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Contents VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 5 1 Introducing Custom User Interface Features and Concepts 7 Viewing Resources 7 Understanding How vCenter Operations Manager Collects Data 8 Understanding Alerts 8 Understanding Health Ratings 10 Monitoring Virtual Resources 11 Analyzing Performance and Capacity 13 2 Introducing Common Tasks 17 Logging In and Using vCenter Operations Manager 17 Monitoring Day-to-Day Operations 19 Handling Alerts 24 Optimizing Your Resources 33 3 Design
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Metric Weather Map Widget 87 Resources Widget 89 Root Cause Ranking Widget 91 Tag Selector Widget 92 Text Widget 93 Top-N Analysis Widget 94 VC Relationship Widget 96 VC Relationship (Planning) Widget 97 Define Metric Sets for a Widget 98 Index 101 4 VMware, Inc.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide The VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide (Custom User Interface) introduces the ® VMware vCenter™ Operations Manager Custom user interface, explains key terms and concepts, and describes how to set up dashboards and configure widgets. Intended Audience This information is intended for anyone who uses or administers vCenter Operations Manager by using the Custom user interface. VMware, Inc.
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Introducing Custom User Interface Features and Concepts 1 vCenter Operations Manager collects performance data from monitored software and hardware resources in your enterprise and provides predictive analysis and real-time information about problems. The Custom user interface presents data and analysis through alerts, in configurable dashboards, on predefined pages, and in several predefined reports.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Figure 1-1. Example of Resources on the Environment Overview Page Understanding How vCenter Operations Manager Collects Data vCenter Operations Manager can collect several types of data for a single resource. For example, for a database server it might receive data on free disk space, CPU use, and average response time. Each type of data that vCenter Operations Manager collects is called an attribute.
Chapter 1 Introducing Custom User Interface Features and Concepts On the Alerts Overview page, the list on the left side of the page contains resource tags and resource tag values and the right pane contains alerts. By default, the alert list includes alerts for all resources. If you select a resource tag value in the left pane, the alert list contains only the alerts for the resources that have the selected resource tag value. Figure 1-2.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Understanding KPI Alert Generation When a KPI violates a threshold, vCenter Operations Manager always generates an alert. When they configure attribute packages, vCenter Operations Manager administrators can identify any attribute for any resource as a KPI. The type of alert that vCenter Operations Manager generates depends on the type of threshold that the KPI uses.
Chapter 1 Introducing Custom User Interface Features and Concepts Figure 1-5. Example of Health Ratings on the Environment Overview Page Monitoring Virtual Resources vCenter Operations Manager provides performance, relationship, and capacity data for objects in your virtual environment. It uses badges to represent derived metrics and give you a high-level, broad view of the performance and condition of your virtual environment.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Figure 1-6. Example of a Workload Score on the Resource Detail Page Interpreting Capacity Scores for Virtual Resources The capacity score indicates how close a virtual object is to exhausting its available computing resources. The computing resources include disk space, memory size, and network capacity.
Chapter 1 Introducing Custom User Interface Features and Concepts Analyzing Performance and Capacity With vCenter Operations Manager forensics features, you can analyze the performance and capacity of your resources and use this information to balance the resources in your environment. Forensics features include cross-silo analysis, top-n analysis, the problem fingerprint library, capacity analysis, and VC analysis.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Figure 1-9. Example of Top-N Analysis Isolating and Resolving Issues with Problem Fingerprinting When a KPI for an application or tier violates a threshold, vCenter Operations Manager examines the events that preceded the violation. If it finds enough related information, it captures the set of events that preceded the violation as a fingerprint.
Chapter 1 Introducing Custom User Interface Features and Concepts Performing Capacity Analysis Some metrics, such as disk space use or network traffic measurements, frequently show long-term trends. Short-term fluctuations can hide this data or make it difficult to calculate. The capacity analysis feature looks at the overall value trend for a selected metric, tells you when a metric is likely to reach a threshold, and indicates how confident vCenter Operations Manager is of the prediction.
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Introducing Common Tasks 2 With vCenter Operations Manager, you can perform a large number of monitoring and troubleshooting tasks, including tracking anomalies, handling alerts, and optimizing resources based on predictive information that vCenter Operations Manager generates. The best way to learn the full feature set of vCenter Operations Manager is to get hands-on experience with the system.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Procedure 1 In your Web browser, type the URL for the Custom user interface. Option Description Standalone version https://ip_address vApp version https://ip_address/vcops-custom ip_address is the IP address or fully qualified host name of the vCenter Operations Manager server or vApp. 2 Type your user name and password. 3 Click Login. After you log in, the Home page appears in your browser window.
Chapter 2 Introducing Common Tasks Menus You use the menus at the top of your Home page to select and use vCenter Operations Manager features. For example, you use the Reports menu to generate reports, the Alerts menu to view alerts, and the Forensics menu to use forensics features. Icons You click icons on pages and widgets to perform tasks in the Custom user interface. For example, you can click the icons in a widget to expand, collapse, resize, or remove the widget.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Table 2-1. Default Health Color Ranges Color Range Green 76 to 100 Yellow 51 to 75 Orange 26 to 50 Red 1 to 25 Blue 0 View an Overview of Resource Health You can view a graphical representation of the health of all vCenter Operations Manager resources that have a specific resource tag value on the Environment Overview page. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Environment Overview to view the Environment Overview page.
Chapter 2 Introducing Common Tasks Resource Detail Information for Global Resources For global resources, the Resource Detail page contains information about the current state of the resource, its metrics, and its place in the resource tree. Because problems might be related to or caused by the behavior of related resources, the Resource Detail page also shows details for child or parent resources. For complete information about using the Resource Detail page, see the online help.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Object Resources Pane This pane contains details about the virtual hardware resources that are allocated to the selected object. Key Metrics Pane This pane contains the metrics of greatest interest related to the performance characteristic that you select. In the default Key Metrics view, vCenter Operations Manager selects the four most interesting metrics, through bubbling, by following these criteria.
Chapter 2 Introducing Common Tasks Events and Anomalies Pane This pane appears in the lower third of the Resource Detail page when you click Anomalies in the Status pane. You can expand this pane to view the graph of anomalies. If an administrator configures it, the graph shows corresponding events that might affect the selected resource. You can use the icons at the top of the pane to change the display.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Handling Alerts An alert is a notification that informs you of an abnormal condition that might require attention. Handling alerts involves viewing alerts, determining which alerts to respond to, managing alerts in the Custom user interface, and identifying alert trends. View Alerts on the Alerts Overview Page By default, the Alerts Overview page shows alerts for all resources.
Chapter 2 Introducing Common Tasks Table 2-3. Columns on the Alerts Overview Page (Continued) Column Name Description Status An icon that indicates whether the alert is active or canceled. Resource Name The resource that is associated with the alert. Resource Kind The kind of resource for which vCenter Operations Manager generated the alert. Metric The metric that violated a threshold and triggered the alert.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Alert Types and Subtypes vCenter Operations Manager generates several types of alerts, and each alert type has its own triggers and contents. An alert might be caused by abnormal behavior of one or more metrics for a resource, including a tier or application, or when a fingerprint predicts an upcoming problem. By default, vCenter Operations Manager generates all types of alerts except for classic abnormality alerts.
Chapter 2 Introducing Common Tasks Table 2-7. Administrative Alert Subtypes Subtype Description System A vCenter Operations Manager component failed. Environment vCenter Operations Manager stopped receiving data from one or more resources. A problem might exist with the resource, the monitoring software, or the network infrastructure. Resolve an Alert How you resolve an alert depends on the alert's type and criticality level and your organization's rules, procedures, and priorities.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 5 Examine the information in the Root Cause pane on the Alert Summary page. The Root Cause pane shows the likely root cause container resources, ranked by analytical algorithm on the container resource. You can perform actions on the Root Cause pane to view symptom information. 6 7 Option Action Show the symptom groups for a resource Double-click the resource.
Chapter 2 Introducing Common Tasks Alert Detail Information The Alert Detail page contains information that can help you diagnose the cause of the behavior that resulted in the alert and determine how to prevent the alert from happening again. For detailed information about using each pane and tab on the Alert Detail page, see the online help.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Managing Alerts You can suspend, suppress, and take or release ownership of multiple alerts on the Alerts Overview page. When you perform an action on an alert, the alert's status changes. You can also manage a single alert on the Alert Detail page. Take Ownership of an Alert When you take ownership of an alert, you acknowledge that the alert is yours. Taking ownership of an alert is important if multiple operators manage alerts in your environment.
Chapter 2 Introducing Common Tasks You can also suppress alerts in the Alerts widget. NOTE Suppressing an alert does not cancel its cancel cycle. The alert is still canceled according to the cancel cycle value set when the resource or application was configured. Procedure 1 Select Alerts > Alerts Overview and select the alert or alerts in the alert list. You can press Ctrl+click to select multiple alerts or Shift+click to select a range of alerts. 2 Click the Suppress icon.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Manage a Single Alert You can suspend, suppress, and take or release ownership of a single alert on the Alert Detail page. Procedure 1 Select Alerts > Alerts Overview and double-click the row for the alert in the alert list. 2 On the Alert Summary page for the alert, click the Troubleshoot button. 3 On the Alert Detail page for the alert, click the icon for the alert operation.
Chapter 2 Introducing Common Tasks 3 In the Baseline Time text box, type the time period, in minutes, that the alert watch list uses when it compares the total alerts in the current time period to the average number of the alerts in the previous three time periods. The default is 30 minutes. 4 Filter the alerts that appear in the alert watch list. Option Description Show alerts only for resources that have certain tag values Select the tag values in the Select which tags to filter list.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 4 Select a resource in the resource tree. You can use the icons at the top of the Configuration window to expand or collapse the tree and clear your selection. 5 Click Save to save the Top-N analysis configuration. The Configuration window closes, the Top-N Analysis page appears, and the Resource Health pane shows the health of the selected resource for the configured time period.
Chapter 2 Introducing Common Tasks 5 In the Metrics pane, expand the group that contains the metric and double-click the metric. The performance information for the metric appears in the center pane. 6 (Optional) To change the graph's range, type the minimum and maximum values to show in the Y-max and Y-min text boxes and click the arrow to the right of each text box. By default, the graph's range depends on the past performance of the metric.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide n A metric graph that shows recent behavior and the predicted behavior for the forecast period. The graph includes a line that shows the most likely predicted value. A shaded area appears around the area to indicate the confidence bound of the prediction. n A graph that shows the calculated cycles in the metric’s behavior. Captions below the graph indicate the period and relative strength of each cycle.
Chapter 2 Introducing Common Tasks 6 (Optional) To view the list of names and metric values for all of the objects in the heat map, expand the Details pane in the lower third of the VC Analysis page. You can click column headers to sort the list by column. If you sort the list by a metric column, you can view the highest or lowest values for the metric on top.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Procedure 1 Select Forensics > VC Analysis. 2 Select a metric group from the Focus Area drop-down menu. All metric heat maps that are related to the selected group appear in the list of heat maps. 3 Select the object type for the colored boxes in the heat map to represent from the Smallest Box Shows drop-down menu. The list of heat maps updates based on your selection. 4 Select your custom heat map in the heat map list.
Chapter 2 Introducing Common Tasks 9 Select the metric to be tracked by color in the heat map from the Color Focus drop-down menu. The custom heat map appears under this category in the Focus Area drop-down menu on the VC Analysis page. 10 (Optional) To analyze a second metric value in the same group, click in the Size By drop-down menu and double-click the metric to use. You can use these methods to find a metric in the list. Option Action Show the metrics in a group Expand the metric group.
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Designing Your Workspace 3 You can customize your vCenter Operations Manager workspace to meet your specific needs. Depending on your access rights, you can add, delete, and arrange widgets on your dashboards, create new dashboards, import or export dashboards from other instances, edit widget configuration options, and configure widget interactions.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 2 Create the dashboard. Option Action Create a dashboard from a template a b Drag a dashboard template to the right side of the window. Select the number of columns to use on the dashboard from the Select Layout drop-down menu. Create a dashboard by selecting widgets a Click the Create Dashboard Using Widgets icon at the top left side of the window. Drag each widget from the left pane to the right pane.
Chapter 3 Designing Your Workspace Prerequisites Verify that you have the necessary access rights to perform this task. Your vCenter Operations Manager administrator can tell you which actions you can perform. Procedure 1 Click the tab of the dashboard to edit. 2 Click Edit on the Dashboard Tools bar. The available widgets appear in the left pane of the Dashboard Editing: Edit a Tab window. 3 4 Edit the dashboard.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 2 Click Create Template on the Dashboard Tools bar. 3 Type a name for the new dashboard template and click OK. After the dashboard template is created, you and other users can use the template to create dashboards. See “Create a Dashboard,” on page 41. Delete a Dashboard Template If you do not need a dashboard template, you can delete it. Prerequisites Verify that you have the necessary access rights to perform this task.
Chapter 3 Designing Your Workspace 4 Select the dashboard to switch to from the To this Tab drop-down menu next to the dasbhoard. 5 Click OK to save your changes. Share a Dashboard You can share a dashboard with one or more user groups. When you share a dashboard, it becomes available to all of the users in the user group that you select. The dashboard appears the same to all of the users who share it. If you edit a shared dashboard, the dashboard changes for all users.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 2 Click Export on the Dashboard Tools bar. 3 Select Save File and click OK to download the dashboard file to your computer. What to do next Import the dashboard file into another instance of vCenter Operations Manager. See “Import a Dashboard,” on page 46. Import a Dashboard You can import a dashboard that was exported from another instance of vCenter Operations Manager.
Chapter 3 Designing Your Workspace Table 3-1. Summary of Widgets (Continued) Widget Name Description Health Status Shows health information for selected resources, or all resources that have a selected tag. Health Tree Shows the indicator for a selected resource, its parent resource, and its child resources. Health-Workload Scoreboard Shows color-coded health or workload scores for selected resources. Heat Map Shows performance information for a selected application as a heat map.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Prerequisites n Verify that you have the necessary access rights to perform this task. Your vCenter Operations Manager administrator can tell you which actions you can perform. n Become familiar with the available widgets. See Chapter 4, “Using and Configuring Widgets,” on page 51. Procedure 1 Click the tab for the dashboard. 2 Click Edit on the Dashboard Tools bar.
Chapter 3 Designing Your Workspace Procedure 1 Click the tab for the dashboard that contains the widget to resize. 2 Resize the widget. Option Description Make the widget larger Click the Expand Widget icon on the widget's toolbar. Make the widget smaller Click the Shrink Widget icon on the widget's toolbar. Expand or Collapse a Widget When you collapse a widget, its data is hidden and only its title bar is visible. You can expand a collapsed widget to make its data visible again.
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Using and Configuring Widgets 4 Widgets include configuration options that you can edit to customize them for your use. For example, you can select the metrics that the Data Distribution Analysis widget shows by editing its configuration. The available configuration options vary depending on the widget type. Some widgets do not show any data until you configure them. Most widgets can provide information to, or receive information from, other widgets.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide n “Resources Widget,” on page 89 n “Root Cause Ranking Widget,” on page 91 n “Tag Selector Widget,” on page 92 n “Text Widget,” on page 93 n “Top-N Analysis Widget,” on page 94 n “VC Relationship Widget,” on page 96 n “VC Relationship (Planning) Widget,” on page 97 n “Define Metric Sets for a Widget,” on page 98 Edit a Widget Configuration You customize a widget by editing its configuration options.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Supported Widget Interactions Many widgets can provide data to, and accept data from, other widgets. These relationships are called widget interactions. In the following table, the widgets in the Providing Widgets 1 column can provide a resource ID to the widget in the Receiving Widget column, and the widgets in the Providing Widgets 2 column can provide a metric ID to the widget in the Receiving Widget column.
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Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Table 4-1. Widget Interactions (Continued) Receiving Widget Providing Widget 1 Mashup Charts n Advanced Health Tree n Alerts Generic Scoreboard Health Status Health Tree Health-Workload Scoreboard Heat Map Resources Root Cause Ranking VC Relationship VC Relationship (Planning) n n n n n n n n n Metric Graph n n n n n n n n n n n Metric Graph (Rolling View) n n n n n n n n n n n Metric Selector n n n n n n n n n n n VMware, Inc.
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Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Widget interactions apply only to the dashboard where you define them. For example, on one dashboard, the Root Cause Ranking widget might receive its resources from the Health Widget widget. On another dashboard, the Root Cause Ranking widget might receive its resources from the Tag Selector widget. Prerequisites n Verify that you have the necessary access rights to perform this task.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Table 4-2. Advanced Health Tree Widget Toolbar Icons Icon Description Zoom to Fit Changes the size of the resource icons for the best possible fit in the widget. Pan Click this icon and click and drag the hierarchy to show different parts of the hierarchy. Image Map Tooltip Click this icon and point to a resource to show its name and current health. Zoom the view Click this icon and drag to outline a part of the hierarchy.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets 5 (Optional) To verify the filtering settings that you configured for the widget, click the Display Filtering Criteria icon on the widget's toolbar. The filtering settings appear in a pop-up window. Alerts Widget The Alerts widget lists alerts for selected resources and provides a convenient way to view and manage alerts. When you double-click an alert in the Alerts widget, the Alert Summary page appears and shows more detailed information about the alert.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Table 4-3. Alerts Widget Toolbar Icons (Continued) Icon Description Cancel Alert Cancels the selected alert. You can cancel only one alert at a time. You can cancel an alert only if your user account name has administrative access rights. Suspend Suspends the selected alerts. You can enter the number of minutes to suspend the alerts. Suppress Suppresses the selected alerts. You can enter the number of days to suppress the alerts.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Application Detail Widget The Application Detail widget shows information for a selected application. The top of the widget shows the number of tiers, resources, and metrics that the application contains and the number of Smart Alerts and classic alerts on the application. The Application Detail widget does not show information for child resources. Figure 4-3.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Application Overview Widget The Application Overview widget can list all of the applications in the enterprise, or only applications that you select. The widget shows a health graph for the last 24 hours, the current health score, the current health of each tier, and the number of alerts for the application itself. You can double-click an application to open its Application Detail page. Figure 4-4.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Configuration Overview Widget The Configuration Overview widget shows the current uptime functional status of defined resources, applications, and collected metrics for the environment. Figure 4-5. Configuration Overview Widget You can click the Reset Interaction icon on the toolbar at the top of the Configuration Overview widget to return the widget to its initial configured state.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Data Distribution Analysis Widget The Data Distribution Analysis widget shows a graph for selected metrics. For each metric, the graph shows the data distribution of the metric, including how often it had a particular value. Figure 4-6. Data Distribution Widget You can use the Data Distribution Analysis widget to compare the values of a metric over two time periods. By default, the widget compares the last seven days to the last 30 days.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Prerequisites n Verify that you have the necessary access rights to perform this task. Your vCenter Operations Manager administrator can tell you which actions you can perform. n Open the Edit Widget window for the Data Distribution Analysis widget. See “Edit a Widget Configuration,” on page 52. Procedure 1 Set Self Provider to On to define metric selections in the widget configuration.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 6 Select 75th percentile, 90th percentile, or 95th percentile to show a vertical line on the graph at the 75, 90, or 95 percent level. 7 Click OK to save the widget configuration. Generic Scoreboard Widget The Generic Scoreboard widget shows the current value for each metric that you select. Each metric appears in a separate box. The value of the metric determines the color of the box. You define the values for each color when you edit the widget.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets 3 Option Description Box Columns Number of boxes to include in each row, from 2 to 10. If Layout Mode is set to Fixed View, vCenter Operations Manager changes the box width as needed to fit this many columns in the widget width. Label size Point size to use for the label of each metric box. vCenter Operations Manager decreases this value if needed to fit the label in the box width. Value size Point size to use for the value in each metric box.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 7 Option Action Select all of the metrics in the list Click the Select All icon on the toolbar at the top of the Selected Metrics pane. Remove all of the metrics from the list Click the Clear Selections icon on the toolbar at the top of the Selected Metrics pane. Set values for each metric in the Selected Metrics pane. You can set a value for one metric and apply it to all metrics by clicking the Apply to all icon.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Prerequisites n Verify that you have the necessary access rights to perform this task. Your vCenter Operations Manager administrator can tell you which actions you can perform. n Open the Edit Widget window for the GEO widget. See “Edit a Widget Configuration,” on page 52. Procedure 1 Set Self Provider to On to define resources in the widget configuration.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Procedure 1 Set Self Provider to On to define resources in the widget configuration. 2 Configure options to control the appearance of the resource display. Option Description Mode Sets the widget mode. Self The widget shows the selected resources. Children The widget shows child resources. Parents The widget shows parent resources.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets If you configure a filter tag for the Health Tree widget, only the parent and child resources that match the tag appear in the widget. You can double-click a resource to turn off the filter and show all of its parents and children. The toolbar at the top of the Health Tree widget contains icons that you can use to change the view. Table 4-5.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 3 (Optional) To limit the parent and child resources that the widget shows, select one or more tag values in the Select which tags to filter pane. You can use icons on the toolbar at the top of the pane to collapse, expand, and deselect all of the tags in the list When you select more than one value for the same tag, the widget shows resources that have either value.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets 2 3 Configure the image type and metric type options. Option Action Select the image to show for each resource Select an Image Type option. Set the metric to show for each resource Select a Metric option. If you select Workload, select the attribute to use for the workload score. If the attribute you select is not collected for the listed resources, those resources always show blue for unknown.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide In either mode, you can group the rectangles according to tag type and select the color range to use. By default, green indicates a low value and red indicates the high end of the value range. You can change the high and low values to any color and set the color to use for the midpoint of the range.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets 5 If you selected General mode, select the attribute to use to set the size of the rectangle for each resource in the Size By list and the attribute to use to determine the color of the rectangle for each resource in the Color By list. Resources that have higher values for the Size By attribute have larger areas of the widget display. You can also select fixed-size rectangles. The color varies between the colors you set based on the value of the Color By attribute.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide n For each resource, the size of its rectangle is based on the number of current anomalies for that resource, and the color of its rectangle is based on the number of KPI breaches. What to do next You can update a Heat Map widget configuration by selecting it from the Configuration drop-down menu and clicking the Update selected configuration icon.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Table 4-6. Mashup Charts Widget Toolbar Icons Icon Description Allow zoom by X axis When you click this icon, zooming the graph affects the X axis. You can use Zoom by X and Zoom by Y simultaneously. Allow zoom by Y axis When you click this icon, zooming the graph affects the Y axis. You can use Zoom by X and Zoom by Y simultaneously. Zoom to fit Changes all graphs to show the entire time period and value range.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 2 (Optional) Select one or more tag values in the list to the left of the List pane to filter the resources that appear in the List pane. You can use icons on the toolbar at the top of the list to collapse, expand, and deselect all of the tags in the list. When you select more than one value for the same tag, the list includes resources that have either value.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Table 4-8. Metric Graph Widget Toolbar Icons (Continued) Icon Description Anomalies Shows or hides anomalies on the graph. Time periods when the metric violates a threshold are shaded. The color indicates the criticality of the violation. You can click the top-left corner of the shaded area to show details for an anomaly. Show data point tips Retrieves the metric readings for the graphed data points. Click the Show Data Values icon to show the values.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Table 4-9. Individual Graph Icons (Continued) Icon Description Save a Chart Snapshot Downloads the current graph image as a PNG file, which you can display or save. Save a Fullscreen Snapshot Downloads the current graph image as a full-page PNG file, which you can display or save. NOTE For both snapshots, the default file name contains the resource, attribute group, and metric name.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets 3 In the List pane, select one or more resources. Option Action Select a specific resource Select the resource in the list. You can type all or part of the resource name in the Search text box and click the right angle bracket (>) to search for the resource. Select multiple resources a b Clear all of your selections Press Ctrl+click to select multiple resources or Shift+click to select a range of resources.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Metric Graph (Rolling View) Widget The Metric Graph (Rolling View) widget shows a full chart for one selected metric at a time. Miniature graphs for the other selected metrics appear at the bottom of the widget. You can click a miniature graph to see the full graph for that metric, or set the widget to rotate through all selected metrics at an interval that you define. The key in the graph indicates the maximum and minimum points on the line chart.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Table 4-10. Metric Graph Widget Toolbar Icons (Continued) Icon Description Show Data Values After you click the Show data point tips icon to retrieve the data, click this icon and point to a graphed data point to show its time and exact value. You can show values only if the selected time period is 24 hours or less. Date Controls Select up to three time periods to show on the graph.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 4 In the List pane, select one or more resources. Option Action Select a specific resource Select the resource in the list. You can type all or part of the resource name in the Search text box and click the right angle bracket (>) to search for the resource. Select multiple resources a b Clear all of your selections Press Ctrl+click to select multiple resources or Shift+click to select a range of resources.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets You can expand each attribute group to view its metrics. When the widget shows metrics for only one resource, metrics that have anomalies are yellow. The toolbar at the top of the Metric Selector widget contains icons that you can use to change the view. Table 4-11. Metric Selector Widget Toolbar Icons Icon Description Move To Graph Select one or more metrics and click this icon to make the metrics appear in the Metric Graph widget.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Configure the Metric Sparklines Widget You can select the metrics that the Metric Sparklines widget shows by editing the widget configuration. You can also configure other widgets to provide metric selections to the Metric Sparklines widget. See “Configure Widget Interactions,” on page 56. To define a fixed set of metrics for the widget to draw when you select a particular resource, see “Define Metric Sets for a Widget,” on page 98.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets 5 6 (Optional) Manage the metrics in the Selected Metrics pane. Option Action Change the order of a metric in the list Select the metric and drag and drop it to another position in the list. Remove a metric from the list Select the metric and click the Remove Selected Metrics icon on the toolbar at the top of the Selected Metrics pane. Select all of the metrics in the list Click the Select All icon on the toolbar at the top of the Selected Metrics pane.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Configure the Metric Weather Map Widget You define the metric that the Metric Weather Map widget shows by editing the widget configuration. You must edit the widget to select the metric to show. You cannot configure the Metric Weather Map widget to accept a metric selection from another widget. The Metric Weather Map widget does not show data until you configure it.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets 4 (Optional) Type all or part of the resource kind name in the Search text box and click the right angle bracket (>) to search for a specific resource kind. The metrics for the resource kind appear in the Metrics pane. 5 In the Metrics pane, select the metric to show in the widget. You can click the Show Common Metrics icon at the top of the list to show only metrics that are shared by all resources of the selected resource kind.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Configure the Resources Widget You can configure the Resources widget to show specific resources. You can also configure filters to limit the resources that the widget shows and specify the default sort order of the resources. The filtering criteria that you define applies whether you define resources in the Resources widget configuration or another widget provides resources to the Resources widget.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Root Cause Ranking Widget The Root Cause Ranking widget provides an instant view of the probable causes of health degradation for a selected resource. The widget shows information about metrics on related resources that contributed to alerts on the resources, including the percentage likelihood that the metric contributed to the cause.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Table 4-15. Root Cause Ranking Widget Toolbar Icons (Continued) Icon Description Perform Interaction Shows the first five alarming metrics for the resource of the selected symptom in either the Metric Graph or Metric Sparklines widget. You must include either the Metric Graph widget or the Metric Sparklines widgets on the dashboard and set it to receive data from the Root Cause widget to use this feature.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Table 4-16. Tag Selector Widget Toolbar Icons Icon Description Collapse All Collapses all expanded tag branches. Expand All Expands all tag branches. Deselect All Clears any selected tag values. Perform Multi-Select Interaction Press Ctrl+click to select multiple individual tag values or Shift+click to select a range of tag values and click this icon. Invert Result Includes resources that do not match the tag values that you select.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 3 Select a View mode option to specify how the text appears in the widget. Option Description Text Select this option to show plain, unformatted text. NOTE If the text is in HTML format, the widget shows the source text. HTML 4 5 Select this option if the text is in HTML format and you want the widget to show the formatted text. For example, if the text is on a Web page, the widget shows the Web page, not the source text.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Table 4-17. Top-N Analysis Widget Toolbar Icons Icon Description Auto Refresh Refreshes the widget data. Resource Detail Select a resource and click this icon to show the Resource Detail page for the resource. Display Filtering Criteria Shows the filtering settings for the widget in a pop-up window.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 4 If you selected Metric mode, select one or more tag values in the Select which tag to show pane to filter the resource kinds in the Resource Kinds pane. You can use icons on the toolbar at the top of the list to collapse, expand, and deselect all of the tags in the list. When you select more than one value for the same tag, the list includes resource kinds that have either value.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Table 4-18. VC Relationship Widget Icons (Continued) Icon Description Show Anomalies Values Changes the object display to show anomalies scores. The anomalies score indicates how abnormal an object's behavior is based on the object's historical metrics. A low anomalies score indicates that an object is behaving in accordance with its established historical parameters.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Table 4-19. VC Relationship Widget Icons (Continued) Icon Description Show Efficiency Values Changes the object display to show efficiency values. The efficiency score helps you identify optimization opportunities in your system. vCenter Operations Manager calculates the efficiency score based on the scores of the waste and density badges. Show Waste Values Changes the object display to show waste scores.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets 2 Save the metric set definition XML file in the tomcat\webapps\ROOT\WEBINF\classes\resources\reskndmetrics directory. You can save multiple files in this directory. 3 Log in to vCenter Operations Manager. 4 Click the tab for the dashboard that contains the widget to edit. 5 Click the Edit Widget icon on the widget's toolbar. 6 Set Self Provider to Off. 7 Select the metric set definition XML file from the Res. Interaction Mode menu.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 3 Click the Execute SQL icon. The results appear in the lower right window. 100 VMware, Inc.
Index A administrative system alerts 28 Advanced Health Tree widget configuring 58 using 57 Alert Detail page 29, 32 alert watch list, configuring 32 alerts canceling 31 criticality levels 25 releasing ownership 31 resolution steps 27 responding 30 suppressing 30 suspending 30 taking ownership 30 types 26 understanding 8 viewing 24 viewing the current number 32 Alerts Overview page 24 alerts watch list 32 Alerts widget filtering alerts 60 using 59 anomalies, understanding 8 Application Detail widget, using
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Heat Map widget configuring 74 using 73 heat maps, creating custom 38 Home page 18 K KPIs 10 L logging in 17 M Mashup Charts widget configuring 77 using 76 Metiric Sparklines widget, configuring 86 Metric Graph (Rolling View) widget configuring 83 using 82 Metric Graph widget configuring 80 using 78 Metric Selector widget, using 84 metric set definition XML file 98 Metric Sparklines widget, using 85 Metric Weather Map widget configuring 88 using 87
