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  • VMTurboOperationsManager4.0UsersGuide

    VMTurboInc.OneBurlingtonWoodsDriveBurlington,MA01803USAPhone:(781)3733540www.vmturbo.com

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    COPYRIGHTCopyrightVMTurbo20102013,allrightsreservedENDUSERLICENSEAGREEMENThttp://www.vmturbo.com/termsofuse/

  • Users Guide iii

    TableofContentsWhat'sNew 1IntroducingOperationsManager 2

    TheOptimalOperatingZone 3TheMarketandVirtualCurrency 3TheEconomicSchedulingEngine 4TheOperationsManagerSupplyChain 5VirtualApplications 6Applications 7VirtualMachines 9PhysicalMachines 11Storage 13DiskArrays 14StorageControllers 16IOModules 17FabricInterconnects 18Datacenters 19ProviderVirtualDatacenters 20OrganizationVirtualDatacenters 22

    OperationsManagerActions 23Provision 24Decommission 24Move 24Resize 24ActionsSummary 25

    SupplyChainTerminology 26ResourceDescriptions 27

    TheOperationsManagerUserInterface 29MenuBar 31Deleting,Adding,andArrangingMenuButtons 31

    ToolBarandDisplayTools 32FlyoutPanels 33SettingFlyoutPanelLocation 34BrowsingDisabled 35NavigationTreeHierarchies 35ResourceIcons 36

    NotificationsBar 37StandardPanelControls 38Tooltips 39ChartLegendPulldowns 39ChartDisplayRadioButtons 40Maximize/Minimize 41ExporttoXML 41CustomizeHeatmap 41ChartDateRanges 43

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    InformationPanels 44SummaryPanels 44UtilizationCharts 45DashboardPanels 46ShowToporBottomItemsinChart 48

    UtilizationHistory 50

    ToDoListsMaintainingQoS 52ViewingRecommendedActions 53ExecutingRecommendedActions 54ViewingRisksandEfficiencyOpportunities 56ViewingRisksandOpportunitiesfromtheInventoryView 57

    ActionCategories 58Prevention 58PerformanceAssurance 59Compliance 59EfficiencyImprovement 59

    ExamplesofRisksandActions 60CriticalOverUtilization 60LowUtilization 60MisconfiguredVMs 61MisconfiguredInfrastructure 61

    LoggingIntoOperationsManager 62HostRequirementsandSupportedTargets 63MinimumHostingRequirements 63SupportedOperationsManagerTargets 63

    TheDashboardsView 64GeneratingReportsFromtheDashboardView 65StandardDashboards 65ViewingStandardDashboards 66AssureServicePerformance 66ImproveOverallEfficiency 71ProjectClusterResources 75MonthlySummary 79ClusterCapacity 80

    CustomDashboards 84

    TheWorkloadView 86InspectingChartData 87VMsList 88RecommendedActionsList 89

    ControllingChartDisplay 90SettingChartScope 91

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    TheDeployView 93DeployingVMs 94CreatingandEditingTemplates 95CreatingVMTemplates 96CreatingDeploymentProfiles 97DiscoveredDeploymentData 97

    ThePlanView 99UseCases 101IncreasingVirtualLoadunderExistingConstraints 101

    RunningPlans 108CreatingPlans 111ManagingPlanFiles 112TrackingPlanModifications 112SettingPlanScope 113SelectingthePlanBaseline 115SpecifyingthePlanWorkload 118SettingAdvancedOptions 126

    WorkloadDistribution 130SummaryView 131PhysicalMachineUtilization 132StorageUtilization 132PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationData 133

    WorkloadProjection 133SummaryView 134PhysicalMachineUtilization 136StorageUtilization 137PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationData 137

    HardwareReplace 137DefiningReplaceParameters 138SummaryView 142PhysicalMachineUtilization 143StorageUtilization 144PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationData 144

    RecommendedActions 144

    TheOptimizeView 146OptimizerUserInterface 146NavigationPanelOptimizeView 147UtilizationSummaryPanel 147ToDoPanel 149

    TheInventoryView 151Summary 152SummaryReports 154SeverityIconsinSummaryPanels 154

    VirtualApplications 155Applications 157GuestLoad 160

    VirtualMachines 160PhysicalMachines 165

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    Storage 167DiskArrays 169StorageControllers 172IOModules 174FabricInterconnects 177Datacenters 179ProviderVirtualDatacenters 181OrganizationVirtualDatacenters 184

    Reports 187StandardReports 188SubscribingtoStandardReports 189

    CustomReports 190AddingNewCustomReports 191EditCustomReports 191SettingBasicProperties 192ChoosingQueryFields 193SpecifyingQueryFieldConditions 193SortingReportColumns 195

    ManageSubscriptions 196

    TheAdminView 197UserAuthenticationConfiguration 197CreatingUserandGroupAccounts 198UserAuthentication 200AccountPrivileges 202AccountScope 204

    TargetConfiguration 205AddingandRemovingTargetVirtualManagementServers 208AddingHypervisorsasTargets 209AddingCloudManagementTargets 212AddingLoadBalancersasTargets 214AddingStorageControllersasTargets 215AddingFabricManagersasTargets 216AddingOperationsManagerTargetsforAggregation 217

    LicenseConfiguration 218Maintenance 220ReportConfiguration 221ExtraConfigurationTasks 222OperationsManagerBackupProcedures 222P2VPlanningMigrationfromPhysicaltoVirtual 224CustomBrandingofOperationsManager 227ViewingtheAuditLog 232

    ThePolicyView 234PolicyScope 235GlobalSettings 235GroupOverrides 236

    PolicyCategories 239GroupManagement 239WorkloadPlacement 244Analysis 246

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    ActionModes 254ApplicationPriority 260DiscoveryPolicies 262InfrastructureCost 268EmailandTrapNotification 271RetentionConfiguration 274

    AggregatedOperationsManagerInstallations 276VersionsandLicensingforAggregation 277AggregatedUserAccountsandLogin 277ActiveDirectoryAuthentication 277

    AggregationDetails 278ConfiguringAggregation 279

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  • Users Guide 1

    What'sNewThisreleaseofVMTurboOperationsManagerincludesthefollowingnewfeatures: StorageExtension

    Withthisrelease,VMTurboInc.introducestheOperationsManagerStorageExtension.WiththismoduleOperationsManagernowextendsintelligentworkloadmanagementtodiskarraytechnologies.StorageExtensionfeaturesinclude: VMmovesacrossvolumesthesameordifferentdiskarrays Actionstoresize,suspend,andremovevolumesanddiskarrays Storagecontrolleranalysisthattakesintoaccounttheimpactofdeduplication,compression,anddatascrubbing DesiredStatecalculationsthataccountforthickandthinprovisioning,deduplication,snapshotspace,andarangeofstoragetypes(SSDandvariousspindlespeeds)

    Formoreinformationaboutdiskarraysupport,seeTheOperationsManagerSupplyChainonpage 5. StorageClusterSupport

    OperationsManagernowdiscoversstorageclustersandlimitsVMmovesaccordingly.IfaVMusesstoragethatiswithinastoragecluster,allmovesofthatstoragewillremainwithinthatcluster.

    HighAvailabilitySupportOperationsManagernowdiscoversVMWareHAconfigurationsinclusters,andconsidersthereservedresourcesinitscalculations.Fortoleratedhostfailures,orareservedpercentageofclusterresources,OperationsManagerautomaticallysetsutilizationconstraintsforthatcluster(seeUtilizationConstraintsonpage 251).Ifyouconfigureafailoverhost,OperationsManagerreservesthathostforHAandwillnotmoveVMstoit.Youcanseeafailovericon( )onthereservedhostintheInventorytree.

    ExportDashboardstoPDFYoucannowexportthecurrentdisplayindashboardstoPDFfiles.ThisisawaytogeneratereportsbasedonthedatayouseeintheOperationsManageruserinterface.Formoreinformation,seeGeneratingReportsFromtheDashboardViewonpage 65.

    ClusterCapacityDashboardOperationsManagerincludesanewdashboardthatcalculatestheVMheadroomforeachclusterinyourenvironment.Usethistoanswerthequestion,HowmanymoreVMscanIsafelyaddtomycluster?Formoreinformation,seeClusterCapacityonpage 80.

    WorkloadUtilizationChartThisreleaseincludesanewchartthatshowsoverallVMhealth,relativetotheOptimalOperatingZone.Formoreinformation,seeTheWorkloadViewonpage 86.

    ImprovedSharedUserRolesOperationsManagerhasimproveditssupportforshareduseraccounts.Shareduseraccountscannowlimittheviewsotheuserwillnotseeanyhardwareinformation.Thisisusefulforserviceproviderswhowanttokeeptheirhardwareresourcesprivate.TheGUIforaccountconfigurationhasbeenchangedtoimproveconfigurationworkflows.Formoreinformation,seeUserAuthenticationConfigurationonpage 197.

  • Users Guide 2

    IntroducingOperationsManagerThankyouforchoosingVMTurboOperationsManager,thepremiersolutionforintelligentworkloadmanagementofcloudandvirtualenvironments.OperationsManagermaintainsyourenvironmentwithintheoptimaloperatingzoneoperatingconditionsthatachievethefollowingconflictinggoalsatthesametime: Assuredapplicationperformance

    Preventbottlenecks,provisionphysicalresources,upsizeVMs,prioritizeworkload. Efficientuseofresources

    Consolidateworkload,downsizeVMs,preventVMsprawlanddormantVMs.Keepingavirtualinfrastructurewithintheoptimalzoneisnotasimpleproblem.Youhavetoconsidermanydifferentresources,numerouscontrolpointsforeachdevice,andhowdevicesandresourcesareusedinrelationtoeachother.Asyouadddevicestoyourinfrastructure,thefactorsforeachdecisionincreaseexponentially.Ontopofthat,theenvironmentisconstantlychangingtostayintheoptimalzone,youareconstantlytryingtohitamovingtarget.Toperformintelligentworkloadmanagement,OperationsManagermodelstheenvironmentasamarketmadeupofbuyersandsellers.Thesebuyersandsellersmakeupasupplychainthatrepresentstiersofdevicesinyourinventory.OperationsManagerusesVirtualCurrencytogiveabudgettobuyersandassigncosttoresources.Thisvirtualcurrencyassignsvalueacrossalltiersofyourenvironment,makingitpossibletocomparethecostofapplicationtransactionswiththecostofspaceonadiskorphysicalspaceinadatacenter.Thepricethatasellerchargesforaresourcechangesaccordingtothesellerssupply.Asdemandincreases,pricesincrease.Aspricesincrease,buyersandsellersreact.Buyersarefreetolookforothersellersthatofferabetterprice,andsellerscanduplicatethemselves(opennewstorefronts)tomeetincreasingdemand.OperationsManagerusesitsEconomicSchedulingEnginetoanalyzethemarketandmakethesedecisions.TheeffectisaninvisiblehandthatdynamicallyguidesyourITinfrastructuretotheoptimaluseofresources.TogetthemostoutofOperationsManager,youshouldunderstandhowitmodelsyourenvironment,thekindofanalysisitperforms,andtheoptimalstateitworkstoachieve.Thissectiondescribesthefollowinginmoredetail: TheOptimalOperatingZoneonpage 3 TheMarketandVirtualCurrencyonpage 3 TheEconomicSchedulingEngineonpage 4 TheOperationsManagerSupplyChainonpage 5 OperationsManagerActionsonpage 23 SupplyChainTerminologyonpage 26 ResourceDescriptionsonpage 27

  • TheOptimalOperatingZone

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    TheOptimalOperatingZone

    Thegoalofworkloadmanagementistoassureperformancewhilemaintainingefficientuseofresources.Whenperformanceandefficiencyarebothmaintained,youareintheoptimaloperatingzone.Youcanmeasureperformanceasafunctionofdelay,wherezerodelaygivestheidealQoSforagivenservice.Efficientuseofresourcesisafunctionofutilizationwhere100%utilizationofaresourceistheidealforthemostefficientutilization.Ifyouplotdelayandutilization,theresultisanasymptoticcurve.Uptoapoint,asyouincreaseutilization,theincreaseindelayisslight.Therecomesapointonthecurvewhereaslightincreaseinutilizationresultsinanunacceptableincreaseindelay.Ontheotherhand,thereisapointinthecurvewhereareductioninutilizationdoesntyieldameaningfulincreaseinQoS.Theoptimaloperatingzonelieswithinthesepointsonthecurve.Youcouldsetathresholdtopostanalertwhenevertheupperlimitiscrossed.Inthatcase,youwouldneverreacttoaproblemuntildelayhasalreadybecomeunacceptable.Toavoidthatlatereactionyoucouldsetthethresholdtopostanalertbeforetheupperlimitiscrossed.Inthatcase,youguaranteeQoSatthecostofoverprovisioningyouincreaseoperatingcostsandneverachieveefficientutilization.Insteadofrespondingafterathresholdiscrossed,OperationsManageranalyzestheoperatingconditionsandconstantlyrecommendsactionstokeeptheentireenvironmentwithintheoptimaloperatingzone.Ifyouexecutetheseactions(orletOperationsManagerexecutethemforyou),theenvironmentwillmaintainoperatingconditionsthatassureperformanceforyourcustomers,whilesavingyouasmuchaspossiblebyefficientutilizationofyourresources.ForaquickviewofyourcurrentenvironmentandhowitisconvergingontheOptimalOperatingZone,seeTheWorkloadViewonpage 86.

    TheMarketandVirtualCurrencyToperformintelligentworkloadmanagement,OperationsManagermodelstheenvironmentasamarket,andusesmarketanalysistomanageresourcesupplyanddemand.Forexample,bottlenecksformwhenlocalworkloaddemandexceedsthelocalcapacityinotherwords,whendemandexceedssupply.Bymodelingtheenvironmentasamarket,OperationsManagercanuseeconomicsolutionstoefficientlyredistributethedemandorincreasethesupply.OperationsManagerusestwosetsofabstractiontomodeltheenvironment:

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    ModelingthephysicalandvirtualITstackasaservicesupplychainThesupplychainmodelsdevicesinyourenvironmentasmanagedentities.Theseincludeapplications,VMs,hostmachines(physicalmachines,orPMs),storage,anddatacenters.Everyentityisabuyerand/oraseller.Ahostmachinebuysphysicalspace,power,andcoolingfromadatacenter.ThePMsellshostresourcessuchasCPUcyclesandmemorytoVMs.Inturn,VMsbuyhostservices,andthenselltheirhostingservices(VMemandVCPU)toapplications.

    UsingvirtualcurrencytorepresentdelayorQoSdegradation,andtomanagethesupplyanddemandofservicesalongthemodeledsupplychain.Thesystemusesvirtualcurrencytovaluethesebuy/selltransactions.Eachmanagedentityhasarunningbudget,anddrawsfromthatbudgettopayfortheresourcesitconsumes.Thepriceofaresourceisdrivenbyitsutilizationthemoredemandforaresource,thehigheritsprice.

    ModelingtheEnvironmentasaMarketTheseabstractionsopenthewholerangeoftheenvironmenttoasinglemodeofanalysismarketanalysis.Resourcesandservicescanbepricedtoreflectchangesinsupplyanddemand,andpricingcandriveresourceallocationdecisions.Forexample,abottleneck(excessdemandoversupply)resultsinrisingpricesofthegivenresource.Applicationscompetingforthesameresourcecanlowertheircostsbyshiftingtheirworkloadstootherresourcesuppliers.Asaresult,utilizationforthatresourceevensoutacrosstheenvironmentandthebottleneckisresolved.

    TheEconomicSchedulingEngineOperationsManagertrackstheUtilizationIndex(UI)forspecificresourcesinyourenvironment.Thehigherthisindex,themorethatresourceisutilized,thegreaterthedelayforconsumersofthatresource,andthegreatertherisktoyourQoS.OperationsManagerconstantlyworkstokeeptheUIwithinacceptablebounds.YoucanthinkofUIasthecostforaresourceOperationsManagerworkstokeepthecostatacompetitivelevel.Thisisnotsimplyamatterofrespondingtothresholdconditions.OperationsManageranalyzesthefullrangeofbuyer/sellerrelationships,andeachbuyerconstantlyseeksoutthemosteconomicaltransactionthatisavailable.ThislastpointiscrucialtounderstandingOperationsManager.Thevirtualenvironmentisdynamic,withconstantchangestoworkloadandoptimalworkloaddistributionthatcorrespondwiththevaryingrequestsyourcustomersmakeofyourapplicationsandservices.Byexaminingeachbuyer/sellerrelationship,theeconomicenginearrivesattheoptimalworkloaddistributionforthecurrentstateoftheenvironment.

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    Forexample,assumeaPMthathostsoneVMwithacriticalapplication,andtwoVMswithnoncriticalapplications.Considerthesesimilarsituations: Thecriticalapplicationhasincreaseduse,andthenoncriticalapplicationsaredormant

    Inthiscase,OperationsManagercansuspendthetwounusedVMs(reduceVMsprawl)anddevotemorehostresourcestothecriticalapplication.

    Thecriticalapplicationhasincreaseduse,andbothnoncriticalapplicationsseeincreaseduseInthiscase,OperationsManagercanmovethenoncriticalVMstoanotherhostanddevotemorehostresourcestothecriticalapplication.

    Thisisanoversimplecase,butitillustratesthevalueofconstantanalysisofalltherelationships.Forthecriticalapplication,theresultsarethesame.Butfortheenvironmentasawhole,theresultsarriveatdifferent,economicalsolutions,toreflectthegivenconditions.Theeconomicengineconsidersalltheentitiesandresourcesinyourenvironment,andanalyzesthemasynchronouslytoconstantlytendtowardtheoptimaloperatingzone.

    Note:Inprincipal,youcanrunOperationsManagerwithnothingmorethanitsdefaultsettings.However,itslikelythatyourenvironmenthasspecialservicesandresourcesthatrequiredifferentmanagementdecisions.OperationsManagerprovidesafullrangeofpoliciesthatyoucansettocontrolhowthesoftwaremanagesspecificgroupsofentities.However,beforeyoumakesuchpolicysettings,youshouldunderstandhowOperationsManagerworksbydefault.Formoreinformationaboutpolicies,seeThePolicyViewonpage 234.

    TheOperationsManagerSupplyChainOperationsManagermodelsyourenvironmentasamarketofbuyersandsellers.Atitssimplest,amarketmodelcouldclassifyeachentityasjustabuyerandaseller.However,avirtualenvironmenthastiersofresourcesandservices.Also,differenttargetsthatOperationsManagercanmonitorrepresentdifferenttiersorgroupings.Forexample,ahypervisorrepresentsapplications,VMs,PMs,datastores,anddatacenters,whilealoadbalancerrepresentsvirtualapplicationsandacloudstackrepresentsvirtualdatacenters.Thesetiersformachainofsupplyanddemand,whereonetiersuppliesresourcestomeetthedemandsofanothertier.TheOperationsManageruserinterfacedisplaysthesupplychaininthefollowingtiers.Toseethefullinventory,withnavigationliststhatshowthefullsupplychain,seeTheInventoryViewonpage 151. VirtualApplicationsonpage 6 Applicationsonpage 7 VirtualMachinesonpage 9 PhysicalMachinesonpage 11 Storageonpage 13 DiskArraysonpage 14 StorageControllersonpage 16 IOModulesonpage 17 FabricInterconnectsonpage 18 Datacentersonpage 19 ProviderVirtualDatacentersonpage 20 OrganizationVirtualDatacentersonpage 22

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    VirtualApplications

    Avirtualapplicationisthelogicalapplicationserver(sometimescalledavserver)thataloadbalancerusestomarshalaccesstoloadbalancedapplications.Intheloadbalancer,eachvirtualapplicationhasbindingstotheapplicationsitmanages.Endusersmakerequeststothevirtualapplication,andtheloadbalancerforwardsthoserequeststotheactualapplications.

    Loadbalancersmanagethetrafficofrequeststoapplicationsinyourenvironment.Thevirtualapplicationisalogicalconstructoftheloadbalancer.Forinformationaboutbindingloadbalancedapplicationstothevirtualapplication,seeLoadBalancerDiscoveryonpage 266.

    MonitoredResourcesOperationsManagermonitorsthefollowingresourcesforavirtualapplication: Transaction(transactionspersecond)

    Thepercentageutilizationoftheallocatedtransactionspersecondforthegivenvirtualapplication.

    Synopsis

    Budget: Avirtualserverhasunlimitedbudgettobuyapplicationresources.Asaresult,avirtualapplicationwillneverbesuspended.

    Provides: Transactionstoendusersandotherapplications.Consumes: ApplicationsrunningonVMs.Discoveredthrough: OperationsManagerdiscoversvirtualapplicationserversthroughloadbalancertargets(see

    AddingandRemovingTargetVirtualManagementServersonpage 208).

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    ActionsOperationsManagerdoesnotrecommendactionstoperformonthevirtualapplicationitself,butitdoesrecommendactionstoperformontheVMsthathostboundapplications.Forexample,assumeavirtualapplicationthatmanagesthreeSQLdatabases.Ifasurgeinrequestsdegradesperformanceacrossallthreedatabases,thenOperationsManagercanstartanewVMtorunanotherinstanceofthedatabaseapplication,andbindittothevirtualapplication.Ontheotherhand,ifSQLrequestsdropoffsothattheloadbalanceronlyforwardsrequeststotwoofthedatabases,OperationsManagercansuspendthedormantdatabaseandunbinditfromthevirtualapplication.

    Applications

    Inavirtualizedenvironment,anapplicationisaprocessrunningonaVM.Applicationstypicallyservehumanusers,orotherapplications.Theyprovidetransactionstotheirusers.

    ApplicationDiscoveryBydefault,OperationsManagerdiscoversthefollowingapplications:

    Synopsis

    Budget: Anapplicationgainsitsbudgetasafunctionofitsactivity,asmeasuredbyutilizationoftransactions.Themoreactiveanapplicationis(themoretransactionstheapplicationperforms),themoreOperationsManagerassumestheapplicationissellingitsservicestoauser.

    Provides: Transactionstootherapplications,toloadbalancerVirtualApplicationServers,andtoendusers.Consumes: VMresources,includingVCPU,VMem,andVStorage.Discoveredthrough: OperationsManagerusesWMI,SNMP,orJMXtodiscoverapplicationsthroughthecurrent

    targethypervisors.Forinformation,seeAddingandRemovingTargetVirtualManagementServersonpage 208.

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    Inaddition,yourinstallationofOperationsManagermightbeconfiguredtodiscoverotherapplicationsrunninginyourenvironment.Formoreinformation,seeApplicationDiscoveryonpage 262.

    GuestLoadTheApps_GuestLoaditemisaspecialentryintheApplicationshierarchy.ThisitemtrackstheresourcesthatOperationsManagerhasnotassignedtoanyspecificapplication.Thiscanoccurforthefollowingreasons: YoudonothavethelicensesrequiredtosupportApplicationmonitoringInthiscase,OperationsManagerlistsall

    theconsumedVMresourcesintheApps_GuestLoadentrythisistheonlyentryunderApplications. OperationsManagerfailstodiscoversomeapplicationsInthiscase,OperationsManagerdisplaysentriesforthe

    applicationsithasdiscovered,andliststheVMresourcesthatarenotaccountedforunderApps_GuestLoad. VMresourcesaredevotedtoinfrastructure,andnotpartofanyapplicationOperationsManagerliststhese

    resourcesunderApps_GuestLoad,andprovidesentriesfortheapplicationsithasdiscovered.

    MonitoredResourcesOperationsManagermonitorsthefollowingresourcesforanapplication: VMem

    ThepercentageutilizationoftheVMemallocatedforthehostingVM,measuredinKbytes. VCPU

    ThepercentageutilizationoftheVCPUallocatedforthehostingVM,measuredinMhz. Transaction(transactionspersecond)

    Thepercentageutilizationoftheallocatedtransactionspersecondforthegivenvirtualapplication.

    ActionsForenvironmentsthatincludeloadbalancers,OperationsManagerrecommendsandperformsBind/Unbindactionsonapplications.Theseactionsincreaseordecreasecapacityforagivenloadbalancer.

    ApplicationName DescriptionLSASS MicrosoftActiveDirectoryservicesIIS MicrosoftInternetInformationServicesXenDesktop CitrixXenDesktopVMView VMWareViewMSSQL MicrosoftSQLServerSharePoint MicrosoftSharepointServerGuestLoad TheresourcesthatOperationsManagerhasnotassignedtoanyspecificapplication(for

    moreinformation,seeGuestLoadonpage 8)

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    OtherthanBind/Unbind,OperationsManagerdoesntperformactionsonapplications.Instead,itperformsactionsonthehostVMs.Ifutilizationishighenoughonanapplication,OperationsManagercancreateanewcopyofthehostVM.Whenanapplicationisidle,itlosesbudget.Ultimately,ifthebudgetfallsenough,OperationsManagerwillsuspendorterminatethehostVM.Youcandeclarethatanapplicationiscritical.Doingthisgivestheapplicationunlimitedbudget,soitshostVMwillneverbesuspended.Formoreinformation,seeApplicationPriorityonpage 260.

    VirtualMachines

    Avirtualmachine(VM)isasoftwareemulationofaphysicalmachine,includingOS,virtualmemoryandCPUs,andnetworkports.VMshostapplications.

    Synopsis

    Budget: AVMgainsitsbudgetbysellingresourcestotheapplicationsithosts.Ifutilizationishighenough,OperationsManagercancreateanewcopyofthegivenVM.Ifutilizationfallsoff,theVMlosesbudget.Ultimately,ifthebudgetisntenoughtopayforthehostservicesitconsumes,OperationsManagerwillsuspendorpowerofftheVM.

    Provides: Hostresourcesforapplicationstouse: VMEM(Kbytes) VCPU(MHz) VStorage IOPs(storageaccessoperationspersecond) Latency(capacityfordisklatencyinms)

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    NotethattheinventorygroupsVMsbythephysicalmachinesthathostthem.Intheuserinterface,thisisalogicalgroupingthatmakesiteasiertovisualizethedistributionofVMsacrossyourenvironment.Also,theVMiconsidentifymanaginghypervisorsbyvendor,andVMstate(seeResourceIconsonpage 36).

    MonitoredResourcesOperationsManagermonitorsthefollowingresourcesforaVM: VMem

    ThepercentageutilizationofthevirtualmemoryallocatedfortheVM,measuredinKbytes. VCPU

    ThepercentageutilizationofthevirtualCPUcapacityallocatedfortheVM,measuredinMhz. VStorage

    ThepercentageutilizationofthevirtualstoragecapacityallocatedfortheVM,measuredinKbytes. IOPS(StorageAccessOperationsperSecond)

    ThepercentageutilizationofIOPSallocatedfortheVStorageontheVM. Latency

    ThepercentageutilizationoflatencyallocatedfortheVStorageontheVM,measuredinms.

    ActionsOperationsManagerrecommendsthefollowingactionsforaVM: StartanewVMfor:

    HighresourceutilizationonVM HighresourceutilizationonhostingPM ExcessIOPSorLatencyinVStorage

    Terminate(Remove)VMForaVMthathasbeensuspendedforalongperiod.

    SuspendVMForlowutilizationofVMsresources.

    MoveVMfor: HighresourceutilizationonVM HighresourceutilizationonhostingPM ExcessIOPSorLatencyinVStorage Workloadplacementviolation HostingPMisunderutilized(movebeforesuspendingPM)

    MoveVMStorageForexcessutilizationofthecurrentdatastore,orformoreefficientutilizationofdatastoresintheenvironment.

    Consumes: Physicalhostresources,includingCPUandMem Storage

    Discoveredthrough: OperationsManagerdiscoversVMsthroughhypervisortargets.Forinformation,seeAddingandRemovingTargetVirtualManagementServersonpage 208.

    Synopsis

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    ReconfigureStorageForoverutilizedstorageresources,addVStoragecapacity.Forunderutilizedstorageresources,removeVStoragecapacity.

    ReconfigureVMChangenetworkandstorageconfiguration.Forexample,OperationsManagerrecommendsthisactioniftheVMisconfiguredtouseanetworkthatitcannotaccess.ChangeVCPUandVMemcapacity.

    PhysicalMachines

    Aphysicalmachine(PMorHost)isaserverthatrunsahypervisorprocess.ThismeansthePMcanhostVMsthataremanagedbythegivenhypervisor.NotethataPMisnotnecessarilyaphysicalbox,orcomputingiron.AVMcanbesetupasaserverthatrunsahypervisor,anditcaninturnhostotherVMswithinitsprocessingspace.However,itsmostusualtouseironasyourPMs.

    Synopsis

    Budget: APMgainsitsbudgetbysellingresourcestotheVMsithosts.ThemoreVMsrunningonaPM,themorebudgetthePMhastopurchasestorageanddatacenterresources.IfutilizationofaPMishighenough,OperationsManagercanrecommendthatyouprovisionanewPM.Ifutilizationfallsoff,thePMlosesbudget.Ultimately,ifthebudgetisntenoughtopayfortheservicesitconsumes,OperationsManagerwillsuspendorpoweroffthePM.

    Provides: HostresourcesforVMstouse: Mem(Kbytes) CPU(MHz) IO(throughputontheI/Obus) Net(networkthroughput) Swap(swapratecapacitymeasuredinbytes/sec) Ballooning(sharingofmemoryamonghostedVMs) CPUReadyQueue(waittimeonthequeueinms)

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    MonitoredResourcesOperationsManagermonitorsthefollowingresourcesforaPM: Mem

    ThepercentageofthePMsmemorythatisreservedorinuse,measuredinKbytes. CPU

    ThepercentageofthePMsCPUcyclesthatarereservedorinuse,measuredinKbytes. IO

    ThedataratethroughthePMsIOadapters.ChartsshowthepercentageofthePMsIOcapacitythatisinuse,measuredinKbytespersecond.

    NetThedataratethroughthePMsnetworkadapters.ChartsshowthepercentageofthePMsnetworkthroughputcapacitythatisinuse,measuredinKbytespersecond.

    SwapThepercentageofthePMsallocatedswapspacethatisinuse,measuredinKbytes.

    BalloonThesharingofmemoryamongVMsrunningonthehost.ChartsshowpercentageofthePMsballooningcapacitythatisinuse,measuredinKbytes.

    1,2,4CPUReadyThepercentageofthePMsallocatedreadyqueuecapacitythatisinuse,measuredinKbytes.ChartsshowthepercentageorwaittimeforalltheVMsonagivenhostPM.

    ActionsOperationsManagerrecommendsthefollowingactionsforaPM: StartPM

    Forincreaseddemandofphysicalresources,startupasuspendedPM. ProvisionPM

    Forincreaseddemandofphysicalresources,installanewPMintheenvironment.OperationsManagerwillthenmoveworkloadtothathost.

    SuspendPMForunderutilizedresourcesonaPM,moveexistingworkloadtootherhostsandsuspendthePM.

    Terminate(Remove)PMForaPMthathasbeensuspendedforaperiodoftime,removethePM.

    Note:OperationsManagerdiscoversVMWareHAconfigurationsinclusters,andconsidersthereservedresourcesinitscalculations.Fortoleratedhostfailures,orareservedpercentageofclusterresources,OperationsManagerautomaticallysetsutilizationconstraintsforthatcluster(seeUtilizationConstraintsonpage 251).Ifyouconfigureafailover

    Consumes: Datacenterresources(physicalspace,cooling,etc.)andstorage.Discoveredthrough: OperationsManagerdiscoversPMsthroughhypervisortargets(seeAddingandRemovingTarget

    VirtualManagementServersonpage 208).Forsomehypervisorvendors,thePMisthetarget,andforothersthePMsaremanagedbythespecifiedtarget.

    Synopsis

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    host,OperationsManagerreservesthathostforHAandwillnotmoveVMstoit.Youcanseeafailovericon( )onthereservedhostintheInventorytree.

    Storage

    StorageisrepresentedinOperationsManagerasDatastores.ADatastoreisalogicalgroupingofoneormorephysicalstoragedevicesthatserveVMstoragerequirements.

    MonitoredResourcesOperationsManagermonitorsthefollowingresourcesforadatastore: Storage

    Thestorageallocatedtoastoragecontrolleristhetotalofallthephysicalspaceavailabletothestoragecontroller.Thisincludesdisksfordiskarrays,sparedisks,orotherphysicalspacethecontrollermanages.Incharts,thismetricshowsthepercentageofthisstoragethatisutilizedbythecharteddevice.

    CPUThepercentageutilizationofCPUresourcesallocatedtothestoragecontroller.

    Synopsis

    Budget: ADatastoregainsitsbudgetbysellingresourcestotheVMsitserves.IfutilizationofaDatastoreishighenough,OperationsManagercanrecommendthatyouprovisionanewone.

    Provides: HostresourcesforVMstouse: Storageamount IOPs(storageaccessoperationspersecond) Latency(capacityfordisklatencyinms)

    Consumes: Diskarrays.Discoveredthrough: OperationsManagerdiscoversDatastoresthroughhypervisortargets(seeAddingandRemoving

    TargetVirtualManagementServersonpage 208).

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    ActionsOperationsManagerrecommendsthefollowingactionsforadatastore: StartStorage

    Forhighutilizationofstorageresources,startasuspendeddatastore. ProvisionStorage

    Forhighutilizationofstorageresources,provisionanewdatastore. SuspendStorage

    Forlowutilizationofstorageresources,moveservedVMstootherdatastoresandsuspendthisone. TerminateStorage(Remove)

    Foradatastorethathasbeensuspendedforaperiodoftime,removethedatastore. Move(onlywiththeStorageExtension)

    Forhighutilizationofphysicalstorage,movedatastoretoadifferentstoragedevice. Resize(onlywiththeStorageExtension)

    Increaseordecreasethedatastorecapacity.

    DiskArrays

    ADiskArrayisadatastoragesystemmadeupofmultiplediskdrives.Forexample,aRAIDisadiskarraythatimplementsredundancyandotherdatamanagementfeatures.Adiskarrayprovidesstoragevolumestoservethestoragerequirementsofphysicalmachines.Adiskarrayusestheresourcesofonestoragecontroller,whichmanagesthediskarrayoperation.OperationsManagersupportsdiskarrayswhenyouhaveinstalledtheStorageExtensionlicense.Intheinventorytree,thediskarraysaregroupedbythestoragecontrollerthatmanagesthem.Forexample,theabovefigureshowsthreediskarraysmanagedbyonestoragecontroller.

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    MonitoredResourcesOperationsManagermonitorsthefollowingresourcesforadiskarray: Storage

    Thepercentageutilizationofthestorageallocatedforthegivendiskarray.Thisisasumoftheaggregatedphysicalstoragethatthearrayexposestotheenvironment.

    StorageProvisionedThepercentageutilizationofthestoragethatwasprovisionedforthisdiskarray.Thisencompassesoverprovisioningofstorage,aswellasthinprovisioningontheVMs,deduplication,compression,andotherstorageoptimizations.Forexample,assumestorageoverprovisioningof200%astheonlystorageoptimization,andthecurrentStorageutilizationisat50%.Inthiscase,StorageProvisionedwouldshowavalueof25%.

    IOPSStorageAccessOperationsperSecondThepercentageutilizationofallocatedIOPS.Thediskarrayaggregatesthisvalueforallitsvolumes.Inotherwords,allvolumesonagivendiskarrayshowthesamevalueforthisresource.

    LatencyThepercentageutilizationofallocatedlatency.Thediskarrayaggregatesthisvalueforallitsvolumes.Inotherwords,allvolumesonagivendiskarrayshowthesamevalueforthisresource.

    ActionsOperationsManagerrecommendsthefollowingactionsforadiskarray: ProvisionDiskArray

    Forhighutilizationofthediskarraysstorage,provisionanewdiskarray. StartDiskArray

    Forhighutilizationofdiskarray,startasuspendeddiskarray. SuspendDiskArray

    Forlowutilizationofthediskarraysstorage,moveVMstodatastoresandsuspendvolumesonthediskarray. MoveVM

    ForhighutilizationofaStorageonavolume,OperationsManagercanmoveaVMtoanothervolume.Thenewvolumecanbeonthecurrentdiskarray,oronanyotherdatastore.ForhighIOPSorLatency,amoveisalwaysfromthecurrentarraytoanotherdiskarrayorotherdatastore.ThisisbecauseallthevolumesonagivendiskarrayshowthesameIOPSandLatency.

    Synopsis

    Budget: Adiskarraygainsitsbudgetbysellingresourcestothedatastoresitserves.Ifutilizationofadiskarrayishighenough,OperationsManagercanrecommendthatyouprovisionanewone.

    Provides: Storageresourcesfordatastorestouse: Storageamount StorageProvisioned IOPs(storageaccessoperationspersecond) Latency(capacityfordisklatencyinms)

    Consumes: StoragecontrollersDiscoveredthrough: OperationsManagerdiscoversdiskarraysthroughstoragecontrollertargets(seeAddingand

    RemovingTargetVirtualManagementServersonpage 208).

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    StorageControllers

    AStorageControllerisadevicethatmanagesoneormorediskarrays.ThestoragecontrollerprovidesCPUcyclestoperformstoragemanagementtasksforeachdiskarrayitmanages.OperationsManagersupportsstoragecontrollerswhenyouhaveinstalledtheStorageExtensionlicense.

    MonitoredResourcesOperationsManagermonitorsthefollowingresourcesforastoragecontroller: Storage

    Thestorageallocatedtoastoragecontrolleristhetotalofallthephysicalspaceavailabletothestoragecontroller.Thisincludesdisksfordiskarrays,sparedisks,orotherphysicalspacethecontrollermanages.Incharts,thismetricshowsthepercentageofthisstoragethatisutilizedbythecharteddevice.

    Synopsis

    Budget: Astoragecontrollergainsitsbudgetbysellingresourcestothediskarraysitmanages.IfutilizationofthestoragecontrollersCPUresourcesishighenough,OperationsManagercanrecommendthatyouprovisionanewoneandmovediskarraystoit.

    Provides: CPUandstorageresourcesfordiskarrays: Storageamount CPU

    Consumes: IOmodulesthatconnectthecontrollertotheLANontheonehand,andtothediskarraysontheother.

    Discoveredthrough: OperationsManagerdirectlyaccessesstoragecontrollertargets(seeAddingandRemovingTargetVirtualManagementServersonpage 208).

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    CPUThepercentageutilizationofCPUresourcesallocatedtothestoragecontroller.

    ActionsOperationsManagerrecommendsthefollowingactionsforastoragecontroller: ProvisionStorageController

    ForhighutilizationofthestoragecontrollersCPU,provisionanewstoragecontroller,andthenmovediskarraystoit.

    IOModules

    AnIOModuleisaswitchthatconnectsastoragecontrolleranditsdiskarraystothenetwork.ItprovidesastoragecontrollerwithNetresources.TypicalinstallationsprovidetwoIOmodulesperstoragecontroller.OperationsManagersupportsIOmoduleswhenyouhaveinstalledtheStorageExtensionlicense.

    Synopsis

    Budget: AnIOmodulegainsitsbudgetbysellingNetresourcestoastoragecontroller.Provides: NetresourcesConsumes: ChassisadSwitchDiscoveredthrough: OperationsManagerdiscoversIOmodulesthroughthestoragecontrollertargetsthatusethem

    (seeAddingandRemovingTargetVirtualManagementServersonpage 208).

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    MonitoredResourcesOperationsManagermonitorsthefollowingresourcesforanIOmodule: Net

    ThepercentageutilizationofthetotalnetworkthroughputallocatedfortheIOmodule.

    FabricInterconnects

    AFabricInterconnectconnectsserverstothenetworkandstorage.AtypicaldeploymentincludestwoswitchesforanAsideandaBside.Thefabricinterconnectprovidesnetworkbandwidthtotheserversintheplatform.OperationsManagersupportsfabricinterconnectswhenyouhaveinstalledtheConvergedFabricExtensionlicense.

    MonitoredResourcesOperationsManagermonitorsthefollowingresourcesforanIOmodule: Net

    ThepercentageutilizationofthetotalnetworkthroughputallocatedfortheIOmodule.

    Synopsis

    Budget: AfabricinterconnectgainsitsbudgetbysellingNetresourcestoservers.Provides: NetresourcesConsumes: N/A

    Discoveredthrough: OperationsManagerdiscoversfabricinterfacesthroughtheUCSplatformtargetsthatusethem(seeAddingandRemovingTargetVirtualManagementServersonpage 208).

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    Datacenters

    ForOperationsManager,adatacenteristhesumofVMs,PMs,datastores,andnetworkdevicesthataremanagedbyagivenhypervisortarget.Adatacenterprovidescompute,memory,storage,andbandwidthresources.

    MonitoredResourcesOperationsManagermonitorsthefollowingresourcesforadatacenter: Mem

    ThepercentageofthePMsmemorythatisreservedorinuse,measuredinKbytes. CPU

    ThepercentageofthePMsCPUcyclesthatarereservedorinuse,measuredinKbytes. IO

    ThedataratethroughthePMsIOadapters.ChartsshowthepercentageofthePMsIOcapacitythatisinuse,measuredinKbytespersecond.

    NetThedataratethroughthePMsnetworkadapters.ChartsshowthepercentageofthePMsnetworkthroughputcapacitythatisinuse,measuredinKbytespersecond.

    Synopsis

    Budget: ADatastorehasunlimitedbudget.Provides: Datacenterresources(physicalspace,cooling,etc.).Consumes: N/A

    Discoveredthrough: OperationsManagerdiscoversDatastoresthroughhypervisortargets(seeAddingandRemovingTargetVirtualManagementServersonpage 208).

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    SwapThepercentageofthePMsallocatedswapspacethatisinuse,measuredinKbytes.

    BalloonThesharingofmemoryamongVMsrunningonthehost.ChartsshowpercentageofthePMsballooningcapacitythatisinuse,measuredinKbytes.

    1,2,4CPUReadyThepercentageofthePMsallocatedreadyqueuecapacitythatisinuse,measuredinKbytes.ChartsshowthepercentageorwaittimeforalltheVMsonagivenhostPM.

    ActionsOperationsManagerdoesnotrecommendactionstoperformonadatacenter.Instead,itrecommendsactionstoperformonthedevicesrunninginthedatacenter.

    ProviderVirtualDatacenters

    Aprovidervirtualdatacenter(vDC)isacollectionofphysicalresources(PMsanddatastores)managedbyacloudstack.Thecloudadministratorhasaccesstotheseresources,anddefinesthedatacentermembers.UsuallyaprovidervDCiscreatedtomanageresourcesthatwillbeexposedtoexternalcustomersthroughoneormoreorganizationalvDCs.

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    MonitoredResourcesOperationsManagermonitorsthefollowingresourcesforaprovidervirtualdatacenter: Mem

    Thepercentageofphysicalmachinememorythatisreservedorinuse,measuredinKbytes.Foravirtualdatacenter,thisismeasuredagainstthesumofthememoryallocatedtothephysicalmachinesinthedatacenter.

    StorageThestorageallocatedtoastoragecontrolleristhetotalofallthephysicalspaceavailabletothestoragecontroller.Thisincludesdisksfordiskarrays,sparedisks,orotherphysicalspacethecontrollermanages.Incharts,thismetricshowsthepercentageofthisstoragethatisutilizedbythecharteddevice.

    CPUThepercentageutilizationofCPUresourcesallocatedtothestoragecontroller.

    ActionsOperationsManagerdoesnotrecommendactionstoperformonavirtualdatacenter.Instead,itrecommendsactionstoperformonthedevicesrunninginthedatacenter.

    Synopsis

    Budget: AProvidervDCgainsitsbudgetbysellingresourcestotheOrganizationvDCsthatithosts.Ifutilizationfallsoff,thedatacenterlosesbudget.Ultimately,ifthebudgetisntenoughtopayfortheservicesitconsumes,OperationsManagerwillterminatetheProvidervDC.

    Provides: PhysicalresourcessuchasPMsanddatastores.Consumes: PMsanddatastoresDiscoveredthrough: OperationsManagerdiscoversvDCsthroughcloudstackmanagerssuchasvCloudDirector(see

    AddingandRemovingTargetVirtualManagementServersonpage 208).

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    OrganizationVirtualDatacenters

    AnOrganizationVirtualDatacenter(vDC)isacollectionofresourcesthatareavailableforexternalcustomerstomanagethroughthecloud.Itisanenvironmentcustomerscanusetostore,deploy,andoperatevirtualsystems.

    OperationsManagerdisplaysProvidervDCsintheinventoryasfollows:

    Synopsis

    Budget: AnOrganizationvDCgainsitsbudgetasafunctionofitsactivity.ThehighertheutilizationofthevDC,themoreOperationsManagerassumesthevDCissellingitsservicestoauser.IfutilizationishighenoughonanOrganizationvDC,OperationsManagercanincreaseresourcesforthevDC.Ifutilizationfallsof,OperationsManagercanreduceresourcecapacity,orultimatelyterminatethevDC.OperationsManagercanalsoresizeVMsthroughtheOrganizationvDCinresponsetochangesinVMutilization.

    Provides: Physicalresourcestohostvirtualsystems.Consumes: ProvidervDCDiscoveredthrough: OperationsManagerdiscoversvDCsthroughcloudstackmanagerssuchasvCloudDirector(see

    AddingandRemovingTargetVirtualManagementServersonpage 208).

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    WhileuserscanseesomeofthephysicalresourcesthatsupporttheorganizationvDC,organizationleveluserscannotmodifythesephysicalresources.UsersoforganizationvDCsmakechangestohowthevirtualdevicesaredeployedinthatenvironment,butthemustaskadministratorstoaddmorephysicalresourcestotheorganizationvDC.Likewise,OperationsManagercanchangeVMsrunninginthevDC,butitdoesnotmakeanychangestophysicalresourcesthroughthisvDC.

    MonitoredResourcesOperationsManagermonitorsthefollowingresourcesforaprovidervirtualdatacenter: Mem

    Thepercentageofphysicalmachinememorythatisreservedorinuse,measuredinKbytes.Foravirtualdatacenter,thisismeasuredagainstthesumofthememoryallocatedtothephysicalmachinesinthedatacenter.

    StorageThestorageallocatedtoastoragecontrolleristhetotalofallthephysicalspaceavailabletothestoragecontroller.Thisincludesdisksfordiskarrays,sparedisks,orotherphysicalspacethecontrollermanages.Incharts,thismetricshowsthepercentageofthisstoragethatisutilizedbythecharteddevice.

    CPUThepercentageutilizationofCPUresourcesallocatedtothestoragecontroller.

    ActionsOperationsManagerdoesnotrecommendactionstoperformonavirtualdatacenter.Instead,itrecommendsactionstoperformonthedevicesrunninginthedatacenter.

    OperationsManagerActionsOperationsManagerdoesmorethantrackproblemsinyourenvironment.Beforeproblemsoccur,OperationsManageridentifiesactionsyoucantaketoavoidtheproblems.Youcanperformtheseactionsmanually,directOperationsManagertoperformtheactionsoncommand,ordirectOperationsManagertoperformactionsautomaticallyastheyarise.Youcansetdifferentactionmodes(whethertoautomateornot)forindividualactions(seeActionModesonpage 254).

    Note:Torecommendandperformactions,theOperationsManagerEconomicSchedulingEnginetreatsyourenvironmentasamarketwithprovidersandconsumers.Entitiesinthemarketinteractinprovider/consumerrelationships.Forexample,aPMhostsaVMThePMprovidescomputeresources,physicalmemory,andnetworkthroughputtotheVM,andtheVMconsumestheseresources.

    OperationsManagerperformsfourgeneraltypesofactions: ProvisionAddingresourcecapacity,usuallybyaddinganentity DecommissionStopping,suspending,orremovinganentity MovePlacingaconsumeronadifferenthost ResizeChangingtheallocationofresourcesonanentity

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    ProvisionProvisioningactionsaddcapacitytoyourenvironment.Forexample,provisioningaPMaddsmorecomputecapacitythatisavailabletohostVMs.ProvisioningaVMaddscapacitytorunapplications.OperationsManagercanprovisionthefollowing: VMs PMs Storage DiskArrays

    Note:Inpractice,provisioningforaStorageControlleronlyoccursinplanningscenarios.Inyourenvironment,youwouldmanuallyadddiskarraystostoragecontrollers,andwouldnotbeabletoaddanarrayiftherewasnotastoragecontrollerpresenttohostit.

    DecommissionDecommissioningactionseitherterminateentities(removethemfrotheenvironment)orsuspendthem(setresourcesasidewithoutremovingthemfromtheenvironment).Suspendedcapacityisstillavailable,butiscurrentlynotinuse.Suspendedresourcesarecandidatesforremoval.OperationsManagercandecommissionthefollowing: VMs PMs Storage DiskArrays

    MoveMovesareactionsthatchangeaconsumertouseadifferentprovider.Forexample,movingaVMassignstheVMtobehostedonadifferentPM.MovingaVMsstoragemeanstheVMwilluseadifferentdatastore.OperationsManagercanmovethefollowing: VMs Storage

    ResizeResizeactionsallocatemoreorfewerresourcesonanentity.TypicalresizingincludesaddingorsubtractingVCPUsorVMemonaVM,addingorsubtractingcapacityonadatastore,andaddingorsubtractingvolumesinadiskarray.OperationsManagercanresizethefollowing: VMs Storage DiskArrays(forexample,startanadditionaldriveinthearray)

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    ActionsSummaryThefollowingtablesummarizestheactionsOperationsManagercanperformorrecommendfortheinventoryitemsinthesupplychain:

    InventoryItem Provision Decommission Move ResizeVirtualApplication N/A

    Applicationsignaturesidentifywhichapplicationsareboundtospecificloadbalancers.AsOperationsManagerprovisionsordecommissionsVMsrunningtheseapplications,thoseactionsincreaseordecreasethecapacityofavirtualapplication.Inthisway,OperationsManageraddsorsubtractscapacityonaloadbalancerForinformationaboutloadbalancertargets,seeLoadBalancerDiscoveryonpage 266.

    Application BindOnlyforenvironmentswithaloadbalancer

    UnbindOnlyforenvironmentswithaloadbalancer

    N/A N/A

    VM Start Suspend Terminate(removeVM)

    MoveVM(todifferenthost,datastore,etc.)

    Reconfigure(includingaddmissingnetworkorreconfigurestorage)

    Resize(changeamountofmemoryorstorage)

    PM Start Provision

    Suspend Terminate(removePM)

    N/A N/A

    Storage(datastoresforVMs) Start Provision

    Suspend Terminate(removedatastore)

    Move(todifferentstoragedeviceonlyavailablewiththeStorageExtension)

    Resize(onlyavailablewiththeStorageExtension)

    DiskArray(onlyavailablewiththeStorageExtension)

    Start Provision

    Suspend N/A N/A

    StorageController(onlyavailablewiththeStorageExtension)

    Provision N/A N/A N/A

    IOModule(onlyavailablewiththeStorageExtension)

    N/A

    FabricInterconnect(onlyavailablewiththeConvergedFabricExtension)

    N/A

    Datacenter N/AOperationsManagerdoesnotrecommendactionstoperformonthedatacenteritself,butitdoesrecommendactionstoperformontheentitiesrunninginthedatacenter.

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    SupplyChainTerminologyVMTurbointroducesspecifictermstoexpressITresourcesandutilizationintermsofsupplyanddemand.Thesetermsarelargelyintuitive,butyoushouldbesureyouunderstandhowtheyrelatetotheissuesandactivitiesthatarecommonforITmanagement.

    VirtualDatacenter N/AOperationsManagerdoesnotrecommendtheseactionstoperformonthevirtualdatacenteritself,butitdoesrecommendactionstoperformontheentitiesrunninginthevirtualdatacenter.

    Resize(changetheamountofCPU,memory,orstorageallocatedtoaVDC)

    Term: Definition:

    Commodity ThebasicbuildingblockofVMTurbosupplyanddemand.EverythingaVMTurboproductrepresentsoranalyzesisacommodity.Forexample,theCPUcapacityormemorythataphysicalmachinecanprovideisacommodity.TheOperationsManagercanalsorepresentclustersandsegmentsascommodities.Whentheuserinterfaceshowscommodities,itsshowingtheresourcesaserviceprovides.Whentheinterfaceshowscommoditiesbought,itsshowingwhatthatserviceconsumes.

    ComposedOf Theresourcesorcommoditiesthatmakeupthegivenservice.Forexample,intheuserinterfaceyoumightseethatacertainVMiscomposedofcommoditiessuchasoneormorephysicalCPUs,anEthernetinterface,andphysicalmemory.CompareComposedOftoConsumes,whereconsumptionreferstothecommoditiestheVMhasbought.AlsocompareComposedOftothecommoditiesaserviceoffersforsale.AphysicalmachinemightincludefourCPUsinitscomposition,butthecommoditiesthemachineofferswillshowtheseCPUsaggregatedasasinglecommodity.

    Consumes Theservicesandcommoditiesaservicehasbought.Aserviceconsumesothercommodities.Forexample,aVMconsumesthecommoditiesofferedbyaphysicalmachine,andanapplicationconsumescommoditiesfromoneormoreVMs.Notethatintheuserinterfaceyoucanexploretheservicesthatprovidethecommoditiesthecurrentserviceconsumes.

    Environment Thesumofdatacenter,network,physicalmachine,storage,VM,andapplicationresourcesthatyouaremonitoring.

    Inventory Thelistofallcommoditiesinyourenvironment.UtilizationIndex AmeasureoftherisktoQualityofService(QoS)thataconsumerwillexperience.ThehighertheUIona

    provider,themorerisktoQoSforanyconsumerofthatprovidersservices.Forexample,aphysicalmachineprovideshostservicestooneormoreVMs.ThehighertheUIontheprovider,themorelikelyitisthattheVMswillexperienceQoSdegradation.Notethatforoptimaloperation,theUIonaprovidershouldnotgointodoubledigits.Intheaboveexample,ifthePMhasaUIof16ormore,theVMsareverylikelytosufferQoSdegradation.

    Service Afunctioningcommoditiesgroupsuchasaphysicalmachine,aVM,oranapplication.Utilization Thepercentageovertimethatacommodityisused,where100%isutilizationofthefullcapacity.VMGroup ThecollectionofVMsrunningonagivenphysicalmachine.Becauseanenvironmentcanhavemany

    VMs,theuserinterfaceshowsVMgroupsasawaytosimplifyandorganizetheirpresentation.

    InventoryItem Provision Decommission Move Resize

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    ResourceDescriptionsToperformintelligentworkloadbalancing,OperationsManagercollectsrawdatafromitstargetservers(hypervisors,cloudmanagementstacks,orloadbalancers).OperationsManagerasynchronouslypollsitstargetserversat10minuteintervalstocollectthetarget'slatestdatasamples.Itthenusesthese10minutedatapointsforanalysisandtodisplaydataintheGUI.ThewayOperationsManagercollectshostmemorydatafromvCenterServerillustrateshowthisworks.vCenterServercollectspeakmetricsfromitsmanagedVMsat20secondintervals.EverytenminutesOperationsManagerpollsvCenterServertocollectitslastroundofdatasamples(30samplesin10minutes).TotrackaVM'sutilizationofhostmemory,OperationsManagerrequestsmemory.activedatasamples.Fromthatpolling,OperationsManagercantrack: MaxMemoryUtilizationOperationsManagerusesthehighestvalueineachpollingsample.Thisgivesthe

    highestpercentageofactivememoryutilizationfortheselectedVM(orgroupofVMs),plottedovertheselectedtimeperiod.Foramaxvalue,OperationsManagerusesthehighestobservedactivememoryvalueinthedatasample.

    AverageMemoryUtilizationOperationsManageraveragesallthevaluesineachpollingsample.ThefollowingtableliststhemetricsOperationsManagercollects,andincludesdetailsabouthowtheyarecollectedormeasured.Forchartsofclustersorgroupsofdevices,chartsshowtheaverageofthepercentageofallocatedresourcesthatareused.

    Resource: Description:

    124CPURdy Waittimeinthereadyqueueonthehost,measuredinms.Chartsshowthepercentageallocatedreadyqueuecapacitythatisinuseonthehost.Forhostcharts,thisisameasureofthetotalreadyqueuewaittimeforalltheVMsrunningonthathost.

    Balloon Ballooningcapacityonthehost,measuredinKbytes.BallooningindicatesthesharingofmemoryamongtheVMsonagivenhost.Chartsshowthepercentageallocatedballooningcapacitythatisinuseonthehost.

    CPU HostCPUcapacity,measuredinMhz.ThisshowswhatpercentageofCPUcyclesaredevotedtoprocessinginstructions. HostchartsshowthepercentageofthehostsCPUcapacitythatisinuse. VMchartsshowthepercentageofthehostsCPUcapacitythatisconsumedbythegivenVM.

    IO DataratethroughthehostsIOadapter,measuredinKbytes/sec. DatacenterchartsshowtheaveragepercentageofthehostIOcapacitythatisinuse,forallthehostsinthedatacenter.

    HostchartsshowthepercentageofthehoststotalIOcapacitythatisinuse.IOPS Storageaccessoperationspersecond.ChartsshowthepercentageofallocatedIOPScapacitythatisused

    onadatastore.Latency Allocatedcapacityforlatencyonadatastore.ThismeasuresthelatencyexperiencedbyallVMsandhosts

    thataccessthedatastore.Chartsshowthepercentageofallocatedlatencythatisinuseonthedatastore.Mem Hostmemory,measuredinKbytes.

    Hostchartsshowthepercentageofthehostsmemorythatisinuse. VMchartsshowthepercentageofthehostsmemorythatisconsumedbythegivenVM.

    NET DataratethroughthehostsNetworkadapter,measuredinKbytes/sec. DatacenterchartsshowtheaveragepercentageofthehostNETcapacitythatisusedforallthehostsinthedatacenter.

    HostchartsshowthepercentageofthehoststotalNETcapacitythatisinuse.

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    Storage Datastorecapacity,measuredinKbytes.Datastorechartsshowthepercentageofadatastorescapacitythatisinuse.

    StorageProvisioned

    Thisresourceshowshowmuchthegivenstorageisoversubscribed.StorageProvisionedcapacityisthestoragecapacitymultipliedbytheStorageOverprovisionedPercentage(200bydefault).Thehigherthisvalue,thegreatertheriskthatstorageisovercommitted.

    Swap Allocatedswapspaceonthehost.Chartsshowthepercentageofahostsallocatedswapspacethatisinuse.

    Transactions Transactionspersecondinanapplication.Chartsshowthepercentageofanapplicationsallocatedtransactioncapacitythatisinuse.

    UI AmeasureoftherisktoQualityofService(QoS)thataconsumerwillexperience.ThehighertheUIonaprovider,themorerisktoQoSforanyconsumerofthatprovidersservices.ChartsshowtheUIforthegivendevice.

    VCPU VirtualCPUcapacityonaVM,measuredinMhz.ChartsshowthepercentageofaVMsVCPUcyclesthataredevotedtoprocessinginstructions.

    VMem VirtualmemoryallocatedonaVM,measuredinKbytes.ChartsshowthepercentageofaVMsallocatedVMemthatisinuse.NotethatpercentagesofallocatedVMemaremeasuredagainstwhicheveristhelessof:TheVMemlimit(ifset)ortheallocatedVMemcapacity.Thisisalsotrueinreportsandrecommendedactions.Forexample,assumeaVMwithallocatedVMemof8GB,butalimitof4GB.Inthiscase,thepercentageinachartshowsthepercentageutilizedof4GB.

    VStorage VirtualstorageallocatedonaVM,measuredinKbytes.ChartsshowthepercentageofaVMsallocatedVStoragethatisinuse.

    Resource: Description:

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    TheOperationsManagerUserInterfaceTouseOperationsManager,youopenawebbrowsertotheIPaddressofyourproductinstallation.OperationsManagerservestheuserinterfacetoyourbrowser,whereyoucanobserve,analyze,andmanageyourenvironment.ThefollowingfigureshowstheuserinterfaceopenedtotheDashboardsview.

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    TheOperationsManagerUserInterfaceDashboardsViewThissectiondescribesthedifferentcomponentsoftheuserinterface,includingthefollowing: MenuBaronpage 31 ToolBarandDisplayToolsonpage 32 FlyoutPanelsonpage 33 NotificationsBaronpage 37 StandardPanelControlsonpage 38 InformationPanelsonpage 44 UtilizationHistoryonpage 50

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    MenuBarOperationsManagerpresentsviewsforthedifferentactivitiesyoucanperform.Themenubaratthetopoftheapplicationwindowincludesbuttonsyouclicktodisplaytheseviews.OperationsManagerprovidesthefollowingviews: TheDashboardsViewonpage 64Seedashboardsthatfocuson:

    Assuringserviceperformance Maintainingefficientallocationofresources Projectingfutureresourcerequirementsforclusters Trendingenvironmentstatusoverthelastmonth

    TheWorkloadViewonpage 86Seechartsthatshowthecurrentworkloaddistributioncomparedtothemostdesirableworkloaddistribution

    TheDeployViewonpage 93UseOperationsManagertodeploynewVMsinyourenvironment,whilemaintainingtheenvironmentwithintheOptimalOperatingZone

    ThePlanViewonpage 99Runwhatifscenariostoinvestigatehowtochangeyourinfrastructuretoachieveoptimalperformance

    TheOptimizeViewonpage 146Seesidebysidechartsofthecurrentenvironmentcomparedwiththeoptimalenvironment.IncludesaToDolistofactionsyoucanperform.

    TheInventoryViewonpage 151Seerealtimeandhistoricalinformationaboutthevariousresources,services,andcomponentsinyourenvironment

    TheAdminViewonpage 197AttachOperationsManagertospecifichypervisors,createuseraccounts,specifydataretentionpolicies,andperformothermaintenanceactivities

    ThePolicyViewonpage 234Definegroupsandmakesettingstodefineworkloadplacement,analysis,andotherpolicies

    Youcanalsoopenviewstoshowinformationaboutspecificcomponents.Forexample,whenyousearchforaspecificvirtualmachine(seeSearchinToolBarandDisplayToolsonpage 32),OperationsManageropensanewviewforthatVM.ThatviewincludesanavigationpanelandinformationpanelsthatlistonlyinformationaboutthegivenVM.Whenyouarethroughwiththiskindofview,clicktheviewbuttonscloseboxtodiscardit.Youcanchoosewhichbuttonstoincludeonthemenubar,andOperationsManagerwillsaveyourchangeswithyouruseraccount.Ifyouremovebuttonsfromthemenubar,youcanaddthembackagainatanytime.

    Deleting,Adding,andArrangingMenuButtonsTodeleteabuttonfromthemenubar,clickthecloseboxinthebuttonsupperrightcorner.

    Toaddabuttontothemenubar,clicktheproductlogoatthetopleftoftheapplicationwindow,thendragbuttonsfromthemenupaneltothemenubar.Tochangetheorderofbuttonsinthemenubar,dragthemtothepositionyouwant.

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    ToolBarandDisplayToolsTheOperationsManagertoolbarprovidesthefollowing: Reports

    ThereportstoolopensanewwebpagethatpresentsalltheReportsthataredefinedforyourinstallationofOperationsManager.ItgeneratesreportsinPDFthatyoucanvieworsendtospecificemailaddresses.YoucanalsosavereportsintheMicrosoftExcelXMLformat.OperationsManagerpresentsastandardsetofreports,andyoucanalsodefinecustomreports.ReportsarenotavailableuntilOperationsManagerhasbeenrunningfor24hours.

    SearchThesearchtoolopensadialogboxyoucanusetosearchforcomponentsorservicesbyname.AsyoutypeaSearchExpression,thedialogboxlistsalltheitemsthatmatchyourstring.WhenyouselectanitemandclickOK,OperationsManageropensanewviewtoshowinformationaboutthatitem.Youcanselectmultipleitems.UseShiftClicktoextendtheselection,oruseCtrlClicktoselectdiscontinuousitems.

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    HelpMenuThismenuprovidesaccessto: QuickHelpDescriptionsofvariouspanelsinOperationsManager,thatoverlaythepanelcontent. UserGuideTheOperationsManagerdocumentation. SupportCenterThiscommandopenstheSupportCenterwebsite. AboutOperationsManagerversioninformation

    LogoutUsethistooltologoutofyourOperationsManagersession.

    TheDisplaytoolsspecifythefollowing: Collapse

    ThisbuttoncollapsesalltheentriesintheNavigationpanel. Refresh

    TheRefreshbuttoncausesOperationsManagertoupdatethedataitdisplays. AutoRefresh

    SpecifiesregularupdateperiodsforOperationsManager.SpecifytheRefreshIntervalinseconds.Forexample,toautorefresheverytenminutes,enter600.

    FlyoutPanelsMostoftheviewsinOperationsManagerincludeaflyoutpanelthatdisplaysnavigationtrees,listsofgroups,orlistsoffeaturestheviewsupports.TheDashboardsviewincludesaflyoutpanelthatlistsavailabledashboards,aswellascontrolstocreateordeletecustomdashboards.TheInventoryandOptimizeviewsincludeflyoutpanelsthatshowhierarchicaltreesofresources,services,andcomponentsinyourenvironment.Forexample,thefollowingfigureshowstheflyoutpanelfortheInventoryview.

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    FlyoutPanelfortheInventoryViewThisfigureshowstheInventorytree,andabuttontoopentheGroupstree.Youcannavigatethesetreestoseewhateachitemcontains.TheInventorytreeshowsahierarchyofitemsinyourenvironment.Whenyouselectanitem,theinformationpanelsontherightdisplaydataabouttheselecteditem.

    SettingFlyoutPanelLocationBydefault,thenavigationpanelsopenontheleftsideoftheview.Youcandragapaneltoplaceitanywhereintheview,andyoucandragthebottomrightcornertoresizeit.Youcanalsopinanavigationpaneltoattachittotheview.

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    PinnedNavigationPanel

    BrowsingDisabledInsomecircumstances,theitemyouwanttoexpandinthetreecontainsmorethan500items.TokeepfromtyinguptheGUIindisplayingaverylargetreenode,OperationsManagerdisablesthedisplayofthattreenode.Whenyouopenthetreenode,itdisplaysthestatement,BrowsingDisabled.

    NavigationTreeHierarchiesThenavigationtreeshowsthehierarchyofservicesandcommoditiesOperationsManagerhasdiscoveredinyourenvironment.TheInventorytreegroupstheseaccordingtothesupplychainVirtualApplications,Applications,VirtualMachines,PhysicalMachines,Storage,etc.TheGroupstreedisplaystheitemsingroupsdefinedbyOperationsManager,aswellasothergroupsthatyoudefine.Atreebranchforagivenservice(anamedVMornamedstorage,forexample)canincludethefollowing: ComposedOfTheconstituentpartsthatmakeuptheservice;forexample,aphysicalmachinemightinclude

    fourCPUsintheComposedOflist,butonlyshowoneProcessorentryintheCommoditieslist. ConsumesTheserviceprovidingcommoditiesthattheparentserviceconsumes;forexample,aVMconsumes

    aHostandadatastore HostsForaphysicalmachine,theVMshostedonthatPM.

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    Forexample,thefollowingfigureshowsaselectedvirtualmachinenamedDFTest.TheinformationpanelshowsthepropertiesofthisVMsvirtualCPU.

    InventoryTreeShowinganOfferedCommodity

    ResourceIconsTheNavigationPaneldisplaysiconsforthedifferentresourcesOperationsManagerhandles.Theseiconsindicate: Resourcetype Hypervisortype ResourceState

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    NotificationsBarOperationsManagergeneratesnotificationstoalertyouwheneventsoccurthataffecttheoperationoftheOperationsManagerserver.Forexample,ifatargethypervisorlosesconnectivity,orifothernetworkproblemsoccur,youneedtotroubleshoottheissueandresolveitsoOperationsManagercancontinuetomanageyourworkload.Youcanreviewthesenotificationstoseewhethersuchproblemshaveoccurred.

    Note:DonotconfusethesenotificationswithrecommendedactionsintheToDolist,ortheirassociatedrisksandopportunities.Thenotificationsdescribedinthistopicdonotrepresentthehealthofyourvirtualenvironment.TheypertaintotheconnectivitybetweenyourtargethypervisorsandOperationsManager,ortootheroperationaldetails,suchaswhetheryourtargethypervisorshavethepropertoolsinstalled.

    TheOperationsManagerGUIdisplaysanotificationsbaratthebottomrightofthewindow.Thisbarliststhenumberofnotificationsthatarecurrentlyactive.Italsodisplaysthecolorofthemostseverenotificationthatisactive.

    ResourceType HypervisorType ResourceState

    VirtualApplicationApplicationVMPMStorageDiskArrayStorageControllerIOModuleDatacenterProviderVirtual

    CloudOrganization

    VirtualCloud

    MicrosoftHyperVVMWareVCenterXenServerVMWareVirtualCloud

    Director

    NormalMaintenanceSuspendedPoweredOffFailoverHost(forHA)

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    NotificationBarandNotificationLogTodisplaythenotificationlog,clickaniconinthenotificationbar.

    StandardPanelControlsChartpanelsincludeanumberofcontrolsyoucanusetodisplaymoredetails,ortocustomizehowthechartsshowdata.Thesecontrolsinclude: Tooltipsonpage 39 ChartLegendPulldownsonpage 39 ChartDisplayRadioButtonsonpage 40 Maximize/Minimizeonpage 41 ExporttoXMLonpage 41 CustomizeHeatmaponpage 41 ChartDateRangesonpage 43

  • StandardPanelControls

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    TooltipsToshowextradetailsaboutanitemintheinformationpanels,hoverthepointerovertheitemuntilatooltipappears.Thetooltipdisplaysextrainformationsuchastheactualvalueofadatapointortheresourceitischarting.Mostlistsandtablesdisplaytooltips.Ifadatafieldinalistortableisnotlargeenough,usethetooltiptodisplaythecompleteinformation.MostbuttonsandothercontrolsintheGUIalsodisplaytooltipsthatprovideabriefdescriptionoftheactionthatcontrolwillperform.

    DisplayingaTooltip

    ChartLegendPulldownsTosavespace,manychartsshowtheirlegendsonapulldown.

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    DisplayingaPulldownLegend

    ChartDisplayRadioButtonsManychartsincluderadiobuttonsyoucanusetodeterminewhichmetricstoplot.Ifthechartpanelistosmalltodisplayalltheradiobuttons,youcanscrollthemtotheleftorright.

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    ChoosingtheMetricstoPlot

    Maximize/Minimize

    InformationpanelsincludeMaximizeandMinimizeicons( )youcanclicktoshoworhidethepanels,ortoexpandthemtoafullview.Asyouminimizepanels,theremainingpanelsexpandtofillintheinformationdisplayarea.

    ExporttoXMLManypanelshaveanExporttoXMLicon( ).Thesepanelsdisplaydatathatcanberepresentedinatableorspreadsheet.Whenyouclicktheicon,youcannavigatetoadirectoryandexportthepaneldatatoanXMLfile.YoucanthenopenthatXMLinaspreadsheet.

    CustomizeHeatmapHeatmappanelsincludeacustomizeicon( )tospecifywhichcolumnstoshow,andthescopeofthechart.Whenyouclicktheicon,thepaneldisplaystheCustomizecontrolboard,withColumnsandScopeaccordionstodisplaythespecificcontrols.

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    ChoosingtheColumnstoDisplayWhenyousetthescopeofapanel,youlimitthenumberofresourcesitwilldisplay.Thisreducesthenumberofrowsthatwilldisplayinthepanel.

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    SettingPanelScope

    Note:Torestoredefaultscope,opentheCustomizepanelandchooseReset.

    ChartDateRangesBarchartpanelsincludesliderstospecifythedateordaterangeforthedata.Youcanshowthecurrentdataorshowdatafromapreviouspointintime.

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    ControllingaPanelsDisplay

    InformationPanelsAsyouselectadashboardoraniteminthenavigationpanel,youcanseeinformationaboutthatiteminpanelstotheright.Thesepanelsshowdifferentchartsandlistingsofproperties,dependingontheitemyouselect.Thepanelshavestandardcontrolsyoucanusetomodifytheirdisplay(seeStandardPanelControlsonpage 38).

    SummaryPanelsIntheInventoryview,theInventorytreebeginswithaSummaryentry.Whenyouselectthisentry,OperationsManagershowssummaryinformationaboutyourenvironment.TheinformationdisplaysinSummarypanelsforApplications,VMs,PhysicalMachines,andStorage.ThefollowingfigureshowsaVMsummarypanel.

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    PanelsShowingtheStorageSummaryThesummarypaneldisplaysaheatmapwithcoloredcellstoshowutilizationofresources,aswellastheUtilizationIndex.Bydefault,heatmapsonlyshowtheUtilizationIndex,butyoucancustomizethemtoshowothervalues(seeCustomizeHeatmaponpage 41).Togetmoredetailsaboutanitem,clickonthecoloredentry.Thefigureaboveshowsthedetailspanelforutilizationonaclusterofvirtualmachines.ClickinganamedentryintheSummarypanelopensanewviewforthatnameditem.Whenyouarefinishedwiththisview,discarditbyclickingtheviewbuttonsclosebox.

    UtilizationChartsWhenyouselectanamedserviceorgroupintheInventorytree,OperationsManagerdisplayspanelsforthatitem.OneofthepanelsistheUtilizationChart.Thischartshowsutilizationpercentageandutilizationindexfortheselecteditem.Iftheitemrepresentsagroupofresources,thepaneldisplaysabarchartshowingutilizationvaluesforeachresource.Toshowutilizationhistoryofasingleservice,clickthecorrespondingbarinthechart.

    Note:Thedefaultuserinterfaceshowsuptoonehoursworthofdata.Youcaninstalllicensestoenablethedisplayofmorehistoricaldata.

    Thefollowingfigureshowsutilizationforthedatastoresinthecurrentenvironment.Italsoshowsthelatencyofasingledatastore.Youcanhoveroveradatapointtodisplayitstooltip,orclickthedatapointtodisplayachart.

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    PanelsShowingtheUtilization

    DashboardPanelsIntheDashboardsview,youselectthedashboardyouwant,andOperationsManagerdisplayssystemdataintheassociateddashboardpanels.ThesepanelsincludeaToDolist,variouscharts,andexpandingtables.

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    DeviceCharts

    ExpandingTableSomedashboardchartsincludetheoptiontochoosewhichtypeofdevicetoplot.Choosethetypefromthedropdownmenu.

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    ExpandingTables

    ExpandingTableSomedashboardtablesincludeitemsthatexpandtoshowmoredata.Youcanquicklybrowsetotheitemyouwanttoinspect,thenexpandittoseemoreinformation.Often,youcanclickthemainentrytoopenawindowthatshowschartsanddetailsforthatitem.

    ShowToporBottomItemsinChartForanenvironmentwithalargeinventory,itsnotpracticaltocharteverydeviceinasinglepanel.Forthisreason,barchartsanddatagridsaredesignedtoshowthetoporbottomitemsinthegivenlist,sortedbythevaluesofagivencommodity.Forexample,asummarychartofVMscanshowthetop30VMs,sortedbyUsabilityIndex(UI)orVMemconsumption.Forthesecharts,youcanspecify: Whethertoshowthetoporbottomitems Whatcommoditiestoshowinthechart WhichcommoditytosortbywhenshowingthetoporbottomitemsForchartsthatshowmultiplecommoditiespercharteddevice(multiplebarsforeachVM,forexample),youspecifythesesettingsinaCustomizeChartdialogbox.

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    Forchartsthatshowonlyonecommodityatatime,youmakethesesettingsdirectlyonthechart.

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    SortingofComparisonChartsAnumberofchartsinOperationsManagercomparethecurrentstateofyourenvironmentwithatargetstate.Thesecomparisonchartssortaccordingtothevaluesinthetarget.Youcanfindcomparisonchartsinthe: ProjectedImprovementschartoftheAssureServicePerformancedashboard(seeProjectedImprovementson

    page 68) PlansummarychartsinthePlanview(seeThePlanViewonpage 99) Optimizeview(seeTheOptimizeViewonpage 146)

    UtilizationHistoryWhenyouselectanentryforaspecificdeviceintheInventorytreeorGroupstree,thecorrespondingUtilizationpaneldisplaysmetricsforthatdevice.Bydefault,thepaneldisplaysmetricsforthelasttwohours.Dependingonthelicenseyouhaveinstalled,youcanviewupto48daysofdatainthispanel.

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    ViewinghistoricaldataintheUtilizationchartYoudragaslidertosettherangetoview.NotethatOperationsManagerhastohavebeenrunninglongenoughtodisplaytherangeofdatayouwant.Forexample,ifithasonlybeenrunningfor30days,youcannotviewmorethan30daysofdata.

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    ToDoListsMaintainingQoSBeforeproblemsoccur,OperationsManageridentifiesactionsyoucantaketoavoidproblems.Bycontinuallyperformingtheseactions,youcankeepyourvirtualenvironmentrunningwithintheoptimaloperatingzone.Youcanperformtheseactionsmanually,directOperationsManagertoperformtheactionsoncommand,ordirectOperationsManagertoperformactionsautomaticallyastheyarise.Toshowyoutheactionsitrecommends,theOperationsManageruserinterfaceincludesToDolistsinmostoftheviews.TheToDopanelincludesoneviewtolisttheactions,andanotherviewtolisttherisksandefficiencyopportunitiesthoseactionsaddress.SomeviewsincludeaNavigationtree.AsyouselectitemsintheNavigationtree,theToDolistfocusesontheitemsyouselect.

    ToDoPanel

    Note:Forverylonglistsofentries,theToDopanelusespagingtolimitthenumberofentriesitloadsupanddisplaysatonetime.Topageforwardorback,clickthebuttonsorthepagenumbersatthebottomleftofthepanel.

    TheToDopanelswitchesbetweenanActionLog(listingrecommendedactions)andalogofopportunitiesandrisks.Thepanelincludesthefollowingtogglebuttonstochangeitsviews.Clickthesebuttonstoswitchfromoneviewtotheother:

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    TheToDolistshowstheactionsOperationsManagerrecommends.Itcanperformmanyoftheseactions,butotheractions(suchasinstallingmorememoryinaphysicalmachine)arerecommendationsthatanoperatormustperform.Withthislistyoucan: Filtertheactionsbycategory,severity,orstringmatch Selectoneormoreactionstoperform DirectOperationsManagertoperformtheactions ViewtheprogressofeachactionasOperationsManagerperformsitTheRisks/Opportunitiesloggivesyouadetailedviewofthehealthofyourenvironment.Withthislogyoucan: Seerisksorefficiencyopportunitiesastheyarise Openupdetailedviewsoftheissues,includingassociatedchartsandrecommendedactionsThefollowingsectionsdescribehowtoworkwithToDolists: ViewingRecommendedActionsonpage 53 ExecutingRecommendedActionsonpage 54 ViewingRisksandEfficiencyOpportunitiesonpage 56 ActionCategoriesonpage 58 ExamplesofRisksandActionsonpage 60

    ViewingRecommendedActionsTheToDolistshowsactionsthatOperationsManagerrecommendsforyoutoachieveoptimalperformanceinyourenvironment.ForviewsthatincludeaNavigationPanel,thelistupdatestoshowactionsfornavigationitemsyouselect.Forexample,ifyouselectSummaryintheInventorytree,thepanelshowsactionsforthewholeenvironment.Thenifyouselectasinglephysicalmachine,thepanelupdatestoshowonlytheactionsidentifiedforthatmachine.TheRecommendedActionslistincludesthefollowinginformation: ToDo:Theshortnameoftheactiontoperform;forexample,aMoveorResizeaction(hovertodisplaythelong

    descriptioninatooltip) Target:Theresourcethatwillbechanged;forexample,theVMtomove From:Theresourcethatcontainsthetarget(thePMthathoststheVM),ortheresourcetobemodified(the

    memorytoberesized) To:Theresultingresource;forexample,thePMthatwillhostthemovedVM,orthenewmemorycapacity Risk/Opportunity:Theriskoropportunitythatjustifiestheaction Status:Recommended,Pending,orotherstatesforthisaction Category:SeeActionCategoriesonpage 58forfulldescriptions

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    RecommendedActionsYoucanalsoviewtherecommendedactionsforindividualentitiesonaSummarypanel.Toviewtherecommendedactions,clicktheitemsriskicon.Thisviewshowsonlytherecommendedactionsforthegivenentity.Forexample,ifyouclickaVMriskiconthelistshowsonlytheactionsthatcanbeperformedonthehostPM.

    ProblemsandRecommendedActionsintheSummaryView

    ExecutingRecommendedActionsTheToDolistshowsactionsthatOperationsManagerrecommends.Byperformingtheseactions,youcankeepyourenvironmentwithintheoptimaloperatingzone.

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    Note:TheToDoListcanshowalargenumberofactions,manyofwhichsharethesamesourceanddestination.Whenperformingactions,youshouldalwaysclicktheShowTopradiobuttontolimitthelistofactions.Thesetop10actionsdonotsharethesamesourceordestination,anditissafetoperformtheseactionsallatonce.

    Youcanexecuteactionsinthefollowingways: Automatically

    OperationsManagerperformstheactionsasitrecommendsthem.Youdontneedtodoanythingtoperformtheseactions.

    Manually,throughOperationsManagerOperationsManagershowstheactionsintheToDolist,withactivecheckboxesyoucanselect.Youselecttheactionstoperform,andthenclickApply.

    Externally,outsideofOperationsManagerOperationsManagerrecommendstheaction,butcannotexecuteit.EitheranOperationsManagerpolicyspecifiesthattheactioncannotbeexecuted,orthereisnowayforOperationsManagertodirectthehypervisortoperformtheaction.Forexample,thereisnowayforOperationsManageraddmorememorytoaphysicalmachine.YouexecutetheseactionsoutsideofOperationsManager.

    Inaddition,youcancreatepoliciesthatcompletelydisablecertainactions.Inthatcase,OperationsManagernevershowstheactionintheToDolist.YoucanspecifyactionpoliciesformostoftheentitytypesthatareincludedintheOperationsManagersupplychain.Thesepoliciesdeterminehowtoexecuteeachaction.Youcanspecifyglobalpoliciesforallentitiesofeachtype,andyoucanalsospecifypoliciesforspecificgroupsofentities.Formoreinformation,seeActionModesonpage 254.

    ExecutingRecommendedActionsToexecuteactions,selectthemintheToDolist,andclickApply.Intheillustrationabove: ClickingApplydirectsOperationsManagertoexecutetheMoveaction AnyactionsthatweresettoAutomaticinthepolicieshavealreadybeenexecutedbyOperationsManager

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    ViewingRisksandEfficiencyOpportunitiesOperationsManagerlogseventsforrisksandopportunitiesthatariseinyourcurrentenvironment.YoucanthinkofrisksandopportunitiesasjustificationsforactionsintheToDolist.Thelogshowsiconsforseverityforagivenriskoropportunity,theseveritycanbe:

    CriticalTheseaffecttheQOSthatyourenvironmentcandeliver,andyouarestronglyadvisedtoaddressthemMajorThesecanaffectQOSandshouldbeaddressedMinorTheseaffectcostorworkloaddistribution,buttheydonotimpacttheQOSyouruserswillexperience

    RecommendedActionsInthisfigureyoucanseemajorandminorrisksandopportunities.Ifyoucantseethefulltextofatablecell,hoveroverthatcelltodisplaythetextinatooltip.YoucanchoosetofilterthelistingsbyTop10: SeverityTheimpact(toseetheimpactvalueforanitem,hoverovertheSeverityicon) DurationHowlongtheitemhasbeenactive CountHowoftenthesameriskoropportunityhasoccurredIfyouclicktheDetailsbuttonforalogentry,OperationsManageropensanewviewthatprovidesafullsummaryoftheaffectedhostmachine.IfyouclicktheSeverityicon,OperationsManagerdisplaysapanelthatshowsrecommendedactions,andachartofdetailsrelatedtotheproblem.

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    ProblemResolutionsPanel

    ViewingRisksandOpportunitiesfromtheInventoryViewOntheInventoryview,youcanviewasummaryofallthedevicesinyourenvironment.Thisviewshowssummarypanelsforapplications,VMs,PMs,anddatastores.Thesepanelsdisplayseverityiconsnexttoeachentityinthepaneleachiconcorrespondstotheworstcaseseverityforanyrisksonthatdevice.YoucanclicktheseiconstoopenaRisks/Opportunitieslogforthatdevice.

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    ProblemsintheSummaryView

    ActionCategoriesOperationsManagerorganizesentriesintheToDologintodifferentcategories.Thesecategoriesdonotstrictlydefinetheseverityofanissue,buttheyindicatethenatureoftheissue.

    PreventionOperationsManagerconstantlymonitorsconditions,andworkstokeepyourenvironmentrunningintheoptimaloperatingzone.Asitfindsissuesthatriskmovingtheenvironmentoutofthiszone,itplacestheseissuesinthePreventioncategory.Youshouldattendtotheseissues,andperformtheassociatedactions.Ifyoudonot,theenvironmentmaydriftoutoftheoperatingzone,andtheQoSforsomeservicesmaybeputatrisk.

    Actions Risks/Opportunities

    MoveVM StartVMorPM

    CongestionHighresourceutilizationonthenamedVM,host,ordatastore.Forexample,CPUcongestionorMemorycongestioncanoccuronaVMorphysicalmachine.Excesslatencyonadatastream.Forexample,anIOPsbottleneckcanoccuronadatastore.

    WorkloadBalancingExcessworkloadonagivenphysicalmachinethatcanbeaddressedbymovingaVMtoanotherhost.

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    PerformanceAssuranceUltimately,thereasontokeepyourenvironmentrunningwithintheoptimaloperatingzoneistoassureperformanceandmeetQoSgoals.WhenOperationsManagerdetectsconditionsthatdirectlyputQoSatrisk,itplacestheassociatedactionsandrisksinthePerformanceAssurancecategory.Youcanconsiderthesecriticalconditions,andyoushouldexecutetherecommendedactionsassoonaspossible.

    ComplianceAvirtualenvironmentcanincludepoliciesthatlimitworkloadplacementoravailabilityofresources.Itspossiblethattheenvironmentconfigurationviolatesthesedefinedpolicies.Itsalsopossiblethatanentityismisconfiguredinsomeway.Forexample,aVMmightbeconfiguredtoaccessanetworkthatisnotavailableinitscurrentcluster.Insuchcases,OperationsManageridentifiestheviolationandrecommendsactionsthatbringtheentitybackintocompliance.

    EfficiencyImprovementEfficientutilizationofresourcesisanimportantpartofrunningintheoptimaloperatingzone.Runningefficientlymaximizesyourinvestmentinhardwareandreducescost.WhenOperationsManagerdiscoversunderutilizedresources,itrecommendsactionstoconsolidateyouroperations.Forexample,itcanrecommendthatyoumovecertainVMsontoadifferenthost.Thiscanfreeaphysicalmachinetobeshutdown.TherearetimeswhenOperationsManagersuspendsaVMinordertofreeupresourcesforacriticalapplication.Whenthoseresourcesarenolongerstressedbythecriticalapplication,OperationsManagercanrestartthesuspendedVM.Thisisaspecialtypeofefficiencyimprovementratherthanconsolidatingworkloadandshuttingdownunusedmachines,thisactionrestartsasuspendedVMtoincreaseresourceutilizationandprovidemoreservices.

    Actions Risks/Opportunities

    Connectanewapplication(tovirtualapplicationserver)

    ProvisionanewVM,PM,Datastore

    IncreasenumberofVCPUs DecreasenumberofVCPUs Increaseresource Reduceresource

    CongestionHighutilizationofapplicationmanagedbyaloadbalancer.HighutilizationofresourcesonVM,PM,ordatastore.

    Actions Risks/Opportunities

    MoveVM ProvisionVM,PM,Datastore,Network

    PlacementViolationTheplacementofaVMisinviolationofanOperationsManagerpolicyoranimportedPlacementPolicy.

    MisconfigurationTheconfigurationviolatesdiscoveredrequirements.Forexample,aVMisconfiguredtoaccessanetworkthatisnotavailablefromthecurrentcluster.

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    ExamplesofRisksandActionsFollowingaresometypesoftherisksandefficiencyopportunitiesOperationsManagercanidentify,andactionsitcanrecommendtooptimizeyoursystemdeployment.

    CriticalOverUtilizationWheneveranysystemresourcereachescriticalutilization,yourinfrastructurecanexperiencebottlenecks.ApplicationsrunningonVMsthatarehostedbycriticallyoverutilizedmachineswillshowperformanceproblems,andsoyourQoSmaysuffer.Theresourcesthatcanbeaffectedare: Memory CPU IO Networkutilization CPUReadyQueues DatastoragePossibleResolutions: MoveVMsfromtheaffectedhosttoahostwithlessutilization.OperationsManagercanperformthisaction

    automatically. Startorprovisionanewhostmachine.Youmustperformthisactionmanually. Provisionanewdatastore.Youmustperformthisactionmanually.

    LowUtilizationUnderutilizationpresentsanopportunitytoincreaseefficiency,becauseitresultsinhighercoststomaintainexcessivehardware.Theresourcesthatcanbeaffectedare: Memory

    Actions Risks/Opportunities

    DisconnectVirtualApp MoveVM SuspendVM DeleteVM TerminateVM Reduceresource RestartsuspendedVM

    OverprovisioningExcessresourcecapacityinaPMordatastore.

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    CPU IO Networkutilization CPUReadyQueuesPossibleResolutions: MoveVMsfromanunderutilizedhosttoanotherhost.OperationsManagercanperformthisaction

    automatically. Suspendtheunderutilizedhost.OperationsManagercanperformthisactionautomatically.

    MisconfiguredVMsBottleneckscanarisewhenaVMisnotconfiguredwithenoughvirtualprocessingpowertosupportitsapplications.Theresourcesthatcanbeaffectedare: NumberofVCPUsinavirtualmachinePossibleResolutions: ReconfiguretheaffectedVM.Youmustperformthisactionmanually.

    MisconfiguredInfrastructureOperationsManagercanidentifygeneralconfigurationproblemsinyourinfrastructure.TheseproblemscanresultinpoorQOS,eventhoughnoneofthehostsshowoverutilizationproblems.Theresourcesthatcanbeaffectedareconfigurationof: Network Cluster Storage

    PossibleResolutions: Reconfiguretheaffectedinfrastructureresource.Youmustperformtheseactionsmanually.

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    LoggingIntoOperationsManagerTogetstarted,youopenawebbrowsertoyourOperationsManagerinstallation.OperationsManagerservestheuserinterfacetoyourbrowser,whereyoucanuseittoobserveyourenvironment.Inthisway,youcanaccesstheuniquecapabilitiesofOperationsManagerfromanyinternetconnection.Beforeyoucanlogin,aninstanceofOperationsManagermustbeinstalledinyourenvironment.TogetanOperationsManagerinstallationpackage,contactVMTurboyoucanregisteronlineathttp://www.vmturbo.com.TologintoOperationsManager:1. NavigateyourWebbrowsertotheOperationsManagerinstallation

    FortheURL,providetheIPaddressormachinenamefortheinstallation.ThisURLopenstheVMTurboOperationsManagerLoginpage.YoushouldbookmarkthisURLforfutureuse.

    LoginScreen2. Providetheusernameandpasswordforyouraccount

    Yoursystemadministratorcreatesuseraccounts.Contactyoursystemadministratorforlogininformation.Afteryoulogin,thebrowseropenstotheTheDashboardsViewonpage 64.Thisviewdisplaysinformationaboutyourvirtualenvironment.Todisplaythisinformation,OperationsManagercommunicateswithtargetplatformssuchashypervisors,loadbalancers,andcloudstacks.NotethatyourOperationsManageradministratorsetsupthetargetconfiguration.Formoreinformation,seeTargetConfigurationonpage 205.

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    HostRequirementsandSupportedTargetsThefollowingsectionslisttherequirementstohosttheOperationsManagerappliance,andtheserversthatOperationsManagercanconnecttoastargets.

    MinimumHostingRequirementsOperationsManagerrunsonhoststhatmeetthefollowingrequirements:

    SupportedOperationsManagerTargetsOperationsManagercanconnectwithandoperateonthefollowingtargetservers: Hypervisors

    VMwarevCenter4.15.1 RHEVM(RedHatEnterpriseVirtualizationManager)versions3.0and3.1 MicrosoftHyperV2008and2012 CitrixXenServer5.66.1

    CloudManagers VMwarevCloudDirector1.05.1 CloudStack3.0.2and3.0.6

    LoadBalancers CitrixNetScaler

    StorageControllers NetAppStorageSystemsstoragecontrollersrunningDataONTAPversion8orlater

    ComputingFabrics CiscoUCS

    OperationsManager3.3orhigherAssignOperationsManagerappliancesastargetstoconfigureanaggregatedinstallation.

    SupportedHypervisorTechnology StorageRequirements Memory CPUsVMware:vCenterversions3.5,4,or5.xrunningwithESX3.x,4,x,or5.x

    32GB16GBdiskstorageplusmatchingswapspace 16GB 2vCPUs4vCPUspreferred

    Citrix:XenServerversions5.6.xand6.x

    20GB16GBdiskstorage 16GB 2vCPUs4vCPUspreferred

    Microsoft:HyperVasbundledwithWindows2008R2,orHyperVServer2012

    20GB16GBdiskstorage 16GB 2vCPUs4vCPUspreferred

    RedHatEnterpriseVirtualization:RHEV3.0and3.1

    20GB16GBdiskstorage 16GB 2vCPUs4vCPUspreferred

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    TheDashboardsViewTheDashboardsViewgivesyouviewsofyourenvironmentsoveralloperatinghealth.AtaglancetheDashboardsviewgivesyouinsightsintoserviceperformancehealth,overallefficiencyofyourworkloaddistribution,projectionsintothefuture,andtrendsoverthelastmonth.Thedashboardsshowyouwhetheryourenvironmentisstayingwithintheoptimalzone,whatactionsyoucantaketoreturntotheoptimalzone,andthetargetoperatingconditionsthatyouwouldseeifyouacceptedtherecommendedactions.

    DashboardsView

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    WhenusingtheDashboardsview,youcanviewStandardDashboardsonpage 65,andyoucanalsocreateandviewCustomDashboardsonpage 84.

    GeneratingReportsFromtheDashboardViewYoucanexportthecurrentdashboardviewtoaPDFreport.Thesereportscaptureasnapshotofthecurrentdashboard,whichyoucansaveforlaterreview,orsendtointerestedparties.Notethatyoucanselectstandardorcustomdashboards,andyoucansetthedashboardscopebeforeexportingtoPDF.

    ExportingPDFfortheImproveOverallEfficiencydashboard

    StandardDashboardsOperationsManagershipswiththefollowingstandarddashboards: AssureServicePerformanceonpage 66Showsenvironmenthealth,focusingonactionsyoucanexecuteto

    assureperformanceandQoS. ImproveOverallEfficiencyonpage 71Showshowyoucanconsolidateservicesandutilizephysicalresources

    moreefficiently. ProjectClusterResourcesonpage 75Basedonhistoricalworkloaddata,projectsthefuturecapacity

    requirementsfordifferentclustersinyourenvironment. MonthlySummaryonpage 79Basedonhistoricaldata,showsthetrendforworkloaddistributionand

    utilizationofresourcessuchasmemoryandstoragespace.

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    ViewingStandardDashboardsToswitchbetweendashboards,opentheDashboardsflyoutpanelandchoosetheoneyouwantfromtheDashboardslist.Youcansetthescopeofastandarddashboardwhileyoureviewingit.Forexample,youcanfocusadashboardonaspecificcluster.Thislimitsthedashboardtoonlydisplaydataforthatcluster.Afteryousetthescope,youcansaveitasacustomdashboard(seeCustomDashboardsonpage 84).Youcansetscopeonthefollowingdashboards: AssureServicePerformance ImproveOverallEfficiency MonthlySummary(PhysicalMachineClusters,only)Tosetthescopeofaselecteddashboard,clicktheScopebutton( )intheflyoutpanelandchoosetheclusterorgroupyouwant.Atanytime,youcanclicktheResetScopebutton( )intheflyoutpanel.Thisreturnstothedefaultscopeforthedashboard.

    AssureServicePerformanceThisdashboardillustrateshowtoassureworkloadshavetheresourcestheyneedtoperformwell.Usethisdashboardtopreventperformancedegradation.Youcanusethisdashboardtoinspecttheworkloadandutilizationofresourcesonhostsandondatastores.YoucanseehowVMsutilizeresourcesandwhatactionsyoucantaketoachieveanoptimalworkloaddistribution.IfutilizationlevelspresentriskstothefinalQoSforendusers,thisdashboardpointsouttherisksandgivesyoualistofactionsyoucantaketocorrectthesituationbeforeanyproblemsarise.Thedashboarddisplaysthisinformationinthefollowingpanels:

    ToDoThispaneldisplaysactionsyoucanexecutetomaintainoptimaloperatingconditions.YoucantogglethepanelbetweenaToDolistandalistofcurrentriskstoserviceperformance.(ForacompletedescriptionofToDopanels,seeToDoListsMaintainingQoSonpage 52.)

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    TheToDolistshowsactionsthatyoucanexecuteinthefollowingways: AutomaticallyOperationsManagerperformstheactionsasitrecommendsthem.Youdontneedtodoanything

    toperformtheseactions. Manually,throughOperationsManagerOperationsManagershowstheactionsintheToDolist,withactivecheck

    boxesyoucanselect.Youselecttheactionstoperform,andthenclickApply. Externally,outsideofOperationsManagerOperationsManagerrecommendstheaction,butcannotexecuteit.

    EitheranOperationsManagerpolicyspecifiesthattheactioncannotbeexecuted,orthereisnowayforOperationsManagertodirectthehypervisortoperformtheaction.Forexample,thereisnowayforOperationsManageraddmorememorytoaphysicalmachine.YouexecutetheseactionsoutsideofOperationsManager.

    Note:YoucanspecifyactionpoliciesforVMs,hosts,storagedevices,andcloudstacks.Thesepoliciesdeterminehowtoexecuteeachaction.Youcanspecifyglobalpoliciesforallentitiesofeachtype,andyoucanalsospecifypoliciesforspecificgroupsofentities.Formoreinformation,seeActionModesonpage 254.

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    Health

    TheHealthchartshowsthecurrentstatusofthephysicalmachinesinyourenvironment.Youcanchoosetocharthostmachinesorstorage.Thepiechartshowsthestatusofyourphysicaldevices.Youcanclickthecharttoopenaheatmapthatliststhestatusofeachphysicaldevice.

    ProjectedImprovementsTheProjectedImprovementschartshowsthecurr