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Foglight for VMware 5.8 - User and Reference 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

Datastore view

Purpose

The Datastore view shows the performance and utilization metrics for a selected datastore.

Figure 100. Datastore view

 
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NOTE: The VSAN Physical Disks, VSAN Virtual Disks, and VSAN Topology tabs appear in this view only if a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .
How to Get Here
1
On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the Datastores tile.
2
In the Quick-View, in the Datastores view, select a datastore node.
3
In the Summary - Datastore view that appears, click Explore.
The Datastore view appears in the display area.
Description of Embedded Views

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

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FAQts tab
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Datastore Capacity (Utilization tab)
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Datastore Capacity table (Utilization tab)
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Datastore Performance (Performance tab)
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Datastore Total I/O and Latency (Performance tab)
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Local VMware Disk: VM Objects On Disk (VSAN Physical Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
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Physical Disk Placement (VSAN Virtual Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
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Physical Disks (VSAN Physical Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
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SAN Topology tab
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Virtual Disks (VSAN Virtual Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
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VSAN Topology tab (VSAN datastores only)
 
Table 130. FAQts tab
Description

Shows answers to common questions about your environment. For complete details about the information that appears on this tab, see FAQts tab .

 
Table 131. Datastore Capacity (Utilization tab)
Description

Contains information about the selected datastore data capacity.

 
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Datastore, In Use. The percentage of disk space in use.
 
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Datastore, Name. The datastore name.
 
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Current Utilization, Allocated. The percentage of the total disk space that is allocated to the virtual machines associated with the selected datastore.
 
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Current Utilization, Available Space. The amount of the datastore disk space that is available for use.
 
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Current Utilization, Capacity. The total amount of the datastore disk space, including the space in use and the available space.
 
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Current Utilization, In use. The percentage of the total disk space that is currently in use.
 
Table 132. Datastore Capacity table (Utilization tab)
Description

Lists the virtual machines associated with the selected datastore.

 
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Name. The virtual machine name
 
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Space Allocated. The amount of disk space allocated to the virtual machine.
 
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Space Used. The amount of disk space the virtual machine currently uses.
 
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Weekly Growth Rate. The estimated growth pattern of the used disk space for the virtual machine.
Where to go next

Drill down on:

 
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Name. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 133. Datastore Performance (Performance tab)
Description

Shows the levels of disk resources used by the virtual machines associated with the selected datastore.

Data displayed
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I/O Distribution. A pie chart indicating how much disk space the individual virtual machines are using.
 
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VM Offenders, ESX Host Name. The name of the ESX host on which the virtual machine is running.
 
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VM Offenders, I/O. The rate at virtual machine writes or reads data from the disk associated with the selected datastore.
 
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VM Offenders, IOps. The number of disk I/O operations the virtual machine processes per second.
 
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VM Offenders, Latency. The data transfer latency.
 
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VM Offenders, Name. The name of the virtual machine.
Where to go next

Drill down on:

 
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VM Offenders, ESX Host Name or VM Offenders, Name. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
 
Table 134. Datastore Total I/O and Latency (Performance tab)
Description

Shows the disk latency and throughput rates for the selected datastore.

Data displayed
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Datastore, Avg/Peak Latency. The average and peak latency rates for the selected datastore.
 
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Datastore, I/O. The data transfer rates for the selected datastore.
 
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Latency. The datastore latency rates over the selected time range.
 
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Throughput. The datastore disk throughput rates over the selected time range.
Table 135. Local VMware Disk: VM Objects On Disk (VSAN Physical Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
Description

Lists the visual machines associated with the selected disk in the Physical Disks view.

NOTE: This view appears on the VSAN Physical Disks tab. This tab is only available when a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .
 
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Object Type. The type of the topology object representing the virtual machine.
 
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Parent VM. The name of the virtual machine associated with the selected disk.
 
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VM Object. The topology object representing the virtual machine.
Where to go next

Drill down on:

 
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Parent VM. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 136. Physical Disk Placement (VSAN Virtual Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
Description

Lists the visual machines associated with the selected virtual machine in the Virtual Disks view.

NOTE: This view appears on the VSAN Virtual Disks tab. This tab is only available when a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .
Data displayed
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Component State. The virtual machine state, for example, ACTIVE.
 
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Flash Disk Name. The name of the flash disk associated with the virtual machine.
 
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Flash Disk UUID. The universally unique identifies (UUID) of the flash disk associated with the virtual machine.
 
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HDD Disk Name. The name of the hard disk associated with the virtual machine.
 
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HDD Disk UUID. The universally unique identifies (UUID) of the hard disk associated with the virtual machine.
 
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Host. The name of the ESX host on which the virtual machine is running.
 
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Type. The type of the virtual machine such as Component or Witness.
Where to go next

Drill down on:

 
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Host. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 137. Physical Disks (VSAN Physical Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
Description

Lists the physical disks associated with the selected VSAN datastore.

NOTE: This view appears on the VSAN Physical Disks tab. This tab is only available when a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .
Data displayed
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Capacity. The total space on the disk, including the available space and the space in use.
 
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Capacity Reserved. The amount of space on disk that is reserved for some special purpose, for example, when the disk becomes full, or for some specific privileged processes.
 
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Capacity Used. The amount of disk space on that is currently used.
 
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Disk Group. The disk group to which the disk belongs.
 
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Drive Type. The disk type. For example, HDD or Flash.
 
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Name. A navigation tree with an ESX host as the root, and physical disks as child nodes.
 
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Operational Status. The current operational disk status.
 
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VSAN Health Status. The status of the VSAN the disk is associated with.
 
 
Table 138. SAN Topology tab
Description

This view appears only if you have Foglight for Storage Management installed and enabled. For more information, see the Foglight for Storage Management documentation.

 
Table 139. Virtual Disks (VSAN Virtual Disks tab, VSAN datastores only)
Description

Lists the virtual machines associated with the selected VSAN datastore.

NOTE: This view appears on the VSAN Virtual Disks tab. This tab is only available when a VSAN Datastore is selected. For more information about VSAN datastores, see VSAN datastores .
Data displayed
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Name. A navigation tree with a virtual machine as the root, and virtual machine topology objects as child nodes.
 
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Object Type. The type of the topology object representing the virtual machine.
 
Table 140. VSAN Topology tab (VSAN datastores only)
Description

Visualizes the relationships between the selected VSAN datastore and other objects in your environment through an interactive dependency map. The map illustrates how different components relate to each other, and the levels of the available resources available to them.

Topology views are also available for other components on the VMware Environment dashboard. For complete information about topology views, see Topology views .

ESX Host Summary view

Purpose

The ESX Host Summary view shows the overall resource utilization and the amounts of system resource consumption for a physical ESX host.

Figure 101. ESX Host Summary view

How to Get Here
1
On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the ESX Hosts tile.
2
In the Quick-View, select a ESX host node in the ESX Hosts view.
The ESX Host Summary view appears on the right.
Description of Embedded Views

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

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Alarms
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Related Items
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Resource Utilizations
 
Table 141. Alarms
Description

Lists the alarms generated against the selected ESX host.

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

Drill down on:

 
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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 142. Related Items
Description

Shows the numbers and states of the selected ESX host and other components associated with the host.

Data displayed
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Datacenter. The name of the datacenter associated with the selected ESX host.
 
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Datastores. The number of datastores that are associated with the selected ESX host, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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ESX Hosts. The name of the selected host, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Resource Pools. The number of resource pools that are associated with the selected ESX host, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Virtual Center. The name of the virtual center associated with the selected ESX host, followed by the related alarm counts.
 
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Virtual Machines. The number of virtual machines that are associated with the selected ESX host, followed by the related alarm counts.
Where to go next

Drill down on:

 
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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.
 
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Datacenter. Displays the Datacenters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the datacenter associated with the selected ESX host.
 
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Datastores. Displays the Datastores Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all datastores that are associated with the selected ESX host.
 
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ESX Host. Displays the ESX Hosts Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the selected ESX host.
 
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Resource Pools. Displays the Resource Pools Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all resource pools that are associated with the selected ESX host.
 
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Virtual Center. Displays the Virtual Centers Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the virtual center associated with the selected ESX host.
 
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Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines Inventory dwell, showing the names and states of all virtual machines that are associated with the selected ESX host.
 
 
Table 143. Resource Utilizations
Description

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

Data displayed
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CPU Load. The current percentage of the selected ESX host’s CPU load, used to execute system code and user programs, based on the total CPU capacity.
 
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CPU Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected CPU utilization range based on historical data.
 
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CPU Utilization, % Ready. The percentage of the ESX host’s CPU resources that is ready to execute system code and user programs during the selected time period.
 
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CPU Utilization, % Used. The percentage of the CPU utilization used by ESX hosts to execute system code and user programs, during the selected time period.
 
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Datastore I/O. The current datastore I/O rate for the selected ESX host.
 
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Datastore Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected datastore utilization range based on historical data.
 
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Datastore Utilization, Transfer Rate. The rate at which data was read from and written to the datastore of the selected ESX host during the specified time period.
 
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Memory Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected memory utilization range based on historical data.
 
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Memory Utilization, Utilization. The current percentage of the average memory usage by the selected ESX host, based on the total memory capacity.
 
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Network I/O. The current rate at which the selected ESX host transfers data from and to the network.
 
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Network Utilization, Baseline. An envelope indicating the expected network utilization range based on historical data.
 
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Network Utilization, Transfer Rate. The rate at which the selected ESX host transfers data to and from the network during the selected time period.
Where to go next

Drill down on:

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

Summary - All ESX Hosts view

Purpose

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

Figure 102. Summary - All ESX Hosts view

How to Get Here
1
On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Virtual Environment Overview, select the ESX Hosts tile.
2
In the Quick-View, select the Summary node in the ESX Hosts view.
The Summary - All ESX Hosts view appears on the right.
Description of Embedded Views

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

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Alarms
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Top CPU Consumers
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Top Datastore Consumers
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Top Memory Consumers
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Top Network Consumers
 
 
Table 144. Alarms
Description

Lists the alarms generated against the monitored system.

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

Drill down on:

 
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Alarm Message. Links to the ESX Host Summary view .
 
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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.
 
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Time. Links to the ESX Host Summary view .
 
Table 145. Top CPU Consumers
Description

Shows the top three ESX hosts with the highest average CPU utilization.

Data displayed
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ESX Host. The name of the ESX host.
 
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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.
Where to go next

Drill down on:

 
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ESX Host. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
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Used Hz (in the graph). Displays the Top ESX Hosts - CPU Used Hz dialog box.
 
Table 146. Top Datastore Consumers
Description

Shows the top three ESX hosts with the lowest available disk space.

Data displayed
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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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ESX Host. The name of the ESX host.
Where to go next

Drill down on:

 
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Rate (in the graph). Displays the Top ESX Hosts - Datastore Transfer Rate dialog box.
 
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ESX Host. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 147. Top Memory Consumers
Description

Shows the top three ESX hosts with the highest average memory utilization.

Data displayed
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Consumed. The amount of memory the top three memory consumers use during the selected time range.
 
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ESX Host. The name of the ESX host that is one of the top three memory consumers.
Where to go next

Drill down on:

 
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Consumed. Displays the Top ESX Hosts - Memory Consumed dialog box.
 
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ESX Host. For more information, see Summary tab.
 
Table 148. Top Network Consumers
Description

Shows the top three ESX hosts that are consuming most network bandwidth.

Data displayed
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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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ESX Host. The name of the ESX host that is one of the top three network consumers.
Where to go next

Drill down on:

 
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Rate. Displays the Top ESX Hosts - Network Transfer Rate dialog box.
 
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ESX Host (in the table). For more information, see Summary tab.

ESX Hosts view

Purpose

This tree view lists the ESX hosts that exist in your environment and shows their state.

Figure 103. ESX Hosts view

Selecting the All ESX Hosts node displays overall resource utilization for all ESX hosts in your integrated system, and the elements that consume the highest amount of system resources in the Summary - All ESX Hosts view on the right. Similarly, selecting a ESX host node shows ESX host-specific metrics in the ESX Host Summary view on the right.

How to Get Here
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On the VMware Environment dashboard, on the Monitoring tab, in the Quick-View, select the ESX Hosts tile.
The ESX Hosts view appears in the Quick-View on the left.
 
 
Table 149. Description of the View
Data displayed
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Alarm severity. The state of the most recent alarm raised against the associated ESX host.
 
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All ESX Hosts. A parent node for the ESX host object instances that appear in this view.
 
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ESX Host. The ESX host name.
Where to go next

Drill down on:

 
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All ESX Hosts. Shows the Summary - All ESX Hosts view in the Quick-View.
 
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ESX Host. Shows the ESX Host Summary view in the Quick-View.
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