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Foglight for Infrastructure 5.9.8 - User Guide

Using Foglight for Infrastructure Monitoring log files with Foglight Log Monitor Monitoring IBM PowerVM environments
Before you begin Managing PowerVM HMC agents Monitoring your PowerVM environment
Advanced system configuration and troubleshooting Reference
Foglight for Infrastructure views Foglight Log Monitor views Rules Metrics
Appendix: Building regular expressions in Foglight

Accessing the Infrastructure dashboard

To access the Infrastructure dashboard:
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On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Infrastructure.
The Infrastructure Environment dashboard appears, displaying the Windows® service (by default).

The dashboard contains the following components:

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Select a Service drop-down list: allows you to select the service that you want to monitor. For more information, see Selecting a service.
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Reports button : allows you to run a report for the Infrastructure Environment dashboard. For more information, see Running a report for the Infrastructure Environment.
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Add OS Monitor: provides access to the Add Monitored Host and Add Monitored Host - List wizards. For more information about these wizards, see Adding a monitored host and Adding multiple monitored hosts.
 
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NOTE: If Foglight for SNMP is installed on your server, the SNMP Hosts button appears in the Add OS Monitor section. For more information about this functionality, see the Foglight for SNMP product documentation.
 
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IMPORTANT: The Add OS Monitor section is hidden if the server is a federation server.
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Monitoring tab: displays the domains associated with the selected service; allows you to monitor the objects associated with these domains. For more information, see Exploring the Monitoring tab.
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FAQts tab (FAQ Question Viewer): displays a list of questions that helps you investigate performance problems with the objects defined in the selected service/domain. For more information, see Exploring the FAQ Question Viewer.
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Administration tab: allows you to edit the agent properties for a selected agent or agents. For more information, see Exploring the Administration tab.

Selecting a service

To filter by service:
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On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Infrastructure.
The Infrastructure Environment dashboard appears.
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From the Select a Service list, select the service for which you want to see the infrastructure information.
The Monitoring tab, the FAQ Question Viewer, and the Administration tab are automatically updated to display the information specific to the selected service.
 
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NOTE: For detailed information about monitoring PowerVM services, see the Monitoring IBM PowerVM environments.

Running a report for the Infrastructure Environment

Reports are a convenient way to share data about your monitored environment with others in your organization.

To run the report associated with the Infrastructure Environment dashboard:
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In the Infrastructure Environment dashboard, click Reports on the upper-right corner.
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On the list that appears, click Hosts. This is the report associated with the Infrastructure Environment dashboard.
The Hosts wizard appears.
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On the Set Input Parameters page, select the input parameters for the report from the Time Range and the Service lists, then click Next.
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On the Set Properties page, enter a name for the report, select a format for it, enter the email addresses of the people who should receive this report, schedule the report delivery (optionally) and the number of copies to be retained, then click Next.
If you selected to schedule the report, the Select Schedule page appears. Continue with Step 5.
If you did not select to schedule the report, the Summary page appears. Continue with Step 6.
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On the Select Schedule page, select a schedule type from the list of available options, or click New Schedule to define a custom schedule, then click Next.
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On the Summary page, review the settings defined, then click Finish.
The report is generated and delivered to the recipients indicated in the report settings.

Exploring the Monitoring tab

The Monitoring tab contains several tiles (at the top of the tab), which represent the domains associated with the selected service. When you click a tile, the Quick view (at the bottom of the tab) is refreshed to display the list of objects associated with the selected domain and a summary of the domain’s host status.

 
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NOTE: The following figure illustrates the information displayed in the Monitoring tab, for the Windows® service and the domains included in this service, as shown in the tiles. This information is just an example; it may vary depending on the selected service, selected domain, and the monitored hosts. When you install Foglight for Infrastructure, the Windows service is displayed by default.
Figure 1. Infrastructure Environment - Monitoring tab

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