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Foglight Resource Optimizer 6.3.0 - User Guide (for VMware Environments)

Foglight Resource Optimizer reports

Several report templates are available with Foglight Resource Optimizer, and together they provide a detailed analysis of the changes made in your environment over time.

Each report template uses report parameters to define the content of the report. Use a template’s default report parameters to quickly generate or schedule a report or optionally change the report parameters to customize the report to better meet your requirements.

The following tables contains an alphabetical list of the Foglight Resource Optimizer reports. They also provide a brief description of the report and the report parameters used to define the content. Report parameters marked with an asterisk (*) are required and you must specify this parameter before the report can be generated.

NOTE: If you are using the Templates by Module tab on the Run Report wizard, click the expansion box to the left of the:

Optimizer - Abandoned VM Images

Contains unused image file names, datastores they belong to, size, last modified date, and recommendations for future actions.

Optimizer - All Reports

Creates reports for CPU, memory, storage, abandoned VM images, powered off VMs, unused template images, snapshots, and potential zombie VMs.

Optimizer - CPU Report

Contains information regarding virtual machine, CPU utilization, peak utilization, and appropriate recommendations.

Optimizer - Initiated Changes History Report

Optimizer-initiated change information regarding target name, description of change, execution date, “created by”, and status.

Optimizer - Memory Report

Contains information regarding virtual machine, memory utilization, its peak utilization, and memory recommendations.

Optimizer - Potential Zombie VMs Report

Potential Zombie VMs are virtual machines that are powered on but appear to be unused. These VMs are identified by analyzing CPU, memory, network, and disk throughput for very consistent usage over an extended period of time. This report contains name of the VM, CPU, memory, disk throughput, network usage, and recommendations.

Optimizer - Powered Off VMs Report

Contains information regarding virtual machines that have been powered off for an extended period of time, and the time periods for which they have been powered off.

Optimizer - Snapshots Report

The Snapshots view provides a glimpse at the virtual machine snapshot files that have not been modified for an extended period of time, and the appropriate recommendations.

Optimizer - Storage Report

Contains information regarding virtual machine, its storage utilization, recommendation for optimal usage, and displays information that was altered.

Optimizer - Unused Templates Report

The Unused Template Images view highlights templates that have not been accessed in an extended period of time. The report contains the template name, datastore to which it belongs, size, and timeframe for which it has not been used.

Cartridge-initiated Changes History Report

Includes FVE Cartridge-initiated change information regarding “target name”, “description of change”, “execution date”, “created by” and “status”.

Investigate resource efficiency

In Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition systems, the Environment Overview dashboard > Investigate tab provides a quick way to investigate the resource efficiency in your environment and to optimize VMs with incorrect resource allocations, as necessary.

For VMware® systems, click the VMware tab. The Resource Efficiency pane provides the following information:

CPU: Number of VMs with inaccurate CPU allocation. Click the Optimize link to navigate to the Environment Overview > Optimizer Main View dashboard > CPU tab, which provides recommendations for optimizing the CPU for these VMs. For more information, see CPU.
Memory: Number of VMs with inn ac urate memory allocation. Click the Optimize link to navigate to the Environment Overview > Optimizer Main View dashboard > Memory tab, which provides recommendations for optimizing the memory for these VMs. For more information, see Memory.
Storage: Number of VMs with inaccurate storage allocation. Click the Optimize link to navigate to the Environment Overview > Optimizer Main View dashboard > Storage tab, which provides recommendations for optimizing the storage for these VMs. For more information, see Storage.

 

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