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Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager 1.6 - User Guide (for AWS environments)

Excluded tab

The Excluded tab allows you to remove a VM from the list of excluded objects. The Excluded tab includes the following information:

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On the left side, a navigation tree, that allows you to select the VM component category.
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On the right side, the list of VMs excluded from the selected VM category.

To remove VMs from the list of Excluded objects, select the check boxes for these VMs and click Remove. To save any changes made to the Excluded settings, click Save at the bottom of the tab.

The Excluded tab can also be accesses by clicking Show Excluded Items on the Optimizer tab.

 

Cost Tab

Click Cost on the top of the Cloud Manager dashboard to navigate to the Cost tab.

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NOTE: Ensure that you have configured the cost metrics for account through the Agent Properties dialog box; otherwise there will have no data displayed on this tab. For more information about how to configure cost metrics, refer to the “Configure Account Cost to Monitor:” step on page 47.
Figure 28. Cost tab

To access the Cost tab:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
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On the navigation panel, under Homes, click Cloud Manager.
The Cloud Manager dashboard opens.
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Click Cost. The Cost tab opens on the bottom of Cloud Manager dashboard.
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Click AWS.

Cost - Overview

The Cost-Overview includes the following elements:

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Cost Summary: Displays the Total Month-to-date cost, and cost by Azure and AWS platforms.
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Cost Overview: A stacked bar chart to display the Month-to-date Expenses and Forecast by Azure and AWS platforms.
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NOTE: The Month-to-date (MTD) indicates a period starting from the beginning of the current month till the end of the current date.
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Infrastructure: Displays an Infrastructure resource table across clouds.
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Accounts Configured: The number of Azure subscription or AWS Accounts.
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Total VMs: The total number of VMs running in the Cloud platform.
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Top 5 Business Units by Cost: Aggregates the total cost for Business Units after users assign the AWS accounts or Azure Subscriptions to a BU under Cost > Admin.
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Cost Breakdown by Platforms: Displays the Month-to-date cost by Azure and AWS platforms.

Cost - AWS view

The Cost - AWS view includes the following elements:

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Overview of all enabled Accounts cost: Lists the enabled accounts, billing of the current month, and billing of the last month.
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Object tree view: Lists the enabled Accounts and business units.
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Time Range Selector: Lists the time range for billing. The time bar of the Management Server does not take effects on the Cost dashboard.
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All Enabled Accounts Spending History/Top 5 Accounts by cost/Spending Breakdown: These three views will display the relevant cost information if you select All Enabled Accounts or All Business Units from the object tree view.
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Account Spending History/Top 5 Resources by Cost/Cost Breakdown By Service Type/Top 5 VMs by Cost: These four views will display the cost information of the selected account or business unit.
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Alarms: Lists all alarms against the selected account or business unit.
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Select Account displays the cost overview, EC2 Instances in account, and Resource cost overview.
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