Using Foglight for VMware
Introducing the virtual infrastructure
Navigation basics
Reference
Foglight for VMware browser interface elements
Breadcrumbs
Time Range
Sortable lists
Alarms and their status indicators
Mouse-over actions
Interacting with Foglight for VMware
Exploring the VMWare Agent Administration Dashboard
VMware Performance Agent configuration
Rule Configuration tab
Advanced Options tab
User Level Access tab
Agents view
Accessing the VMware Agent Administration Dashboard
Configuring monitoring agents for data collection
Managing certificates
Investigating performance metrics
Setting the alarm sensitivity level
Additional features
VMware Performance Agent and Agent Manager configuration
Configuring agent properties
Setting the Configuration properties
Setting the FileCollector properties
Setting the vSwitchCollector properties
Setting the Duplicate VM List properties
Setting the Black List properties
Setting the Data Collection Scheduler properties
Views
Appendix: Alarm Messages
Appendix: Metrics
VMware Explorer views
Rules
FAQts tab
Resource Pools Relationship Tree view
Storage tab (Cluster)
Storage tab (Datacenter)
Storage tab (ESX Host)
Storage tab (Virtual Machine)
Summary tab
Summary (All Clusters) tab
Summary (All Datacenters) tab
Summary (All Resource Pools) tab
Summary (All Servers) tab
Summary (All Virtual Machines) tab
Virtual Infrastructure view
VMware Agent Administration views
Cluster Rules
Datacenter Rules
Datastore Rules
Resource Pool Rules
ESX Server Rules
VMW ESX Server Disk IO
VMW ESX Server Queue Latency
VMW ESX Server Queue Latency Deviation
VMW ESX Server Total Latency
VMW ESX Server Total Latency Deviation
VirtualCenter Rules
Virtual Machine Rules
VMW Virtual Machine Disk Command Aborts
VMW Virtual Machine Disk IO
VMW Virtual Machine Logical Drive Estimated Fill Time
VMW Virtual Machine Logical Drive Availability
VMW Virtual Machine Memory Swapping
Virtual Switch Rules
VMW Distributed Virtual Switch Available Ports
VMW Distributed Virtual Switch Network Utilization
VMW Distributed Virtual Switch Packet Loss
VMW Standard Virtual Switch Available Ports
VMW Standard Virtual Switch Network Packet Loss
VMW Standard Virtual Switch Network Utilization
VMW Virtual Switch Credentials Invalid
Exploring the VMWare Agent Administration Dashboard
Exploring the VMWare Agent Administration Dashboard
The VMWare Agent Administration dashboard allows you to deploy remote agents, configure rules, and set advanced platform options.
This dashboard consists of the Rule Configuration tab, Advanced Options tab, User Level Access tab, and the Agents view.
Figure 8. VMware Agent Administration dashboard
Rule Configuration tab
The Rule Configuration tab contains links to administrative tasks that you can initiate from this tab:
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Set Alarm Sensitivity Level: Sets the level of alarms that the system generates, stores, and displays. For more information, see Setting the alarm sensitivity level. |
Figure 9. VMware Agent Administration dashboard
Advanced Options tab
The Advanced Options tab contains links to administrative tasks that you can initiate from this tab:
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Configure OS Mapping: Associates different versions of an operating system with a common OS name. For more information, see Creating OS mapping rules. |
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Review Instances and Limits: View existing VMware object instances. For more information, see Reviewing object instances and limits. |
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Metrics Collection Management: Configure the metrics collect by agent. For more information, see Configure Metrics Collection. |
User Level Access tab
The User Level Access tab is used to filter which resources are accessible to Foglight users or Foglight user groups.
Before assigning resources to be accessed by certain users or user groups, make sure to assign only the “Dashboard User” and “VMware Operator User” roles to the specified users or user groups.
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NOTE: Ensure that the specified users or user groups only have the “Dashboard User” and “VMware Operator User” roles. |
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Select the user (or user group), and then click the button in the Configure column. |
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In the Authorization Dialog, select the resources from the left table, and then click >> to move them to the right table, and then click save. |