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Prerequisites
In the vCenter Operations Manager interface, verify that the Dashboard tab is open.
Procedure
1 In the Health pane, check whether the Weather Map of Health displays colors other than green. (The
weather map is most appropriate for grouped objects such as the World, vCenters, and Datacenters.)
Colors that dominate the map over the past six hours indicate a larger trend.
2 If a trend exists, click the Health badge.
The Details tab under the Operations tab appears.
3 To identify the type of problem an object has, click the Workload, Anomalies, or Faults badge and point
to the metric values for more information.
4 Click the Dashboard tab and expand the Risk pane to check the Stress graph.
The graph in the Stress pane displays the resource demand over the past week and helps you determine
when the peak demand occurred.
5 If a particular peak, such as a 6 p.m. peak, exists that might require investigation, click the Stress badge.
The Views tab under the Planning page appears.
What to do next
Click the Views tab under the Planning tab to investigate possible causes of the problem and assess resources
allocation.
Determine Whether the Environment Operates as Expected
Anomalies in vCenter Operations Manager provide insight into the behavior of your environment and help
you to determine whether a high workload might still reflect a normal or expected load.
By default, the Dashboard tab displays information about the World object. You can select another object in
the inventory pane to check for immediate health problems on the object. (You can also use the Search text box
at the upper right, entering part or all of the object's name, to locate an object.)
In the Anomalies pane, the blue line represents the actual level of anomalies for the selected object. The gray
line represents the noise threshold line that shows the normal level of anomalies for the selected object.
Prerequisites
In the vCenter Operations Manager interface, verify that the Dashboard tab is open.
Procedure
1 In the inventory pane, select the object that you want to inspect.
2 Click the arrow under the Health badge to expand the detailed view.
3 In the Anomalies pane, check the badge score and the noise threshold line.
If the blue line of the abnormal metric count is far below the noise line, the level of anomalies is normal.
If the blue line of abnormal metric count approaches or surpasses the noise line, the object might be
experiencing health degradation.
4 If you see an abnormal level of anomalies, click the Anomalies badge.
The Details tab opens and you can continue investigating the problem.
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