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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

Virtual Centers view

Purpose
This view is a tree view. It lists the virtual centers that exist in your environment and shows their state.
Figure 363. Virtual Centers view
Selecting the All Virtual Centers node displays overall resource utilization for all virtual centers in your integrated system, and the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources in the Summary (All Virtual Centers) view on the right. Similarly, selecting a server node shows server-specific metrics in the Virtual Center Summary view on the right.
How to Get Here
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On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Virtual Centers tile.
The Virtual Centers view appears in the Quick-View on the left.
 
 
Table 170. Description of the View
Data displayed
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Alarm severity. The state of the highest-severity alarm raised against the selected virtual center.
 
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All Virtual Centers. A parent node for the virtual center object instances that appear in this view.
 
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Virtual Center. A virtual center name.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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All Virtual Centers. Shows the Summary (All Virtual Centers) view in the Quick-View.
 
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Virtual Center. Shows the Virtual Center Summary view in the Quick-View.

Virtual Environment Overview

Purpose
The Virtual Environment Overview provides you with an overview of the selected virtual environment.
Figure 364. Virtual Environment Overview
The overview has a tile for each type of object in your virtual infrastructure. Each tile shows the number of instances the corresponding object type that exist in your virtual infrastructure, as well as the count of objects of that type in each of the alarm states (Normal, Warning, Critical, Fatal).
You can move the tiles by dragging and dropping until you achieve the desired layout. To hide one or more tiles, on the tool bar on the right, click Edit , and in the popup that appears, click a tile that you want to hide.
Figure 365. Virtual Environment popup
Click the object type icon, the object type name, or the object count, to view summary information for that entire object type in the Quick-View. Click an alarm state (for example, warning) on a tile to view summary information in the Quick-View for the objects of that type that are in the selected alarm state.
If an alarm state has a count of zero, then you can not select that alarm state.
How to Get Here
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On the VMware Environment dashboard, open the Monitoring tab.
The Virtual Environment Overview is located at the top of the display area.

Virtual Machine Summary view

Purpose
The Virtual Machine Summary view shows the overall resource utilization and the amounts of system resource consumption for a virtual machine.
Figure 366. Virtual Machine Summary view
How to Get Here
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On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Virtual Machines tile.
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In the Quick-View, select a Virtual Machine node in the Virtual Machines view.
The Virtual Machine 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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Summary and Resource Information
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Related Items
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Resource Utilizations
 
Table 171. Alarms
Description
Lists the alarms generated against the selected virtual machine.
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 367. Alarm dialog box
Table 172. Summary and Resource Information
Description
Lists the summary and resource information of the selected virtual machine.
Data displayed
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Current Status. The current status of the selected virtual machine: Turned off or Powered On.
 
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Processors. The number of CPUs used by the selected virtual machine.
 
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Uptime. The percentage of time during which the virtual machine is running.
 
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Memory Capacity. The amount of memory resources allocated to the selected virtual machine.
 
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Powered on Date. The date on which the selected virtual machine is powered.
 
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Network Interface. The number of network interface cards that exist on the selected virtual machine.
 
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OS Reboot Date. The date when rebooting the operating system.
 
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Storage Devices. The number of physical and logical disks associated with the virtual machine.
 
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DNS Name. The fully qualified DNS name of the selected virtual machine.
 
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Virtual Center. The IP address of the Virtual Center to which the virtual machine belongs.
 
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Connection Status. The virtual machine’s connection status.
 
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Datacenter. The name of the datacenter associated with the virtual machine.
 
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IP Address. The IP address of the virtual machine.
 
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Cluster. The name of the cluster associated with the virtual machine.
 
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Vmware Tools. The name of VMware applications used to manege the virtual machine.
 
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Resource Pool. The name of resource pools associated with the virtual machine.
 
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OS. The name of the operating system used by the selected virtual machine.
 
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ESX Host. The IP address of the ESX host on which the virtual machine is running.
 
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Managed Object Reference. Identifies the virtual switch in your monitored environment.
 
Table 173. Related Items
Description
Shows the numbers and states of the selected virtual machine and other components associated with it.
Data displayed
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Cluster. The name of the cluster associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Datacenter. The name of the datacenter associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Datastores. The number of datastores that are associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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ESX Host. The name of the ESX host on which the selected virtual machine is running, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Resource Pools. The number of resource pools that are associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center associated with the selected virtual machine, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Virtual Machine. The number of the selected virtual machine, 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 368. Alarms dialog box
 
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Cluster. Displays the Clusters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the cluster associated with the selected virtual machine.
Figure 369. Clusters Inventory dwell
 
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Datacenter. Displays the Datacenters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the datacenter associated with the selected virtual machine.
Figure 370. Datacenters Inventory dwell
 
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Datastores. Displays the Datastores Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all datastores that are associated with the selected virtual machine.
Figure 371. Datastores Inventory dwell
 
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ESX Host. Displays the ESX Hosts Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the ESX host associated with the selected virtual machine.
Figure 372. ESX Hosts Inventory dwell
 
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Resource Pools. Displays the Resource Pools Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all resource pools that are associated with the selected virtual machine.
Figure 373. Resource Pools Inventory dwell
 
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Virtual Center. Displays the Virtual Centers Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the virtual center associated with the selected virtual machine.
Figure 374. Virtual Centers Inventory dwell
 
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Virtual Machine. Displays the Virtual Machines Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the selected virtual machine.
Figure 375. Virtual Machines Inventory dwell
 
 
Table 174. Resource Utilizations
Description
Shows the resource consumption for the selected virtual machine broken down into four simple views.
Data displayed
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CPU Load. The current percentage of the selected virtual machine’s CPU load, used to execute system code and user programs, based on the total CPU capacity.
 
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CPU Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected CPU utilization range based on historical data.
 
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CPU Utilization, % Ready. The percentage of the virtual machine’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 CPU utilization used by the virtual machine to execute 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 machine.
 
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Disk Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected disk utilization range based on historical data.
 
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Disk Utilization, Transfer Rate. The rate at which the virtual machine reads and writes data to the disk during the selected time period.
 
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Memory Usage. The current percentage of the average memory usage by the selected virtual machine, based on the total memory capacity.
 
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Memory Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected memory utilization range based on historical data.
 
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Memory Utilization, Utilization. The percentage of memory used by the virtual machine during the selected time period.
 
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Network I/O. The current rate at which the selected virtual machine transfers data from and to the network.
 
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Network Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected network utilization range based on historical data.
 
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Network Utilization, Transfer Rate. The rate at which the selected virtual machine receives and 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 376. CPU Load dialog box
 
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CPU Utilization graph. Displays the CPU Utilization dialog box.
Figure 377. CPU Utilization dialog box
 
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Disk I/O spinner. Displays the Disk I/O dialog box.
Figure 378. Disk I/O dialog box
 
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Disk Utilization graph. Displays the Disk Utilization dialog box.
Figure 379. Disk Utilization dialog box
 
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Memory Utilization graph. Displays the Memory Utilization dialog box.
Figure 380. Memory Utilization dialog box
 
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Network I/O spinner. Displays the Network I/O dialog box.
Figure 381. Network I/O dialog box
 
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Network Utilization graph. Displays the Network Utilization dialog box.
Figure 382. Network Utilization dialog box

Summary - All Virtual Machines view

Purpose
The Summary - All Virtual Machines view displays overall resource utilization information for a group of virtual machines and shows the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources.
Figure 383. Summary - All Virtual Machines view
How to Get Here
1
On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Virtual Machines tile.
2
In the Quick-View, select the Summary node in the Virtual Machines view.
The Summary - All Virtual Machines 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 175. 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 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 384. Alarm dialog box
 
Table 176. Top CPU Consumers
Description
Shows the top three virtual machines with the highest average CPU utilization.
Data displayed
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Virtual Machine. The name of the virtual machine.
 
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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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Virtual Machine. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
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Used Hz (in the graph). Displays the Top Virtual Machines-CPU Used Hz dialog box.
Figure 385. Top Virtual Machines-CPU Used Hz dialog box
 
Table 177. Top Disk Consumers
Description
Shows the top three virtual machines 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 Machine. The name of the virtual machine.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Rate (in the graph). Displays the Top Virtual Machines - Disk Transfer Rate dialog box.
Figure 386. Top Virtual Machines - Disk Transfer Rate dialog box
 
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Virtual Machine. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 178. Top Memory Consumers
Description
Shows the top three virtual machines 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 Machine. The name of the virtual machine that is one of the top three memory consumers.
Where to go next
Drill down on:
 
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Consumed. Displays the Top Virtual Machines - Memory Consumed dialog box.
Figure 387. Top Virtual Machines - Memory Consumed dialog box
 
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Virtual Machine. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 179. Top Network Consumers
Description
Shows the top three virtual machines 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 Machine. The name of the virtual machine 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 Virtual Machines - Network Transfer Rate dialog box.
 
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Virtual Machine (in the table). For more information, see Summary tab.
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