Virtual Machine details

View detailed information about the components and resources that are associated with a Virtual Machine.

To view the details page of a virtual machine, complete the following steps.
  1. Go to Resources > Hosts and click Virtual Machine.
  2. Right-click a Virtual Machine in the list and select View Details.

Overview

View the following charts that show information about the response time, workload, and performance information about volumes that the virtual machine accesses:

Response Time

Response time provides you the information on the average number of milliseconds that took to service each read/write/total operation by the resource, for a particular component over a particular time interval.

Overall Workload

Use the Overall Workload charts to see the workload that the virtual machine host has against the storage that it is using. There are two charts in this carousel: Data Rate, and I/O Rate. Click the arrows to cycle through the charts.

Most Active Storage System Volumes

The performance data for the volumes that are most active on the storage systems. The chart shows performance data that was collected about the most active volumes that the Virtual Machine accesses on the storage systems.

This chart can be viewed for the following metrics.
Table 1. Chart metrics.
Metric Definition
Read Cache Hits Percentage of cache hits for both sequential and nonsequential read operations, for a particular component over an interval.
Response Time The average number of milliseconds for a resource to respond to a read or a write operation.
Volume Utilization The average percentage of time that the volume is busy.
I/O Rate The average number of I/O operations per second that are transmitted between the resources and the component. This value includes both read and write operations.
Data Rate The average rate at which data is transmitted between the resources and the component. The rate is measured in MiB per second and includes both read and write operations.
Tip:
  • The charts show data that was collected about the host during the last 30 days. If no data was collected, the charts are blank. If data collection was interrupted during the last 30 days, a gap for the missing data is shown.
  • Hover over elements in the charts to view additional information.
  • To view different charts, click the name of a chart and select the chart that you want to view.
  • The selected charts are automatically displayed in the same positions the next time that you log on to the GUI and view the details of the resource.

Properties

View the attributes of the Virtual Machine, including general information about the Virtual Machine, its connectivity, ports, and links to other Virtual Machines.

Alerts and Alerts definitions

View the alerts that were generated when certain conditions were detected on the Alerts page of a Virtual Machine. Alerts are generated when the conditions that are specified on the Alert Definitions page are detected.

Use alert policies to manage the alert definitions and notification settings that apply to Virtual Machine. You can view, set, or create the alert policy for a Virtual Machine from the Alerts or Alert Definitions pages. The tasks that you can do depend on whether the Virtual Machine is managed by an alert policy.

Alert policy status Tasks available on Alert Definitions page
An alert policy is assigned. View the policy or set a different policy to manage the Virtual Machine. Click View Policy or Set Policy from the Policy Actions menu.
No alert policy is assigned.

Set a policy to manage the Virtual Machine or create a policy from the existing alert definitions. Click Set Policy or Create Policy from the Policy Actions menu.

If you don't want to use a policy, you can define alerts for a Virtual Machine by clicking Edit Alert Definitions.