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VMTurboOperationsManager4.0UsersGuide
VMTurboInc.OneBurlingtonWoodsDriveBurlington,MA01803USAPhone:(781)3733540www.vmturbo.com
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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
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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
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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.
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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