Vmturbo User's Guide

UsersGuide
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Users Guide
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TableofContents
WhatsNew IntroducingVMTurbo
SupplyChainTerminology
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TheVMTurboUserInterface
ToolBarandDisplayTools TabBar NavigationPanel NavigationTreeHierarchies InformationPanels SummaryPanels UtilizationCharts TooltipsandStandardChartControls
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LoggingIntotheVMTurboAppliance
LoggingIn
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TheMonitorTab
UtilizationHistory HealthView Summary Applications VirtualMachines PhysicalMachines Storage DataCenters OperationalView ViewingandResolvingProblems ViewingandExecutingRecommendedActions ProblemCategories StatusView
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Reports
StandardReports SubscribingtoStandardReports CustomReports AddingNewCustomReports EditCustomReports SettingBasicProperties ChoosingQueryFields SpecifyingQueryFieldConditions SortingReportColumns ManageSubscriptions
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ThePlanTab
UseCasesPlanner IncreasingVirtualLoadunderExistingConstraints RunningPlans CreatingPlans ManagingPlanFiles TrackingPlanModifications SettingPlanScope SelectingthePlanBaseline SpecifyingthePlanLoad SettingAdvancedOptions WorkloadDistribution PhysicalMachineUtilization StorageUtilization PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationData WorkloadProjection PhysicalMachineUtilization StorageUtilization PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationData RecommendedActions
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TheOptimizeTab
ProblemSummary UseCasesOptimizer IdentifyingProblemsandResolutions MovingaVirtualMachine OptimizerUserInterface NavigationPanelOptimizeTab UtilizationSummaryPanel RecommendedActionsPanel
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TheAdminTab
Configuration LicenseConfiguration TargetConfiguration UserAuthenticationConfiguration ReportConfiguration Maintenance AboutAdministration GroupsandSettings GroupsConfiguration WorkloadPlacementPolicies NotificationsPanel
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ThePolicyTab
AnalysisThresholds ActionModes ApplicationPriority ApplicationDiscovery EmailNotification RetentionConfiguration
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WhatsNew
ThisreleaseofVMTurboincludesthefollowingnewfeatures: NewViewsintheMonitortab TheMonitortabnowincludesmoreinformation,andnewwaystovisualizethatinformation.Topresentthisnew information,theMonitortabincludesthreeviews: HealthViewpage15 Theviewyoureusedtofromearlierversionsoftheappliance. OperationalViewpage33 Anewviewtofocusonactionlogsandproblemslogs StatusViewpage40 Anewviewthatshowshighlevelsummariesofyourdeviceandresourcestatus. ApplicationSupport Thisversionoftheapplianceintroducesmonitoringandoptimizationofapplicationdeploymentsinyour environment. Monitortab Forapplications,youcanseeutilizationinformation,aswellasactionandproblemlogs.Formoreinformation, seeApplicationspage21. Policytab Youcanspecifyapplicationprioritysothatsomearemissioncriticalandwillneverbesuspended,whileothers canbesuspendedtofreeresources.NotethatearlierversionstreatedpriorityonaperVMbasis(see ApplicationPrioritypage116). Todiscoverapplicationsinyourenvironment,theapplianceneedscredentialstologontotheVMthathoststhe application.YouspecifythesecredentialsinthePolicytab(seeApplicationDiscoverypage116). NewPlannerGUI ThisversionoftheapplianceintroducesanewuserinterfaceforthePlanner.Withthenewinterfaceitseasierto createplans(planningscenarios),andrunthem.Forinformation,seeThePlanTabpage51. Youcannowrunaprojectionagainstagivenplan.WithWorkloadProjectionsyoucancreateaplan(say,increase VMload),andseehowourenvironmentwillsustainthatplanintothefuture.Forinformation,seeWorkload Projectionpage79.
Chapter 1: Whats New
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IntroducingVMTurbo
VMTurboprovidessystemadministratorswiththeonlyintegratedsuiteofanalyticaltoolsthatautomaticallyidentify problems,aidplanning,andoptimizevirtualinfrastructureperformance.VMTurbousessupplychaineconomicsto dynamicallyandproactivelymaintainloadbalanceacrossyourenvironment.Thisenablesyoutoperformproactive, ROIcentricvirtualizationmanagement. VMTurborecastsresourceandperformancemanagementproblemsasamatterofbalancingsupplyanddemand.For example,bottlenecksformwhenlocalworkloaddemandsexceedthelocalsupplyofresourcecapacity.VMTurbouses economicproblemsolvingtechniquestoefficientlyredistributethedemandorincreasethesupply.VMTurbo resourceandperformancemanagementtechnologiesarebasedoneconomicmodelsinvolvingtwosetsofabstrac tion: 1. ServiceSupplyChain VMTurbomodelsthevirtualizedITstackasaservicesupplychain,wherecomponents(VMs,forexample) consumeservicesofothercomponents(physicalhosts)andofferservicestotheirconsumers,(guestOS'sand applications).TheVMTurboGUIpresentsthesupplychainintopdownorderas: Virtualmachines Physicalmachines Datacenters Storage 2. VirtualCurrency VMTurbousesvirtualcurrencytobalancethesupplyanddemandofservicesalongthissupplychain.Resource servicescanbepricedtoreflectimbalancesbetweensupplyanddemand.Thispricingdrivesresourceallocation decisions.Forexample,abottleneck,reflectingexcessdemandoversupply,willresultinrisingpricesofthe respectiveresource.Asaresult,servicessuchasapplicationsorVMscanshifttheirworkloadstoalternate resourceswithlowercosts.Suchashiftcanresolvethebottleneck. VMTurbousestheSupplyChainandVirtualCurrencyabstractionstobalanceandprioritizeloadsinyourVMenviron ment.TheeffectisaninvisiblehandthatdirectsyourITinfrastructuretoanefficientuseofresources.
Chapter 2: Introducing VMTurbo
SupplyChainTerminology
VMTurbointroducesspecifictermstoexpressITresourcesandutilizationintermsofsupplyanddemand.Theseterms arelargelyintuitive,butyoushouldbesureyouunderstandhowtheyrelatetotheissuesandactivitiesthatarecom monforITmanagement. VMTurboTerm
Commodity
Description
ThebasicbuildingblockofVMTurbosupplyanddemand.Everythinga VMTurboproductrepresentsoranalyzesisacommodity.Forexample,the CPUcapacityormemorythataphysicalmachinecanprovideisacommodity. TheVMTurboappliancecanalsorepresentclustersandsegmentsas commodities. Whentheuserinterfaceshowscommodities,itsshowingtheresourcesa serviceprovides.Whentheinterfaceshowscommoditiesbought,itsshowing whatthatserviceconsumes. Theresourcesorcommoditiesthatmakeupthegivenservice.Forexample,in theuserinterfaceyoumightseethatacertainVMiscomposedof commoditiessuchasoneormorephysicalCPUs,anEthernetinterface,and physicalmemory. CompareComposedOftoConsumes,whereconsumptionreferstothe commoditiestheVMhasbought.AlsocompareComposedOftothe commoditiesaserviceoffersforsale.Aphysicalmachinemightincludefour CPUsinitscomposition,butthecommoditiesthemachineofferswillshow theseCPUsaggregatedasasinglecommodity. Theservicesandcommoditiesaservicehasbought.Aserviceconsumesother commodities.Forexample,aVMconsumesthecommoditiesofferedbya physicalmachine,andanapplicationconsumescommoditiesfromoneor moreVMs.Notethatintheuserinterfaceyoucanexploretheservicesthat providethecommoditiesthecurrentserviceconsumes. Thesumofdatacenter,network,physicalmachine,storage,VM,and applicationresourcesthatyouaremonitoring. Thelistofallcommoditiesinyourenvironment. Ameasureoftheutilizationofaservice.Foranycategoryofservice(physical machines,VMs,applications,etc.),thelessdeviationthereisamong utilizationindexvalues,themoreevenlytheloadisbalanced. Afunctioningcommoditiesgroupsuchasaphysicalmachine,aVM,oran application. Thepercentageovertimethatacommodityisused,where100%isutilization ofthefullcapacity. ThecollectionofVMsrunningonagivenphysicalmachine.Becausean environmentcanhavemanyVMs,theuserinterfaceshowsVMgroupsasa waytosimplifyandorganizetheirpresentation.
ComposedOf
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Environment Inventory UtilizationIndex
Service Utilization VMGroup
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TheVMTurboUserInterface
TouseVMTurboproducts,youopenawebbrowsertoyourVMTurboappliance.Theapplianceservestheuserinter facetoyourbrowser,whereyoucanuseittoobserve,analyze,andmanageyourenvironment.Thefollowingfigure showstheuserinterfaceopenedtotheMonitortab.
Figure31.TheVMTurboUserInterfaceMonitorTab
Chapter 3: The VMTurbo User Interface
ToolBarandDisplayTools
ThischapterdescribesthedifferentcomponentsoftheVMTurbouserinterface,includingthefollowing: ToolBarandDisplayToolspage5 TabBarpage5 NavigationPanelpage6 InformationPanelspage7
ToolBarandDisplayTools
TheVMTurbotoolbarprovidesthefollowingtools: Reports ThereportstoolopensanewwebpagethatpresentsalltheReportsthataredefinedforyourVMTurboappliance. VMTurbogeneratesreportsinPDFthatyoucanvieworsendtospecificemailaddresses.VMTurbopresentsa standardsetofreports,andyoucanalsodefinecustomreports. Reportsarenotavailableuntilyourvirtualappliancehasbeenrunningfor24hours. Search Thesearchtoolopensadialogboxyoucanusetosearchforcomponentsorservicesbytheirname.Whenyou selectanitemtofind,VMTurboopensanewtabtoshowinformationaboutthatitem.Youcanselectmultiple items.UseShiftClicktoextendtheselection,oruseCtrlClicktoselectdiscontinuousitems. Help Clickthistooltoopenhelptoitsmainpage.Youcanalsorightclickondifferentpanelsoftheuserinterfaceto openhelpatthediscussionforthatitem. RequestHelp Thistoolopensyourdefaultemailclientsoyoucansendmessagestosupport@vmturbo.com. Logout UsethistooltologoutofyoursessionwiththeVMTurboappliance. Collapse ThisbuttoncollapsesalltheentriesintheNavigationpanel. Refresh TheRefreshbuttoncausesVMTurbotoupdatethedataitdisplays. AutoRefreshcausesVMTurbotoupdatethedataatregularperiods.SpecifytheRefreshIntervalinseconds.For example,toautorefresheverytenminutes,enter600.
TheDisplaytoolsspecifythefollowing:
TabBar
VMTurbopresentstabsforthedifferentactivitiesyoucanperform. Youcanalsoopentabstoshowinformationaboutspecificcomponents.Forexample,whenyousearchforaspecific virtualmachine,VMTurboopensanewtabforthatVM.Thattabincludesanavigationpanelandinformationpanels thatlistonlyinformationaboutthegivenVM.Whenyouarethroughwiththiskindoftab,clickitscloseboxtodiscard it. VMTurboproductsprovidetabsforthefollowingfeatures: MonitorSeerealtimeandhistoricalinformationaboutthevariousresources,services,andcomponentsin yourenvironment PlanRunwhatifscenariostoinvestigatehowtochangeyourinfrastructuretoachieveoptimalperformance.
NavigationPanel
OptimizeExecuterecommendedactionstoproactivelyidentifyproblemsandimplementtheoptimalresponse. Theappliancecanperformsomeactionsautomatically. AdminAttachVMTurbotospecificVirtualCenterservers,createuseraccounts,specifydataretentionpolicies, andperformothermaintenanceactivities
NavigationPanel
Mosttabsincludeanavigationpanelthatshowshierarchicaltreesofresources,services,andcomponentsinyour environment.Othertabsincludeconfigurationcontrols.
Figure32.NavigationPanelInventoryTree
ThefigureaboveshowstheInventorytreeandtheGroupstree.Youcannavigatethesetreestoseewhateachitem contains.Whenyouselectanitem,theinformationpanelsontherightdisplaydataabouttheselecteditem.The Inventorytreeshowsahierarchyofitemsinyourenvironment.TheGroupstreeshowsthegroupsthatarestandard withtheappliance,aswellascustomgroupsyouhavedefined(seeGroupsConfigurationpage104) Forsometabsthenavigationpanelisreplacedbyconfigurationcontrols.Forexample,thepanelforthePlanningtab includescontrolstocreateandrunplanningscenarios.
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InformationPanels
NavigationTreeHierarchies
Eachnavigationtreeshowsthehierarchyofservicesandcommoditiestheappliancehasdiscoveredinyourenviron ment.TheInventorytreegroupstheseaccordingtothesupplychainVirtualMachines,PhysicalMachines,Storage, DataCenters.TheGroupstreedisplaystheelementsingroupsdefinedbyVMTurbo,andothergroupsthatyoudefine. Atreebranchforagivenservice(anamedVMornamedstorage,forexample)canincludethefollowing: ComposedOfTheconstituentpartsthatmakeuptheservice;forexample,aphysicalmachinemightinclude fourCPUsintheComposedOflist,butonlyshowoneProcessorentryintheCommoditieslist. ConsumesTheserviceprovidingcommoditiesthattheparentserviceconsumes;forexample,aVMconsumes aHostandadatastore HostsForaphysicalmachine,theVMshostedonthatPM.
Forexample,thefollowingfigureshowsaselectedvirtualmachinenamedExchangeUM.ThisVMusesoneCPUonits host.ThatCPUisselected,andtheinformationpanelshowsthepropertiesofthatcommodity.
Figure33.InventoryTreeShowinganOfferedCommodity
InformationPanels
Asyouselectaniteminthenavigationpanel,youcanseeinformationaboutthatiteminpanelstotheright.These panelsshowdifferentchartsandlistingsofproperties,dependingontheitemyouselect.VMTurbodisplaysthefol lowingthefollowingtypesofinformation: SummaryPanelspage7 UtilizationChartspage8 TooltipsandStandardChartControlspage9
SummaryPanels
Inthenavigationpanel,theInventorytreebeginswithaSummaryentry.Whenyouselectthisentry,yourappliance showssummaryinformationaboutyourenvironment.TheinformationdisplaysinSummarypanelsforApplications, VMs,PhysicalMachines,andStorage.TheuserinterfacealsoshowsanEnvironmentSummary,recommended actions,andaProblemLog,andaSavingssummary.ThefollowingfigureshowstheStoragesummarypanel.
InformationPanels
Figure34.PanelsShowingthePhysicalMachineSummary
Eachentryinthesummarypanelincludesacoloredcelltoshowutilizationofresources,aswellastheUtilization Index.Togetmoredetailsaboutanitem,clickonthecoloredentry.Thefigureaboveshowsthedetailspanelforutili zationonadatastore. ClickinganamedentryintheSummarypanelopensanewtabforthatnameditem.Whenyouarefinishedwiththis tab,discarditbyclickingthetabsclosebox.
UtilizationCharts
WhenyouselectanodeforanamedserviceorgroupintheInventorytree,theappliancedisplayspanelsforthat node.OneofthepanelsistheUtilizationChart.Thischartshowsutilizationpercentageandutilizationindexforthe selecteditem.Ifthetreenoderepresentsagroupofresources,thepaneldisplaysabarchartshowingutilizationval uesforeachresource.Toshowutilizationhistoryofasingleservice,clickthecorrespondingbarinthechart. NOTE: Theuserinterfaceshowsuptoonehoursworthofdata.IfyourappliancelicenseincludesReports,thentheuser
interfacecandisplaymorehistoricaldata.
Youcanzoominonabarcharttoshowasmallernumberofcommodities.Eithermovethezoommarkers,orclickand dragovertheregionyouwanttozoominon.Toreturntothefullview,clickResetZoom. Thefollowingfigureshowsutilizationforthedatastoresinthecurrentenvironment.Italsoshowsthelatencyofasin gledatastore.Youcanhoveroveradatapointtodisplayitstooltip,orclickthedatapointtodisplayachart.
InformationPanels
Figure35.PanelsShowingtheUtilization
TooltipsandStandardChartControls
Toshowextradetailsaboutanitemintheinformationpanels,hoverthepointerovertheitemuntilatooltipappears. Thetooltipdisplaysextrainformationsuchastheactualvalueofadatapointortheresourceitischarting. InformationpanelsincludeMaximizeandMinimizebuttonsyoucanclicktoshoworhidethepanels,ortoexpand themtoafullview.Asyouminimizepanels,theremainingpanelsexpandtofillintheinformationdisplayarea.
InformationPanels
Figure36.DisplayingaTooltip
Severalinformationpanelsincludebuttons( )toshow/hideextrachartcontrols.Withthesecontrolsyoucan:
Specifythedateforthedata(showcurrentdata,orshowdatafromaprevioustime) Zoominonaspecificsetofdevices(forexample,showonlythemostutilizedphysicalmachines) Controlwhattypeofdatathepaneldisplays(forexample,changefromshowingtheUtilizationPercentageof specificmetricstoshowingtheUtilizationIndex)
ClicktheDownarrowtoshowthecontrols,andclicktheUparrowtohidethem.
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InformationPanels
Figure37.ControllingaPanelsDisplay
Notethattosetthezoom,youcanalsodragacrossthecharttoselectthedevicesyouwanttozoominon.Whenyou resetthezoom,thechartshowsdataforallthedevicesthatitmonitors.
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LoggingIntotheVMTurboAppliance
Togetstarted,youopenawebbrowsertoyourVMTurboappliance.Theapplianceservestheuserinterfacetoyour browser,whereyoucanuseittoobserveyourenvironment.Inthisway,youcanaccesstheuniquecapabilitiesof VMTurbofromanyinternetconnection.BeforeyoucanuseVMTurboAppliance,youmusthaveaVMTurbovirtual appliance.Togetavirtualappliance,contactVMTurboandregisteronlineathttp://www.vmturbo.com.
LoggingIn
TologintoyourVMTurboAppliancevirtualappliance: 1. NavigateyourWebbrowsertodisplayyourvirtualappliance FortheURL,providetheIPaddressormachinenamefortheVMTurboappliance.ThisURLopenstheVMTurbo ApplianceLoginpage.YoushouldbookmarkthisURLforfutureuse.
Figure41.LoginScreen
2. Providetheusernameandpasswordforyouraccount Yoursystemadministratorcreatesuseraccounts.Contactyoursystemadministratorforlogininformation.
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LoggingIn
Afteryoulogin,yourbrowseropenstotheTheMonitorTabtab.NotethatyourVMTurboapplianceadministrator setsupthetargetconfiguration.
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TheMonitorTab
VMTurboMonitoriswhereyougotoobserveyourvirtualinfrastructure.Hereyoucanmonitorthehealthofyour entirevirtualizedenvironmentfromasinglescreen.Youcanidentifybottlenecksandotherresourceandperformance anomalies,andassessyouroverallworkloadbalancing. IfyouhavealicensefortheReportingcapabilitiesoftheappliance,theMonitorTabshowshistoricaldataforutiliza tionofspecificdevices.Formoreinformation,seeUtilizationHistorypage14. IntheMonitorTab,theNavigationpanelshowsalltheresources,services,andcommoditiestheappliancediscovers foryourenvironment.Asyoubrowsethenavigationtree,theinformationpanelsdisplaychartsandtablestodescribe theitemsyouselect. TheMonitortabincludesthreeviews: HealthViewpage15:Showsandtablesthatoutlinetheresourceutilizationandotherinformationaboutthe applications,VMs,PMs,datastores,anddatacentersinyourenvironment.Usethisviewforafullsummaryof yourenvironment. OperationalViewpage33:ShowstheActionLogandProblemLogfortheitemsyouselectintheNavigation Panel. StatusViewpage40:Providesaquicksnapshotofenvironmenthealth.
UtilizationHistory
WhenyouselectanentryforaspecificdeviceintheInventorytreeorGroupstree,thecorrespondingUtilization paneldisplaysmetricsforthatdevice.Bydefault,thepaneldisplaysmetricsforthelasttwohours.Ifyouhavea Reporterlicense,youcanviewupto48daysofdatainthispanel.FormoreinformationaboutReporter,seeReports page41.
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HealthView
Figure51.ViewinghistoricaldataintheUtilizationchart
Youdragaslidertosettherangetoview.Notethattheappliancehastohavebeenrunninglongenoughtodisplaythe rangeofdatayouwant.Forexample,iftheappliancehasonlybeenrunningfor30days,youcannotviewmorethan 30daysofdata.
HealthView
ThisisthemostdetailedviewoftheMonitortab.DependingontheitemsyouselectintheNavigationPanel,itshows detailsaboutthedevicesandresourcesinyourenvironment.
Figure52.HealthView
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HealthView
ThefollowingsectionsdescribetheHealthViewdisplaywhenyouselectthefollowingNavigationitems: Summarypage16: Applicationspage21: VirtualMachinespage23: PhysicalMachinespage27: Storagepage30: DataCenterspage32:
Summary
WhenyouselectSummaryintheInventorytree,theHealthViewdisplaysthesummarypanels.Thesepanelsshow summariesofyourApplications,VirtualMachines,PhysicalMachines,andDataStorestogiveyouanoverviewofthe environmentsstatus. Eachofthesepanelsliststheitemsforalevelinthesupplychain,andforeachitemthepanelshowsthestatusofits resourcesandtheitemsutilizationIndex.Thestatusindicatorsarecolorcoded,asfollows:
Astheappliancemonitorsandanalyzesyourenvironment,itusesspecifiedthresholdstoidentifythestatusofa resource.YouspecifythesethresholdsintheAdmintab.Changestothesethresholdscanaffectthestatusdisplayin thesummarypanels.Formoreinformationaboutthresholds,seeAnalysisThresholdspage112. Youcangetadditionalinformationfortheitemsinthesepanelsasfollows: Todisplaytooltipsthatshowactualvalues,hoverthemouseoverthecoloredindicators Todisplayachartthatshowsdetailsaboutaspecificitem,clickthecoloredindicator Todisplayaseparatetabforanitem,clicktheitemsname EnvironmentSummaryShowsthenumberofdifferenttypesofitemsinyourenvironment. RecommendedActions/ProblemLogThispaneltogglesbetweenalistofrecommendedactionsyoucan executetoresolveproblems,andalistofeventsthatindicateproblemsinyourenvironment.
Inadditiontothesupplychainpanels,theSummarydisplayincludes:
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Figure53.SummaryPanels SummaryReports
Ifyouhavelicensedthereportingproducts,youcanlaunchsummaryreportsfromtheMonitortab.Tolauncha report,clicktheReportsiconnexttothegivenitem.Forexample,youcanviewasummaryreportofallthevirtual machinesinyourenvironment.
Figure54.LaunchingaSummaryReport
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HealthView
Youcanlaunchareportforalltheitemsinatreeitem,oryoucanexpandtheitemandlaunchareportforasingle item.Forexample,youcanlaunchareportforallvirtualmachines,oryoucanexpandthetreeandlaunchareportfor asinglevirtualmachine. Formoreinformationaboutreportingproducts,seeReportspage41.
ProblemIconsinSummaryPanels
Eachpanelinthesummaryviewshowsaproblemicon.YoucanusethisdisplayinconjunctionwiththeProblemLog tohelptrackissuesinyourenvironment.
Figure55.ProblemsPerDevice
NOTE: Thepanelheatmapdoesnotdirectlycorrespondwiththeexistenceofproblems.Theheatmapmightshowred,butthe
appliancedoesntshowaproblem.Conversely,theheatmapmightshowgreensandblues,buttheappliance recognizesaproblem.Intheappliance,arecognizedproblemincludesasuggestedfix.Ifthereisnofixfor overconsumptionintheheatmap,theappliancedoesnotlisttheproblem.Ontheotherhand,iftheappliance recognizesafixthatcanimproveutilizationforadevice,itliststhatasaproblem.
CustomizingSummaryViews
Bydefault,thesummarypanelsshowstatesforallthedevicesinyourenvironment.Youcanspecifythatthesepanels onlyshowthedevicesyouwant.EachpanelincludesaCustomizeicon( )youcanclicktosetthecontentsofthe panels. Tospecifythepanelcontents: 1. ClicktheCustomizeiconinthepanelyouwanttoedit.
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HealthView
Whenyoutheicon,theappliancedisplaystheCustomizeSummaryViewdialogboxwhereyouchoosewhich devicesyouwanttoview. 2. Choosethedevicesyouwanttodisplayinthepanel.
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HealthView
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HealthView
NOTE: Torestoredefaultviews,clickontheCustomizetoolandchooseResetSummaryView.
Applications
WhenyouselectApplicationsoranapplicationsgroupintheInventorytree,theHealthViewdisplaysthefollowing panels: ApplicationsUtilizationChart ThischartshowsthepercentageofVCPUandVMEMcommoditiestheapplicationsareusing.Toseeahistoryof usageforanapplication,clicktheassociatedbar. Toseetheutilizationindexforyourapplications,turnonUtilizationIndex.Thisshowsameasureoftheutilization ofresources.Themoreequaltheutilizationindexesareforyourapplications,themoreevenlybalancedtheir loads. ApplicationsUtilizationTrend Thischartshowsmaximumandaverageconsumptionofcommoditiesovertime.Clicktheradiobuttonstochoose whichstatisticstoshowinthechart.Youcanshowaveragesforallresources,oraverageandmaxforindividual resources. UsageforApplications AtabulardisplayofVCPUandVMEMusagefortheVMsthatsupportyourapplications.
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Figure56.ApplicationsSummary
IntheInventorytree,theApplicationsbranchincludesahierarchysimilartothefollowingfigure.
Figure57.ApplicationsHierarchy
WhenyouexpandanApplicationsitem,theInventorytreelistsapplicationgroupsandindividualapplicationswithin eachgroup.Ifyouselectanapplicationgroup,theviewdisplaysasetofpanelsshowinginformationaboutallthe applicationsinthatgroup.Ifyouselectanindividualapplication,theviewdisplaysasetofpanelsdevotedtothespe cificapplication. Thesepanelsshow: Utilizationandconsumptionofthatspecificapplication UtilizationfortheVM,PM,andDataStoresthathostorsupporttheapplication
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Figure58.Panelsforanindividualapplication GuestLoad
TheApps_GuestLoaditemisaspecialentryintheApplicationshierarchy.Thisitemtrackstheresourcesthatthe appliancehasnotassignedtoanyspecificapplication.Thiscanoccurforthefollowingreasons: YoudonothavethelicencesrequiredtosupportApplicationmonitoring Inthiscase,theappliancelistsalltheconsumedVMresourcesintheApps_GuestLoadentrythisistheonly entryunderApplications. Theappliancefailstodiscoversomeapplications Inthiscase,theapplianceliststheVMresourcesthatarenotaccountedforasApps_GuestLoad,andprovides entriesfortheapplicationsithasdiscovered. VMresourcesaredevotedtoinfrastructure,andnotpartofanyapplication TheapplianceliststheseresourcesasApps_GuestLoad,andprovidesentriesfortheapplicationsithasdiscovered.
VirtualMachines
WhenyouselectVirtualMachinesintheInventorytree,theviewdisplaysinformationaboutgroupsofvirtual machines.Thevirtualmachinesaregroupedbythephysicalmachinestheyrunon.TheviewlistsVMsinthesegroups becausethenumberofVMsinyourenvironmentcanbeverylarge.Groupingthembytheirphysicalmachinesmakes theamountofdataineachpaneleasiertoviewandunderstand. FortheVirtualMachinesitem,Monitordisplaysthefollowingpanels: VirtualMachinesUtilizationChart ThischartshowsthepercentageofCPUandmemorycommoditiesthatareusedbygroupsofvirtualmachines.To seeahistoryofusageforagroup,clicktheassociatedbar. Toseetheutilizationindexforeachgroup,turnonUtilizationIndex.Thisshowsameasureoftheutilizationof resources.ThemoreeventheutilizationindexesareforyourVMs,themoreevenlybalancedtheirloads. VirtualMachinesMinMaxAvg Thischartshowsminimum,maximum,andaverageconsumptionofcommoditiesovertime.Clicktheradio buttonstoshowCPUormemorystatistics.
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HealthView
ProblemsIdentifiedforVirtualMachines UsageforVirtualMachines AtabulardisplayofCPUandmemoryusagefortheVMsinyourenvironment.
Figure59.VirtualMachines
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HealthView
IntheInventorytree,theVirtualMachinesbranchincludesahierarchysimilartothefollowingfigure.
Figure510.VirtualMachinesHierarchy
WhenyouexpandtheVirtualMachinesitem,theIndextreeliststheindividualVMGroupsbythenamesoftheirphys icalmachines.IfyouselectanindividualVMgroup,theviewdisplaysasetofpanelssimilartothefollowingfigure. NotethattheUtilizationbarchartshowsbarsforeachVMinthegroup.
Figure511.VirtualMachinesOneGroupofVMs
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HealthView
WhenyouexpandaVMgroup,theIndextreeliststheindividualVMs.IfyouselectanindividualVM,theviewdisplays asetofpanelssimilartothefollowing.
Figure512.VirtualMachinesIndividualVM
TheDataStoreUtilizationpanelshowsmetricsfortheutilizationofthedatastoresthatareavailabletothisVM. Beneaththat,thePhysicalMachineUtilizationpanelshowstheVMsresourceutilizationonthehostingPM,including CPU,memoryandCPUreadyqueueutilization. TheVirtualMachineConsumptionpanelshowsmetricsfortheutilizationofphysicalresourcesbytheselectedVM. ThetitlebarofthechartshowstheVMname.YoucanseethenameofthatVMsphysicalhostintheNavigationTree. Thetableliststheutilizationofeachresource,comparedtotheoverallcapacityonthephysicalmachine.Nexttothe utilizationpercentcolumn,thetableliststheactualresourceusedandthefullavailablecapacity,inthefollowingunits ofmeasurement: BallooningKBytes CPUMHz CPUReadyQueuesmsofwaittime IOThroughputKBytes/sec IOPSStorageaccessoperationspersecond Latencyms(milliseconds) MemoryKBytes NetThroughputKBytes/sec StorageAmountKBytes SwappingKBytes Commodities CommoditiesBought ComposedOf Consumes
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FromtheNavigationTreeyoucanexpandeachVMtoshowthefollowing:
HealthView
PhysicalMachines
WhenyouselectPhysicalMachinesintheInventorytree,theviewdisplaysthefollowingpanels: PhysicalMachinesUtilizationChart ThischartshowsthepercentageofphysicalmachineCPUandmemorycommoditiesthatareusedwithinyour environment.Toseeahistoryofusagepermachine,clicktheassociatedbar. Toseetheutilizationindexforeachmachine,turnonUtilizationIndex.Thisshowsameasureoftheutilizationof resources.Themoreequaltheutilizationindexesareforyourmachines,themoreevenlybalancedtheirloads. PhysicalMachinesMinMaxAvg Thischartshowsminimum,maximum,andaverageconsumptionofcommoditiesovertime.Clicktheradio buttonstoshowmemory,CPU,IO,ornetworkthroughputstatistics. ProblemsIdentifiedforPhysicalMachines Thisproblemloglistsonlyproblemsforthephysicalmachinesinyourenvironment. UsageforPhysicalMachines AtabulardisplayofCPUandmemoryusageforthephysicalmachinesinyourenvironment.
Figure513.PhysicalMachines UsageMetrics
Whenyouselectphysicalmachines,datastores,orVMgroupsintheNavigationTree,theviewdisplaysatableof usagemetricsfortheselecteddevices.Tocontrolthedisplayofthesemetricsyoucan: Showallorfilterbythetop10orbottom10instances Sortthetablebycolumn Showthecurrentmetrics,orshowvaluesforahistoricsample(say,threedaysago)
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Figure514.UsageTableforPhysicalMachines
IntheInventorytree,thePhysicalMachinesbranchincludesahierarchysimilartothefollowingfigure.
Figure515.PhysicalMachinesHierarchy
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HealthView
WhenyouexpandthePhysicalMachinesitem,theIndextreeliststheindividualphysicalmachinesinyourenviron ment.Ifyouselectanindividualmachine,theviewdisplaysasetofpanelssimilartothefollowing.
Figure516.PhysicalMachines:IndividualPhysicalMachine
ThephysicalmachineResourcespanelshowsmetricsfortheconsumptionofphysicalresourcesbythehostedVMs. Thetableliststheutilizationofeachresource,comparedtotheoverallcapacityonthephysicalmachine,inthefol lowingunitsofmeasurement: BallooningKBytes CPUMHz CPUReadyQueuesmsofwaittime IOThroughputKBytes/sec IOPSStorageaccessoperationspersecond Latencyms(milliseconds) MemoryKBytes NetThroughputKBytes/sec StorageAmountKBytes SwappingKBytes Commodities CommoditiesBought ComposedOf Consumes Produces
Youcanexpandeachphysicalmachinetoshowthefollowing:
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Storage
TheStorageitemshowsstatisticsforstoragedevicessuchasdisksordiskarrays.WhenyouselectStorageinthe Inventorytree,theviewdisplaysthefollowingpanels: StorageUtilizationChart ThischartshowsthepercentageofstorageamountandstorageIOPScommoditiesthatareusedbythe environment.Toseeahistoryofusageperstoragedevice,clicktheassociatedbar. Toseetheutilizationindexforeachstoragedevice,turnonUtilizationIndex.Thisshowsameasureofthe utilizationofresources.Themoreequaltheutilizationindexesareforyourmachines,themoreevenlybalanced theirloads. StorageMinMaxAvg Thischartshowsminimum,maximum,andaverageconsumptionofcommoditiesovertime.Clicktheradio buttonstoshowstorageamountorstorageIOPSstatistics. ProblemsIdentifiedforStorage Thisproblemloglistsonlyproblemsforthestoragedevicesinyourenvironment. UsageforStorage AtabulardisplayofstorageamountandstorageIOPSusageforthestoragedevicesinyourenvironment.
Figure517.Storage
IntheInventorytree,theStoragebranchincludesahierarchysimilartothefollowingfigure.
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Figure518.StorageHierarchy
WhenyouexpandtheStorageitem,theIndextreeliststheindividualdatastoresinyourenvironment.Ifyouselectan individualdatastore,Monitordisplaysasetofpanelssimilartothefollowing.
Figure519.DataStores:IndividualDataStore
Whenyouexpandadatastoreitem,theviewshowsthefollowing: Consumes Host
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WhenyouselectDataCentersintheInventorytree,theviewdisplaysthefollowingpanels: DataCentersUtilizationChart ThischartshowsthepercentageofSpace,Power,andCoolingcommoditiesareusedwithinyourenvironment.To seeahistoryofusageperdatacenter,clicktheassociatedbar. Toseetheutilizationindexforeachdatacenter,turnonUtilizationIndex.Thisshowsameasureoftheutilization ofresources.Themoreequaltheutilizationindexesareforyourdatacenters,themoreevenlybalancedtheir loads. DataCentersMinMaxAvg Thischartshowsminimum,maximum,andaverageconsumptionofcommoditiesovertime.Clicktheradio buttonstoshowSpace,Power,orCoolingstatistics. ProblemsIdentifiedforDataCenters Thisproblemloglistsonlyproblemsforthedatacentersinyourenvironment. UsageforDataCenters Atabulardisplayofusageforthedatacentersinyourenvironment.
Figure520.DataCenters
IntheInventorytree,theStoragebranchincludesahierarchysimilartothefollowingfigure.
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Figure521.DataCentersHierarchy
WhenyouexpandtheDataCentersitem,theIndextreeliststheindividualdatacentersinyourenvironment.Ifyou selectanindividualdatacenter,Monitorshowsthefollowing: Commodities ConsistsOf Produces
OperationalView
Thisviewshowsdetailsproblemsandresolutionsaboutthedevicesandresourcesinyourenvironment.Asyouselect itemsintheNavigationpanel,theproblemandresolutionlogsfocusontheitemsyouselect.Thefollowingsections describewhatyouneedtoknowtousetheproblemandresolutionlogs: ViewingandResolvingProblemspage34 ViewingandExecutingRecommendedActionspage35 ProblemCategoriespage38
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Figure522.OperationalView
ViewingandResolvingProblems
ThebottomoftheMonitortabincludesapanelthatswitchesbetweenRecommendedActionsandaProblemLog. Thepanelincludesthefollowingtogglebuttonstochangeitsviews.Youclickthesebuttonstoswitchfromoneviewto theother:
TheRecommendedActionsviewshowsyoualistoftheactionstheappliancecanperform.Withthislistyoucan: Filtertheactionsbycategory Selectoneormoreactionstoperform Directtheappliancetoperformtheactions Viewtheprogressofeachactionastheapplianceperformsit Seeproblemsastheyarise Openupdetailedviewsoftheproblems Viewalistsuggestedproblemresolutions,andexecuteautomaticfixes(ifyouhavealicenseforOptimizer)
TheProblemLoggivesyouaquickviewofthehealthofyourenvironment.Withthelogyoucan:
TheappliancealsoshowsproblemiconsnexttoitemsintheSummaryview(seeProblemIconsinSummaryPanels page18).Youcanclicktheseiconstodisplayrecommendedactions,andafulllistofproblemsfortheassociated device. Toidentifyproblems,theapplianceusesthevaluesthataresetforanalysisthresholds.Formoreinformation,see AnalysisThresholdspage112.
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NOTE: TheappliancedoesnotshowtheselistsofrecommendedactionsforinstallationswiththeCommunityEditionlicense.
TheapplianceshowsrecommendedactionsthatitcanautomaticallyperformforuserswiththeEnterpriseeditionor CloudInfrastructurelicense.
ViewingandExecutingRecommendedActions
TheMonitortabdisplaysapanelwithrecommendedactionsatthebottomofthescreen.Asyouselectitemsinthe NavigationPanel,thelistofrecommendedactionsupdatestoshowactionsforselecteditem.Forexample,ifyou selectSummaryintheInventorytree,thelistshowsactionsforthewholeenvironment.Thenifyouselectasingle physicalmachine,thelistupdatestoshowonlytheproblemsidentifiedforthatmachine.
Figure523.ProblemLog
TheRecommendedActionslistincludesthefollowinginformation: Category:Theproblemcategory(seeProblemCategoriespage38forfulldescriptions) Type:Thekindofactiontoperform;forexample,aMoveorResizeaction Target:Theresourcethatwillbechanges;forexample,theVMtomove Source:Theresourcethatcontainsthetarget(thePMthathoststheVM),ortheresourcetobemodified(the memorytoberesized) Destination:Theresultingresource;forexample,thePMthewillhostthemovedVM,orthenewmemory capacity Status:Recommended,Pending,orotherstatesforthisaction
Youcanselectoneormoreoftherecommendedactions,andclickResolvetodirecttheappliancetoperformthe actions.Theprogressbarsindicatehowclosetheapplianceistocompletingeachaction. YoucanalsoviewtherecommendedactionsforindividualresourcesonaSummarypanel.Toviewtherecommended actions,clicktheitemsproblemicon.Thisviewshowsonlytherecommendedactionsforthegivenresource.For example,ifyouclickaVMproblemiconthelistshowsonlytheactionsthatcanbeperformedonthehostPM.
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Figure524.ProblemsandRecommendedActionsintheSummaryView ViewingProblems
VMTurbologseventsforproblemsyoumighthaveinyourcurrentenvironment.Foragivenevent,theseveritycanbe: CriticalTheseaffecttheQOSthatyourenvironmentcandeliver,andyouarestronglyadvisedtoaddressthem MajorThesecanaffectQOSandshouldbeaddressed MinorTheseaffectcostorloadbalancing,buttheydonotimpacttheQOSyouruserswillexperience
VMTurbodisplaysproblemsinSummaryViewpanels,andintheProblemLog.SummaryViewpanelsincludeproblem iconsforeachlisteddevice.Ifthedevicehasanyproblems,thepaneldisplaysaniconfortheworstcaseproblemon thatdevice.
Figure525.ProblemsintheSummaryView
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Theappliancealsoshowsaproblemlogforthedevicesinyourenvironment.AsyouselectitemsintheNavigation Panel,theproblemlogupdatestoshowthestateoftheselecteditem.Forexample,ifyouselectSummaryinthe Inventorytree,theProblemLogshowsproblemsforthewholeenvironment.Thenifyouselectasinglephysical machine,theproblemlogupdatestoshowonlytheproblemsidentifiedforthatmachine.
Figure526.ProblemLog
Inthisfigureyoucanseecriticalandminorproblemevents.Ifyoucantseethefulltextofatablecell,youcanhover overthatcelltodisplayatooltip. YoucanchoosetofilterthelistingsbyTop10: DurationHowlongtheproblemhasbeenactive CountHowoftenthesameproblemhasoccurred SeverityTheproblemimpact(toseetheimpactvalueforaproblem,hoverovertheSeverityicon)
youtoimprovethedeploymentofyourinfrastructure.IfyouhavealicenseforVMTurboOptimizer,thenyoucanuse thosefeaturestoaddresstheseproblems.Optimizerrecommendsactionstofixtheseproblems,anditcanperform manyofthoseactionsautomatically.TheOptimizeTabpage84describestheOptimizerindetail.Youcanalsouse OptimizertechnologytoresolveproblemsdirectlyfromtheProblemLog(seeRecommendedActionsPanelpage93).
NOTE: TheProblemLoglistsproblemeventsforspecificphysicalandvirtualdevices.Theseeventsindicateopportunitiesfor
IfyouclicktheDetailsbuttonforalogentry,theapplianceopensanewtabthatprovidesafullsummaryofthe affectedhostmachine. IfyouclicktheSeverityicon,theappliancedisplaysapanelthatshowsrecommendedactions,andachartofdetails relatedtotheproblem.
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Figure527.ProblemResolutionsPanel
ProblemCategories
Theproblemlogidentifiesthecategoryofeacheventthatitlists.Thesecategoriesgiveyouasenseofthekindof problem,andthekindofremedyyoucanperform.
PerformanceBottlenecks
Performancebottlenecksoccuratplacesinyourinfrastructurewhereresourcestakeexcesstimetoperformtheirpro cessing.ThiskeepsapplicationsandVMsfromrunningatoptimalspeeds.Bottleneckscanoccurbecauseofexcess resourceutilizationonaphysicalhost,highReadyQueuewaittimesonaphysicalhost,highlatencyforstorage access,etc.Monitortracksmetriceventsonindividualdevices,andidentifieswhenthemetricsindicateabottleneck. Event
MemHighUtilization CPUHighUtilization LatencyHighUtilization ReadyQueueCongestion SwappingHighUtilization
Description
Highmemoryutilizationinthenamedphysicalhost. HighCPUutilizationinthenamedphysicalhost. Highlatencyinthenamedstoragedevice. ThephysicalhostshowshighcongestionorwaittimesonitsCPUReadyQueue. HighSwappingUtilizationinthephysicalhost
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StorageManagement
Storageisacriticalpartofyourinfrastructure.Itsimportanttobalancestorageloadssothatthepayloadisdistributed asevenlyaspossible,butinawaythatdoesntdirectlopsidedtraffictoonedeviceoveranother.Thefollowingevents indicateissueswithstoragemanagement: Event
StorageAccessHighUtilization StorageBalance
Description
Metricsshowhighutilizationofthenamedstoragedevice. Datastoragecanbemoreevenlydistributedacrossthestoragedevices.
GreenIT
Ifyouhaveoverestimatedthehardwareyouneedinyourinfrastructure,thenyoucanoftensuspendaphysicaldevice withoutimpactingtheinfrastructuresperformance.Ifyoukeepunneededmachinesonline,thenyouunnecessarily consumephysicalresourcesandultimatelyincreaseoperatingcosts.ThefollowingeventidentifiesGreenITopportu nities: Event
LowUtilization
Description
Thenameddevice(physicalhost,storage,etc.)isidleorotherwisenotproductive.
ConfigurationManagement
ProperVMconfigurationensurestheVMsdontconsumemoreresourcesthantheyshould,sothatnospecificVM willexcessivelytaxtheinfrastructure.ThefollowingeventidentifiespoorlyconfiguredVMs. Event
Misconfiguration
Description
ThenamedVMisnotconfiguredcorrectly.
OverProvisioning
ItspossiblethatyourVMmanagementsystemreservesexcessresourcesfortheVMsitputsonline.Inthiscase,its possiblethatyouwillhavemorephysicalmachinesonlinethannecessary.Alternatively,youmaynotbeabletoput anotherVMonlineforwantofphysicalresources,notbecausetheyareinuse,butbecausetheyareunnecessarily reservedforrunningVMs.OverProvisioningproblemsidentifyVMsthatconsistentlyusefewerresourcesthanare reservedforthem.Toresolvetheseproblems,youshouldchangeVMcapacitiesandlimits. Event
VMemLowUtilization MemLowUtilization
Description
ThevirtualmemoryonthenamedVMisnotbeingfullyutilized.Applicationsrunningonthis VMdonotfullyuseitsreservedvirtualmemory. ThephysicalmemoryprovisionedforthenamedVMisnotbeingfullyutilized.
CapacityManagement
ProperVMconfigurationensurestheVMsdontconsumemoreresourcesthantheyshould,sothatnospecificVM willexcessivelytaxtheinfrastructure.OptimizeridentifiespoorlyconfiguredVMs,andcanmakeadjustmentstothe VMsconfiguration.
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CriticalUtilization
Description
CriticalresourceutilizationMorephysicalresources(hosts,networkaccess,etc.)are neededtomaintaincurrentworkload.Trackedresourcesare: Memory CPU IO Networkutilization CPUReadyQueues
StatusView
Thisviewshowshighlevelsummariesofthedevicesandresourcesinyourenvironment.Thepiechartsindicatewhat percentageofdeviceshaveastatusofnormal,error,warning,etc.Theviewalsoshowsproblemlogsfordifferent devices.Forinformationaboutproblemlogs,seeViewingandResolvingProblemspage34.
Figure528.StatusView
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TheVMTurboReportergivesyouselectivesnapshotsofthestateofyourenvironment. Hostreportingprovidescomprehensivecustomizablereportstotrack,analyzeandtrendyourphysicalandvirtual infrastructureoperations. Storagereportingprovidesreportstotrack,analyzeandtrendthestorageresourcesinyourenvironment.
Reportercomeswithasetofalreadydefinedreports,andyoucanalsodesignyourowncustomreports. StandardreportsareinPDFformat,andtheappliancegeneratesthemeverydayatadeterminedtime(2:00am). Withthesereportsyoucanseehistoricalinformationaboutthestateofyourenvironment.Notethatreportsarehis torical,incontrasttothecurrentstateyoucanseebyusingVMTurboMonitor(seeTheMonitorTabpage14). Youcanviewthesereportsinyourwebbrowser,oryoucansendthemtoaspecifiedemailaddress.Youcanalsoadd listsofsubscriberstoeachreport,includingemailandreportinginterval(dailyorweekly).Inthisway,youcanuse VMTurboreportstokeepaspecificgroupofpeopleinformedaboutthestateofyourenvironment. NOTE: Theappliancemustrunforatleast24hoursbeforetheappliancecangeneratestandardreports. Whenyoucreatecustomreports,theappliancegeneratesthemperyourrequest.Thesereportscandisplayfivemin utedata,hourlydata,ordatathatisconsolidateddaily.TheReportspagedisplaysacustomizedreportasHTML youcanprintitorsaveitasPDF,CSV,orXML.Youcansendcustomreportstoaspecifiedaddressandsetupsubscrip tions. WhenyouclicktheReportstool,VMTurboopensanewwebpagethatprovidesaccesstothereportingproductsyou arecurrentlylicensedtouse.
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Figure61.TheReportsGUI
TheManagementPanelprovidesaccesstotheindividualreports,andanytoolsyouneedtoshoworeditreports.This paneldisplaysdifferenttools,dependingontheReportTabyouareusing.Theappliancemaintainscategoriesof reports,andyouopenorcloseaccordionbuttonstoshow/hideeachcategory. TheViewPanelshowswhicheverreportyouchoosetoview.Whenyoucreateoreditacustomreport,theEditPanel displaysinthislocation. TheReportspageincludesthreetabsthatpresentthefollowingcapabilities: StandardReportspage42Usethistabtoviewthestandardreportsthatyourappliancegenerates.The reportsthatappearinthislistaredeterminedbysettingsintheVMTurboAdmintab(seeReportConfiguration page101). CustomReportspage44Usethistabtocreatecustomreports,andshowonlytheinformationyouwant. ManageSubscriptionspage49Usethistabtoseeataglancewhoissubscribedtoyourreports,andaddor removesubscriptions.
StandardReports
Thistabpresentsallthestandardreportsthattheappliancegenerates.Thesereportsincludetabulardataandcharts topresenttheinformation.EachreportheadingintheManagementPanelincludesanicontoindicatethetypesof chartsitincludes. TheStandardReportsincludecategoriessuchas: CapacityManagementforHostsAvailableandutilizedPMresourcecapacity CapacityManagementforStorageAvailableandutilizedstoragecapacity CapacityManagementforVMsAvailableandutilizedVMresourcecapacity
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WorkloadBalancingResourceutilizationforphysicalandvirtualmachines MachineandDataStoreSummariesSummarizesphysicalandvirtualmachines,generatedonrequest GroupandClusterSummariesSummarizesPMandVMgroups,generatedonrequest
Toviewareport,choosethecreationdateyouwantandclickView. Tosendareporttooneormorepeople,clickSend,andprovideacommaseparatedlistofemailaddresses. Tocreateasubscriptiontoareport,clickSubscribeandprovidethefollowing: emailAddressTheaddressofthereportsubscriber PeriodOneofDaily,Weekly,orMonthly,tospecifyhowoftenthesubscriberreceivesthereport DayofWeekForaweeklyperiod,thedayoftheweektosendthereport
SubscribingtoStandardReports
VMTurboprovidessubscription,sothattheappliancewillsendreportstogivenemailaddressesatregularintervals. Notethattherearetwotypesofstandardreports: Fixedreportsgeneratedforapredeterminedsetofentities,suchasallhosts,oralldatastores Ondemandreportsgeneratedforthesetofentitiesthatyouspecify Therecipientsemailaddress. Thereportingperiodhowoftentosendthereport. ForOndemandreports,thesetofentitiestoincludeinthereportsubscription.Theappliancegeneratesa separatereportforeachentity.
Whenyoucreateasubscription,youspecify:
FixedReportsSubscriptions
Tocreateasubscription,clicktheSubscribelinkthatisinthereportsentry.
Intheformthatappears,providetheemailaddressandreportingperiod,thenclickSave. Toeditthissubscription(forexample,tochangethereportingperiod),usetheManageSubscriptionstab(seeManage Subscriptionspage49).
OnDemandReportSubscriptions
Tocreateasubscription,clicktheEditSubscriptionslinkthatisinthereportsentry.
Intheformthatappears,providetheemailaddressandreportingperiod,choosethesetofentitiesforthereport, thenclickSave.Toeditsubscriptions,clickthelinkandmodifythetableofsubscriptions.
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Forexample,thisfigureshowsanexistingsubscriptionforJaneSmith.Theformispreparedtocreate4separatesub scriptionsforJohnDoe.WhentheuserclicksSave,thosereportswillappearinthetable.
CustomReports
Customreportsshowtabulardataforthefieldsyouspecify.Theappliancedatabasestoreshistoricaldatainfivemin utedatarecords.Atspecifiedintervals,thedatabaseconsolidatesthefiveminutedataintohourlyrecords,anditcon solidatesthehourlyrecordsintodailyrecords.TheapplianceadministratorusesRetentionConfigurationpage118to managehowtheapplianceperformsthisconsolidation. Toview,send,orsubscribetoacustomreport,clicktheassociatedlinknexttothatreport. Toeditareport,clickEditandmakeyourchanges.SeeEditCustomReportspage45. Tocreateareport,clickAddNewatthebottomoftheManagementPanel.SeeAddingNewCustomReportspage 44.
AddingNewCustomReports
Whenyoucreateanewreport,youfirstchoosewhattypeofreporttocreate. TocreateanewCustomReport: 1. DisplaytheCustomReportstab.
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2. ClickAddNew. TheNewCustomReportpagedisplays. 3. EitherclickSelecttobeginbyselectingthetypeofreport,orclickCopytobaseyourworkonacopyofan existingreport. Whenyoucreateanewreport,youcaneitherselectfromalistofreporttypes,oryoucanchoosetobaseyour newreportonacopyofanexistingreport. Thereporttypedeterminesthetimerangefortheindividualdatarecords,aswellasafocusonutilizationor capacitydata.Forinformationaboutthetimerepresentedbyeachrecord,seeCustomReportspage44and RetentionConfigurationpage118. Tocreateanewreportthatisbasedonareporttype,clickSelectforthereporttypeyouwanttouse.TheNew CustomReportpagelistsallthereporttypesyoucanuseforyourreport,withdescriptionsofeach. Tocreateanewreportbasedonacopyofanexistingcustomreport,clickCopyforthereportyouwanttocopy.At thebottomoftheNewCustomReportpageyouwillfindalistoftheexistingcustomreports,alongwiththeir descriptions. WhenyouclickSelectorCopy,theEditCustomReportspage45pageappears.Youmakechangesinthispageto definethenewreport. NOTE: Theeasiestwaytolearnhowtocreateacustomreportistouseacopyofanexistingreport.Reportershipswitha
numberofreportsyoucanuseasexamples.
EditCustomReports
Thispagepresentsthetoolstoaddfieldstoyourcustomreport,specifysortorderofthereporttable,andspecify conditionsthatyoucanusetofilterthetablebyfieldvalues.Changesyoumakeonthispageautomaticallyapplyto thecurrentreportexceptfortheBasicPropertiesform(reporttitle,category,description,etc.),youdonotneedto applyanychanges. Whenyouarefinishedspecifyingyourreport,clickDoneEditing.ThistakesyoutotheinitialpageoftheCustom Reportstab,anddisplaysthecurrentreportcategory. Ifyounolongerwantthereportinyourcollection,clickDeleteThisReport.Notethatifyourecreatinganewreport, thatreportexistsinthecollectionevenifyouhavemadenochangeswhatsoever.Ifyouchangeyourmindanddont wanttocreatethisreport,clickDeleteThisReport. Tocreateoreditareport,youperformthefollowingtasks: SettingBasicPropertiespage46Provideinformationthatdescribesthereport,andspecifythemaximum numberofrecords. ChoosingQueryFieldspage46Fromthelistofavailablefieldsforthisreporttype,movefieldsintotheQuery Fieldslist.EachitemintheQueryFieldslistwillcreateacolumninyourreport. SpecifyingQueryFieldConditionspage47(optional)ForeachfieldintheQueryFieldslist,youcanspecify conditionstofilterthereportbythatfield. SortingReportColumnspage48(optional)ForeachfieldintheQueryFieldslist,youcanspecifyascendingor descendingsort.Youcanalsospecifysortorderwhichcolumntosortfirst,thensecond,andsoon.
numberofreportsyoucanuseasexamples.
NOTE: Theeasiestwaytolearnhowtoeditacustomreportistouseacopyofanexistingreport.Reportershipswitha
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SettingBasicProperties
TheBasicPropertiesformprovidesadescriptionofthereport,andalsolimitsthenumberofrecordsthereportwill contain.
Figure62.BasicPropertiesforaCustomReport
NOTE: WhenyoumakechangestotheBasicPropertiesform,youmustclickApplyFormChangestoassignthesechangesto
thereport.
TheBasicPropertiesformincludesthefollowinginformation.MakeyoursettingsandthenclickApplyFormChanges: ReportTypeThisshowsthereporttypethatisthebasisforthisreport. TitleProvideyourowndescriptivereporttitle. CategoryProvideanynameforacategory.Ifyouuseanexistingcategoryname,thisreportwillbeamember.If youprovideannewname,youwillcreateanewreportcategory.Youshoulduseadescriptivenamethatcan applytomultiplecustomreports.WhenyouopentheCustomReportstab,theManagementPanelwillincludean accordionbuttonforeachreportcategoryyoucreate. ShortDescriptionTheshortdescriptionappearsinthereportasatooltipwhenyouhoveroverthetitle. LongDescriptionThelongdescriptionappearsinthereport,andalsointhelistofcustomreportsyoucancopy whenyoucreatenewreports(seeAddingNewCustomReportspage44). MaxRecordsThedefaultis500.Youshouldspecifyareasonablenumberofrecordsforyourreport.Toomany recordsmakeyourreportdifficulttoread.Generatingareportwithaverylargenumberofrecordscan monopolizeapplianceresources.
ChoosingQueryFields
ThefieldsthatyouaddtotheQueryFieldslistwillappearinthereportstable.ToaddanAvailableFieldtothelist, clickthearrowforthatavailablefield. Eachfieldcreatesacolumninthetabletomovethecolumnpositiontotheleft,clickthequeryfieldsuparrow.Use thesearrowstoarrangethelayoutofyourreportstable. ToremoveafieldfromtheQueryFieldslistandreturnittoAvailableFields,clickthefieldsRemovebutton.
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Figure63.QueryFieldsforaCustomReport
SpecifyingQueryFieldConditions
Youcanoptionallyspecifyaqueryconditionforagivenqueryfield.Inthisway,youcanfilterthereporttoonlyshow specificdata.Forexample,thefollowingfigureshowsanexistingqueryfortheinstance_namefieldthatlimitsittothe storagedevicenamediSCSISharedDisk1.Thefigurealsoshowsanewconditionthatgetsstoragelatencydatafrom theproperty_typefield.
Figure64.EditingaFieldCondition
Toaddacondition,clicktheplus(+)icon.Toremoveanexistingcondition,clickitsminus()icon. Tospecifyacondition: ChooseaFieldNameYoucanchoosefromthefieldsthatareavailableforthisreport. ChooseanoperationForexample,tomatchastring,chooseequal. SpecifyavalueYoucanprovidealiteralstringorinteger,oryoucanprovideanSQLexpressionthatreturnsa value.Forexample,intheabovefigurethenewconditionwillhavethefollowingexpressionforitsvalue: date(date_sub(now(),interval 1 day)).
Asyouspecifyaconditionforafield,itisusefultoknowwhatvaluesareavailableinthedatabaseforagivenfield. TheValuetextboxincludesaShowChoiceslinkthatdisplaystheFieldValuesReferencelist.Thislistshowsvaluesfor thedatabasefields.Thislistshowslivevaluesthatitgetsfromthedatabase.Forexample,thelistofvaluesforthe instance_namefieldshowsthenamesofeveryentitythattheappliancehasdiscoveredforyourenvironment.
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Figure65.ExistingFieldValuesforInstanceName
Toseealistofvaluesforafield,clickthearrownexttothatfield. Touseavalue,youcancopyitfromthelistandpasteitintheConditionValuetextfield.Forexample,youcouldmake aconditionsuchasinstance_name = datastore3tolimityourreporttoinformationabouttheentitynamed datastore3. ThisFieldValueReferencedoesnotshowvaluesforcalculatedfields.Thefollowingisatableofthesefields,andhow thevaluesaretreated: FieldName:
utilization stddev_property_value avg_property_value min_property_value max_property_value used_capacity available_capacity capacity
ValueDescription
Apercentage,where0.5=50% Arawnumber,wheretheunitsof measuredependontheresourcethisfield represents.
SortingReportColumns
ForanyfieldintheQueryFieldslist,youcanspecifysortdirectionandsortorder.Whenyougenerateareport,itwill sortthecolumnsofdataaccordingtothesettingsyoumake.
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Figure66.SpecifyingSort
Bydefault,thequeryfieldsdonotsort.Todefinesortingforafield,clickthehyphencharacterintheSortcolumn.This changesthespecificationtoASC,forascendingsort.Foradescendingsort,clicktheSortfieldagain(clickASC)this changesthespecificationtoDSC.Clickthefieldagaintoturnofsortingandchangethespecificationtoahyphenchar acter. Tospecifysortorder,clicktheUpArrowtomovetheentryupinthelist.TheSortOrdercolumnindicatestheordering ofeachfield.
ManageSubscriptions
Thistabshowsyouataglanceallthesubscriptionstoyourstandardandcustomizedreports.Thetabdividesthelist ingbycategory,andgivesyouthetoolstoaddordeletesubscriptionsforeachreport.Thefollowingfigureshowsthat JohnDoeissubscribedtotwodailyreports,andJaneSmithissubscribedtooneweeklyreport.
Figure67.ManageSubscriptions
Toaddasubscriber,clickthePLUSbutton,andspecifythefollowinginformation: emailAddressTheaddressofthereportsubscriber PeriodOneofDaily,Weekly,orMonthly,tospecifyhowoftenthesubscriberreceivesthereport
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DayofWeekForaweeklyperiod,thedayoftheweektosendthereport
Dodeleteasubscriber,clicktheMINUSbutton.
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ThePlanTab
ThePlannergivesyouthetoolstocreatewhatifscenariosthatexplorepossibilitiessuchas: Loadbalancingofcurrentresources Projectedsystemrequirements Addingnewandmorepowerfulhardware Impactofdownsizing,orremovingresources
Theappliancerunsthesescenariosanddisplaystargetresultsthatgiveyouoptimumutilizationindexesforyourpro posedenvironment.Ascenarioshowsasummaryofyourtargetenvironment,utilizationchartsforyourresources,as wellasrecommendedactionsyoucanperformtoachievethetargetresults. Forexample,assumeyourunascenariothataddsvirtualmachinestoacluster.Thesummarymightshowthatyou gainalowerandmoreevenlyspreadutilizationindexifyouaddmorevirtualmachinestoasmallernumberofphysi calhosts.Therecommendedactionswouldthenindicatewhichhostsyoucantakeoffline,andhowtodistributeyour virtualmachinesamongtheremaininghosts. TousethePlanner,clickthePlantab,thencreateandrunscenarios.ThefollowingfigureshowsthePlanneruser interface.Youcanseethefollowingfeatures: Thesummaryshowsthatthetargetutilizationindexhasbeenevenedoutacrossallthehostmachines.Thegreen plotisthetargetindex,whilethebarsonthechartindicatethecurrentutilizationindex.Youcandisplaychartsfor utilizationindex,memoryconsumption,CPUpercentage,IOutilization,andnetworkutilization. Thesummaryalsoshowsthatthisscenariosuggestsyouaddtwonewhoststosupportthe40newVMs. Thereareanumberofsuggestedactionsyoucanperformtoachievethistarget.Toseeindividual recommendations,youcanexpandthedifferentcategories.
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Figure71.ThePlannerGUI
ThePlannertoolbarincludesthefollowing:
DisplaythedifferentPlannerviews: SummaryViewpage56 PhysicalMachineUtilizationViewpage57 StorageUtilizationViewpage58 PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationViewpage58 Limitthephysicaldevicesthatareincludedintheplanningscenarioforexample,limit toagivencluster.SeeSettingPlanScopepage63. SpecifyworkloadparametersfortheplanaddorremoveVMs,PM,anddatastores. SeeSpecifyingthePlanLoadpage66. Specifybaselineutilizationstatistics(currentorhistoric)fortheplan.SeeSelectingthe PlanBaselinepage64. Restrictplanningtothecurrenthardwareinventory(dontaddnewhardware). Specifyadvancedparametersforutilization,VMConstraints,andWorkloadPlacement. SeeSettingAdvancedOptionspage73. Runtheplan.Theplancanrecognizeexistingconstraints(clusters,network/storage constraints,andworkloadplacementpolicies),oritcandisabletheconstraintsbefore running. Tostoparunningplan,clickthetooliconagain.SeeRunningPlanspage58. Create,save,load,ordeleteplans.SeeCreatingPlanspage61.
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UseCasesPlanner
VMTurboPlannerisespeciallyusefulforsystemarchitectsandsystemadministrators. SystemarchitectscanusePlannertoinvestigatehowtoexpandthephysicalandvirtualinventorytothebesteffect. Plannercanindicatehowmuchnewhardwaretoadd,howtodistributeVMsamongclustersofhosts,andwhether componentsoftheproposednetworkwillbeoverorunderutilized. SystemadministratorscanusePlannertoanswerimmediatequestions.Ifyouexpectasurgeinutilizationordemand, youcanusePlannertoexplorehowtodeploynewVMsthatperformspecificfunctions. Thefollowingsectionsshowexamplescenariosthatcanaddresstheseusecases.
IncreasingVirtualLoadunderExistingConstraints
AssumeyouwanttodeterminetheloaddistributionifyouaddmoreVMstoyourenvironment.Todothis,youwould createaWorkloadDistributionscenariothataddsthenewload,andthendeterminesthebestwaytospreaditamong yourphysicalhostsanddatastores. Yourenvironmentalreadyhasitsphysicalsystemsassignedtoclustersandresourcepools.AsyouaddVMstothe environment,youwanttorespecttheseconstraints.Whenthinkingaboutthisscenario,imagineasking,Whatwould happenifIaddtenVMsrunningWebservers,andtenVMsrunningdatabaseservers?HowcanIoptimallydeploy theseVMsinmycurrentenvironment? ToplanoutthebestwaytoaddtheseVMstoyourinventory,youcreateaWorkloadDistributionscenariothat: IdentifieshowmanyVMstoadd UsesanexistingWebserverVMasamodelforyournewWebserverVMs UsesanexistingdatabaseVMasamodelforyournewdatabaseVMs
ThefollowingstepsshowhowtocreatesuchascenariointhePlantab. 1. DisplaytheWorkloadDistributiontabinthePlanner.
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ThisclearsthePlannersoyoucanspecifyanewplan. 3. Edittheloadforyourplan. Forthisplanyouwilladd20VMstoyourenvironment. ClicktheLoadicon( )toopentheEditLoaddialogbox SpecifythepropertiesoftheVMsthatyouwilladd Forthisscenario,youwilladdcopiesofexistingVMstoyourload.CopyingexistingVMsisonewaytopickupthe propertiesofyournewVMs. ToaddcopiesofaspecificVM,expandtheVMgrouptoselecttheVMyouwant,thenclickADD.Inthefollowing image,thedialogboxissetuptoadd10copiesofaVMnamedExchangeUM:
NowselectanotherVMtocopy,andadd10moreVMstoyourload BesuretoclickADDafteryouhaveselectedthenewVMtocopy.
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Nowthatyouhavedefinedthenewload,clickCloseandRun Youcanclosethedialogboxandmakeothersettingsfortheplanerscenario.Forexample,toplanforarecurring peakloadyoucanrunthescenarioagainstaloadthatoccurredinthepast.Oryoucanspecifythescopeofthe scenario.Forexample,youcanspecifythatthescenariowillonlyrunonaspecificgroupofphysicalhosts. Whentheapplianceisfinishedrunningtheplan,verifythattheprocesscompletedwithsuccess ThePlanDetailsshowthecurrentstatusoftheplan:
Aftertheappliancesuccessfullyrunsthescenario,youcanreviewtheresultsinthePlantab.Toviewtheresults,you chooseaviewcategoryfromtheViewdropdownmenu.Eachcategorydisplaysdifferentpanelsofinformation Thefollowingsectionsdescribetheviewcategories: SummaryViewpage56 PhysicalMachineUtilizationViewpage57 StorageUtilizationViewpage58 PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationViewpage58 ActionPlanpage58
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SummaryView
Thisviewshowsanoverviewcomparisonofthecurrentandtargetconfigurations.Itincludesthefollowingpanes: SummaryPane TheSummarypaneshowschartsthatcomparethecurrentenvironmenttothetargetintermsofutilizationindex, memoryutilization,CPUutilization,IOutilization,networkutilization,andVMsperhost.Toseeactualvalues,hover overthedatapointsanddisplaytooltips.
Afterrunningtheabovescenario,thesechartsquicklyshowyouthatthenewscenarioremovesanumberofphysical hosts.ForUI,Mem,CPUandIOthetargetsignificantlyincreasestheutilizationofonehost,andfortheremaining hoststheutilizationexpectationsareroughlythesame.Ofcourse,thevaluesforVMsperhosthavechanged. PlanSummaryPane Thispaneshowstheoverallresultsofyourproposedchangesastheycomparetoyourcurrentenvironment.Itpres entsatableshowingchangestothenumberofphysicalhostsandVMs,aswellasanestimateoftotalsavingsorcost. Afterrunningthisscenario,thetableshowsatargetofsevenhosts,comparedtothecurrentenvironmentthatuses 13.Italsoshowsthatthetargetsupports66VMs,toaccountforthe20VMsweaddedinthescenariosetup.Finally, VMTurboPlannersuggestsyoususpendsixphysicalhosts.
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SummaryGrid Thispanedisplaysthestatusofthecurrentscenario: Name Scope Baseline(utilizationstatisticsfromthisdateformthebasisofrunningtheplan)
Figure72.SummaryofVMsPerHost,andCostSavings PhysicalMachineUtilizationView
ThesechartsshowcurrentandtargetutilizationforthephysicalmachinesthatsupportyourVMs.Withthemyoucan easilycomparethecurrentandtargetstates.Forexample,thefollowingfigureshowsthatthecurrentdeployment taxestwohostswithnearly90%CPUutilization,whilethetargetevenlydistributesCPUutilizationacrossfivehosts.
Figure73.PhysicalMachineUtilizationCharts
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StorageUtilizationView
ThisviewissimilartoPhysicalMachineUtilizationView,exceptitshowsstorageamount,IOPS,andlatency.Forthis scenario,wehavenotmadeanychangesthatwouldaffectstorage.
PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationView
Thisviewshowstablesofutilizationmetricsforyourphysicalmachinesandstoragedevices.Thetablesshowcurrent andtargetmetrics.Thefollowingimageshowsthetargetutilizationforphysicalmachines.
ActionPlan
Afterrunningascenario,theappliancepostsactionsthatitrecommendsyoutaketoachievethetargetconfiguration. Youcanbrowsetheseactionsandperformthemasappropriate.
RunningPlans
ThePlannercanrunplanstocalculatetwotypesofresults: WorkloadDistribution ThePlannercalculatestheconfigurationofyourenvironmentthatwillbestdistributetheplannedloadacross yourdevices.YoucanrunthePlannerwithnoscenariotobalancethecurrentloadonyourenvironment,oryou cancreateaplanthatspecifiesadifferentload.Formoreinformation,seeWorkloadDistributionpage76. WorkloadProjection ThePlanneruseshistoricalresourceconsumptiondatatocalculatethefutureconsumptionyoucanexpectunder theplansconditions.Runaprojectionwithnoplantoseehowyourcurrentconfigurationwillholdupunder futureconditions.Youcanrunaprojectionwithadefinedplantoseehowthesystemwouldrespondinthefuture toadifferentload.Formoreinformation,seeWorkloadProjectionpage79.
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NOTE: Anewanduntitledplanisadescriptionofyourcurrentenvironment.YoucanrunthePlanneragainstsuchaplan,and
itwillgiveyouresultsforyourcurrentenvironment.Forexample,tochecktheworkloadbalanceofyourcurrent environmentyousimplyrunanewanduntitledplan.
Bydefault,aplanincorporatesalltheconstraints(cluster,storage,andnetwork)andworkloadplacementpoliciesthat areineffect.Youcanrunaplanintwomodeswithrespecttotheseconstraints:
Normalmode: Theplanincorporatesalltheconstraints.Forexample,inthismodetheplanwillnotgiveresourcesfromoneclusterto aVMthatisconstrainedtoanothercluster. Mergemode: Theplandisablesalltheconstraintsbeforerunning.Forexample,inthismodetheplanresultscaninclude: MovingVMstohardwarethatisinadifferentcluster MovingVMstohardwarethatusesdifferentstorage Changesthatviolateenabledworkloadplacementpolicies
Torunaplan,you: 1. DisplayeitherWorkloadDistributionorWorkloadProjection.
2. Eitherloadaplan,orclearthecurrentplantocreateanewanduntitledplan.
Tocleartheplan,chooseNew.Toloadaplan,chooseOpen,andthenpicktheplanyouwanttoload. 3. Click
todecidewhethertorunwithoutaddingnewhardware.
Thistooldetermineshowtheplannermanageshardwaredevices.Asitcalculatesthenewworkloadsintheplan, theappliancecanrecommendthatyouaddnewhardwaretosupportincreasedload.However,ifyouturnonthe option,theplannerresultswillnotincludetheadditionofanynewhardware.
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4. IfyouarerunningaWorkloadProjection,settheprojectionparameters. Theprojectionparametersdetermine: Therangeoftimefortheprojectionsbase Theprojectionwillperformalinearinterpolationbasedonhistoricalworkloaddata.Asyousetatimerange,the dialogboxchartstheCPUandmemorystatisticsforthatrange. Period:howfarintothefuturetoprojecttheworkload Usingthebasetimerange,thePlannerwillprojecttheworkloadthisfarintothefuture. YoucanonlysettheseparametersifyouareintheWorkloadProjectiontab.Inthistab,theUtilizationChart includescontrolstosettheprojectionsbaseandperiod.Afteryouruntheplan,thischartwillshowthe projectiondata.
Formoreinformation,seeWorkloadProjectionpage79. 5. Runtheplan ClickoneoftheiconstoruntheplaninNormalorMergemode. Notethattostoparunningplan,clicktheRuniconagain. Afterrunningaplan,youcanreviewtheresultsaccordingtothetypeofplanyouhaverun.Formoreinformation,see WorkloadDistributionpage76andWorkloadProjectionpage79.
CreatingPlans
Aplandefinestheworkload,resources,andrulesthatyouwanttousewhencalculatingresults.Youcanthinkofa planasadescriptionofyourdesiredenvironment.Theappliancethencalculatestheresultsthatcancomefromthe plan. NOTE: Whenyoucreateanewanduntitledplan,itisadescriptionofyourcurrentenvironment.YoucanrunthePlanner
againstsuchaplan,anditwillgiveyouresultsforyourcurrentenvironment.Forexample,tochecktheworkload balanceofyourcurrentenvironmentyousimplyrunanewanduntitledplan.
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Tocreateaplan,youspecifyitspropertiesandthensaveitontheappliance.Aftersavingaplanyoucanopenit,runit, editit,ordeleteitfromtheappliance.
ManagingPlanFiles
ThePlandropdownmenuprovidesthefollowingcommands: New Clearthecurrentplan,andloadanew,untitledplan.Thepropertiesofthisnewplanarethesameasyourcurrent environment. Open Chooseasavedplantoopen.YoucanalsousetheOpendialogboxtodeleteasavedplan.
Save Savesanychangesyoumadetothecurrentplan. SaveAs OpenstheSaveAsdialogbox,whereyoucannameandsavethecurrentplan. ShowPlanReport Opensareportforthecurrentplaninanewbrowsertab.
TrackingPlanModifications
Asyoumakechangestotheloadedplan,theSummaryGridpanedisplaysarunninglogofyourmodifications.Inthis wayyoucantracktheprogressofyouredits.Forexample,thefollowingimageshowsthattheplanhasbeenchanged toaddtencopiesofFedora2totheworkload(amongotherchangestotheplan).
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Notethatifyouwanttostartoveraftermakingmanychanges,youcanreloadtheplan,orcreateanewplan.
SettingPlanScope
Planscopedetermineswhichdevicesintheenvironmentwillbeaffectedbytheplan.Forexample,youcanspecify thataplanwillonlyrunonyourDevelopmentclusterofPMs.Inthatcase,thecurrentenvironmentforyourplan wouldonlyincludePMsintheDevelopmentcluster,theVMshostedbythosemachines,anddatastoresthatsupport thosemachines.Likewise,thetargetresultswouldonlycorrespondtothosemachines. NotethatscopeisdetermineddifferentlyifyouselectVMsorphysicalhosts: ScopebyVM WhenyousetscopebyVMs,thentheappliancelimitstheplantothephysicalhoststhatthoseVMsareallowed torunon.Likewise,theplanincludesallthedatastoresthatareavailabletotheVMsinyourscope. ScopebyPM WhenyousetscopebyPM,theappliancelimitstheplantothosephysicalhosts.Fordatastores,theappliance identifiesalltheVMsthatcanrunonthehostsinyourscope,andidentifiesallthedatastoresthatareavailable forthoseVMs.
).ThisopenstheDefineUserScopedialogbox.
Tosetthecurrentplansscope,clicktheScopeicon(
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Ctrlclicktoselectmultipleitemsinthelist.WhenyouclickOK,theappliancesetsthatscopetothecurrentplan.You canseethescopeforthecurrentplaninthePlanDetailstable.
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SelectingthePlanBaseline
TheplanbaselineisthesetofutilizationstatisticsthatthePlannerusestocalculatetargetorprojectedresults.You canusethecurrentstatistics,oryoucanchoosestatisticsfromapastperiod.Forexample,ifutilizationtypicallypeaks atacertaintimeoftheday,oracertaindayoftheweek,youcanchoosethatmomentasyourbaseline. Tosetthebaseline,clicktheSetBaselineicon( momentyouwant. ).Inthedialogboxthatappears,clickadatapointtochoosethe
Afteryouclickadatapoint,thedialogboxdisplaysthestatisticsforloadsontheenvironmentsphysicalhosts.
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Whenyouaresatisfiedwiththebaselinesettings,clickConfirm.YoucanseetheplanscurrentbaselineinthePlan Detailstable.
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SpecifyingthePlanLoad
TheplanloadisdeterminedbythesetofVMsthataredeployedinyourenvironment,comparedtothePMsandData Storesthatprovideresourcestothem.ThemoreVMsyouhaveforagivennumberofPMsanddatastores,the greatertheloadwillbeonthesephysicaldevices.WithaplanyoucanaddorremoveVMs,PMs,andDataStoresto seewhatthetargetorprojectedresultswouldbe.Forexample,youcandefineaplanthataddsVMstothesameset ofPMsandDataStores.OryoucanupgradeyourphysicalhostssotheyhavemoreCPUormemoryresources,andsee howthatwouldaffectthewayyourenvironmentsupportsthecurrentcropofVMs. Tosettheplansload,clicktheEditLoadicon( youcanspecify. ).Thedialogboxthatappearsdisplaysalistoftheloadmodifications
ThedialogboxgivesyouactionstoperformonVMs,physicalhosts,anddatastores.Theactionsyoucanperformare similarforallthreetypes;exampleswillshowperformingtheseactionsforVMs. Theactionsyoucanperformare: Addpage67 Addoneormoredevicestotheenvironment. AddUsingTemplatepage68 Useatemplatetospecifythepropertiesofthedevicesyouwanttoadd.
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ReplaceUsingTemplatepage69 Useatemplatetospecifyproperties,andreplaceexistingdeviceswiththesenewdevices.Forexample,usethisto upgradeaphysicalhostwithmorememoryorCPUresources. Removepage70 Selectthedevicesyouwillremove. ChangeResourceUtilizationpage70(forVMs,only) IncreaseordecreasetheloadonselectedVMsbyagivenpercentagepoint.
Youcanalsocreatetemplatesforaddandremoveoperations.Formoreinformation,seeCreatingTemplatespage 71.
Add
Selectadevicetoserveasamodelofwhatyouwanttoadd,thenspecifyhowmanycopiesofthatdeviceyouwantto addtotheenvironment.
1. ChoosetheAddaction. 2. Navigatethelistofitemstochoosewhichitemstoadd.Youcanselectindividualitems,orgroupsofitems.Ctrl clicktoselectmultipleitems. 3. Specifythenumberofcopiestoadd,thenclickAdd. ThelistofitemswillincludefoldercalledNewEntities.Youcanexpandthatfoldertoseetheseitemsyouhave added.
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YoucanselectotherVMstocopyandadd.NewadditionswillappearintheNewEntitiesfolder. 4. Whenyouhavefinishedaddingitemstotheplansload,closethedialogbox. ClickClosetoclosethedialogbox.Usethisoptionifyouwanttomakemorechangestotheplan,orifyouwantto savetheplanbeforeyourunit. ClickCloseandRuntoclosethedialogboxandruntheplanimmediately.
AddUsingTemplate
Selectatemplatetoserveasamodelofwhatyouwanttoadd,thenspecifyhowmanycopiesofthattemplated deviceyouwanttoaddtotheenvironment.Youcanalsochoosetocreateanewtemplateoreditanexistingtemplate (seeCreatingTemplatespage71).
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1. ChoosetheAddUsingTemplateaction. 2. Choosethetemplateyouwanttouse. 3. Specifythenumberofcopiestoadd,thenclickAdd. ThelistofitemswillincludefoldercalledNewEntities.Youcanexpandthatfoldertoseetheseitemsyouhave added.Youcanaddotheritems,andthisfolderwillupdatetoshowthenewitems. 4. Whenyouhavefinishedaddingitemstotheplansload,closethedialogbox. ClickClosetoclosethedialogbox.Usethisoptionifyouwanttomakemorechangestotheplan,orifyouwantto savetheplanbeforeyourunit. ClickCloseandRuntoclosethedialogboxandruntheplanimmediately.
ReplaceUsingTemplate
Selecttheitemsyouwanttochange,thenselectatemplatetoserveasamodelforwhatyouwillreplacethedevices with.Youcanalsochoosetocreateanewtemplateoreditanexistingtemplate(seeCreatingTemplatespage71).
1. ChoosetheReplaceUsingTemplateaction. 2. Navigatethelistofitemstochoosewhichitemsyouwillchange.Youcanselectindividualitems,orgroupsof items.Ctrlclicktoselectmultipleitems. 3. Choosethetemplateyouwanttouse. 4. ClickReplace. ThelistofitemswillincludefoldercalledNewEntities.Youcanexpandthatfoldertoseetheseitemsyouhave added.Youcanreplaceotheritems,andthisfolderwillupdatetoshowthenewitems.
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5. Whenyouhavefinishedreplacingitemstotheplansload,closethedialogbox. ClickClosetoclosethedialogbox.Usethisoptionifyouwanttomakemorechangestotheplan,orifyouwantto savetheplanbeforeyourunit. ClickCloseandRuntoclosethedialogboxandruntheplanimmediately.
Remove
Selecttheitemsyouwanttoremovefromyourenvironment.
1. ChoosetheRemoveaction. 2. Navigatethelistofitemstochoosewhichitemsyouwillremove.Youcanselectindividualitems,orgroupsof items.Ctrlclicktoselectmultipleitems. 3. ClickRemove. 4. Whenyouhavefinishedremovingitemsintheplansload,closethedialogbox. ClickClosetoclosethedialogbox.Usethisoptionifyouwanttomakemorechangestotheplan,orifyouwantto savetheplanbeforeyourunit. ClickCloseandRuntoclosethedialogboxandruntheplanimmediately.
ChangeResourceUtilization
ThisoptionisforVMs,only.SelecttheVMsyouwanttoreallocate,andraiseorlowertheresourceutilizationbyper centagepoints.
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1. ChoosetheChangeResourceUtilizationaction. 2. NavigatethelistofVMstochoosewhichonesyouwillchange.YoucanselectindividualVMs,orgroupsofVMs. Ctrlclicktoselectmultipleitems. 3. ClickChangeLoad. 4. WhenyouhavefinishedchangingVMsintheplansload,closethedialogbox. 5. ClickClosetoclosethedialogbox.Usethisoptionifyouwanttomakemorechangestotheplan,orifyouwant tosavetheplanbeforeyourunit. ClickCloseandRuntoclosethedialogboxandruntheplanimmediately.
CreatingTemplates
Whenyouspecifytheloadforaplan,youcanusetemplatestodefinetheitemsyouwilladdtotheload. Tocreateanewtemplate: 1. ClicktheEditLoadicon( )toopentheModifyLoaddialogbox. 2. Selecteitherofthetemplateactions: AddUsingTemplate ReplaceUsingTemplate 3. Whenyouchooseatemplatetouse,scrollthedropdownlisttoselectAddNewTemplate. 4. SpecifyyourtemplatesettingsandclickCreateProfile. Toeditanexistingtemplate: 1. ClicktheEditLoadicon( )toopentheModifyLoaddialogbox. 2. Selecteitherofthetemplateactions: AddUsingTemplate ReplaceUsingTemplate 3. Chooseatemplatetouse. 4. ClicktheEditiconforthattemplate. Ifyouwanttodeletethetemplate,clicktheDeleteicon. 5. ChangeyourtemplatesettingsandclickUpdateProfile. Whenyoucreateanewtemplateoreditatemplate,theModifyLoaddialogboxexpandstodisplaythetemplateset tings.Thesettingsyoucanmakearedifferent,dependingonthetypeofitemthetemplateisfor.
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TemplateSettingsforVMs ThesesettingsidentifyaVMtype,andspecifytheresourcesthatVMtypewillconsume. ForVCPU,theapplianceassigns75%ofthephysicalCPUresourcestotheVM.Forexample,ifyouspecify1VCPUfor thisVMtype,theapplianceassigns75%capacityofaCPUonthemachinethathoststheVM.Thisensuresthatthe hostmachinehasCPUcapacitytoperforminfrastructuretasks. ForVMEMandVStorage,theapplianceassigns100%ofthephysicalresourcesthatyouspecifyhere.
TemplateSettingsforPMs ThesesettingsidentifyaPMtype,andspecifytheresourcesitcanprovide.NotethatthePriceentryisdescriptive, only.
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TemplateSettingsforDataStores Thesesettingsidentifyatypeofdatastore,andspecifytheresourcesitcanprovide.
SettingAdvancedOptions
Foragivenplan,youcanmakethefollowingadvancedsettings: Utilizationpage73(forPhysicalHostsandDataStores VMConstraintspage74 WorkloadPlacementpage75
Utilization
Utilizationspecifiesthepercentageofaphysicalresourcethatyouwanttomakeavailableinthegivenplan.By default,hostsanddatastoreshaveutilizationsetto100%.Foragivenplan,youcansettheutilizationtoalower value.
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Forexample,assumeyouhaveonedatastorethatyouwanttoshareevenlyfortwoclustersofVMs.Alsoassumethat youarecreatingaplanforoneofthoseclusters.Inthatcase,youcansetthedatastoresto50%utilization.Thissaves storageresourcesfortheotherclusterthatwillusethisstorage.
Tosetutilization: 1. ClicktheAdvancedOptionsicon( )toopentheadvancedPlanningOptionsdialogbox. 2. DisplaytheSetUtilizationtab. 3. Choosewhichtypeofdevicetomodify: SetMaxHostUtilization SetMaxStorageUtilization 4. Navigatethelisttoselectthedeviceyouwanttomodify. 5. Specifythepercentageyouwant,thenclickSetMaxLevel.
VMConstraints
Bydefault,VMsareconstrainedtothecluster,networkgroup,orstoragegroupthattheirhostsbelongto.Whenyou runaplan,theappliancedoesnotconsidermovingVMstophysicalhostsoutsideofthecurrentclusteriftheyare constrainedbycluster.ButifyoudisabletheClusterconstraintforaVM,thenPlannercanevaluatetheresultsofhost ingthatVMonanyotherphysicalmachineinyourenvironment.IfthebestresultscomefromaddingthatVMtoadif ferentcluster,thenPlannerwillshowthatresult.
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Tosetconstraints: ClicktheAdvancedOptionsicon( )toopentheadvancedPlanningOptionsdialogbox. DisplaytheVMConstraintstab. NavigatethelisttoselecttheVMsyouwanttomodify. Choosethetypesofconstraintstoset: All Cluster Network Storage 5. Specifywhethertoenableordisabletheconstraints. 6. ClickApply. 1. 2. 3. 4.
WorkloadPlacement
InthistabyoucanenableordisableDRSrulesorVMTurboSegmentpoliciesfortheVMsinyourplan.Thetabshows theworkloadplacementpoliciesthatarecurrentlydefinedforyourenvironment.YoucanalsoclickthePlusorMinus iconstocreatenewVMTurboSegmentsfromthistab.Formoreinformationaboutthesepoliciesandhowtomanage them,seeWorkloadPlacementPoliciespage108ontheAdmintab. ClickthePlusorMinusiconstocreateordeleteVMTurboSegments.
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Tosetenableordisableplacementpolicies: 1. ClicktheAdvancedOptionsicon( )toopentheadvancedPlanningOptionsdialogbox. 2. DisplaytheWorkloadPlacementtab. 3. Navigatethelisttoselectthepoliciesyouwanttoenable,thenclickEnableRule.
WorkloadDistributionresultsshowyoutheoptimaldistributionofVMsacrosshostsanddatastoresforthegiven plan.Theviewcomparesyourcurrentdistributionwithtargetresults.TheviewincludesanActionPlanthatdisplaysa listofactionsyoucantaketoachievethetargetresults. Toseedistributiondata,displaytheWorkloadDistributiontab.
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Toseedifferentviewsoftheworkloaddistributiondata,choosefromtheViewdropdownmenu.AWorkloadDistribu tionplandisplaysthefollowingviews: SummaryViewpage77 PhysicalMachineUtilizationpage78 StorageUtilizationpage78 PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationDatapage79
SummaryView
Thisviewprovidesanoverviewofthecurrentdistributionandtargetresults. TheSummarypanechartsthecurrentresults.Youcanviewchartsforthedifferentresourcetypes(utilizationindex, memory,CPUutilization,input/output,networkutilization,andVMsperhost).Thetargetresultsdisplayasagreen plot.Theplotislaidoverabarchartofthecurrentresourcedistribution.Ifabarisgreyed,thatmeansthePlanner recommendsyoususpendthatdevice. ThePlanSummarypaneshowsthecurrenttargetnumbersofVMsandhosts.Itincludesatotalsavings/costatthetop ofthepane.Thisvalueiscalculatedfromthecostsyouassigntoresources.Forexample,youcanassignacostwhen youcreateahosttemplate(seeCreatingTemplatespage71). ThisviewalsoincludesaSummaryGrid,thatdescribesthecurrentlyloadedplan.Forexample,youcanseethescope ofthisplan,orthedateforthebaselinedata.(Formoreinformation,seeCreatingPlanspage61).
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Thisviewfocusesonthephysicalmachinesinyourenvironment.ItshowschartsforthecurrentPMutilization,com paredwiththetargetutilization.Youcanhoveroverdatapointstodisplaytooltips.
StorageUtilization
Thisviewfocusesonthedatastoresinyourenvironment.Itshowschartsforthecurrentstorageutilization,compared withthetargetutilization.Youcanhoveroverdatapointstodisplaytooltips.
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PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationData
Thisviewprovidesdatagridsofcurrentandtargetutilizationdistributionforhostsanddatastores.
WorkloadProjection
WorkloadProjectionestimatestheVMconsumptionofVCPUandVMemresource,projectedtoagiventimeinthe future.ThePlannerusespastutilizationdatatomakeitscalculations.Torunaprojection,youprovidethefollowing: Plan YouchoosetheplantouseandloaditintotheWorkloadProjection.Ifyouuseanewandunnamedplan,the Plannercalculatesaprojectionforyourcurrentenvironment. Historicaldaterange IntheSummaryView,youspecifythestartandenddatesforthedatathatyouwantthePlannertousewhen calculatingtheprojection. Projectionperiod Howmanydays,weeks,ormonthsintothefutureyouwanttoextendtheprojection.
Toseeprojectiondata,displaytheWorkloadProjectiontab.
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Afteryourunaprojection,youcandisplaydifferentviewstoseetheresultsindetail.Toseedifferentviewsofthe workloadprojectiondata,choosefromtheViewdropdownmenu.
AWorkloadDistributionplandisplaysthefollowingviews: SummaryViewpage77(Usethistospecifyhistoricaldatesandprojectionperiod) PhysicalMachineUtilizationpage78 StorageUtilizationpage78 PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationDatapage79
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TheSummaryviewservestwopurposes: Specifytheprojectionparameters Displayanoverviewofprojectionresults
WhenyoufirstdisplaytheWorkloadProjectiontab,theSummaryViewisreadyforyoutoprovideprojectionparame ters.
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Tospecifytheprojectionparameters,makeyoursettingsintheUtilizationChart:
Theprojectionparametersdetermine: Therangeoftimefortheprojectionsbase Theprojectionwillperformalinearinterpolationbasedonhistoricalworkloaddata.Asyousetatimerange,the dialogboxchartstheCPUandmemorystatisticsforthatrange. Period:howfarintothefuturetoprojecttheworkload Usingthebasetimerange,thePlannerwillprojecttheworkloadthisfarintothefuture.
Asyoudragtosetthetimerange,thechartupdatestoshowyouthehistoricalvalues.Whenyouaresatisfiedwith yoursettings,clickRun. Aftertheprojectionruns,theSummaryViewupdatestoshowyoutheresults:
TheUtilizationChartshowstheprojectedvaluesforCPUandmemoryutilization.Ifyouwanttoseedifferentresults, youcanchangetheprojectionparameters(historicalrangeorprojectionperiod)andruntheprojectionagain. Intheaboveimage,theprojectionbeginswheretheMemoryandCPUplotschangecolors.Forexample,theMemory plotchangesfromgreentoblue.
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ThePlanSummarypaneshowsthecurrenttargetnumbersofVMsandhosts.Itincludesatotalsavings/costatthetop ofthepane.Thisvalueiscalculatedfromthecostsyouassigntoresources.Forexample,youcanassignacostwhen youcreateahosttemplate(seeCreatingTemplatespage71). ThisviewalsoincludesaSummaryGrid,thatdescribesthecurrentlyloadedplan.Forexample,youcanseethescope ofthisplan,orthedateforthebaselinedata.(Formoreinformation,seeCreatingPlanspage61).
PhysicalMachineUtilization
Thisviewfocusesonthephysicalmachinesinyourenvironment.ItshowschartsforthecurrentPMutilization,com paredwiththetargetutilization.Youcanhoveroverdatapointstodisplaytooltips.
StorageUtilization
Thisviewfocusesonthedatastoresinyourenvironment.Itshowschartsforthecurrentstorageutilization,compared withthetargetutilization.Youcanhoveroverdatapointstodisplaytooltips.
PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationData
Thisviewprovidesdatagridsofcurrentandtargetutilizationdistributionforhostsanddatastores.
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RecommendedActions
Plannerlistsactionsyoucanperformtoachievethetargetutilizationmetrics.Theserecommendationscanrange fromaddingmorestorageorphysicalmachinestoyourenvironment,ormovingorchangingtheconfigurationofvir tualmachines.Eachactionincludesatooltipthatdisplaysafulldescriptionofthesuggestedaction. Theapplianceprovidesthefollowingcategoriesofsuggestions: CapacityManagementAdjustingthephysicalcapacityofyourinventory.Forexample,addingphysical machinestoreducecriticalmemoryutilization. WorkloadBalancerDistributingprocessesamongyourphysicalmachines.Forexample,movingvirtual machinestodifferentphysicalhosts. GreenITOpportunitiestoreducecostsandenergyconsumption.Forexample,suspendingunderutilized machines.
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VMTurboOptimizeranalyzesthecurrentstatusofyourinfrastructure,lookingforutilizationpatternsthatindicate problems,andwaystoaddressthoseproblems.Usingthisanalysis,itdisplaysutilizationchartsandtablesinaSum marypanel.Thesesummariesshowmetricsforyourcurrentconfiguration,aswellastargetmetricsthemetrics youcanachievebyperformingtherecommendedactionstooptimizesystemdeployment. BeneaththeSummarypanel,theappliancelistsrecommendedactions.Thecategoriesofactionsitrecommends include: CapacityManagement ConfigurationManagement WorkloadBalancing GreenIT
TheOptimizercananalyzeandproactivelyaddressproblemsrelatedtoworkloadandresourcedistributionamong physicalhostsandstoragedevices.Further,itcanautomaticallyperformmostrecommendedactionsthatdonot includechangestophysicalconfigurationsofhostsorstorage. Onceyouexecutearecommendedaction,theenvironmentchanges.Theapplianceperformsitsanalysisagainand presentsfurtheractionsyoucanperformtooptimizeyourdeployment.Inthisway,youcaniterativelyreconfigure yourcomponentstoimproveoverallperformance. Astheappliancemonitorsandanalyzesyourenvironment,itusesspecifiedthresholdstoidentifyproblemstocon siderforplanningandoptimization.YouspecifythesethresholdsintheAdmintab.Formoreinformation,seeAnalysis Thresholdspage112.
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ProblemSummary
VMTurboOptimizerprovidesuniquecapabilitiestodetectandanalyzeinfrastructureproblems,andsuggestactions youcanperformtoproactivelyaddressthem.OptimizeranalyzestheproblemsthataretrackedintheProblemLogto arriveatitstargetconfigurationsandsuggestedactions.(Formoreinformation,seeViewingandResolvingProblems page34.) FollowingaresometypesoftheproblemsOptimizercanidentifyand,andwaysitcanoptimizeryoursystemdeploy ment.
CriticalOverUtilization
Wheneveranysystemresourcereachescriticalutilization,yourinfrastructurecanexperiencebottlenecks.Applica tionsrunningonVMsthatarehostedbycriticallyoverutilizedmachineswillshowperformanceproblems,andso yourQOSmaysuffer. Theresourcesthatcanbeaffectedare: Memory CPU
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IO Networkutilization CPUReadyQueues Datastorage MoveVMsfromaffectedhosttohostwithlessutilization.Optimizercanperformthisactionautomatically. Startorprovisionanewhostmachine.Youmustperformthisactionmanually. Provisionanewdatastore.Youmustperformthisactionmanually.
PossibleResolutions:
LowUtilization
Underutilizationisaproblembecauseitresultsinhighercoststomaintainexcessivehardware. Theresourcesthatcanbeaffectedare: Memory CPU IO Networkutilization CPUReadyQueues MoveVMsfromunderutilizedhosttoanotherhost.Optimizercanperformthisactionautomatically. Suspendtheunderutilizedhost.Optimizercanperformthisactionautomatically.
MisconfiguredVMs
BottleneckscanarisewhenaVMisnotconfiguredwithenoughvirtualprocessingpowertosupportitsapplications. Theresourcesthatcanbeaffectedare: NumberofVCPUsinavirtualmachine ReconfiguretheaffectedVM.Youmustperformthisactionmanually. PossibleResolutions:
MisconfiguredInfrastructure
Optimizercanidentifygeneralconfigurationproblemsinyourinfrastructure.TheseproblemscanresultinpoorQOS, eventhoughnoneofthehostsshowoverutilizationproblems. Theresourcesthatcanbeaffectedareconfigurationof: Network Cluster Storage Reconfiguretheaffectedinfrastructureresource.Youmustperformthisactionmanually.
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UseCasesOptimizer
VMTurboOptimizerisespeciallyusefulforsystemadministratorswhowanttoaddressproblemsintheirenvironment suchasbottlenecks,underoroverutilizedresources,orotherissuesthatcanaffectperformanceorQOSforuser community.Thefollowingusecasesdescribehowtoidentifyactionstoperform,andthenhowtouseOptimizerto automaticallymoveaVMtoadifferentphysicalmachine. IdentifyingProblemsandResolutionspage87 MovingaVirtualMachinepage89
IdentifyingProblemsandResolutions
AdministratorscanuseVMTurboMonitorandtheProblemLogtoidentifyproblemsorbottlenecks,andthenuse Optimizertoseealistofrecommendedactionstoaddresstheseissues.Inthefollowingscenario,assumeyouwantto troubleshootQOSissues.Yoususpectresourceallocationinyourvirtualenvironmentmaybecausingproblems,so youturntoVMTurbotogetacloserlook. 1. UsetheProblemLogtoidentifyproblemsinyourproductionenvironment. StartaVMTurbosessionanddisplaytheMonitortab.ThennavigatetothePMs_Productiongroup.
Figure82.ObservingProblemswiththeVMTurboMonitorProblemLog
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2. Inthisexample,noticethattheProblemLoghasidentifiedsomecriticalproblems. TheproblemsincludehighCPUutilizationandhighmemoryutilizationonphysicalmachines.Anyoftheproblems inthelogcouldaffectQOSforyoursystem. 3. DisplaytheOptimizetabtocompareyourcurrentdeploymenttoatargetconfigurationthatiscalculatedby VMTurbo. IntheOptimizetab,navigatetothePhysicalMachinesandobservetheutilizationsummaries.
Figure83.CurrentandTargetChartsinOptimizer
4. ExpandthePhysicalMachineUtilizationGridstocomparethemetricsforthecurrentdeploymentagainstthe targetconfiguration. Noticethatthecurrentdeploymenthastwomachinesrunningwithmorethan90%CPUutilization,andtheir combinedUtilizationIndexisover400(140.59+295.79=436.38).Inthetargetconfiguration,onemachinestill showsapproximately90%CPUutilization,buttheoverallUtilizationIndexforthephysicalmachinesismuch lower.
Figure84.CurrentandTargetGridsinOptimizer
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5. Observetherecommendedactions. Theappliancerecommendsactionsyoucantaketoachievethetargetmetrics.Forthisexample,expandthe ConfigurationManagementsuggestions.Ifyouhoveroverasuggestion,theappliancedisplaysatooltipwith moredetail.
Figure85.ViewingConfigurationRecommendations
6. Executetheactionsthatyouwanttoperform. Youcanmanuallyperformtheseactions,oryouhavetheapplianceautomaticallyperformmanyoftheseactions. (Forausecasethatshowthistechnique,seeMovingaVirtualMachinepage89).
MovingaVirtualMachine
VMTurboOptimizerprovidesauniqueinterfacetoreconfigureyourenvironment.Itcalculatesimprovementsthatyou canmaketoyourenvironment,suggestswaystoachievetheseimprovements,andexecuteschangesyouchoosewith asingleclick. Inthefollowingscenario,assumeyouhavealreadyusedVMTurboOptimizertoidentifyproblemsandsuggestedrem edies(seeIdentifyingProblemsandResolutionspage87).InthelistofrecommendedactionsthatOptimizerpres ents,younoticesuggestionstomoveyourvirtualmachines.Ratherthanmanuallychangingmachinelocations,you decidetouseVMTurbo. 1. AfterusingVMTurboOptimizertolistrecommendedactions,identifyatleastoneactionyouwouldliketo perform. Inthisexample,wewanttomoveavirtualmachinetoadifferentphysicalmachine.Thiswillreducememory congestioninthephysicalmachines.ThisisaWorkloadBalancingtaskIntheRecommendedActionslist, expandWORKLOAD_BALANCINGcategorytoseetheaction.
Figure86.ChoosingaWorkloadBalancingAction
2. Hoverovertheactiontoseedetailsaboutthemove. Thetooltipdescribesmovingaspecificvirtualmachinetoadifferentphysicalmachine.Italsosaysthemovewill relieveCPUcongestionontheoriginalphysicalmachine.
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Figure87.ViewingActionDetails
3. Ifyoudecidetomakethismove,clickAccepttoexecutethemove.
Figure88.ExecutinganAction
4. Aftertheapplianceexecutesthemove,reviewtheutilizationchartsandrecommendedactionstoseeifthere areotherchangesyouwanttomake.
TheOptimizetabdisplaysthefollowingpanels: NavigationPanelOptimizeTabpage91Liststhephysicalandvirtualdevicesinyourinventory.Usethistoset thescopeofthetabsdisplay. UtilizationSummaryPanelpage91Chartsandtablesthatshowutilizationmetricsforthecurrent deployment,andtargetmetricsthatyoucanachievebyresolvingtheidentifiedproblems. RecommendedActionsPanelpage93Actionsyoucantaketoachievethetargetresults.
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Figure89.OptimizerInformationPanels
NavigationPanelOptimizeTab
ForOptimizer,theNavigationPanellimitsthescopeofthedataitdisplays.Forexample,ifyouselectSummaryinthe Inventorytree,thenitshowsdataforallthephysicalandvirtualdevicesinyourinventory.IfyouselectPhysical Machines,thenitonlyshowsdataforphysicalmachines.(Forgeneralinformationaboutnavigation,seeNavigation Panelpage5.) YoucanalsousetheGroupstreetofocusonspecificsegmentsofyourenvironment.Forexample,youcanuseapre definedgrouptofocusonlyonthephysicalmachinesinyourproductionenvironment.Youcanalsousecustom groupstosetyourownscope.(Formoreinformationaboutgroups,seeGroupsConfigurationpage104).
UtilizationSummaryPanel
TheSummarypanelshowsthecurrentandtargetmetricsforyourinventory.Thescopeofdisplayforthispanel changesdependingontheselectionsyoumakeintheNavigationpanel(seeNavigationPanelOptimizeTabpage 91).
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UtilizationCharts
Thesebarchartsdisplayutilizationmetricsforphysicalmachinesandstoragedevices.Toseemoreinformationabout eachplot,hoveroverabartodisplayitstooltip.Thechartlegendshowswhichmetricsareplottedinthechart.Inthe followingfiguresyoucanseechartsfortargetmetrics.
Figure810.OptimizerUtilizationCharts
CustomizingCharts YoucanspecifywhetherthechartshowsutilizationmetricsorUtilizationIndex.Forchartsthatshowutilizationmet rics,youcanspecifywhichmetricsthechartshows. Tocustomizeachart,clickitsCustomizebuttonandmakesettingsinthedialogboxthatappears. WhenyouswitchtoUtilizationIndexthechartliststhephysicalmachinesorstoragedevices,showingtheoverallUti lizationIndexforeachone.
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Figure811.APriceIndexUtilizationChart UtilizationGrids
Utilizationgridspresentcurrentandtargetmetricsintabularform.Youcanseetheactualvalues,andsortthetables byagivenmetric.Forexample,thefollowingfigureshowstargetmetricssortedbyUtilizationIndex.
Figure812.AnOptimizerUtilizationTable
RecommendedActionsPanel
Optimizerlistsactionsyoucanperformtoaddressproblemsintheenvironmentandarriveatthetargetmetrics.The suggestionsthispaneldisplaysdependingontheselectionsyoumakeintheNavigationpanel(seeNavigationPanel OptimizeTabpage91). Theapplianceprovidesthefollowingcategoriesofsuggestions:
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CapacityManagementAdjustingthephysicalcapacityofyourinventory.Forexample,addingphysical machinestoreducecriticalmemoryutilization. ConfigurationManagementOptimizingtheconfigurationofyourvirtualmachines. WorkloadBalancerDistributingprocessesamongyourphysicalmachines.Forexample,movingvirtual machinestodifferentphysicalhosts.
Expandeachcategorytoseewhatactionstheappliancerecommends. Therecommendedactionscanrangefromaddingmorestorageorphysicalmachinestoyourenvironment,ormoving orreconfiguringvirtualmachines.Eachactionincludesatooltipthatdisplaysafulldescriptionofthesuggested action.
Figure813.RecommendedActions ManuallyPerformingRecommendedActions
Youcanexaminethelistofrecommendations,andmanuallyperformtheactionsthatyoufindmostappropriate.After youperformtheseactions,youshouldreturntotheVMTurboappliancetoreviewtheresults.
AutomaticallyPerformingRecommendedActions
Theappliancecanperformanumberofactionsautomatically.Itcannotautomateeveryactionbecauseitcanonly performvirtualactionssuchasmovingorreconfiguringvirtualmachines.Toautomaticallyperformanaction,click Acceptforthatentry.
Figure814.AutomaticallyExecutingActions
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Afteryouautomaticallyperformanaction,theapplianceanalyzesyourenvironmentagainandpresentsanewsetof currentandtargetmetrics.Alongwiththenewanalysis,theappliancelistsanewsetofrecommendedactions(ifany). Inthisway,youcaniterativelyperformactionsandseetheeffectasyougo.
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TheAdmintabprovidessettingstomanageVMTurboappliancesessionsandperformotheradministrativetasks.In thistabyouassigntheinstancesofVMwareVirtualCenterthattheappliancewillconnecttoasitmanagesyourenvi ronment.YoucanalsousetheAdmintabtomanageVMTurboapplianceuseraccounts,managehowtheappliance retainssystemmetricsandotherdata,managecustomgroups,andperformmaintenancetaskssuchasmanaging configurationfilesorrefreshintervals. TheAdmintabdisplaysitstoolsintwopanels: Configurationpage96 TheConfigurationpanelprovidestoolstoconfigure: Licensing TargetVMwareVirtualCenters Useraccounts Reporting Generalmaintenance GroupsandSettingspage103 TheGroupsandSettingspanelprovidestoolstoconfiguregroups,andWorkloadPlacementPolicies NotificationsPanelpage110 Apaneltodisplaynotificationsforanyissuestheapplianceencountersduringnormalprocessing.
Configuration
TheConfigurationpanelincludesthefollowingaccordionbuttonsforspecificadministrativetasks: LicenseConfigurationpage97 ApplylicensekeystoactivateVMTurboproductfeatures. TargetConfigurationpage97 UsethesetoolstospecifythelistofVMwareVirtualCenterserverstheappliancewillconnecttoasitmonitors yourenvironment. UserAuthenticationConfigurationpage99 CreateandmanageuseraccountsforusersoftheVMTurboappliance. ReportConfigurationpage101 Specifywhichreportstheappliancewillgeneratedaily.
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Maintenancepage102 Performgeneraltaskssuchasmanagingconfigurationfilesorrefreshintervals.
LicenseConfiguration
TheVMTurboproductsprovidearangeofcapabilities,fromobservingyourenvironment,toplanningresourceman agement,totheautomationofloadbalancing.Theuserinterfacepresentsthesecapabilitiesviadifferenttabsand tools.Thefeaturesthatrequirelicensingare: Reports PlanTab OptimizeTab
Toactivatethesefeatures,youmustpurchasealicensefromVMTurbo.Whenyoupurchaseanewproduct,VMTurbo sendsthelicensekeytoyouinanemailmessage. Toactivatealicense,ClickLicenseConfigurationtodisplaytheform.Copythelicensekeyandpasteitintothetext box,andthenclickSave.
Figure91.LicenseConfigurationForm
TargetConfiguration
TargetConfigurationdetermineswhichVirtualCenterorHyperVserverstheVMTurboappliancewillmonitor.Touse theappliance,youmustinstallitinanetworkthathasaccesstotheseservers.Thenyoucanaddtheserverstoyour appliance.Thelistshowsallthetargetscurrentlyconfiguredforyourappliance.
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Figure92.ApplianceTargets AddingandRemovingVirtualCenterServers
Thetargetserversyourappliancewillmanageappearinalist.Youcanadd,remove,andeditentriesinthislist.Note thatthetargetserversaccountmustbeconfiguredwithprivilegesthatsupporttheVMTurboactivitiesyouwantto perform.Forexample,thefollowinglistshowshowvCenterprivilegescorrespondtoactivitiestheappliancecanper form: VCenterAdministratorEnablesVMTurbomonitoring,simulation(whatifscenarios),andautomationfunctions ReadOnlyEnablesVMTurbomonitoringandsimulation(whatifscenarios)only EnableDatastoreBrowseEnablingthispropertyfortheaccountgivesVMTurbotheprivilegesitneedsto enableitsstoragemanagementfunctionality
Toaddatargetserver,clicktheAddbuttontoopentheTargetConfigurationForm.Providethefollowinginformation, thenclicksave: TargetTypeChoosevCenterorHyperV HostnameorIPaddressTheaddressofthetargetserveryouwanttoadd UserNameAvalidaccountusernameforthetargetserver PasswordApasswordforthetargetserveraccount
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Figure93.AddingaVirtualCenterServer
Toeditatargetserverentry,selecttheentryinthelistandthenclickEdit.TheTargetConfigurationFormopens, whereyoucanmakeyourchanges. Toremoveatargetserver,selecttheentryinthelistandthenclickDelete.
UserAuthenticationConfiguration
AsaVMTurboapplianceadministrator,youcanspecifyuseraccountsthatgrantspecificaccesstotheappliance.You assignaroletoeachaccountwhichdeterminesthekindofaccessthatuserwillhave. TheVMTurboappliancesupportsActiveDirectoryuserauthenticationaswellaslocalauthentication.Forlocal authentication,eachuseraccountisconfiguredontheappliance.ForActiveDirectoryauthentication,youspecifythe nameoftheActiveDirectoryserverthatmaintainstheuserdatabase.
Figure94.SettingUpUserAccounts
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SpecifyinganActiveDirectoryServer
TospecifyanActiveDirectoryservertouseforauthentication,providetheActiveDirectoryserversname,thenclick ApplytosettheURIforthisappliance.
Creating,Editing,andDeletingUserAccounts
Tocreateanewuseraccount,clickAddnewuser,andprovidethefollowinginformation.Whenyourefinished,click Create. UsernameandPasswordThecredentialstheusermustsupplytologin. RoleAprofilethatdeterminestheusersaccessprivileges.Thesupportedrolesare: observerCanuseVMTurboObservefunctions;themostrestricteduserrole.Youcanspecifyascopetolimit thisusersviewoftheenvironment(seeSettingScopeforanObserverUserAccountpage100). advisorCanuseVMTurboObserveandPlanfunctions;canusemorefunctions,butcannotuseVMTurboto changetheenvironment. automatorCanusealltheVMTurboenvironmentmanagementfunctions,butcannotperformadministration tasks. administratorCanuseallVMTurboappliancefunctions. LocalWhenenabled,thisusersauthenticationisperformedbytheappliance ActiveDirectoryWhenenabled,thisusersauthenticationisperformedbytheassignedActiveDirectory service.
Figure95.SpecifyingUserCredentials
Toeditordeleteauseraccount,selecttheuserinthelist.ThenmakechangesandclickUpdate,ortoremovetheuser youcanclickDelete.
SettingScopeforanObserverUserAccount
WhencreatinganaccountwiththeObserverrole,youcandefineascopeforthatuser.Thescopelimitswhattheuser canmonitor.Forexample,assumeyouhavecreatedagroupthatcontainsonlythephysicalmachinesthatsupportthis usersVMsorapplications.Youcanthensettheusersscopetothatgroup.Whentheuserlogsin,theappliancewill onlydisplayinformationaboutthosemachines,andresourcesassociatedwiththemsuchashostedVMsanddata storagethattheyuse.
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Figure96.SettingtheUsersScope
NOTE: Ifyouwanttousecustomgroupstosetthescope,youmustcreatethegroupsfirst,andthenassignthemtotheuser
account.
TosetanObserversscope: 1. Createauseraccount(seeCreating,Editing,andDeletingUserAccountspage100). 2. FortheusersRole,chooseObserver. TheScopebuttonappears. 3. ClickScope. ANavigationTreeappearslistingthecurrentgroupsinyourenvironment. 4. Selectthegrouporgroupsforthedesiredscope. Ctrlclicktoselectmultiplegroups. 5. Whenyouhavemadeallyoursettings,clickCreate.
ReportConfiguration
TheVMTurboappliancegeneratesthestandardreportseverydayatadeterminedtime(2:00am).Astheappliance administrator,youcanlimitreportgenerationandspecifyexactlywhichstandardreportstogenerate.Limitingreport generationreducestheprocessingtimespentonreports,andalsoreducesclutterinGUIwhenuserswanttoreview thereports. NOTE: Changesyoumakeinreportconfigurationtakeeffectforthenextreportgenerationcycle. Toconfigurereportgeneration,expandthecategoriesandsetthecheckboxesforthereportsyouwant.Whenyou havemadeyoursettings,clickSubmit.
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Figure97.SpecifyingStandardReports
Maintenance
TheMaintenancepanelprovidestoolstoloadconfigurationfilesontoyourappliance,setupthemonitoringinterval, exportdatafortechnicalsupport,andcheckforsoftwareupdatesforyourappliance.Thesetoolsareforadvanced users.YoushouldverifywithVMTurbotechnicalsupportbeforeyouusethem: Theconfigurationfilecontrolsloadspecificconfigurationfilesontoyourappliance.Forexample,asupport engineermightsendyoufreshconfigurationfilesaspartofasolutiontoanissue.Youwouldthenloadthesefiles asinstructedbytheengineer. Intervalconfigurationspecifieshowoftentheappliancesweepsthroughyoursystemtocollectandanalyze metrics.Dependingonyourenvironment,asupportengineermightsuggestthatyouchangethisvalue. WiththeSMTPGatewaysectionyoucanenableemailingVMTurboreportstosubscribersthroughyouremail SMTPgatewayClicktoenableSMTPandentertheaddressofyourSMTPgateway. Ifyouareexperiencingproblemswithyourappliance,yoursupportengineermightrequestthatyouexport diagnosticdata.Theengineerwillhelpyouspecifythecorrectdatainthetextbox. YoucanchecktoseewhetherVMTurbohasreleasedupdatestoyourappliancesoftware,andapplythemwhen appropriate.
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Figure98.GeneralMaintenance
AboutAdministration
TheAboutAdministrationpanelprovidesabriefdescriptionofVMTurboapplianceadministration.
GroupsandSettings
TheGroupsandSettingspanelprovidestoolstosetanalysisthresholdsandspecifyvariouspoliciesforthemonitoring ofyourenvironment.Youcanspecifythefollowingforyoursessionsonthisappliance: GroupsConfigurationpage104Collectionsofresourcesthatyoudefinefortheappliancetomanageas namedgroups WorkloadPlacementPoliciespage108Collectionsofresourcesthatyoudefinefortheappliancetomanageas namedgroups
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Figure99.GroupsandSettingsPanel
GroupsConfiguration
VMTubogroupsareawayforyoutoassemblecollectionsofresourcesthatyoucanmonitorandmanage.Whenyou usetheNavigationpanel,youcanselectgroupstofocusonthosespecificresources.Forexample,theappliancegen eratesaggregatesallthemembersofagrouptopresentsummaryinformation.Thenyoucanmonitorutilizationindex andloadbalancingaccordingtocriteriayoudefine.IfyouhavemanyVMsdevotedtoaspecificcustomer,youcancre ateagrouptomonitorthoseVMsandobservethatspecificutilization.
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VMTurboproductsshipwithsomegroupsalreadydefined.WithGroupConfiguration,youcanalsocreateyourown groups.TheVMTurboappliancesupportstwogroupingmethods: BycriteriaYoucreatedynamicgroupsthataredefinedbyspecificsearchcriteria.Youcangroupservices accordingtonamingconventions(allVMnamesthatstartwithny),resourcecharacteristics(allphysical machineswithfourCPUs),orbyvariablemetrics(allVMswithmorethan80%utilization).Thesegroupsare dynamicbecausetheapplianceupdatesthegroupasconditionschanges.Forexample,theVMsat80%utilization canchangecontinuallythegroupwillupdatewiththosechanges. BymanualselectionYoucreatestaticgroupsbyselectingthespecificgroupmembers.
Figure910.EditingGroups
IntheGroupsConfigurationpanelyoucan: CollapsethegroupstreeclicktheCollapsebutton RefreshtheVMTurboappliancesessionYoushouldrefreshyoursessionafteryoumakechangestogroups.The Refreshbuttoncausestheappliancetoupdatethedataitdisplays. CreatenewgroupsclickthePLUSicon Editanexistinggroupselectagroupandmakechangestoitsproperties DeleteanexistinggroupselectagroupandclicktheXicon
CreatingaGroup
WhenyouclickthePLUSicon,theCreateNewGroupdialogboxappears.Tocreateagroup:
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1. Namethegroup.
Figure911.NamingaNewGroup
2. Tospecifythegroupingcriteria,displaytheMemberstab.
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Figure912.SpecifyingCroupContent
3. Chooseagroupingmethod. Ifyougroupbycriteria,thegroupwillcontainalltheitemsthatmatchyoursearchcriteria.Astheappliance discoversnewentitiesthatmatchyourcriteria,itwilladdtheentitiestothegroup.Tomanuallyselectentities, yousearchforitemsandaddspecificmatchestotheCustomgroupcontentlist. 4. Definethegroupmembers Yousetupsearchestofindthegroupitems.Forsearchcriteria,youchoosethetypeofentitytosearchfor.When youchooseanitemintheSearchcriterialist,thesearchfieldupdatestoaccepttheappropriateinput. Thesearchfieldacceptsregularexpressions.Forhelponregularexpressionsyntax,clicktheQUESTIONMARK button. Whenyouhaveenteredyoursearchcriteria,clickFindmatchestoseewhatentitiesyoursearchspecifies.Ifyou enabledtheGroupByCriteriagroupingmethod,theseitemswillbethemembersofyourgroup.Ifyouenabled theManuallySelectgroupingmethod,youcandragitemsfromthematchlisttotheCustomgroupcontentlist.
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5. ClickCreateGroup.
WorkloadPlacementPolicies
Forplanningandoptimization,theVMTurboappliancemakesrecommendationstomoveVMs,andcanexecutethese movesautomatically.WhencalculatingVMmoves,theappliancerespectsclusterboundaries,networks,andprovi sioneddatastores.Forplanning,youcanspecifythescopeofascenarioasyoucreateit(seeThePlanTabpage51). Workloadplacementpoliciesprovideyouwithfinercontroloverhowtheappliancecalculatesthesemoves.Fromthis pageyoucan: EnableDRSRulesthatarespecifiedinyourVCenterenvironment Createsegmentpoliciesthatrestrictworkloadplacementaccordingtospecificrules
ImportedWorkloadPlacementPolicies
TheVMTurboapplianceisconfiguredtomonitortheenvironmentassociatedwithoneormoreVCenterservers(see TargetConfigurationpage97).TheseVCenterserverscanincludeworkloadplacementpolicies(DistributedResource Schedulerrules)thatdetermineplacementofVMsamongphysicalhosts. Foreachplacementpolicy,youcanspecifywhethertoenableordisableit.Bydefault,theappliancedisablesthe placementpolicies. Toseethelistofplacementpoliciesforyourenvironment,expandtheImportedPlacementPoliciesfolder. Toenableordisableapolicy,selectitinthelistandmodifyitssettings.
Figure913.EnablingaDRSRule VMTurboSegments
YoucancreateVMTurboSegmentpoliciestofurthercontrolhowtheappliancecalculatestheplacementofVMs amongyourphysicalhostsanddatastores.Youcancreatepoliciesthathavetheseandothereffects: RestrictthenumberofVMsthatcanuseagivendatastore LimitVMmobilitybyrestrictingacollectionofVMstoaspecifiedclusterorgroupofhosts SpecifythatcertainVMsalwaysrunondifferenthoststoimplementredundancy
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FortheVMsintheselectedgroup,youcancreaterulesofthefollowingtypes: VMsmustnotrunonthesameHost NomorethanthespecifiednumberofVMscanrunonthesamehost. VMsmustnotrunonthesameHost,outofthegivenPMgroup ForhostsfromaspecifiedPMgroup,nomorethanthespecifiednumberofVMscanrunonthesamehost. VMsmustnotbeconnectedtothesameStorage NomorethanthespecifiednumberofVMscanusethesamestoragedevice. VMsmustnotbeconnectedtothesameStorage,outofthegivengroupofStoragedevices Forstoragedevicesfromaspecifiedgroup,nomorethanthespecifiednumberofVMscanusethesamedevice. Namethesegmentrule ChoosetheworkloadselectaVMgrouptodeterminetheplacementofthesegroupmembers ChoosetheplacementselectagroupofphysicaldevicestodeterminehowtheVMscanbeplacedonthese members CreatetherulespecifythenumberofVMstoplaceoneachphysicaldevice Enabletherule ClickCreateRule
Tocreateasegmentrule,clickthePlusicon(+)todisplaytheSegmentBuilder.IntheSegmentBuilder:
Forexample,thefollowingfigureshowsapolicyforplacingVMsdevotedtodatabases.ForalltheVMsinthecluster setintheChooseWorkloadlist,thepolicylimitsplacementtooneVMperphysicalhostinthecustomgroup, DB_Hosts.
Figure914.PolicyBuilder
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NotificationsPanel
TheVMTurboNotificationspaneldisplaysnotificationsanyissuestheapplianceencounteredduringnormalprocess ing.Forexample,iftheappliancediscoveryprocessfindstwodeviceswiththesameUUID,itwillpostanotification here.
Figure915.NotificationsPanel
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ThePolicytabprovidessettingstocontrolhowtheapplianceanalyzesresourceallocationandrecommendsorper formsactions.ThistabdisplaysaPolicyEditorthatlistspolicycategories.Youcanchooseeachcategoryandthen assignthevaluestoit.
Figure101.PolicyEditor
Tosetapolicy,youfirstselectacategory,andthennavigatetheScopetreetosetthescopeofthepolicychange.The changesyoumakewilloverridetheappliancedefaults.Forexample,youcandirecttheappliancetoautomatically reconfigureallVMsthatuseaspecificdatastore.Todothis,youwouldmakeaselectionsimilartothefollowingfig ure:
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Figure102.PolicyScope
Youcanspecifythefollowingtypesofpoliciesonthisappliance: AnalysisThresholdspage112Thresholdstheapplianceusestodeterminewhetheraresourceexhibitsa problem ActionModespage114Howtheappliancehandlesactionsthatresolveproblems(automatic,manual, recommend,ordisable) ApplicationPrioritypage116Missioncriticalornormal ApplicationDiscoverypage116Missioncriticalornormal EmailNotificationpage118Notificationpoliciesforproblemevents RetentionConfigurationpage118Policiestoretainhistoricaldata
AnalysisThresholds
Astheappliancegathersmetrics,itcomparesthemetricvaluesagainstspecifiedthresholdstodeterminewhethera metricexhibitsaproblem,howtorecommendaproblemresolution,andsoon.Theappliancemaintainsthresholds forHostandStoragedevices. Youcansetthresholdvaluesforallthehostsordatastoresinyourenvironment,oryoucanselectdefinedgroupsand setspecificthresholdsfortheirdevices.(Forinformationaboutdefiningcustomgroups,seeGroupsConfiguration page104.) ThefollowingfigureshowslocalsettingsforalltheNASstoragedevices.Tosetthresholdsforallstoragedevicesinthe environment,youwouldselectthetoplevelitem,StorageTiers.
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Figure103.SettingThresholdsforaGroup HowtheApplianceRespondstoThresholds
TheappliancecomparesutilizationmetricsinyourenvironmenttotheUtilizationThresholdsyouspecifyheretotrig gerproblemnotificationsandtoclassifytheproblems.Thevaluesyousetherespecifythemaximumvaluesforeach metric.Basedonthosethresholds,theapplianceclassifiesthesemetricsasfollows: Ifthevalueis:
Morethan80%oftheanalysisthreshold Morethan60%andlessthan80%ofthreshold Lessthan10%andmorethan5%ofthreshold Lessthan5%ofanalysisthreshold
Theclassificationis:
Criticallyoverutilized Overutilized Underutilized Criticallyunderutilized
HostThresholds
Thefollowingtableshowsthedefaultsettingsforanalysisthresholds. Attribute
MaxHostCPUUtilization MaxHostMemoryUtilization MaxHostIOThroughput MaxHostNetThroughput MaxHostSwappingUtilization
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StorageThresholdsandCapacitySettings
Storagethresholdsaremeasuredagainstthestoragecapacity.Forcapacity,youspecifytheIOPS(inputoperationsper second)andlatencyinmsthatyourstoragedevicescansupport.Thenthethresholdsidentifywhatpercentageofthis capacitytheapplianceshouldconsiderwhentriggeringproblems.Forexample,assumeIOPSCapacityof500,and Latencyof1000ms.Ifastoragedevicehas250IOPS,thenitisat50%ofcapacityforthatmetric.Likewise,ifthestor agelatencyis750milliseconds,thenthelatencyisat75%ofcapacity. StorageSettings: Attribute
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ActionModes
Whentheapplianceuncoversbottlenecks,overprovisioning,orotherproblems,itcanthenidentifyandperform actionsthatresolvethoseproblems.Youcanspecifyhowtheapplianceshouldrespondtoproblemsinhosts,VMsand datastores.Youcansetthesemodesgloballyorfordefinedgroupsofdevices. YoucansetactionmodesforalltheVMs,hosts,ordatastoresinyourenvironment,oryoucanselectdefinedgroups andsetspecificmodesfortheirdevices.(Forinformationaboutdefiningcustomgroups,seeGroupsConfiguration page104.) ThefollowingfigureshowslocalsettingsforagroupofDevelopmenthosts.Inthiscase,theappliancewillautomati callystartphysicalmachinesinthisgroup.Tosetmodesforallhostsintheenvironment,youwouldselectthetop levelitem,PhysicalMachinesByCluster.
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Figure104.SettingActionModesforaGroup
Thefollowingtableliststheactionsyoucancontrol,andtheavailablemodesforeachtypeofentity: Action Start Move Suspend Terminate Change AddProvider RemoveProvider Provision Reconfigure Resize Delete Rightsize
Disabled,Recommend Disabled,Recommend,Manual,Automated Disabled,Recommend,Manual,Automated Disabled,Recommend,Manual,Automated Disabled,Recommend,Manual,Automated
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ApplicationPriority
YoucanspecifythepriorityforapplicationstobeeitherMissionCriticalorNormal.ForMissionCriticalapplications, thefocusoftheapplianceistokeeptheapplicationsrunning.Forexample,theappliancewillneversuggestsuspend ingtheVMthathostsamissioncriticalapplication.Ontheotherhand,itmaysuggestsuspendingaVMthathosts normalapplicationstofreeupresourcesthatamissioncriticalapplicationmightneed. Youcansetpriorityforalltheapplicationsinyourenvironment,oryoucanselectdefinedgroupsandsetspecificpri oritiesforthoseapplications.(Forinformationaboutdefiningcustomgroups,seeGroupsConfigurationpage104.)
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Thefollowingfigureshowslocalsettingsfortheapplicationsthatuseaspecificdatastore.Tosetpriorityforallappli cationsintheenvironment,youwouldselectatoplevelitemintheScopelist.
Figure105.SettingPriorityfortheApplicationsonaSpecificHost
Fortheappliancetoperformapplicationdiscovery,itneedsAdmincredentialsontheVMsthathosttheapplications. YoucansetcredentialsforalltheVMsinyourenvironment,oryoucanselectdefinedgroupsandsetspecificcreden tialsforthoseVMs.(Forinformationaboutdefiningcustomgroups,seeGroupsConfigurationpage104.) Thesettingsyoucanmakeare: Username:Auserwithadminrightsonthemachine Password:Thatuserspassword RetryInterval:Theminimumamountoftimetowaitbeforetryingtologintoamachineagain Itscommontoconfiguremachinessotheywilllockoutanyloginattemptsafteracertainnumberofunsuccessful attempts.Thelockouttypicallystaysineffectforagiventime(15or30minutes,forexample).Theappliancelogs intopollforapplicationsevery20minutes.Youshouldsettheretryintervaltoavaluelargerthanthelockout timethatisspecifiedforthemachine.Thiswillavoidunnecessarylockoutsincasethecredentialsyouprovide hereareincorrect.Thedefaultretryintervalvalueis60minutes.
ThefollowingfigureshowslocalsettingsfortheapplicationsthatrunonVMsinaspecificcluster.Tosetcredentialsfor allVMsintheenvironment,youwouldselectatoplevelitemintheScopelist.
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Figure106.SettingDiscoveryCredentialsforApplicationsinaCluster
Credentialsareinherited.Forexample,youcanselectthetoplevelgroupVirtualMachinesandprovideonesetof credentials.Thenyoucanselectlowerlevelgroupsandprovideoverridecredentials.Thelowestlevelcredentialspec ificationwins. ThefollowingimageshowssettingsforallVMs(thetoplevelgroup).Thismeansthatbydefaulttheappliancewilluse thesecredentialswhenitperformsapplicationdiscoveryonaVM:
ThenextimageshowssettingsforaspecificVM.YoucannotmakesettingsonindividualVMs,butyoucanseethe username,andyoucanalsoseewhichgroupsettingisineffect.Inthiscase,theappliancewillusethesecredentials forapplicationdiscoveryonthatVM.
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EmailNotification
NotethattheApplicationDiscoverytableshowswherethisVMscredentialsareset.Inthiscase,theyaresetinthe toplevelgroup(VirtualMachines).ItspossibleforoneVMtobelongtomanygroups.Ifyouneedtochangethecre dentialsforthismachine,youknowwheretheyarecurrentlyset.Youcancreateanothergrouptosetdifferentcre dentialsforthisVM.
EmailNotification
YoucansetupemailnotificationsforproblemsthatariseonVMs,hosts,ordatastores.Theappliancecansendnotifi cationswhenproblemsoccurandwhentheyrecleared. Youcansetupedificationforallthedevicesinyourenvironment,oryoucanselectdefinedgroupsandsetspecificpri oritiesforthosedevices.(Forinformationaboutdefiningcustomgroups,seeGroupsConfigurationpage104.) Thefollowingfigureshowsemailnotificationforaspecificgroupofhostmachines.Tosetupnotificationsforallhosts intheenvironment,youwouldselectthetoplevelitem,PhysicalMachinesbyCluster.
Figure107.SettingUpEmailNotificationsforaGroup
RetentionConfiguration
Theappliancegathersmetricsfromyourenvironment,andstoresthemtoprovidehistoricalreports.Tooptimizedata storage,itconsolidatesthedataintothreegroupsHourly,Daily,andMonthly.DailystatisticsconsolidateHourly data,andMonthlystatisticsconsolidateDailydata. Theappliancealsosavesauditlogentries,anditstartsnewserverlogsatregularperiods.
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RetentionConfiguration
Figure108.SpecifyingRetentionofHistoricalRecords
Themoretimeyouspecifytoretainthesedata,themorestoragetheappliancerequires.Asyoumodifythetimeto retaindata,theapplianceestimatesthestorageyouwillneedfortheresultingdatabase. Tochangeretentionsettings,edittheValuefields.Whenyouresatisfiedwiththesettings,clickApply. Toreturntothedefaultsettings,clickResetDefaults.
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VMTurboInc. 400ColumbusAve. ValhallaNY10595 UnitedStatesofAmerica Phone:(914)4953500 www.vmturbo.com blog.vmturbo.com

Chapter 1: Whats New

Chapter 2: Introducing VMTurbo

Environment Inventory UtilizationIndex

Service Utilization VMGroup

Chapter 2: Introducing VMTurbo

Chapter 3: The VMTurbo User Interface

ThischapterdescribesthedifferentcomponentsoftheVMTurbouserinterface,includingthefollowing: ToolBarandDisplayToolspage5 TabBarpage5 NavigationPanelpage6 InformationPanelspage7

Chapter 3: The VMTurbo User Interface

OptimizeExecuterecommendedactionstoproactivelyidentifyproblemsandimplementtheoptimalresponse. Theappliancecanperformsomeactionsautomatically. AdminAttachVMTurbotospecificVirtualCenterservers,createuseraccounts,specifydataretentionpolicies, andperformothermaintenanceactivities

Chapter 3: The VMTurbo User Interface

Chapter 3: The VMTurbo User Interface

Chapter 3: The VMTurbo User Interface

Specifythedateforthedata(showcurrentdata,orshowdatafromaprevioustime) Zoominonaspecificsetofdevices(forexample,showonlythemostutilizedphysicalmachines) Controlwhattypeofdatathepaneldisplays(forexample,changefromshowingtheUtilizationPercentageof specificmetricstoshowingtheUtilizationIndex)

Chapter 3: The VMTurbo User Interface

Chapter 3: The VMTurbo User Interface

Chapter 4: Logging In to the VMTurbo Appliance

Chapter 4: Logging In to the VMTurbo Appliance

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

ThefollowingsectionsdescribetheHealthViewdisplaywhenyouselectthefollowingNavigationitems: Summarypage16: Applicationspage21: VirtualMachinespage23: PhysicalMachinespage27: Storagepage30: DataCenterspage32:

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Youcanlaunchareportforalltheitemsinatreeitem,oryoucanexpandtheitemandlaunchareportforasingle item.Forexample,youcanlaunchareportforallvirtualmachines,oryoucanexpandthetreeandlaunchareportfor asinglevirtualmachine. Formoreinformationaboutreportingproducts,seeReportspage41.

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Whenyoutheicon,theappliancedisplaystheCustomizeSummaryViewdialogboxwhereyouchoosewhich devicesyouwanttoview. 2. Choosethedevicesyouwanttodisplayinthepanel.

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

ProblemsIdentifiedforVirtualMachines UsageforVirtualMachines AtabulardisplayofCPUandmemoryusagefortheVMsinyourenvironment.

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

VMTurbodisplaysproblemsinSummaryViewpanels,andintheProblemLog.SummaryViewpanelsincludeproblem iconsforeachlisteddevice.Ifthedevicehasanyproblems,thepaneldisplaysaniconfortheworstcaseproblemon thatdevice.

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

IfyouclicktheDetailsbuttonforalogentry,theapplianceopensanewtabthatprovidesafullsummaryofthe affectedhostmachine. IfyouclicktheSeverityicon,theappliancedisplaysapanelthatshowsrecommendedactions,andachartofdetails relatedtotheproblem.

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

Chapter 5: The Monitor Tab

WorkloadBalancingResourceutilizationforphysicalandvirtualmachines MachineandDataStoreSummariesSummarizesphysicalandvirtualmachines,generatedonrequest GroupandClusterSummariesSummarizesPMandVMgroups,generatedonrequest

Intheformthatappears,providetheemailaddressandreportingperiod,thenclickSave. Toeditthissubscription(forexample,tochangethereportingperiod),usetheManageSubscriptionstab(seeManage Subscriptionspage49).

Chapter 7: The Plan Tab

Chapter 7: The Plan Tab

Chapter 7: The Plan Tab

Chapter 7: The Plan Tab

Chapter 7: The Plan Tab

SummaryGrid Thispanedisplaysthestatusofthecurrentscenario: Name Scope Baseline(utilizationstatisticsfromthisdateformthebasisofrunningtheplan)

Chapter 7: The Plan Tab

Chapter 7: The Plan Tab

Thistooldetermineshowtheplannermanageshardwaredevices.Asitcalculatesthenewworkloadsintheplan, theappliancecanrecommendthatyouaddnewhardwaretosupportincreasedload.However,ifyouturnonthe option,theplannerresultswillnotincludetheadditionofanynewhardware.