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Table of Contents Introduction to this Guide ...................................................................................................................................5 About vFoglight ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 About this Guide...........................................................................................................................................
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Introduction to this Guide This chapter provides information about what is contained in the Cartridge for VMware User Guide. It also provides information about the vFoglight documentation suite and Vizioncore Software. This chapter contains the following sections: About vFoglight..............................................................................................................................6 About this Guide........................................................................................
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware User 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.
Introduction to this Guide vFoglight Documentation Suite 7 vFoglight Documentation Suite The vFoglight documentation suite is made up of the core documentation set plus documents set for advanced configurations. Documentation is provided in a combination of online help and PDF. • Online Help: You can open online help by selecting the Help tab in the action panel.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware User Guide • Web Component Tutorial (PDF and online help) • Web Component Reference (online help) Cartridge Documentation Sets When you deploy a cartridge, the documentation set for the cartridge is installed. The online help for the cartridge is integrated automatically with the core vFoglight help. When you open the help, the name of the cartridge is displayed in a top level entry within the table of contents.
Introduction to this Guide About Vizioncore Inc. 9 The following table summarizes how text styles are used in this guide: Convention Description Code Monospace text represents code, code objects, and commandline input.
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1 Introduction to the VMware Virtual Infrastructure This chapter introduces you to the VMware virtual infrastructure and provides you with essential foundational information. The chapter contains the following sections: VMware Virtual Infrastructure Overview ......................................................................................24 Object Roles................................................................................................................................
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide VMware Virtual Infrastructure Overview VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 (VI3) provides an innovative mechanism for organizing and viewing any virtual infrastructure built on its platform. Using a unique combination of physical and logical components, this mechanism effectively and efficiently fulfills VMware’s vision of the modern virtual infrastructure.
Introduction to the VMware Virtual Infrastructure VMware Virtual Infrastructure Overview 25 The VMware VirtualCenter Server 2 allows for the configuration of a hierarchical organizational structure that resides primarily within the virtual domain.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide ESX Server Hosts An ESX Server Host is the single physical component required to begin building a virtual infrastructure. An ESX Server provides a hypervisor based architecture for controlling and managing resources for the virtual machines that run on it. The virtual machines running on the host share the resources it provides.
Introduction to the VMware Virtual Infrastructure VMware Virtual Infrastructure Overview 27 Virtual Objects Virtual objects can exist only within the confines of the virtual infrastructure. With the exception of virtual machines, virtual objects are logical and are used for organizing VMware ESX Servers and virtual machines, either geographically or by function. In addition, virtual objects allow for the advanced configuration of resource management and of high availability settings.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide VMware VirtualCenter offers some additional valuable features that customers may wish to use including the VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) feature for automating the process of balancing VMware ESX Server utilization and the VMware High Availability (HA) feature for recovering from Host failure within a Cluster.
Introduction to the VMware Virtual Infrastructure VMware Virtual Infrastructure Overview 29 Datastores are host-independent and platform-independent. Therefore, they do not change in any way when the virtual machines contained within them are moved from one ESX Server to another. Clusters A Cluster object is a group of VMware ESX Servers that share common storage resources and network configurations.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide the Cluster’s total CPU resources and 6 GB of the Cluster’s total memory. By drilling down further from there you see that within the CRM Application Resource Pool there are two more Resource Pools (Database and Web). The existence of the Database Resource Pool ensures that key database virtual machines have access to the resources necessary to perform their highly transactional operations.
Introduction to the VMware Virtual Infrastructure VMware Virtual Infrastructure Overview 31 The following table lists the available types of folders, and explains the levels at which they can exist and the objects they can contain.
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2 Navigation Basics This chapter describes the basic vFoglight navigation techniques that you require in order to use vFoglight Cartridge for VMware. The chapter contains the following sections: vFoglight GUI Panels...................................................................................................................34 Breadcrumbs ...............................................................................................................................36 Time Range ..........................
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide vFoglight GUI Panels Depending on who you log in as when you log in to vFoglight, you may see either the contents of the first bookmark (the Welcome page is the default) listed under Bookmarks, or a home page. For further details, refer to the vFoglight User Guide. Typically, the GUI is divided into three panels: The navigation panel at the left, the larger display panel in the middle, and the actions panel at the right.
Navigation Basics vFoglight GUI Panels 35 The navigation panel lists all of the dashboards that are available to the current user for viewing. You can use the navigation panel to select a dashboard to view in the display panel. To access a specific dashboard, open the appropriate module (the Virtual module, for example).
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide Breadcrumbs As you drill down into the various levels within a vFoglight Cartridge for VMware dashboard, a trail of breadcrumbs are left just above the dashboard. This trail provides you with context. It provides you with the name of the level you are currently viewing and with a simple mechanism for returning to any of its related parent levels. Figure 2 displays a typical breadcrumb trail.
Navigation Basics Time Range 37 Time Range The default behavior of vFoglight Cartridge for VMware is to display metrics, alerts, and messages that have occurred within the last four hours. This time range, however, is configurable. To configure the Time Range use the Time Range menu located in the upper right corner of the vFoglight GUI, as show in Figure 3.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide Sortable Lists In certain vFoglight Cartridge for VMware dashboards, some levels of views contain sortable lists. An example of this is the vmExplorer Dashboard Related Objects View displayed in Figure 4. Figure 4 Figure 4 Related Objects View It is possible to sort this list by column using any of the column headings. Click a column heading once to sort the list in ascending order. The list is redrawn according to your specification.
Navigation Basics Alarms and their Status Indicators 39 Alarms and their Status Indicators vFoglight Cartridge for VMware uses status indicators to show that specific alarms have been raised within the virtual infrastructure. Four status indicators, similar to those displayed in Figure 5, are used throughout all of the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware dashboards.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide Mouse-over Actions Many items within the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware dashboards display additional information when you hover the cursor over them. For example, when you hover the cursor over a graph you are likely to see a specific value or values that correspond(s) to the position of the cursor. When you hover the cursor over an individual metric, you are likely to see a small descriptive popup.
3 Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware This chapter takes you through the various dashboards and associated views that make up vFoglight Cartridge for VMware. The chapter contains the following sections: vmAgents Dashboard ..................................................................................................................42 vmAlarms Dashboard ..................................................................................................................43 vmExplorer Dashboard.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide vmAgents Dashboard The vmAgents Dashboard has just one view that displays information on the various agent systems that are collecting and sending details to vFoglight Cartridge for VMware. This dashboard can be used to verify that agents are properly reporting information at regular intervals to vFoglight Cartridge for VMware.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmAlarms Dashboard 43 vmAlarms Dashboard The vmAlarms Dashboard is a simple dashboard that shows all of the alarms that have been triggered but not cleared within vFoglight. It can be used to isolate alarms specific to the virtualized environment. Figure 2 shows an example of a typical vmAlarms Dashboard.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide Alarms Overview The Alarms Overview is located at the top of the vmAlarms Dashboard. Purpose The Alarms Overview provides a quick and easy way for you to view vFoglight alarms grouped by object and severity level. You can use this Overview to monitor alarms and to identify the sources of problems within the virtual infrastructure.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmExplorer Dashboard 45 vmExplorer Dashboard The vmExplorer Dashboard has a hierarchical interface that you can use to view various performance metrics and alarms within the virtual infrastructure. It provides several informative views through which you can quickly and easily access detailed information about any of the available components (physical or virtual) within the infrastructure. Figure 3 shows an example of a typical vmExplorer Dashboard.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide Virtual Infrastructure View The vmExplorer Dashboard provides a Virtual Infrastructure View. It is located in the navigation panel of vFoglight (at the left), under the dashboards list. Purpose The Virtual Infrastructure View provides an organized view of the various virtual infrastructure objects that are monitored by vFoglight Cartridge for VMware. Figure 4 shows an example of a typical Virtual Infrastructure View.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmExplorer Dashboard 47 Topology View The Topology View is organized into a tree using object type (or topology type) containers for branches. The top-level objects in the Topology View are always the VirtualCenters. Each VirtualCenter in the Topology View contains several object type containers, and each object type container contains every object of that particular type that is managed by the parent VirtualCenter.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide At the right, the Topology View displays status indicators. For an individual object, the status indicator represents the alarm of highest severity that is outstanding for that object. For an object type container, the status indicator represents the alarm of highest severity that is outstanding for all of the objects of that type. For example, there are twenty-five Virtual Machines configured for a VirtualCenter.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmExplorer Dashboard 49 Mouse-over Status Popups When you hover the cursor over an object in the Virtual Infrastructure View, you see a popup that provides a summary of the present state of that object. One of the most useful Mouse-over Status Popups to take note of when working with the Virtual Infrastructure View is the one you see when you hover the cursor over the Virtual Machines container in the Topology View.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide At A Glance View The vmExplorer Dashboard provides an At A Glance View. It is located in the navigation panel of vFoglight, below the Virtual Infrastructure View. Purpose The At A Glance View provides key statistical information for the object that is selected in the Virtual Infrastructure View. The information shown depends on the object that is selected.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmExplorer Dashboard 51 Description of Embedded Views The At A Glance View may or may not contain the following embedded views: • Top 5 CPU View • Top 5 Memory View • Top 5 Disks View • Top 5 NIC View • Top 5 Ready View • Status View Top 5 CPU View This view shows the top five CPU-consuming Virtual Machines for the selected object. Top 5 Memory View This view shows the top five memory-consuming Virtual Machines for the selected object.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide vmExplorer Primary View The vmExplorer has a Primary View which takes up the entire display panel of the vFoglight GUI. Purpose The vmExplorer Primary View provides a great deal of value to administrators who leverage vFoglight Cartridge for VMware to monitor their virtual infrastructure.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmExplorer Dashboard 53 Description of Embedded Views The Primary View may or may not contain the following embedded views: • Summary View • Utilizations View • Resource Pools Relationship Tree View • Related Objects Views Summary View If you select the Summary navigational link from the Primary View heading, the Summary View is displayed just below the heading.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide ESX Servers from the Virtual Infrastructure View and you select the Summary link from the Primary View heading, an extended Summary View with an informative graph is displayed in place of a Utilizations View. For descriptions of the various metrics available in the Utilizations View and elsewhere in vFoglight Cartridge for VMware, refer to the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Reference Guide.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmExplorer Dashboard 55 Figure 7 shows a Utilizations View for a Cluster object. As explained above, you can hover the cursor over any metric in a Utilizations View to see a description of the metric, and you can click any metric or chart to see a popup with a detailed chart. For example, if you click the CPU Load gauge for a Cluster object, a graph of CPU utilization over the time range specified for the vmExplorer dashboard is displayed.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide Figure 8 shows a Utilizations View for a collection of ESX Server objects. Figure 8 Figure 8 Utilizations View for a Collection of ESX Servers Resource Pools Relationship Tree View If you select a Resource Pools container from the Topology View, the Summary link of the Primary View displays a Resource Pools Relationship Tree that contains every Resource Pool that belongs to the Clusters within the associated VirtualCenter.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmExplorer Dashboard 57 Figure 9 Figure 9 Resource Pools Relationship Tree at the Normal Zoom Level In Figure 9, there are just three Resource Pools in the tree. Therefore, there must be three in the associated Resource Pools Topology View container. To zoom out again, you simply click the Minimized Zoom Level option on the mini map.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide Related Objects Views More than one Related Objects View may appear at a time on the vmExplorer Dashboard. Related Objects Views are typically located at the bottom of the Primary View. Related Objects Views differ from each other and may not appear at all depending on the object or collection of objects selected from the Virtual Infrastructure View and on the navigational link selected from the Primary View heading.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmExplorer Dashboard 59 Figure 10 shows a Related Objects View for a single Cluster object.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide Actions Panel The actions panel operates like a drawer. Its default position is closed. To open the actions panel, click the arrow at the far right of the vFoglight GUI. The actions panel provides you with easy access to a number of useful actions and tasks. However, it only provides additional vFoglight Cartridge for VMware related actions and tasks when you are viewing the vmExplorer Dashboard.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Actions Panel 61 The vFoglight Cartridge for VMware actions and tasks available in the actions panel vary depending on the object displayed in the vmExplorer Dashboard, and are located under the Actions, Other Actions, and Tasks headings.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide For more information on the Migration Modeler, including specific instructions on how to run the Migration Modeler, refer to “vmModeler Dashboard” on page 65. View Virtual Infrastructure Alarms Under the Actions heading, the View Virtual Infrastructure Alarms link takes you to the vmAlarms Dashboard. For specific information on the vmAlarms Dashboard, see “vmAlarms Dashboard” on page 43.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmExplorer: Server Lookup Dashboard 63 vmExplorer: Server Lookup Dashboard The vmExplorer: Server Lookup Dashboard takes up the entire display panel of the vFoglight GUI. It can be accessed in two different ways: • If you are in the vmExplorer Dashboard, you can access the Server Lookup Dashboard by using the Find ESX Servers link under the Actions heading on the actions panel to the right of the vFoglight GUI.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide vmExplorer: Virtual Machine Lookup Dashboard The vmExplorer: Virtual Machine Lookup Dashboard takes up the entire display panel of the vFoglight GUI. It can be accessed in two different ways: • If you are in the vmExplorer Dashboard, you can access the Virtual Machine Lookup Dashboard by using the Find Virtual Machines link under the Actions heading on the actions panel to the right of the vFoglight GUI.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmModeler Dashboard 65 vmModeler Dashboard The vmModeler Dashboard takes up the entire display panel of the vFoglight GUI. It can be accessed in two different ways: • If you are in the vmExplorer Dashboard, you can access the vmModeler Dashboard by using the Run Migration Modeler link under the Actions heading on the actions panel to the right of the vFoglight GUI.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide Figure 12 Figure 12vmModeler Dashboard The vmModeler Dashboard provides four graphs that show current and projected numbers for CPU and memory utilization and network and disk activity on the target ESX Server over the time range specified in the vmExplorer Dashboard. The blue area on the graphs represents current consumption or activity on the target ESX Server. The yellow area specifies projected consumption or activity.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmModeler Dashboard 67 3 From the Virtual Machine drop-down list, select the Virtual Machine that is to be migrated. When using the vmModeler Dashboard, you should extend the vmExplorer Dashboard time range in order to better assess the long term impact of the potential migration. For specific information about adjusting dashboard time ranges, refer to the vFoglight User Guide.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide vmMonitor Dashboard The vmMonitor Dashboard provides a simple drill-down interface that allows you to quickly traverse up and down the virtual infrastructure to determine where a problem exists. This dashboard also contains enhanced alarm notification and integrates with VirtualCenter Servers to display virtual infrastructure messages. Figure 13 shows an example of a typical vmMonitor Dashboard.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmMonitor Dashboard 69 Navigation View The Navigation View is located at the top of the vmMonitor Dashboard. Purpose The Navigation View displays an icon and an object type name that together indicate the type of object that is being examined. The vmMonitor Dashboard does not provide a direct hierarchical structure in which you can change between objects.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide Infrastructure Overview The vmMonitor Infrastructure Overview is located at the top left of the vmMonitor Dashboard and is provided at the VirtualCenter, Datacenter, and Cluster object levels. Purpose The Infrastructure Overview on the vmMonitor Dashboard contains information about the descendent or child objects of the object being viewed in the dashboard.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmMonitor Dashboard 71 Utilizations View The Utilizations View is located near the center of the vmMonitor Dashboard. Purpose A typical Utilizations View provides detailed information about the four core resources within an ESX infrastructure: CPU, memory, disk usage, and network usage. However, the metrics and the amount of detail displayed in the Utilizations View vary depending on the type of object that is being viewed.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide Figure 16 shows an example of a typical vmMonitor Utilizations View for an ESX Server.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmMonitor Dashboard 73 VirtualCenter Messages View The VirtualCenter Messages View is displayed toward the bottom of the vmMonitor Dashboard. Purpose vFoglight Cartridge for VMware receives VirtualCenter messages (including status changes and VirtualCenter alarms, if configured) and presents them in the vmMonitor Dashboard. Note These messages are not generated by vFoglight Cartridge for VMware.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide Figure 17 Figure 17vmMonitor Messages View Related Objects View Unlike on a vmExplorer Dashboard, only one Related Objects View can appear on a vmMonitor Dashboard. A Related Objects View is displayed at the right of the vmMonitor Dashboard. Purpose The Related Objects View for the vmMonitor Dashboard works in a different way than those of of the vmExplorer Dashboard.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware vmMonitor Dashboard 75 The information presented within the Status Views varies slightly depending on the object that is being viewed in the vmMonitor Dashboard. The Status Views typically show alarm and configuration information, as well as current CPU, memory, disk and network trends. If you click an alarm count within a Status View, a list of alarms for the corresponding object is displayed.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide vmVirtualCenters Dashboard The vmVirtualCenters Dashboard has just one view that displays a Status View for each of the VirtualCenters that exist within the virtual infrastructure. This dashboard and its embedded status views can be used to take a quick look at the status of each of the VirtualCenters within the infrastrucure. Each VirtualCenter Status View provides an alarm summary for the objects contained within the VirtualCenter.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Report Browser Dashboard 77 Report Browser Dashboard The Report Browser Dashboard provides an interface with which you can schedule regularly occurring reports for vFoglight Cartridge for VMware. Several different reports are available, and together they provide a detailed analysis of the performance of a virtual infrastructure over time. Figure 20 shows an example of a typical Report Browser Dashboard.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide Report Templates View The Report Templates View is located at the left of the Report Browser Dashboard. Purpose The Report Templates View provides a list of templates that can be used to create reports that are scheduled to run against a particular object. The Module column in the Report Templates View provides some information about the purpose of the report template.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Report Browser Dashboard 79 Figure 21 Figure 21Add Scheduled Report button The Scheduled Report Editor dialog appears as shown in Figure 22, prompting the you to specify the settings for the report. Figure 22 Figure 22Scheduled Report Editor dialog A list of optional and required parameters is displayed on the dialog. 3 Fill in the necessary fields.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide 4 To specify a value for the Time Range setting, click the appropriate drop-down icon in the Value column. The Edit - timeRange dialog appears as shown in Figure 23. Figure 23 Figure 23Edit - timeRange dialog 5 Adjust the time range settings. See Figure 23. 6 Click the Set button on the Edit - timeRange dialog. 7 Specify the object you wish to report against.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Report Browser Dashboard 81 Figure 24 Figure 24Edit - ESXServer dialog 9 To find the correct object, you will have to drill down several levels in the list. For a specific ESX Server object, drill down through the following path: vFoglight->AllData->VMWModel->VMwareModel->virtualCenters-> ->esxServerCollection->esxServers-> . 10 Click the Set button. 11 Provide a report name in the Name field.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide For this example, leave the default value of 5 so that vFoglight Cartridge for VMware will retain the five most recent copies of the report. This will provide five months of historical data on the selected ESX Server Host. 14 Click the Create button. Monthly Report is created and ready to run. The report should now appear in the Scheduled Reports View.
Interacting with the vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Report Browser Dashboard 83 Report Name Object Type Description Report: ESX Server ESX Server This template can be used to generate a report that contains the details for the selected ESX Server. Report: Event Summary VirtualCenter This template can be used to generate a report that contains the event history for the selected VirtualCenter object.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide Report Name Object Type Description Report: Virtual Machine Creation and Usage ESX Server This template can be used to generate a report that displays the number of virtual machines configured and running on each ESX Server in the virtual infrastructure. A chart illustrates the creation and removal of virtual machines. If you specify a particular set of ESX Servers, only data for those servers is displayed.
Index A actions find ESX Servers 61 find virtual machines 61 run Migration Modeler 61 view virtual infrastructure alarms 62 actions panel 35, 60 agents 42 alarms 39, 43, 44 Alarms List View 44 Alarms Overview 44 At A Glance View 50 B breadcrumbs 36 vmAlarms 43, 62 vmExplorer 45 vmModeler 62, 65, 66 vmMonitor 62, 68 vmVirtualCenters 76 datacenters 28 datastores 28 display panel 35 Distributed Resource Scheduling 26 documentation 7, 8 cartridge 8 E ESX Servers 26 F cartridge documentation 8 clusters 29 c
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Cartridge for VMware User Guide High Availability 25, 26, 31 I Infrastructure Overview 70 M Migration Modeler 27, 61, 66 mouse-over actions 40 Mouse-over Status Popups 49 N navigation 33 navigation panel 34 Navigation View 69 O object icons 47 object monitor 62 object roles 25 objects physical 25 virtual 27 P physical objects 25 ESX Servers 26 VirtualCenter Server 26 R Related Objects View 74 Related Objects Views 58 Report Browser Dashboard 77 Report Templates View
Index status indicators 39 time range 37 views Actions Panel 60 Alarms List 44 Alarms Overview 44 At A Glance 50 Generated Reports 82 Hierarchy 48 Infrastructure Overview 70 Mouse-over Status Popups 49 Navigation 69 Related Objects 58, 74 Report Templates 78 Resource Pools Relationship Tree 56 Scheduled Reports 78 Status 51 Summary 53 Top 5 CPU 51 Top 5 Disk 51 Top 5 Memory 51 Top 5 NIC 51 Top 5 Ready 51 Topology 47 Utilizations 53, 71 VirtualCenter Messages 73 vmExplorer Primary 52 virtual infrastructure
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