vFoglight™ 5.2.4.
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Table of Contents Views .....................................................................................................................................................................5 Overview of Views............................................................................................................................................................ 6 vFoglight GUI Panels ............................................................................................................................
vFoglight Cartridge for Guest Process Investigation Reference Guide
1 Views This chapter section contains the following sections topics: Overview of Views .........................................................................................................................6 vFoglight GUI Panels.....................................................................................................................6 vmExplorer Dashboard.....................................................................
vFoglight Cartridge for Guest Process Investigation Reference Guide - DRAFT ONLY Overview of Views vFoglight displays monitoring data in views that group, format, and display data. Dashboards are top-level views that do not receive data from other views. Dashboards usually contain a number of lower-level views. The dashboards supplied with vFoglight, as well as those created by users, are available in the navigation panel.
Views vmExplorer Dashboard - DRAFT ONLY 7 vmExplorer Dashboard Cartridge for Guest Process Investigation processes information is viewed from the vmExplorer dashboard. The vmExplorer dashboard is located in the navigation panel of vFoglight, below Dashboards (Dashboards >Virtual> VMWare>vmExplorer). Processes View To access the process information generated by the Cartridge for Guest Process Investigation, click the Processes tab.
vFoglight Cartridge for Guest Process Investigation Reference Guide - DRAFT ONLY Content and Embedded Views The content of the Processes dashboard contains the following standard embedded views: • Understanding %CPU Values in vFoglight • Memory Usage by Process View • Memory Usage by Process View • Memory At A Glance ViewMemory At A Glance View • Monitored Processes Understanding %CPU Values in vFoglight Unlike other data whose values represent a single point in time (when the data is collected), each
Views Processes View - DRAFT ONLY 9 assuming two back-to-back collects were successful. For this reason, decreasing the sample interval results in values that are more "real-time", making individual peaks and valleys become more apparent, while increasing the sample interval does the opposite. CPU Usage by Process View This view shows the percentage of CPU usage over a period of time. Purpose and Content This view displays the cumulative CPU usage by process over time in percentage.
vFoglight Cartridge for Guest Process Investigation Reference Guide - DRAFT ONLY CPU At A Glance View CPU At A Glance provides a snapshot of CPU usage for the machine being monitored. Purpose and Content This view displays how the CPU is being used based on the following: • The top five processes using the most CPU. These five processes are the “top consumers” for that CPU. • The top five processes that have had the largest recent change in CPU usage.
Views Processes View - DRAFT ONLY 11 Purpose and Content This view shows the user how the memory is being used based on the following: • The top five processes using the most memory. These five processes are the “top consumers” for that memory. • The top five processes that have had the largest recent change in memory usage. Monitored Processes This view displays a table of all processes running on a host being monitored.
vFoglight Cartridge for Guest Process Investigation Reference Guide - DRAFT ONLY
Index Index G Guest Process %CPU Values in vFoglight 8 P Processes View CPU At A Glance View 9 CPU Usage by Process View 8 Memory At A Glance View 10 Memory Usage by Process View 9 Monitored Processes 11 Purpose 7 V vFoglight GUI Panels 6 vmExplorer Dashboard 7 13
