Nutanix Virtual Machines dasboard
The Nutanix Virtual Machines dashboard provides an overview of all the Nutanix Acropolis Virtual Machines (VMs) within the client's BMC Helix Continuous Optimization (HCO) environment. Nutanix Acropolis Virtual Machines are identified by the HCO entity type "Virtual Machine - Acropolis". Within the dashboard the following capacity insights will be presented:
- Snapshot of the Current Capacity
- Future Saturation
Filters
Filters can be found in the upper left portion of the dashboard. The following filters are:
- Cluster → Filters all panels to only focus on the specified cluster(s) selected
- Host → Filters all panels to only focus on the specified host(s) selected
- Status → Filters all panels to only focus on Virtual Machines that have a last status of one or both following values: On, Off.
- Time Period → Contains three values: Last 30 Days, Last 7 Days, and Yesterday. This filter changes the aggregation period for the metrics CPU Utilization, Memory Utilization, and Storage Utilization. Ergo, only tables that that have the column CPU Utilization, Memory Utilization, and Storage Space Utilization are affected by this filter.
- Resource Statistic → Contains three values: Average, Max, and 95th Percentile. This Filter changes the aggregation statistic for the metrics CPU Utilization, Memory Utilization, and Storage Utilization. Ergo, only tables that that have the column CPU Utilization, Memory Utilization, and Storage Space Utilization are affected by this filter.
Links
Links can be found in the upper right portion of the dashboard. The following links are:
- Nutanix Clusters
- Nutanix Hosts
- Nutanix Storage Pools
- Nutanix Virtual Machine Detail
Panels
The Nutanix Virtual Machines Dashboard consists of multiple panels that give insight into the capacity and health of Nutanix Acropolis Virtual Machines.
Total VM Count
Displays the total Acropolis Virtual Machine count found within the client's HCO environment. The total count is affected by the "Cluster", “Host”, “Status” filter.
Not Saturated
Displays the count for all Acropolis Virtual Machines that are predicted to not have future saturation in one or more of the following metrics: CPU Utilization or Memory Utilization. The count is affected by the "Cluster", “Host”, and “Status” filter.
Future Saturated
Displays the count for all Acropolis Virtual Machines that will have a future saturation in one or more of the following metrics: CPU Utilization or Memory Utilization. The count is affected by the "Cluster", “Host”, and “Status” filter.
Future Saturated
Displays the count for all Acropolis Virtual Machines that are currently saturated in one or more of the following metrics: CPU Utilization or Memory Utilization. The total is affected by the "Cluster", “Host”, and “Status” filter.
All Virtual Machines
A virtual machine overview table with the following details:
Column | Description | Metrics |
Virtual Machine | Name of the Acropolis Virtual Machine. Click on the name to open a new tab to the Virtual Machine Detail dashboard for the respective virtual machine. | N/A |
Host | Name of the parent host. Click on the name to open a new tab to the Host Detail dashboard for the respective host. | N/A |
Cluster | The name of the parent cluster. Click on the name to open a new tab to the Cluster Detail Dashboard for the respective cluster. | N/A |
IP Addresses | IP Addresses of the respective host. | NET_IP_ADDRESSES |
Status | Status of the respective virtual machine. | VM_LAST_STATUS |
Days to Saturation | Shows whether a virtual machine has Saturation, Future Saturation, or no Solution for one or more of the following metrics: CPU Utilization or Memory Utilization. Only virtual machines that are expected to saturate within the next 100 days are considered to have future saturation. Days to Saturation is computed by calculating the slope using the last 30 days of hourly data. | CPU_UTIL, MEM_UTIL |
Bottleneck | The metric that is contributing to the current saturation or future saturation shown in the Days to Saturation column. | N/A |
CPU Count | Total number of CPUs. | CPU_NUM |
CPU Utilization | Aggregated CPU Utilization value. The value is affected by the "Cluster", “Host”, “Status” and “Time Period” filter | CPU_UTIL |
Total Memory | Total Memory of the respective vm. | TOTAL_REAL_MEM |
Memory Utilization | Aggregated Memory Utilization value. The value is affected by the "Cluster", “Host”, “Status” and “Time Period” filter | MEM_UTIL |
Disk Latency | Disk Latency value. The value is affected by the "Cluster", “Host”, “Status” and “Time Period” filter | DISK_TOTAL_LATENCY |
Net Bit Rate | Bit/s sent and received value. The value is affected by the "Cluster", “Host”, “Status” and “Time Period” filter | NET_BIT_RATE |
Top 10
A collapsible row that contains panels that show the Top 10 Acropolis Virtual Machines with the highest usage for their respective resource CPU, Memory, Disk Latency and Net Bit Rate.
CPU Top 10
Table that displays the Top 10 Acropolis Virtual Hosts with the highest usage for CPU.
Column | Description | Metric |
Virtual Machine | Name of the Acropolis Virtual Machine. Click on the name to open a new tab to the Virtual Machine Detail dashboard for the respective virtual machine. | N/A |
CPU Utilization | Aggregated CPU Utilization value. The value is affected by the "Cluster", “Host”, “Status” and “Time Period” filter | CPU_UTIL |
Memory Top 10
Table that displays the Top 10 Acropolis Virtual Machines with the highest usage for Memory.
Column | Description | Metric |
Virtual Machine | Name of the Acropolis Virtual Machine. Click on the name to open a new tab to the Virtual Machine Detail dashboard for the respective virtual machine. | N/A |
Memory Utilization | Aggregated Memory Utilization value. The value is affected by the "Cluster", “Host”, “Status” and “Time Period” filter | MEM_UTIL |
Disk Latency Top 10
Table that displays the Top 10 Acropolis Virtual Machines with the highest Disk Latency value.
Column | Description | Metric |
Virtual Machine | Name of the Acropolis Virtual Machine. Click on the name to open a new tab to the Virtual Machine Detail dashboard for the respective virtual machine. | N/A |
Disk Latency | Aggregated Disk Latency value. The value is affected by the "Cluster", “Host”, “Status” and “Time Period” filter | DISK_TOTAL_LATENCY |
Net Bit Rate Top 10
Table that displays the Top 10 Acropolis Virtual Machines with the highest Net Bit Rate value.
Column | Description | Metric |
Virtual Machine | Name of the Acropolis Virtual Machine. Click on the name to open a new tab to the Virtual Machine Detail dashboard for the respective virtual machine. | N/A |
Net Bit Rate | Aggregated Net Bit Rate value. The value is affected by the "Cluster", “Host”, “Status” and “Time Period” filter | NET_BIT_RATE |
