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6 If a color other than green indicates a potential problem, click Details for the virtual machine in the
pop-up window and investigate the disk space and I/O resources.
What to do next
Identify the red, orange, or yellow virtual machines with the highest amount of wasted space.
Examining Relationships in Your Environment
Most objects in an environment are related to other objects in that environment. The Environment tab shows
how objects in your environment are related. You use this display to troubleshoot problems that might not
be about the object that you originally chose to examine. For example, a problem alert on a host might be
because a virtual machine related to the host lacks capacity.
Environment Tab Selections
When you select an object from the inventory of your environment, you can display the related objects in an
overview, list, or map.
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The Overview shows all the objects in your environment with a status badge for each object. By clicking
a badge, you can see which objects are related.
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The List shows only the objects related to your object selection. Depending on the object selected, you
can initiate an action or launch an external application.
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The Map shows the objects as icons in a hierarchical display. You select an icon to display the number of
related objects.
Use the Overview to identify objects in your environment with health, risk, or eciency problems.
Depending on the object type, you might be able to take action on the object from the List view.
Use the Environment Overview to Find Problems
If you are system administrator who is trying to investigate the reason for slow performance in your
environment, you can select key objects such as host systems to see if any related objects such as virtual
machines indicate problems.
Procedure
1 Select Environment > vSphere Hosts and Clusters and select the vSphere World object.
2 Select the Environment tab.
vRealize Operations Manager displays health badges for all objects in the vSphere World.
3 Click each of the host system badges.
The health badge of the virtual machines that belong to the host are highlighted. A host that displays a
good health badge, may have virtual machines that display a warning status.
What to do next
Investigate the reason for the problem. For example, once you determine if the problem is chronic or
temporary, you can decide how to address it. See “Using Troubleshooting Tools to Resolve Problems,” on
page 49.
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