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52 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.
The vmExplorer Primary View heading, located at the top of the vmExplorer Primary
View, consists of three main components: an icon and text that specify the type of
selected object or object container (from this point on these two are referred to simply as
object, unless otherwise specified), an alarm summary for the selected object, and
navigational links.
The alarm summary at the right of the Primary View heading shows you the number of
alarms at each severity level that are outstanding for the selected object. When you click
an alarm count, you get a popup that lists the active alarms for the object.
The navigational links are located immediately below the selected object’s name. These
navigational links vary from object to object, but generally contain a link to an object
summary (typically the default view), a link to an object performance overview, and one
or more links to other relevant information.
Due to the ability to change the information displayed in the Primary View through the
use of the navigational links and to the fact that the Primary View consists of several
embedded views, the Primary View can change quite a lot in appearance. For example,
typically if you select an object type container from the Topology View the Summary
link in the Primary View displays a consumption graph and a table that are
representative of the group of objects within that container. However, if you select a
Resource Pools container from the Topology View, the Summary link in the Primary
View displays a Resource Pools Relationship Tree that contains every Resource Pool
that belongs to the Clusters within the associated VirtualCenter.
If you select an individual Resource Pool from the Virtual Infrastructure View, the
Summary link in the Primary View displays summary and utilization information for
that Resource Pool. This is typically the type of information you see for the Summary
link when you select any individual object from the Virtual Infrastructure View.
The metrics and the amount of detail displayed in the Primary View vary depending on
the type of object you select.