AWS EC2 Instances view

The AWS EC2 Instances view provides detailed information about EC2 instances, EC2 idle instances, and EBS volumes in the AWS cloud environment.

To access the AWS EC2 Instances view, in the navigation pane of Views tab, select Views > Cloud > AWS > AWS EC2 Instances.

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Settings for AWS EC2 Instances view

Use the Settings page to configure the settings for all pages in the AWS EC2 Instances view. To access this page, on the AWS EC2 Instances view page, select Settings > View Settings.

Note

Any configurations done in Maps Settings will not have an impact on the AWS view. The Maps page is not available from version 22.1.

Configuring the threshold values for maps

CPU Utilization %: Modify the required values for displaying the threshold values for the CPU utilization in the Maps page:
- In the Low Threshold box, edit the threshold value for CPU utilization in percentage. The entities with capacity starting from 0 to a value lower than the value in this box are displayed in shades of the color blue.
- In the Good Threshold box, edit the threshold value for CPU utilization in percentage. The entities with capacity starting from the value in the Low Threshold box to the value lower than the value in this box are displayed in shades of the color green.
- In the Warn Threshold box, edit the threshold value for CPU utilization in percentage. The entities with capacity starting from the value in the Good Threshold box to the value lower than the value in this box are displayed in shades of the color yellow.
  The entities with capacity above the value in the Warn Threshold box are displayed in in shades of the color red.
Memory Utilization %: Modify the required values for displaying the threshold values for the memory utilization in the Maps page:
- In the Low Threshold box, edit the threshold value for memory utilization in percentage. The entities with capacity starting from 0 to a value lower than the value in this box are displayed in shades of the color blue.
- In the Good Threshold box, edit the threshold value for memory utilization in percentage. The entities with capacity starting from the value in the Low Threshold box to the value lower than the value in this box are displayed in shades of the color green.
- In the Warn Threshold box, edit the threshold value for memory utilization in percentage. The entities with capacity starting from the value in the Good Threshold box to the value lower than the value in this box are displayed in shades of the color yellow.
  The entities with capacity above the value in the Warn Threshold box are displayed in in shades of the color red.

Configuring the Optimization Behavior settings

Optimization behavior	Description
Aggressive	Resource utilization in the server is computed by considering the average value of hourly samples. Increases in the resource utilization within the hour are not considered. Then, the 95^th percentile of the hourly value over the last 30 days is computed for each resource to generate the configuration of the target virtual machine or instance type.
Balanced (Default)	Resource utilization in the server is computed by considering the 90^th percentile value of hourly samples. Only 10% of increases in the utilization within the hour are not considered. Then, the 95^th percentile of the hourly value over the last 30 days is computed for each resource to generate the configuration of the target virtual machine or instance type.
Conservative	Resource utilization in the server is computed by considering the 99^th percentile value of hourly samples. Only 1% of increases in the utilization within the hour are not considered. Then, the 95^th percentile of the hourly value over the last 30 days is computed for each resource to generate the configuration of the target virtual machine or instance type.

If you select the Conservative or Balanced optimization behavior for a server that is not instrumented, the results are based on the Aggressive behavior.

BMC recommends the Conservative behavior for servers that are running business-critical applications.

Refreshing data in views

Displays details about when the view was last refreshed. To refresh the AWS views, click Refresh views. After you click this button, all views are scheduled for materialization.

The Refresh views option is available only if your user role has permissions to edit the view. For more information about permissions, see Configuring authorization profiles.

Configuring the thresholds

To modify the threshold of a metric or an indicator, click the link. For more information about configuring the thresholds, see Configuring and managing thresholds for metrics and indicators.