Specifications

Chapter 6: Business views
Business Views provide graphical representations of virtual infrastructure trends,
historical performance, and make-up. They give a high level overview of the
current performance and composition of your data center so that you can make
business decisions about capacity planning, chargeback, and system security.
Business Views have the following two aspects:
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Trends -
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Data center visualizer -
To reach the Business Views, click the Reporting tab, and then click Business
Views in the top menu.
Note: The Historical performance analyzer charts are no longer a section of the
Business Views. You can see performance charts from anywhere by clicking Add
to Chart when you have one or more objects selected.
Trends
Data centers undergo constant change, and SolarWinds Virtualization Manager
constantly collects and monitors configuration and performance data over time.
The Global Trends aspect displays high level changes of your environment over
time. Upon installation, the SolarWinds Virtualization Manager system begins
tracking over 70 trends that are contained within the product.
To access the Global Trends:
1. Click Reporting > Business Views.
2. Click the line chart icon on the top left.
By default, each trend runs a search every four hours and records the result. The
result may be a count of the number of results returned, or a value based on data
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