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Chapter 7 Monitoring Stage Manager
Viewing Log Details
Ifanoperationfails,youcanaccessmoreinformationaboutthaterror.
To view details on an operation in the activity log
FromtheActivityLogpage,clickalinkintheOperationcolumntoaccessdetailson
thatoperation.
Monitoring Resource Usage
Stage Manageradministratorscanmonitorresourceusageusingresourcepool,service,
andstagedata.Aresourcepoolisalogicalstructurethatallowsdelegationofcontrol
overtheresourcesofahost.Resourcepoolscompartmentalizeallresourcesinacluster.
Youcancreatemultipleresourcepoolsasdirectchildrenofahost
orclusterand
configurethem.Youcanthendelegatecontroloverthemtootherindividualsor
organizations.ThemanagedresourcesareCPUandmemoryfromahostorcluster.
Virtualmachinesexecuteinanddrawtheirresourcesfromresourcepools.
UsetheResourceUsagelinkintheleftpanetoaccess
resourcedataontheResource
PoolstabandServicesandStagestab.
TheResourcePoolstabpresentsthisinformation:
 Nameoftheresourcepool.
 Serviceassociatedwiththeresourcepool.
 CPUandmemoryconsumption:
 Used–Dynamicamountconsumedbyvirtualmachinesinthisresourcepool
oranychildresourcepool.
Thevalueaccountsforalldeployedandpoweredonvirtualmachines,notjust
theonesunderStage Managercontrol.
 Reserved–AmountthatStage Managerreservesfromthisresourcepoolfor
runningvirtualmachinesinboththisresourcepoolandanychildresource
pool.
 Total–Staticupperlimitonusage.Thevalueisbasedontheupperlimit
configuredforthisresourcepoolandforanyparentresourcepool.
TheServicesandStagestabpresentsthisinformation:
 Namesoftheserviceandstagesintheservice.
 Resourcepoolassociatedwithastage.