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Foglight Resource Optimizer 5.7.3 - User Guide (for VMware Environments)

Prices tab

The Prices tab allows you to define the costs used in estimating potential savings through reconfiguration or elimination of waste:

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Price for each CPU GHz
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Price for each Memory GB
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Price for each Storage GB
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Currency
Figure 9. Prices tab

To save any changes made to the Prices settings, click Save at the bottom of the tab. The new values for prices apply to all hosts in the environment.

Credentials tab

A credential is a piece of information that an agent instance needs, in order to gain access to the monitored system. Credentials are encrypted and stored in lockboxes. You can manage credentials in Foglight using the Administration > Credentials dashboard. For information about this topic, see the “Controlling System Access with Credentials” section in the Foglight Administration and Configuration Guide.

The Credentials tab allows you to add, edit, and remove credentials groups. This tab is only for the Storage rightsizer.

Figure 10. Credentials tab

To add a credential group:
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Click Add a New Credential Group.
The Create a New Credential Group dialog box appears.
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In the Credential Group Name field, type in name of the new group.
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In the List of Related Object area, define the objects that are related to this credential group. Click Add Services and Add Virtual Machines, and select the objects from the available lists.
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In the List of Assigned Credentials area, select the credentials you want to assign to this group. Click Assign a Credential and select a credential type from the available options.
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To save the new group, click Save.
The new group appears in the Credentials tab.
To edit a credential group:
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Click the Edit icon at the right end of the credential group you want to modify.
The Edit a Credential Group dialog box appears.
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Modify the group name, the list of related objects, and the list of assigned credentials, as necessary.
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To save the changes, click Save.
To delete a credential group:
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Select the check box for the credential group you want to delete, and click Remove Credential Groups.
A Confirm deletion dialog box appears.
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To proceed with the operation, click Confirm.
The group is deleted from Credentials tab.

Constraints tab

The Constraints tab allows you to set custom thresholds for select objects in the environment. These recommendations are displayed in the Optimizer tab > VM Configuration/ CPU/ Memory/ Storage views > Modify Recommendation column. Use this tab to add, edit, and remove constraints groups.

 
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IMPORTANT: A virtual machine may have several partitions. Foglight Resource Optimizer makes recommendations for each partition separately, but the custom constraints can be set only for the entire VM (not for individual partitions). Therefore, the custom constraint for storage are applied to all partitions on the selected VM.
Figure 11. Constraints tab

To add a constraint group:
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In the Settings Dialog, click Constraints > Add a New Constraint Group.
The Create a New Constraint Group dialog box appears.
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In the Constraint Group Name field, type in name of the new group.
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In the List of Related Object area, define the objects that are related to this constraint group. Click Add Services or Add Virtual Machines, and select the objects from the available lists.
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In the Constraints area, select the options or type the values you want to assign to this group.
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Click Save.
The new group appears in the Constraints tab.
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To save the new group, click Save.
The settings are saved and the Settings Dialog closes.
To edit a constraint group:
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In the Settings Dialog, click the Constraints tab.
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Click the Edit icon at the right end of the constraint group you want to modify.
The Edit a Constraint Group dialog box appears.
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Modify the group name, the list of related objects, and the list of assigned constraints, as necessary.
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Click Save.
The constraint information for the selected group is updated in the Constraints tab.
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To save the changes, click Save.
The settings are saved and the Settings Dialog closes.
To delete a constraint group:
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In the Settings Dialog, click the Constraints tab.
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Select the check box for the constraint group you want to delete, and click Remove Constraint Groups.
A Confirm deletion dialog box appears.
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To proceed with the operation, click Confirm.
The group is deleted from Constraints tab.
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To save the changes, click Save.
The settings are saved and the Settings Dialog closes.

Scheduled Actions

Recommendations for improvements in resource utilization can be implemented automatically, or scheduled for implementation at a particular time in the future (for example, within a maintenance window).

 
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IMPORTANT: Foglight users must have the “Remediation role” to be able to run and automate recommendations. This role can be assigned to a user using the User Management dashboard. For more information about this dashboard, see the “Controlling user access to dashboards” topic in the Foglight Online Help.

Use the Scheduled Actions menu to access the list of operations scheduled to be run at a particular time in the future.

The Scheduled Actions dialog shows the list of operations scheduled to be run at a particular time in the future, and allows you to edit or remove any scheduled actions. To view only the actions specific to Foglight Resource Optimizer, select the “show only Optimizer actions” checkbox. When the checkbox is not selected, the dialog shows all actions scheduled for your virtual environment.

Figure 12. Scheduled Actions dialog box

To edit a scheduled action:
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In the Scheduled Actions dialog, click the Edit icon at the right end of the action you want to modify.
The Edit Scheduled Action dialog box appears.
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Modify the report name, add or remove email addresses, and updated the date and time when the action will be executed, as necessary.
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Click Apply.
The scheduled action is updated in the list.
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To save the changes, click Save.
The settings are saved and the Scheduled Actions dialog box closes.
To delete a scheduled action:
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In the Scheduled Actions dialog, select the check box for the action you want to delete, and click Remove.
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To save the changes, click Save.
The settings are saved and the Scheduled Actions dialog box closes.
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