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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 Monitoring Day-to-Day Operations 19 Handling Alerts 24 Optimizing Your Resources 33 17 3 Desig
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Metric Sparklines Widget 90 Metric Weather Map Widget 93 Resources Widget 95 Root Cause Ranking Widget 97 Tag Selector Widget 98 Text Widget 99 Top-N Analysis Widget 100 VC Relationship Widget 102 VC Relationship (Planning) Widget 103 Define Metric Sets for a Widget 104 Index 107 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 Table 2-2. Information in the Metric Details Pane Metric Description Health Shows information for workload, anomalies, and faults. Workload Shows information for CPU and memory used by the currently selected resource, by the hypervisor, and by the child objects of the selected resource. You can point to colored sections in the bars to view information about the objects that they represent.
Chapter 2 Introducing Common Tasks Events and Workload Pane This pane appears in the lower third of the Resource Detail page when you click Workload in the Status pane. You can expand this pane to view the graph of recent workload metric values. If an administrator configures it, the graph shows 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 The icons in a metric row add information about the metric values that the row contains. When you point to an icon, a tooltip appears that describes the meaning of the icon. You can double-click a metric row to view details about the selected symptom. Handling Alerts An alert is a notification that informs you of an abnormal condition that might require attention.
Chapter 2 Introducing Common Tasks Table 2-3. Columns on the Alerts Overview Page (Continued) Column Name Description Start Time The date and time that vCenter Operations Manager first generated the alert. Duration How long the alert lasted. 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.
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 by selecting widgets or by using a dashboard template. Option Action Create a dashboard by selecting widgets a b c Create a dashboard from a template a Click the Create Dashboard Using Templates icon in the corner of the left pane to show the available dashboard templates. b Drag a dashboard template to the right side of the window.
Chapter 3 Designing Your Workspace Clone a Dashboard You can create a dashboard by making a copy of an existing dashboard. 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 for the dashboard to clone. 2 Click Clone on the Dashboard Tools bar. 3 Type a name for the new dashboard and click OK.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 4 Option Action Change the number of columns on the dashboard Select a different value from the Select Layout drop-down menu. Change the size of the columns on the dashboard Drag the divider bars under Drag to Change Layout. Click OK to save your changes. Delete a Dashboard If you do not need a dashboard, you can delete it. Prerequisites Verify that you have the necessary access rights to perform this task.
Chapter 3 Designing Your Workspace Hide a Dashboard Tab When you first log in to vCenter Operations Manager, you can see the tab for your default dashboard. An additional tab appears each time you select a dashboard from the Dashboards menu. To optimize your workspace, you might want to hide some of these dashboard tabs. 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.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Configure Dashboard Switching You can configure vCenter Operations Manager to switch from one dashboard to another. This feature is useful if you have several dashboards that show different aspects of your enterprise's performance and you want to look at each dashboard in turn. 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.
Chapter 3 Designing Your Workspace Procedure 1 Click the tab for the dashboard to stop sharing. 2 Click Share on the Dashboard Tools bar. 3 Select the dashboard on the Shared Dashboards pane and click the Stop Sharing Dashboard icon. 4 Click OK to save your changes. Export a Dashboard You can export a dashboard from one vCenter Operations Manager instance and import it into another vCenter Operations Manager instance.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Working with Widgets A widget is a pane on a dashboard that contains information about configured attributes, resources, applications, or the overall processes in your environment. Widgets can provide a holistic, end-to-end view of the health of all of the applications in your enterprise. If your user account has the necessary access rights, you can add and remove widgets from your dashboards.
Chapter 3 Designing Your Workspace Table 3-1. Summary of Widgets (Continued) Widget Name Description Top-N-Analysis Shows the top or bottom five metrics or resources in various categories, such as the five applications that have the best or worth health score. VC Relationship Shows the performance status of objects in your virtual environment and their relationships. You can click an object to highlight its related objects and doubleclick an object to view its Resource Detail page.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Procedure 1 Click the tab for the dashboard that contains the widget to remove. 2 Remove the widget from the dashboard. Option Action Remove the widget by editing the dashboard a b c Click Edit on the Dashboard Tools bar. Find the widget in the right pane and click its Delete Widget icon. Click OK to save your changes. Remove the widget by using the widget toolbar a b Click the Close Widget icon on the widget's toolbar.
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 “Metric Weather Map Widget,” on page 93 n “Resources Widget,” on page 95 n “Root Cause Ranking Widget,” on page 97 n “Tag Selector Widget,” on page 98 n “Text Widget,” on page 99 n “Top-N Analysis Widget,” on page 100 n “VC Relationship Widget,” on page 102 n “VC Relationship (Planning) Widget,” on page 103 n “Define Metric Sets for a Widget,” on page 104 Edit a Widget Configuration You customize a widget by editing its configurati
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 Health Tree Providing Widget 1 n n n n n n n n n n n Heat Map n n n n n n n n n n n Mashup Charts n n n n n n n n n n n n Metric Graph n n n n n n n n n n n n VMware, Inc.
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VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Advanced Health Tree Widget The Advanced Health Tree widget shows the section of your resource hierarchy around any resources that you select. The widget shows the selected resource and its parent and child resources. The Advanced Health Tree widget is similar to the Health Tree widget, except that it includes information about the resource's grandchildren and indicates the health of each resource. Figure 4-1.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Configure the Advanced Health Tree Widget By default, the Advanced Health Tree widget includes all parent and child resources that match the selected resource. You can edit the widget configuration to limit the parent and child resources that the widget shows. You can also configure other widgets to provide a resource to the Advanced Health Tree widget. See “Configure Widget Interactions,” on page 57.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 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. Figure 4-2. Alerts Widget If the Alerts widget accepts resources from another widget, it shows alerts for the provided resource and all of its children unless the resource is an application.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Table 4-3. Alerts Widget Toolbar Icons (Continued) Icon Description Suppress Suppresses the selected alerts. You can enter the number of days to suppress the alerts. Take Ownership Takes ownership of the selected alerts. Release Ownership Releases ownership of the selected alerts. Configure the Alerts Widget You can configure the Alerts widget to show alerts for specific resources.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Application Detail Widget The Application Detail widget shows information for a selected application or other container resources that have at least one child container resource. The top of the widget shows the number of containers, resources, and metrics that the application or container resource contains and the number of Smart Alerts and classic alerts on the application or container resource. Figure 4-3.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Application Overview Widget The Application Overview widget can list all of the applications and other container resources in the enterprise, or only applications and container resources that you select. The widget lists only application and other container resources that have at least one child container resource. Figure 4-4.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 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.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Custom Relationship Widget The Custom Relationship widget is a highly customizable widget that shows four metric types for resource kinds that you select. You specify the order in which the resource kinds appear in the widget display, set up metric mappings for the resource kinds, define user interface labels, and set color range boundaries for each mapped metric. Figure 4-6.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 2 Select the resource kinds in the Resource Kinds pane. Option Action Select a specific resource kind Double-click the resource kind. Select multiple resource kinds a b Select all resource kinds a b Remove selected resource kinds Press Ctrl+click to select multiple resource kinds or Shift+click to select a range of resource kinds. Click the Perform Multi-Select Interaction icon on the toolbar at the top of the Resource Kinds pane.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets 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 4-7. 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.
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 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.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Option Action Select all of the metrics in the list Click the Select All icon on the toolbar at the top of the 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. 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.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 2 3 Set options to configure the layout of the metric display. Option Description Layout Mode Select Fixed Size to define the height for each metric box in Box Height, or Fixed View to have vCenter Operations Manager size the boxes so all metrics fit in the displayed widget. Box Height If Layout Mode is set to Fixed Size, this value is the height, in pixels, of each metric box. Box Columns Number of boxes to include in each row, from 2 to 10.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Option Action List the metrics that are common to multiple selected resources Click the Show Common Metrics icon on the toolbar at the top of the Metric Selector With Resource Selection pane. Search for a specific metric Type all or part of the metric name in the Search text box and click > to search for the metric. The metrics that you select appear in the Selected Metrics pane. 6 7 (Optional) Manage the metrics in the Selected Metrics pane.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide You can move the map and zoom in or out by using the controls on the map. The icons at each location show the health of each resource that has the GEO Location tag value. You can click the Auto Refresh icon on the GEO widget toolbar to refresh the widget data. Clicking the Reset Interaction icon returns the widget to its initial configured state.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Configure the Health Status Widget You can filter the resources that the Health Status widget shows by editing the widget configuration. You can also configure the widget to show a custom metric. You can also configure other widgets to provide resources to the Health Status widget. See “Configure Widget Interactions,” on page 57. Prerequisites n Verify that you have the necessary access rights to perform this task.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 5 Select tag values in the Select which tags to show list to show only resources that have certain tag values in the widget. 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 widget includes resources that have either value.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Table 4-5. Health Tree Widget Toolbar Icons (Continued) Icon Description Resource Detail Select a resource and click this icon to show the Resource Detail page for the resource. Show Alerts Select the resource in the hierarchy and click this icon to show alerts for the resource. Alerts appear in a pop-up window. You can double-click an alert to view its Alert Summary page.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 6 (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. Health-Workload Scoreboard Widget The Health-Workload Scoreboard widget shows the health or workload score of selected resources. The icons for each resource are color coded. Green indicates best performance, which is 100 for health or 0 for workload.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets 3 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.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Configure the Heat Map Widget The Heat Map widget contains graphical indicators that show the current value of two selected attributes for resources that belong to tag values that you select. You can configure the widget to show different combinations of data, and you can save multiple configurations for the widget. You use the Configuration drop-down menu on the toolbar at the top of the Heat Map widget to select the widget configuration to use.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets 8 Configure colors for the heat map. a Click each of the small blocks under the color bar to set the color for low, middle, and high values. The bar shows the color range for intermediate values. You can also set the values to match the high and low end of the color range. b (Optional) Type minimum and maximum color values in the Min Value and Max Value text boxes.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Mashup Charts Widget The Mashup Charts widget contains charts that show different aspects of the behavior of a selected resource. By default, the charts show data for the past six hours. The Mashup Charts widget shows the same information as the Mashup tab on the Alert Detail page. Figure 4-13. Mashup Charts Widget The Mashup Charts widget contains the following charts.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Table 4-6. Mashup Charts Widget Toolbar Icons (Continued) Icon Description Pan When you click this icon, dragging in the graph changes the time period. It does not zoom the graph. Point Values Click this icon and point to a graphed KPI data point to see its time and exact value. You can show values only if the selected time period is 24 hours or less.
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 Show Entire Period Dynamic Thresholds Shows or hides dynamic thresholds for the entire time period of the graph. 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.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Table 4-9. Individual Graph Icons Icon Description Data Source Point to this icon to see the name of the data source, or adapter instance, for the metric. For super metrics, the name is vCenter Operations Manager. Show Correlated Metrics Appears only if vCenter Operations Manager determines that the behavior or anomalies of other metrics are correlated to this metric.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets 3 On the List tab, 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.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 3 (Optional) Select one or more tag values in the Resources-Tags pane to filter the resources that appear on the List tab. 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 Metric Selector Widget The Metric Selector widget shows attribute packages for one or more resources that you select in the Alerts, Generic Scoreboard, Health Status, Health Tree, Health-Workload Scoreboard, Heat Map, Resources, Root Cause Ranking, VC Relationship, or VC Relationship (Planning) widget. Figure 4-16. Metric Selector Widget You can expand each attribute group to view its metrics.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Metric Sparklines Widget The Metric Sparklines widget shows simple graphs that contain the values of selected metrics over time and provides a quick view of the trends in KPIs. Figure 4-17. Metric Sparklines Widget If all of the metrics in the widget are for a resource that another widget provides, the resource name appears at the top right of the widget.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Procedure 1 Set Self Provider to On to define metric selections in the widget configuration. 2 Select a Selector Mode option. 3 4 Option Description Resource Enables you to select metrics for specific resources during widget configuration. Resource Kind Enables you to select metrics for specific resource kinds during widget configuration. This option is useful if specific resources are not currently available. Select a Column Sequence option.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Option Action List the metrics that are common to multiple selected resources Click the Show Common Metrics icon on the toolbar at the top of the Metric Selector With Resource Selection pane. Search for a specific metric Type all or part of the metric name in the Search text box and click the right angle bracket (>) to search for the metric. The metrics that you select appear in the Selected Metrics pane.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Metric Weather Map Widget The Metric Weather Map widget provides a graphical display of the changing values of a single metric for multiple resources over time. The widget uses colored icons to represent each value of the metric. Each icon location represents the metric value for particular resources. The color of an icon changes to show changes in the value of the metric. Figure 4-18.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide n Open the Edit Widget window for the Metric Weather Map widget. See “Edit a Widget Configuration,” on page 52. Procedure 1 2 Configure the appearance of the widget display. Option Action Image Redraw Rate Select how often the widget gets new metric data and updates the display. This option is the same as the Widget Refresh Interval for other widgets.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Resources Widget The Resources widget lists the resources that are defined in vCenter Operations Manager. Figure 4-19. Resources Widget The toolbar at the top of the Resources widget contains icons that you can use to set the data to view in the widget. Table 4-14. Resources Widget Toolbar Icons Icon Description Reset Grid Sort Returns all column sorting to the default settings.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Procedure 1 Type a value in the Pagination number text box to configure the number of resources that appear on each page in the Resources widget. 2 Select a Mode option to specify whether the widget shows the selected child or parent resources. If you select Children or Parents, the selected resources themselves do not appear.
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 4 5 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 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 3 If you selected Tag mode, select a resource tag in the Select which tag to show list. Only tags that are relevant to top-n analysis appear in the resource tag list. 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.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Table 4-18. VC Relationship Widget Icons Icon Description Show Health Values Changes the object display to show health ratings. The health rating gives you a quick overview of the current state of a resource. vCenter Operations Manager examines internally generated metrics and uses its proprietary analytics formulas to determine the health rating. Internally generated metrics include the total number of alerts and anomalies and the number of active alerts.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Table 4-19. VC Relationship Widget Icons Icon Description Show Risk Values Changes the object display to show risk scores. The risk score indicates potential future problems that might affect the performance of your system. vCenter Operations Manager calculates the risk score based on the time remaining and stress scores. Show Time Remaining Values Changes the object display to show time remaining scores.
Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets Procedure 1 Create a metric set definition XML file. For example:
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Retrieve Keys and Identifiers from the Database You can obtain keys and identifiers to use in a metric set definition XML by accessing the vCenter Operations Manager database and running SQL queries. Procedure 1 In a Web browser, type http://ip_address/dbAccessQuery.action where ip_address is the IP address of the host of the vCenter Operations Manager database. 2 Type your SQL query in the top right window. For example: select a.
Index A D administrative system alerts 28 Advanced Health Tree widget configuring 59 using 58 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 61 using 60 anomalies, understanding 8 Application Detail widget, u
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Health Tree widget configuring 75 using 74 Health-Workload Scoreboard widget configuring 76 using 76 Heat Map widget configuring 78 using 77 heat maps, creating custom 38 hiding dashboard tabs 45 Home page 18 K KPIs 10 L Root Cause Ranking widget configuring 98 using 97 root causes 10 T Tag Selector widget, using 98 Text widget configuring 99 using 99 thresholds, understanding 9 top-n analysis 13 Top-N Analysis page 33 Top-N Analysis widget config
