Reference Guide

8 vFoglight
Cartridge for VMware Reference Guide
About vFoglight
vFoglight is an application management solution that reduces or eliminates service
disruptions to unify IT and the business. Unlike other solutions, it provides a correlated,
360 degree view of your applications from end user to database and from service levels
to infrastructure—to source the root cause of every incident impacting your business
and fix them quickly. vFoglight correlates data from multiple perspectives into a single
version of the truth to provide deep insight into the service relationships that exist
between end users, the business and infrastructure components. Its unique adaptive
technology rapidly adjusts to change for improved application performance and service
levels, reduced operational cost and risk, and enhanced visibility for all stakeholders.
About this Guide
vFoglight ships with predefined rules and views that help you monitor your virtual
infrastructure. The vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Reference Guide lists those rules
and views, and provides a definition for each.
This guide is intended for any user who wants to learn more about any vFoglight rule or
view.
This Cartridge for VMware Reference Guide is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, vFoglight Rules — Lists and describes the predefined rules included with
vFoglight.
Chapter 2, vFoglight Views — Lists and describes the predefined views included with
vFoglight
vFoglight Documentation Suite
The vFoglight documentation suite is made up of the core documentation set plus the
documentation set for each vFoglight cartridge that you deploy. Documentation is
provided in a combination of online help, PDF, and HTML.
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Online Help: You can open online help by selecting the Help tab in the action
panel.
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PDF: The Getting Started Guide, What’s New Guide, System Requirements and
Platform Support Guide, Installation and Setup Guide set, Administration and