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Foglight for VMware 7.3.0 - User Guide

Table of Contents

Using Foglight for VMware

Introducing the virtual infrastructure

Physical objects Virtual objects

Navigation basics

Foglight for VMware browser interface elements

Navigation panel Display area Action panel

Breadcrumbs Time Range Sortable lists Alarms and their status indicators Mouse-over actions

Interacting with Foglight for VMware

About VMware roles Exploring administrative tasks

Rule Configuration tab Advanced Options tab User Level Access tab Black List tab License Control tab Agents view Accessing the Administration tab

Configuring monitoring agents for data collection Managing certificates Viewing the overall system status Exploring your VMware environment

Exploring frequently asked questions

Investigating performance metrics

Accessing VMware actions and tasks Viewing baseline ranges

Exploring VMware alarms

Filtering alarms

Setting the alarm sensitivity level Administering monitored ESX hosts and virtual machines

Shutting down and rebooting ESX hosts, and enabling maintenance Creating virtual machines Suspending, rebooting and powering off virtual machines Shutting down a guest OS and switching to standby mode Deleting virtual machines Creating, managing, and reverting to virtual machine snapshots Automating VMware administration with workflows

Additional features

Planning for virtual machine migrations Creating OS mapping rules Reviewing object instances and limits Configure Metrics Collection Managing chargeback Managing capacity Optimizing resources Generating reports

VMware Performance Agent configuration

VMware Performance Agent and Agent Manager configuration

Monitoring more than 4000 virtual machines from a single agent host Host system recommendations

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

VMware Alarms views

Alarms Overview Alarms List view

VMware Explorer views

Administration tab Cost tab CPU tab Event Analytics tab FAQts tab Memory tab Monitor tab Network tab Performance tab Processes tab Related Objects views Resource Pools Relationship Tree view Shares tab 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 Explorer Primary view VMs tab

VMware Modeler views

Migration Modeler view

VMware VirtualCenter views

Virtual Center view

VMware Environment views

Agents view Alarms view Cluster Summary view Summary - All Clusters view Clusters view Datacenter Summary view Summary - All Datacenters view Datacenters view Summary - Datastore view Summary - Datastore view Datastores view Datastore tab Datastore view ESX Host Summary view Summary - All ESX Hosts view ESX Hosts view FAQts tab Instances and Limits view OS Mapping view Metrics Collection Management View Quick-View Resource Pool Summary view Summary - All Resource Pools view Resource Pools view Virtual Center Summary view Summary (All Virtual Centers) view Virtual Centers view Virtual Environment Overview Virtual Machine Summary view Summary - All Virtual Machines view Virtual Machines view Summary - Standard Virtual Switch view Summary - Distributed Virtual Switch view Summary - Cisco Virtual Switch view Standard vSwitch Topology and Distributed vSwitch Topology views Summary - All Virtual Switches view Topology views Virtual Switches view

Action panel

VMW Agent Data Updates VMW Agent Messages VMW Agent Updates

VMW Cluster CPU Estimated Fill Time VMW Cluster CPU Utilization VMW Cluster Disk IO VMW Cluster Memory Estimated Fill Time VMW Cluster Memory Utilization VMW Cluster Network IO VMW Cluster Percent Ready VMW Cluster Redundancy Verification

Datacenter Rules

VMW Datacenter CPU Utilization VMW Datacenter Disk IO VMW Datacenter Memory Utilization VMW Datacenter Network IO VMW Datacenter Percent Ready

Datastore Rules

VMW Datastore Estimated Fill Time VMW Datastore Inactive

Resource Pool Rules

VMW Resource Pool CPU Utilization VMW Resource Pool Disk IO VMW Resource Pool Memory Utilization VMW Resource Pool Network IO VMW Resource Pool Percent Ready

ESX Server Rules

VMW ESX Host Connected - No metrics rule VMW ESX Server Balloon Memory Deflation VMW ESX Server Consumed Vs. Granted Memory VMW ESX Server CPU 0 High Utilization VMW ESX Server CPU Estimated Fill Time VMW ESX Server CPU Utilization VMW ESX Server Disconnected VMW ESX Server Disk IO VMW ESX Server Heap Free Memory VMW ESX Server Memory Estimated Fill Time VMW ESX Server Memory Utilization VMW ESX Server Memory Utilization Upward Trend VMW ESX Server Network 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

VMW VirtualCenter CPU Utilization VMW VirtualCenter Disk IO VMW VirtualCenter Memory Utilization VMW VirtualCenter Network IO VMW VirtualCenter Percent Ready

Virtual Machine Rules

VMW Virtual Machine Active Vs. Granted Memory VMW Virtual Machine Balloon Memory Deflation VMW Virtual Machine Balloon Memory Target VMW Virtual Machine Consumed Vs. Granted Memory VMW Virtual Machine CPU Utilization 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 Allocation Versus Limit VMW Virtual Machine Memory Swapping VMW Virtual Machine Memory Utilization VMW Virtual Machine Network IO VMW Virtual Machine Percent Ready VMW Virtual Machine Power State Change VMW Virtual Machine VMware Tools VMW Virtual Machine Zero Page Memory Detection

VMW Stale Data Management Rule 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

Appendix: Alarm Messages Appendix: Metrics

Virtual machine metrics ESXi host metrics Datastore metrics Datastore cluster metrics Resource pool metrics vApp metrics Cluster metrics Datacenter metrics vCenter metrics DvSwitch metrics

VMW ESX Server CPU Utilization

This rule monitors for spikes, dramatic drops, and sustained high levels in CPU utilization for an ESX Server.

VMWESXServerCPUs

Table 220. Rule Definition
Conditions	State	Action
The CPU utilization is no more than 2.2 standard deviations from the mean CPU utilization and the CPU utilization is at 90 percent or less.	Normal	None
The CPU utilization is more than 2.2 but no more than 2.8 standard deviations from the mean CPU utilization, or the CPU utilization is greater than 90 percent but not greater than 93 percent.	Warning	None
The CPU utilization is more than 2.8 standard deviations from the mean CPU utilization, or the CPU utilization is greater than 93 percent.	Critical	Send email to VMware administrator

VMW ESX Server Disconnected

This rule checks for a loss of connectivity between the VirtualCenter and an ESX Server that had virtual machines running on it.

Table 221. Rule Definition
Conditions	State	Action
The ESX Server, which has virtual machines running on it, is currently connected to the VirtualCenter.	Normal	None
The ESX Server, which had virtual machines running on it, is no longer connected to the VirtualCenter.	Critical	Send email to VMware administrator

VMW ESX Server Disk IO

This rule monitors for spikes and drops in disk IO for an ESX Server.

VMWESXServerStorage

Table 222. Rule Definition
Conditions	State	Action
The disk usage is no more than 2.2 standard deviations (NumSTDevs) from the mean disk usage.	Normal	None
The disk usage is more than 2.2 but no more than 2.8 standard deviations from the mean disk usage.	Warning	None
The disk usage is more than 2.8 standard deviations from the mean disk usage.	Critical	None

VMW ESX Server Heap Free Memory

This rule monitors heap memory in the vmkernal and fires an alarm when the heap memory for a particular ESX Server drops below a predefined amount.

If the amount of heap memory in the vmkernal for a particular ESX Server drops to the critical level, you may want to add more physical memory to the server or use VMotion to better balance memory utilization across servers within the cluster.

VMWESXServerMemory

Table 223. Rule Definition
Conditions	State	Action
The amount of free memory in the vmkernal for the ESX Server is 7,680 KB or more.	Normal	None
The amount of free memory in the vmkernal for the ESX Server is less than 7,680 KB but not less than 3,584 KB.	Critical	Send email to VMware administrator
The amount of free memory in the vmkernal for the ESX Server is less than 3,584 KB.	Fatal	Send email to VMware administrator

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