The VM Overview module allows users to organize VMs according to their software characteristics, the consumption of resources or according to performance indicators.

Information

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The first tab VM Information provides a graphic with the distribution of the Operative Systems in each VM. Additionally, it groups the static information of VMs in a table as follows:

Item Description
Name: Name of VM
Identifier: Unique identifier of the VM
MAC: Addresse MAC
OS: Operative system used by the VM
VCPU#: Number of VCPU allocated to the VM
RAMCap (MB): RAM Capacity in MB of the VM
CPU Res (MHz): CPU reserved in MHZ
RAM Res (MB): RAM reserved in MB to the VM
VMware T: Status of VMware tools in the VM

Some properties are not always available for all VMs. In this case the value of the property will appear as Null

Consumption

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The second tab VM Consumption shows information about the VM consumptions. Consumptions are recorded in a DC Scope database. In order to facilitate the organization of consumptions, metrics are calculated over a period of analysis which can contain a large number of logs. By clicking on the VM name, the period of analysis for that VM will zoom in. Using this feature, the user can look for events in smaller periods of time. The minimum period of time for the analysis is one hour.

This information is presented in a table as follows:

Item Description
Period Number of period
From Start data collection date
To End data collection date
Name Name of Server
Nb of values Number of logs of consumptions
CPU Consumption in % Avg Average CPU consumption in %
Min Minimum CPU consumption in %
Max Maximum CPU consumption in %
CPU \< 10 Percentage of logs of where the CPU
CPU > 70 Percentage of logs of where the CPU consumption is more than 70%
RAM Consumption in % Avg Average RAM consumption in %
Min Minimum RAM consumption in %
Max Maximum RAM consumption in %
IO-Disk Consumption (MB/s) Avg Average disk consumption in MB/s
Min Minimum disk consumption in MB/s
Max Maximum disk consumption in MB/s
IO-Net Consumption (MB/s) Avg Average network consumption in MB/s
Min Minimum network consumption in MB/s
Max Maximum network consumption in MB/s
CPU Ready (ms) Avg Average waiting time to access the CPU
Min Minimum waiting time to access the CPU
Max Maximum waiting time to access the CPU
%
Disk latency (ms) Avg Average waiting time to access the disk
Min Minimum waiting time to access the disk
Max Maximum waiting time to access the disk

Some consumptions are not always available for all VMs, in this case the value of the consumption will appear as Null.

Synthesis

The third tab_VM Synthesis_ provides a detailed overview of each VM. Click on the search bar on the top of the frame to select a VM. Once a VM is selected, the different details of the VM will appear.

General Information

This frame provides general information of the VM such as the creation date of the VM, the annual cost of the VM and the comments associated to the VM from VMware. Additionally, you can add information (fields in red) regarding the owner, environment, end date and comments. This information will be available only from DC Scope.

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The color cube in the top left represents the behavior status of the VM:

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Location information

This frame provides the location information of the VM. It will list the host, folder, resource pool, datastore and tags associated with the VM.

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System Information

The system information will provide information regarding the operating system in the VM, the status of VMware tools, the status of the VM in the datacenter, the behavior status of the VM, the troubleshooting status and the configuration of High Availability of the VM.

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Capacity Information

This frame provides information regarding the VCPU, VRAM and storage allocated to the VM as well as the capacity of the server/datastore hosting the VM.

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Activity vs Capacity

The Activity vs Capacity frame compares different criteria of the selected VM against an average VM in the infrastructure. These criteria are:

  • CPU activity
  • CPU capacity
  • RAM activity
  • RAM capacity
  • Troubleshooting
  • Storage capacity

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VM Life Cycle

The Life Cycle tab provides the information of the migrations, changes, and modifications in the VMs. It will list any move of the VM among the servers, changes in the resources allocated and changes in the status as well as the user that made such change.

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