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Foglight for VMware 5.8.3 - User 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 Appendix: Metrics

Summary - All Clusters view

The Summary - All Clusters view displays overall resource utilization information for a group of clusters, and shows the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources.

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On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Clusters tile.
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In the Quick-View, in the Clusters view, select the Summary node.
The Summary - All Clusters view appears on the right.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 104. Alarms

Lists the alarms generated against the monitored system.

Alarm Message. An explanation about why the alarm occurred.
Severity. Indicates the alarm severity: Warning, Critical, or Fatal.
Time. The time at which the alarm was generated.

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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.

Shows the top three clusters with the highest average CPU utilization.

Cluster. The name of the cluster.
Used Hz. The amount of CPU processing speed used by each of the top three CPU consumers to execute system code and user programs, during the selected time range.

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Used Hz (in the graph). Displays the Top Clusters-CPU Used Hz dialog box.

Shows the top three clusters with the highest average disk utilization.

Cluster. The name of the cluster.
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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Rate (in the graph). Displays the Top Clusters-Disk Transfer Rate dialog box.

Shows the top three clusters with the highest average memory utilization.

Cluster. The name of the cluster that is one of the top three memory consumers.
Consumed. The amount of memory the top three memory consumers use during the selected time range.

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Consumed. Displays the Top Clusters - Memory Consumed dialog box.

Shows the top three clusters that are consuming most network bandwidth.

Cluster. The name of the cluster that is one of the top three network consumers.
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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Rate. Displays the Top Clusters - Network Transfer Rate dialog box.

Clusters view

The Clusters view is a tree view. It lists the clusters that exist in your environment and shows their state.

Figure 92. Clusters view

Selecting the All Clusters node displays overall resource utilization for all clusters in your integrated system and the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources in the Summary - All Clusters view on the right. Similarly, selecting a cluster node shows cluster-specific metrics in the Cluster Summary view on the right.

On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Clusters tile.
The Clusters view appears in the Quick-View on the left.
Alarm severity. The state of the most recent alarm raised against the associated cluster.
All Clusters. A parent node for the cluster object instances that appear in this view.
Cluster. The cluster name.

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Datacenter Summary view

The Datacenter Summary view shows the overall resource utilization and the amounts of system resource consumption for a datacenter.

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On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Servers tile.
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In the Quick-View, select a datacenter node in the Datacenters view.
The Datacenter Summary view appears on the right.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 110. Alarms

Lists the alarms generated against the selected datacenter.

Alarm Message. An explanation about why the alarm occurred.
Severity. Indicates the alarm severity: Warning, Critical, or Fatal.
Time. The time when the alarm was generated.

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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.
Table 111. Related Items

Shows the numbers of the components that are associated with the selected datacenter and the related alarm counts.

Clusters. The number of clusters that are associated with the selected datacenter, followed by the related alarm counts.
Datacenter. The name of the selected datacenter.
Datastores. The number of datastores that are associated with the selected datacenter, followed by the related alarm counts.
ESX Hosts. The number of ESX hosts that are associated with the selected datacenter, followed by the related alarm counts.
Resource Pools. The number of resource pools that are associated with the selected datacenter, followed by the related alarm counts.
Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center to which the selected datacenter belongs, followed by the related alarm counts.
Virtual Machines. The number of virtual machines that are associated with the selected datacenter, followed by the related alarm counts.

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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.
Clusters. Displays the Clusters Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all clusters that are associated with the selected datacenter.
Datacenters. Displays the Datacenters Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all datacenters that are associated with the selected datacenter.
Datastores. Displays the Datastores Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all datastores that are associated with the selected datacenter.
ESX Hosts. Displays the ESX Hosts Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all ESX hosts that are associated with the selected datacenter.
Resource Pools. Displays the Resource Pools Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all resource pools that are associated with the selected datacenter.
Virtual Center. Displays the Virtual Centers Inventory dwell, showing the name and states of the selected datacenter.
Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all virtual machines that are associated with the selected datacenter.

Shows the resource consumption for the selected datacenter broken down into four simple views.

CPU Load. The current percentage of the selected datacenter’s CPU load, used to execute system code and user programs, based on the total CPU capacity.
CPU Utilization, % Ready. The percentage of the datacenter’s CPU resources that is ready to execute system code and user programs during the selected time period.
CPU Utilization, % Used. The percentage of the datacenter’s CPU utilization spent on executing system code and user programs during the selected time period.
Disk I/O. The current disk I/O rate for the selected datacenter.
Disk Utilization, Read Rate. The rate at which the datacenter reads data from the disk during the selected time period.
Disk Utilization, Write Rate. The rate at which the datacenter writes data to the disk during the selected time period.
Memory Utilization, Active. The amount of the available memory that the datacenter uses during the selected time period.
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.
Memory Utilization, Shared. The amount of the virtual machine memory that is freed up due to transparent page sharing.
Memory Utilization, Swapped. The amount of memory that is stored in disk swap space
Network I/O. The current rate at which the selected datacenter transfers data from and to the network.
Network Utilization, Receive Rate. The rate at which the selected datacenter receives data from the network during the selected time period.
Network Utilization, Send Rate. The rate at which the selected datacenter sends data to the network during the selected time period.

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CPU Load spinner. Displays the CPU Load dialog box.
CPU Utilization graph. Displays the CPU Utilization dialog box.
Disk I/O spinner. Displays the Disk I/O dialog box.
Disk Utilization graph. Displays the Disk Utilization dialog box.
Memory Utilization graph. Displays the Memory Utilization dialog box.
Network I/O spinner. Displays the Network I/O dialog box.
Network Utilization graph. Displays the Network Utilization dialog box.

Summary - All Datacenters view

The Summary - All Datacenters view displays overall resource utilization information for a group of datacenters and shows the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources.

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On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Datacenters tile.
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In the Quick-View, click All Datacenters in the Datacenters view.
The Summary - All Datacenters view appears on the right.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 113. Alarms

Lists the alarms generated against the monitored system.

Alarm Message. An explanation about why the alarm occurred.
Severity. Indicates the alarm severity: Warning, Critical, or Fatal.
Time. The time when the alarm is generated.

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Alarm Message or Time. Links to the view that shows additional information about the component affected by the alarm.
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.

Shows the top three datacenters with the highest average CPU utilization.

Datacenter. The name of the datacenter.
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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Used Hz (in the graph). Displays the Top Datacenters -CPU Used Hz dialog box.

Shows the top three datacenters with the lowest available disk space.

Rate. The rate at which the top three disk consumers read or write data to the disk during the selected time range.
Datacenter. The name of the datacenter.

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Rate (in the graph). Displays the Top Datacenters - Disk Transfer Rate dialog box.

Shows the top three datacenters with the highest average memory utilization.

Consumed. The amount of memory the top three memory consumers use during the selected time range.
Datacenter. The name of the datacenter.

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Consumed. Displays the Top Datacenters - Memory Consumed dialog box.

Shows the top three datacenters that are consuming most network bandwidth.

Rate. The rate at which the top three network consumers transfer data to or from the network during the selected time range.
Datacenter. The name of the datacenter.

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Rate. Displays the Top Datacenters - Network Transfer Rate dialog box.
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