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Foglight for VMware 5.8.2 - Installation Guide

Setting the Configuration properties

The Configuration properties point the VMware Performance Agent to the machine on which the Virtual Center is running, and provide some additional configuration settings.

To set the configuration properties:
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Locate the VMware Performance Agent’s Configuration properties.
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Set the Configuration properties as follows:
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Host Name: The fully qualified host name of the machine on which the Virtual Center is running.
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Host Port: The port number of the machine on which the Virtual Center is running that will be used by the VMware Performance Agent to connect to that machine in order to collect data from the monitored Virtual Center.
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Performance request threads: The number of threads in a performance request.
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Cisco switch collection threads: The number of threads in a Cisco switch collection.
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Storage Collection Enabled: If you are running <Product Name>™ for Storage Management and want to enable the VMware Performance Agent to collect the Foglight Storage data, select True, otherwise, set this property to False. Foglight for Storage Management can help you optimize the VMware environment virtual storage and its underlying physical storage components. For more information about this product, see your Foglight for Storage Management documentation.
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VMWare Request Timeout (sec): The amount of time in seconds after which a VMware request times out.
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Default performance request timeout (sec). Increased as needed: The amount of time in seconds after which a default performance request times out.
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Property request timeout (sec): The amount of time in seconds after which a property request times out.
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Update request timeout (sec): The amount of time in seconds after which an update request times out.
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Login/open/close timeout (sec): The amount of time in seconds after which login, open, or close requests times out.
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Cisco switch connection timeout (sec): The amount of time in seconds after which a Cisco switch connection times out.
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Cisco switch timeout (sec) for performing a single SSH command: The amount of time in seconds after which an attempt to perform a single SSH command on a Cisco switch times out.
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Request Timeout for HA operation (sec): The amount of time in seconds after which an HA operation request times out.
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Request Timeout for move vm operation (min): The amount of time in minutes after which a request for an operation to move a virtual machine times out.
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Alarms Collection Enabled: If you want to collect VMware alarms from the monitored system, set this to True. Otherwise, select False.
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Performance request batch size (10-50): The size of a performance request batch.
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Performance submission batch size: The size of a performance submission batch.
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Setting the FileCollector properties

A file collector is a component that captures metrics from specific files on the monitoring system. The FileCollector properties instruct the VMware Performance Agent which datastores, file directories, and files to exclude from monitoring.

To set the FileCollector properties:
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Locate the VMware Performance Agent’s FileCollector properties.
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Set the FileCollector properties as follows:
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Excluded Datastores: Select a list in which you want to specify the datastores that you want to exclude from monitoring. You can select or clone an existing list, and edit it, as required. The default list is excludedDatastoresList. Lists can be shared between multiple agent instances. For more information about list properties, see the Administration and Configuration Help.
For each datastore entry in the list, set its properties as follows:
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Datastore Name: The name of one or more datastores that you want to exclude from monitoring. To specify multiple datastores, you must use regular expressions.
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Regex Flag: Indicates if the Datastore Name contains a regular expressions.
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Excluded Folders: Select a list in which you want to specify the file directories that you want to exclude from monitoring. You can select or clone an existing list, and edit it, as required. The default list is hiddenFolders. Lists can be shared between multiple agent instances. For more information about list properties, see the Administration and Configuration Help.
For each directory entry in the list, set its properties as follows:
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Folder Name: The path to one or more directories that you want to exclude from monitoring. To specify multiple directories, you must use regular expressions.
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Regex Flag: Indicates if the Folder Name contains a regular expressions.
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Excluded Files: Select a list in which you want to specify the files that you want to exclude from monitoring. You can select or clone an existing list, and edit it, as required. The default list is vmwareSrmFiles. Lists can be shared between multiple agent instances. For more information about list properties, see the Administration and Configuration Help.
For each directory entry in the list, set its File Name Regex property to a regular expression that points to one or more files that you want to exclude from monitoring.
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Setting the vSwitchCollector properties

A vSwitch collector is a component that captures metrics from virtual switches on the monitoring system. The vSwitchCollector properties instruct the VMware Performance Agent which virtual switches to monitor.

To set the vSwitchCollector properties:
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Locate the VMware Performance Agent’s vSwitchCollector properties.
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Set the vSwitchCollector properties as follows:
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Monitoring Switches: Select a list in which you want to specify the VMware virtual switches that you want to monitor. You can select or clone an existing list, and edit it, as required. The default list is monitoredSwitchList. Lists can be shared between multiple agent instances. For more information about list properties, see the Administration and Configuration Help.
For each switch entry in the list, set its properties as follows:
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DVS Managed Object Reference: The managed object reference of the distributed virtual switch.
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Switch IP: The IP address of the virtual switch.
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Fglam IP: The IP address of the Agent Manager associated with this VMware Performance Agent instance.
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Listening Port: The port number the virtual switch uses.
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End Date: The date after which the virtual switch will no longer be in use.
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Enable Data Collect: An indicator of whether this VMware Performance Agent instance collects the data about this virtual switch.
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Other Switches (Non-VMware): Select a list in which you want to specify the non-VMware virtual switches that you want to monitor. You can select or clone an existing list, and edit it, as required. The default list is monitoredSwitchList. Lists can be shared between multiple agent instances. For more information about list properties, see the Administration and Configuration Help.
For each switch entry in the list, set its properties as follows:
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DVS Managed Object Reference: The managed object reference of the distributed virtual switch.
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Switch IP: The IP address of the virtual switch.
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Setting the Duplicate VM List properties

A duplicated virtual machine is a copy or clone of an existing VM in your environment. The Duplicate VM List properties indicate to the VMware Performance Agent which virtual machines are duplicates or clones of the existing VMs.

To set the Duplicate VM List properties:
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Locate the VMware Performance Agent’s Duplicate VM List properties.
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Set the Duplicate VM List properties as follows:
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Duplicate VM List MOR: Select a list in which you want to specify the duplicated virtual machines. You can select or clone an existing list, and edit it, as required. The default list is duplicateVMListList. Lists can be shared between multiple agent instances. For more information about list properties, see the Administration and Configuration Help.
For each directory entry in the list, set its Duplicate VM Item property to contain the managed
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