Displays the CPU Utilization dialog box.
Figure 157. CPU Utilization dialog box
Disk I/O spinner. Displays the Disk I/O dialog box.
Figure 158. Disk I/O dialog box
Disk Utilization graph. Displays the Disk Utilization dialog box.
Figure 159. Disk Utilization dialog box
Memory Usage spinner. Displays the Memory Usage dialog box.
Figure 160. Memory Usage dialog box
Memory Utilization graph. Displays the Memory Utilization dialog box.
Figure 161. Memory Utilization dialog box
Network I/O spinner. Displays the Network I/O dialog box.
Figure 162. Network I/O dialog box
Network Utilization graph. Displays the Network Utilization dialog box.
Figure 163. Network Utilization dialog box
Table 94. Servers

Shows a list of servers that belong to the selected cluster.

Server, CPU. The current percentage of the server’s CPU load, used to execute system code and user programs, based on the total CPU capacity.
Server, Memory. The current percentage of the server’s memory usage by the selected component.
Server, NICs. The number of network interface cards that the server uses.
Server, Server Name. The server name.
Server, Status. The server status, associated with any alarms raised against that server. If no alarms are fired, the status appears as Normal. Otherwise, the status is set to the alarm severity (Warning, Critical, or Fatal).
Server, Version. The operating system version.
Virtual Machines, Configured. The number of virtual machines that exist on the server.
Virtual Machines, Running. The number of virtual machines that are currently running on the server.

Drill down on any server entry. The Hyper-V Explorer dashboard appears, showing the server details on the Hyper-V Explorer Summary tab.

Shows physical configuration details for the selected cluster, server or virtual machine.

Hypervisor. The name of the hypervisor application, Microsoft Hyper-V.
Memory Capacity. The combined memory capacity of the servers that belong to the selected cluster.
Network Interfaces. The number of network interface cards used by the servers that belong to the selected cluster.
Processing Power. The CPU speed available to the selected cluster.
Processor Count. The number of CPUs used by the servers that belong to the selected cluster.
Servers. The number of servers that belong to the selected cluster.
Virtual Machines Count. The number of virtual machines running in the selected cluster.
Cluster. The name of the cluster to which the selected server belongs.
Current Status. The current status of the selected server: Turned off or Running.
Hypervisor. The name of the hypervisor application: Hyper-V.
IP Address. The IP address of the selected server.
Manufacturer. The manufacturer of the physical machine.
Memory Capacity. The memory capacity of the selected server.
Model Number. The model number of the physical machine.
Network Interfaces. The number of network interface cards used by the selected server.
Processor Count. The number of CPUs used by the selected server.
Processor Type. The processor type of the physical machine.
Uptime. The length of time the selected server is running.
Version. The version of the OS that is running on the selected server.
Virtual Machines Count. The number of virtual machines running on the selected server.
Cluster. The name of the cluster to which the selected virtual machine belongs.
Current Status. The current status of the selected virtual machine: Turned off or Running.
Guest OS. The name of the operating system used by the selected virtual machine.
Host Name. The host name of the selected virtual machine.
Hypervisor. The name of the hypervisor application: Hyper-V.
IP Address. The IP address of the selected virtual machine.
Memory Capacity. The memory capacity of the selected virtual machine.
Network Interfaces. The number of network interface cards used by the selected virtual machine.
Processor Count. The number of CPUs used by the selected virtual machine.
Storage Capacity. The storage capacity of the selected virtual machine.
Uptime. The length of time the selected virtual machine is running.

The Hyper-V Explorer’s Virtual Environment view displays a high-level overview of your virtual environment. The view has a tile for each object type: Clusters, Servers, and Virtual Machines. Each tile shows how many of the corresponding object instances there are in your virtual infrastructure, as well as the count of objects of that type in each of the alarm states (Normal, Warning, Critical, Fatal).

Alarm counts. The total counts of alarms associated with the clusters, servers, or virtual machines, broken down by alarm types (Normal, Warning, Critical, Fatal).
Cluster count. The number of clusters in your virtual environment.
Server count. The number of physical servers in your virtual environment.
Virtual Machine count. The number of virtual machines in your environment.

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Clusters. Displays the Clusters dwell, showing the names and states of all clusters in your environment.
Figure 164. Clusters dwell
Servers. Displays the Servers dwell, showing the names and states of all servers in your environment.
Figure 165. Clusters dwell
Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines dwell, showing the names and states of all virtual machines in your environment.
Figure 166. Virtual Machines dwell

Shows a list of virtual machines associated with the selected cluster or server.

Name. The virtual machine name.
Status. The status of the virtual machine, associated with any alarms raised against that virtual machine. If no alarms are fired, the status appears as Normal. Otherwise, the status is set to the alarm severity (Warning, Critical, or Fatal).

Drill down on any virtual machine entry. The Hyper-V Explorer dashboard appears, showing the virtual machine details on the Hyper-V Explorer Summary tab.

Hyper-V Explorer Summary (All Clusters) tab

The Hyper-V Explorer Summary (All Clusters) tab shows a summary of system resources for all available clusters.

This tab appears in the Hyper-V Explorer when you select the Clusters node on the Hyper-V Explorer Topology tab.

This tab is made up of the following embedded views:

This tabular view lists the clusters that exist in your environment.

CPU Used. The current amount of the CPU speed used by the servers in the cluster.
Key. The color used in the Combined CPU Consumption chart to represent the cluster.
Memory. The current percentage of memory used by all servers in the cluster.
Name. Cluster name.
Servers. The number of servers in the cluster.
Status. The status of the cluster, associated with any alarms raised against that cluster. If no alarms are fired, the status appears as Normal. Otherwise, the status is set to the highest alarm severity (Warning, Critical, or Fatal).

Drill down on any server entry. The Hyper-V Environment dashboard appears, showing the server details on the Hyper-V Explorer Summary tab.

Shows the combined percentage of the CPU usage for all clusters in the system.

Combined CPU Consumption, %. The combined percentage of the CPU utilization used by all servers in all clusters to execute system code and user programs during the selected time period.

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Combined CPU Consumption %. Displays the Combined CPU Consumption dialog box.
Figure 168. Combined CPU Consumption dialog box

Displays a high-level overview of your virtual environment. The view has a tile for each type of object in your virtual infrastructure: Clusters, Servers, and Virtual Machines. Each tile shows how many of the corresponding object instances there are in your virtual infrastructure, as well as the count of objects of that type in each of the alarm states (Normal, Warning, Critical, Fatal).

Alarm counts. The total counts of alarms associated with the clusters, servers, or virtual machines, broken down by alarm types (Normal, Warning, Critical, Fatal).
Cluster count. The number of clusters in your virtual environment.
Server count. The number of physical servers in your virtual environment.
Virtual Machine count. The number of virtual machines that are running on the physical servers that belong to the selected cluster.

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Clusters. Displays the Clusters dwell, showing the names and states of all clusters in your environment.
Figure 169. Clusters dwell
Servers. Displays the Servers dwell, showing the name and state of all servers in your environment.
Figure 170. Servers dwell
Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines dwell, showing the names and states of all virtual machines that are running on the physical servers that belong to the selected cluster.
Figure 171. Virtual Machines dwell
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