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Foglight for VMware 5.7.2 - 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 VirtualCenter 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 Resource Pools view

Purpose
The Summary - All Resource Pools view displays overall resource utilization information for a group of physical resource pools and shows the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources.
Figure 336. Summary - All Resource Pools view
How to Get Here
1
On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Resource Pools tile.
2
In the Quick-View, select the Summary node in the Resource Pools view.
The Summary - All Resource Pools 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 CPU Consumers
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Top Disk Consumers
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Top Memory Consumers
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Top Network Consumers
 
 
Table 156. 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 Resource Pool 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 337. Alarm Created dialog box
 
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Time. Links to the Resource Pool Summary view .
 
Table 157. Top CPU Consumers
Description
Shows the top three resource pools with the highest average CPU utilization.
Data displayed
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Resource Pool. The name of the resource pool.
 
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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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Resource Pool. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
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Used Hz (in the graph). Displays the Top Resource Pools-CPU Used Hz dialog box.
Figure 338. Top Resource Pools-CPU Used Hz dialog box
 
Table 158. Top Disk Consumers
Description
Shows the top three resource pools 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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Resource Pool. The name of the resource pool.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Rate (in the graph). Displays the Top Resource Pools - Disk Transfer Rate dialog box.
 
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Resource Pool. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 159. Top Memory Consumers
Description
Shows the top three resource pools 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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Resource Pool. The name of the resource pool that is one of the top three memory consumers.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Consumed. Displays the Top Resource Pools - Memory Consumed dialog box.
 
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Resource Pool. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 160. Top Network Consumers
Description
Shows the top three resource pools 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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Resource Pool. The name of the resource pool that is one of the top three network consumers.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Rate. Displays the Top Resource Pools - Network Transfer Rate dialog box.
Figure 339. Top Resource Pools - Network Transfer Rate dialog box
 
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Resource Pool (in the table). For more information, see Summary tab.

Resource Pools view

Purpose
This view is a tree view. It lists the resource pools that exist in your environment and shows their state.
Figure 340. Resource Pools view
Selecting the All Resource Pools node displays overall resource utilization for all resource pools in your integrated system, and the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources in the Summary - All Resource Pools view on the right. Similarly, selecting a resource pool node shows resource pool-specific metrics in the Resource Pool 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 Resource Pools tile.
The Resource Pools view appears in the Quick-View on the left.
 
Table 161. Description of the View
Data displayed
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Alarm severity. The state of the most recent alarm raised against the associated resource pool.
 
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All Resource Pools. A parent node for the resource pool object instances that appear in this view.
 
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Resource Pool. The resource pool name.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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All Resource Pools. Shows the Summary - All Resource Pools view in the Quick-View.
 
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Resource Pool. Shows the Resource Pool Summary view in the Quick-View.

Virtual Center Summary view

Purpose
The Virtual Center Summary view shows the overall resource utilization and the amounts of system resource consumption for a virtual center.
Figure 341. Virtual Center Summary view
How to Get Here
1
On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Servers tile.
2
In the Quick-View, select a virtual center node in the Virtual Centers view.
The Virtual Center Summary 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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Related Items
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Resource Utilizations
 
Table 162. Alarms
Description
Lists the alarms generated against the selected virtual center.
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 when the alarm was generated.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Alarm Message, Severity, or Time. Displays the Alarm dialog box, showing additional information about the alarm. For more information about alarms in Foglight, see the Foglight User Help.
Figure 342. Alarm dialog box
 
Table 163. Related Items
Description
Shows the numbers of the components that belong to the selected virtual center and the related alarm counts.
Data displayed
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Clusters. The number of clusters that belong to the selected virtual center, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Datacenters. The number of datacenters that belong to the selected virtual center, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Datastores. The number of datastores that belong to the selected virtual center, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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ESX Hosts. The number of ESX hosts that belong to the selected virtual center, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Resource Pools. The number of resource pools that belong to the selected virtual center, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Virtual Center. The name of the selected virtual center, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Virtual Machines. The number of virtual machines that belong to the selected virtual center, followed by the related alarm counts.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Alarm count. Displays the Alarms dialog box that shows a list of all related alarms. For each alarm entry, it shows its severity, the time at which it was triggered, the rule name that triggered the alarm, and the alarm message.
Figure 343. Alarms dialog box
Data displayed
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Clusters. Displays the Clusters Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all clusters that belong to the selected virtual center.
Figure 344. Clusters Inventory dwell
 
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Datacenters. Displays the Datacenters Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all datacenters that belong to the selected virtual center.
Figure 345. Datacenters Inventory dwell
 
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Datastores. Displays the Datastores Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all datastores that belong to the selected virtual center.
Figure 346. Datastores Inventory dwell
 
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ESX Hosts. Displays the ESX Hosts Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all ESX hosts that belong to the selected virtual center.
Figure 347. ESX Hosts Inventory dwell
 
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Resource Pools. Displays the Resource Pools Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all clusters that belong to the selected virtual center.
Figure 348. Resource Pools Inventory dwell
 
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Virtual Center. Displays the Virtual Centers Inventory dwell, showing the name and states of the selected virtual center.
Figure 349. Virtual Centers Inventory dwell
 
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Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all virtual machines name that belong to the selected virtual center.
Figure 350. Virtual Machines Inventory dwell
 
Table 164. Resource Utilizations
Description
Shows the resource consumption for the selected virtual center broken down into four simple views.
Data displayed
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CPU Load. The current percentage of the selected virtual center’s CPU load, used to execute system code and user programs, based on the total CPU capacity.
 
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CPU Utilization, % Ready. The percentage of the virtual center’s CPU resources that is ready to execute system code and user programs during the selected time period.
 
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CPU Utilization, % Used. The percentage of the virtual center’s CPU utilization spent on executing system code and user programs during the selected time period.
 
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Disk I/O. The current disk I/O rate for the selected virtual center.
 
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Disk Utilization, Read Rate. The rate at which the virtual center reads data from the disk during the selected time period.
 
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Disk Utilization, Write Rate. The rate at which the virtual center writes data to the disk during the selected time period.
 
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Memory Utilization, Active. The amount of the available memory that the virtual center uses during the selected time period.
 
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Memory Utilization, Ballooned. The amount of physical memory that is actively being used by the VMware Memory Control Driver to allow the guest OS to selectively swap memory.
 
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Memory Utilization, Shared. The amount of the virtual machine memory that is freed up due to transparent page sharing.
 
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Memory Utilization, Swapped. The amount of memory that is stored in disk swap space
 
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Network I/O. The current rate at which the selected virtual center transfers data from and to the network.
 
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Network Utilization, Receive Rate. The rate at which the selected virtual center receives data from the network during the selected time period.
 
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Network Utilization, Send Rate. The rate at which the selected virtual center sends data to the network during the selected time period.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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CPU Load spinner. Displays the CPU Load dialog box.
Figure 351. CPU Load dialog box
 
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CPU Utilization graph. Displays the CPU Utilization dialog box.
Figure 352. CPU Utilization dialog box
 
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Disk I/O spinner. Displays the Disk I/O dialog box.
Figure 353. Disk I/O dialog box
 
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Disk Utilization graph. Displays the Disk Utilization dialog box.
Figure 354. Disk Utilization dialog box
 
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Memory Utilization graph. Displays the Memory Utilization dialog box.
Figure 355. Memory Utilization dialog box
 
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Network I/O spinner. Displays the Network I/O dialog box.
Figure 356. Network I/O dialog box
 
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Network Utilization graph. Displays the Network Utilization dialog box.
Figure 357. Network Utilization dialog box

Summary (All Virtual Centers) view

Purpose
The Summary - All Virtual Centers view displays overall resource utilization information for a group of virtual centers and shows the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources.
Figure 358. Summary (All Virtual Centers) view
How to Get Here
1
On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Virtual Centers tile.
2
In the Quick-View, select the Summary node in the Virtual Centers view.
The Summary (All Virtual Centers) view appears on the right.
Description of Embedded Views
This view is made up of the following embedded views:
•
Alarms
•
Top CPU Consumers
•
Top Disk Consumers
•
Top Memory Consumers
•
Top Network Consumers
 
 
Table 165. Alarms
Description
Lists the alarms generated against the monitored system.
Data displayed
•
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 or Time. Links to the view that shows additional information about the component affected by the alarm.
 
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Severity. Displays the Alarm dialog box, showing additional information about the alarm. For more information about alarms in Foglight, see the Foglight User Help.
Figure 359. Alarm dialog box
 
Table 166. Top CPU Consumers
Description
Shows the top three virtual centers with the highest average CPU utilization.
Data displayed
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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.
 
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Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Used Hz (in the graph). Displays the Top Virtual Centers -CPU Used Hz dialog box.
Figure 360. Top Virtual Centers -CPU Used Hz dialog box
 
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Virtual Center. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 167. Top Disk Consumers
Description
Shows the top three virtual centers 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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Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Rate (in the graph). Displays the Top Virtual Centers - Disk Transfer Rate dialog box.
Figure 361. Top Virtual Centers - Disk Transfer Rate dialog box
 
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Virtual Center. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 168. Top Memory Consumers
Description
Shows the top three virtual centers 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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Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Consumed. Displays the Top Virtual Centers - Memory Consumed dialog box.
 
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Virtual Center. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 169. Top Network Consumers
Description
Shows the top three virtual centers 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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Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Rate. Displays the Top Virtual Centers - Network Transfer Rate dialog box.
Figure 362. Top Virtual Centers - Network Transfer Rate dialog box
 
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Virtual Center (in the table). For more information, see Summary tab.
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