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Chapter 18 Setting Up and Monitoring Performance Statistics and Resource Maps
To save your settings as a new chart view
1IntheCustomizePerformanceChartdialogbox,clickSaveChartSettings.The
SaveSelectiondialogboxisdisplayed.
2 SelectachartandclickOK.YoursettingsaresavedandaddedtotheSwitchto
menu,andtheSaveSelectiondialogboxisclosed.
To delete chart views
1IntheCustomizePerformanceChartdialogbox,
clickManageCharts.Adialog
boxisdisplayed.
2 SelectachartandclickDelete.ThechartisdeletedanditisremovedfromSwitch
tomenu.
3ClickOKtoclosethedialogboxandreturntotheCustomizePerformanceChart
dialogbox.
Resource Maps
InVirtualCenter,amapisavisualrepresentationofyourdatacenter’stopology.Maps
provideavisualrepresentationoftherelationshipsbetweenthevirtualandphysical
resourcesavailableinVirtualCenter .Thefollowingpreconfiguredmapviewsare
available:
 VirtualMachineResources–Displaysvirtualmachine‐centricrelationships.
 HostResources—Displayshost‐centricphysicalrelationships.
 VMotionResource—DisplayspotentialhostsforVMotionmigration.SeeAbout
VMotionResourceMaps.
Amapviewlimitsorexpandsthescopeofamap,asdoesthelocationwhereyouare
viewingthemap.WhenaccessingmapviewsfromtheMapsbuttoninthenavigation
bar,allVirtualCenterresourcesare
availablefordisplay.Whenaccessingmapviews
fromtheMapstabofaselectedinventoryitem,onlyitemsrelevanttothatitemare
availablefordisplay.TheonlymapviewavailablethroughtheMapstabforvirtual
machineinventoryitemsistheVMotionResourcesview.Allmapviews,except
VMotion
Resourcesmaps,canbecustomized.
Viewingmapscanhelpyoudeterminesuchthingsaswhichclustersorhostsaremost
denselypopulated,whichnetworksaremostcritical,andwhichstoragedevicesare
beingutilized.
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OTEMapsareavailableonlywhentheVIClientisconnectedtoaVirtualCenter
Server.