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Foglight for VMware 5.6.15.1 - User and Reference Guide

Using Foglight for VMware
Introducing the Virtual Infrastructure Navigation Basics Interacting with Foglight for VMware VMware Performance Agent Configuration
Reference
Views
VMware Alarms Views VMware Explorer Views VMware Modeler Views VMware VirtualCenters Views VMware Environment Views Other Views
Rules
Agent Rules Cluster Rules Datacenter Rules Datastore Rules Resource Pool Rules ESX Server Rules VirtualCenter Rules Virtual Machine Rules VMW Stale Data Management Rule Virtual Switch Rules
Appendix: Alarm Messages

Summary - All ESX Hosts view

Purpose
The Summary - All ESX Hosts view displays overall resource utilization information for a group of physical ESX hosts and shows the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources.
Figure 304. Summary - All ESX Hosts view
How to Get Here
1
On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the ESX Hosts tile.
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In the Quick-View, select the Summary node in the ESX Hosts view.
The Summary - All ESX Hosts view appears on the right.
Description of Embedded Views
This view is made up of the following embedded views:
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Alarms
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Top 3 CPU Consumers
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Top 3 Disk Consumers
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Top 3 Memory Consumers
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Top 3 Network Consumers
 
 
Table 134. Alarms
Description
Lists the alarms generated against the monitored system.
Data displayed
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Alarm Message. An explanation about why the alarm occurred.
 
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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. Links to the ESX Host Summary view .
 
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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 305. Alarm Created dialog box
 
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Time. Links to the ESX Host Summary view .
 
Table 135. Top 3 CPU Consumers
Description
Shows the top three ESX hosts with the highest average CPU utilization.
Data displayed
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ESX Host. The name of the ESX host.
 
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Used Hz.The amount of CPU processing speed each of the top three CPU consumers spend on executing system code and user programs, during the selected time range.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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ESX Host. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
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Used Hz (in the graph). Displays the Top 3 ESX Hosts-CPU Used Hz dialog box.
Figure 306. Top 3 ESX Hosts-CPU Used Hz dialog box
 
Table 136. Top 3 Disk Consumers
Description
Shows the top three ESX hosts with the lowest available disk space.
Data displayed
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Rate. The rate at which the top three disk consumers read or write data to the disk during the selected time range.
 
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ESX Host. The name of the ESX host.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Rate (in the graph). Displays the Top 3 ESX Hosts - Disk Transfer Rate dialog box.
Figure 307. Top 3 ESX Hosts - Disk Transfer Rate dialog box
 
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ESX Host. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 137. Top 3 Memory Consumers
Description
Shows the top three ESX hosts with the highest average memory utilization.
Data displayed
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Consumed. The amount of memory the top three memory consumers use during the selected time range.
 
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ESX Host. The name of the ESX host that is one of the top three memory consumers.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Consumed. Displays the Top 3 ESX Hosts - Memory Consumed dialog box.
Figure 308. Top 3 ESX Hosts - Memory Consumed dialog box
 
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ESX Host. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 138. Top 3 Network Consumers
Description
Shows the top three ESX hosts that are consuming most network bandwidth.
Data displayed
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Rate. The rate at which the top three network consumers transfer data to or from the network during the selected time range.
 
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ESX Host. The name of the ESX host that is one of the top three network consumers.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Rate. Displays the Top 3 ESX Hosts - Network Transfer Rate dialog box.
Figure 309. Top 3 ESX Hosts - Network Transfer Rate dialog box
 
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ESX Host (in the table). For more information, see Summary tab.

ESX Hosts view

Purpose
This tree view lists the ESX hosts that exist in your environment and shows their state.
Figure 310. ESX Hosts view
Selecting the All ESX Hosts node displays overall resource utilization for all ESX hosts in your integrated system, and the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources in the Summary - All ESX Hosts view on the right. Similarly, selecting a ESX host node shows ESX host-specific metrics in the ESX Host Summary view on the right.
How to Get Here
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On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Quick-View, select the ESX Hosts tile.
The ESX Hosts view appears in the Quick-View on the left.
 
 
Table 139. Description of the View
Data displayed
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Alarm severity. The state of the most recent alarm raised against the associated ESX host.
 
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All ESX Hosts. A parent node for the ESX host object instances that appear in this view.
 
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ESX Host. The ESX host name.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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All ESX Hosts. Shows the Summary - All ESX Hosts view in the Quick-View.
 
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ESX Host. Shows the ESX Host Summary view in the Quick-View.

FAQts tab

Purpose
Through three embedded views (the Categories, Question, and Answer views), the FAQts tab enables you to ask Foglight for VMware questions and provides the answers to those questions.
Figure 311. FAQts tab
How to Get Here
The FAQts view appears on both the Virtual Environment Summary and VMware Explorer dashboards as a navigation tab.
Description of Embedded Views
The FAQts view is made up of the following embedded views:
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Answer
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Categories
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Questions
Answer
This view provides an answer to the question selected in the Questions view. The answer appears in the following form:
Top x <objects of category>…
where x is the number of objects of the category you provided in the Categories view.
Specify x by entering a number. The answer is relative to the subset of the infrastructure you are viewing in the dashboard. For example, the top 5 datastores are different for each individual cluster in the infrastructure.
Categories
This view lists the categories for which questions can be answered for you by Foglight for VMware.
Click a category in the list to select it.
Questions
This view lists the questions, for the category selected in the Categories, that can be answered for you by Foglight for VMware.
Click a question in the list to select it.
If the list of questions is long and you want to narrow it down, search for a particular text string using the Search box.

Instances and Limits view

Purpose
This view displays the list of the existing VMware object types. This information can give you insight into the size of your database and whether additional adjustments are required to improve your system performance.
Figure 312. Instances and Limits view
How to Get Here
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On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Administration tab, click Review Instances and Limits.
The Instances and Limits view appears in the display area.
 
Table 140. Description of the View
Data displayed
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Instance Count. The current number of object instances of this type.
 
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Instance Limit. The maximum number of object instances of this type that can be instantiated.
 
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Object Type. The type of the topology object.
 
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Status. The current status representing the highest severity level associated with an instance of that type.
 
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Utilized. The percentage of the object limit instance that is currently utilized.
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