Virtual Machines page in the Hyper-V Overview view


The Hyper-V Virtual Machines view provides an overview of the available virtual machines in the Hyper-V virtualization environment, including details about vCPU density, CPU and memory utilization, memory configured, and more.

The following figure shows the Hyper-V Virtual Machines view:

An example of a Hyper-V Virtual Machines view
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To access the Hyper-V Virtual Machines view in the navigation panel of Helix Capacity Optimization Dashboard, select Menu_big.png> Capacity Views > Virtualization > Hyper-V > Overview > Virtual Machines tab.

Viewing the Hyper-V VMs table

The Hyper-V VMs table lists all available Virtual Machines.

  • By default, the metric tables in this view are filtered on all domains. Use the domain filter options to select the required domain from the table.
  • By default, the summarization time range for all metrics is set to Last 30 days. Use the time filter options to select an alternate range. The available options are:
    • Last 30 days: Displays data for the last 30 days, excluding today.
    • Last 7 days: Displays data for the last 7 days, excluding today.
    • Yesterday: Displays data for the previous day, excluding today.
    • Define Period: Lets you define a custom time range. Use the calendar to select the start and end dates for your custom time period. This option is not available for all views.
  • By default, some table columns are hidden. You can show or hide columns using the action menuaction_menu.pngthat is located next to the table title.

For information on how to sort columns, see Sorting-a-table-in-the-Helix-Capacity-Optimization-Dashboard. For information on how to use filters, see Using-filtering-options-in-the-Helix-Capacity-Optimization-Dashboard.

Each row corresponds to a Hyper-V virtual machine and shows the following information:

Hyper-V VMs table: Description of columns

Viewing details page for a Hyper-V virtual machine

To view the details page for a particular Hyper-V Virtual Machine, click the Virtual machine name in the Hyper-V column in the view table.

The details page for each virtual machine displays the following information:

  • General details: General virtual machine details, such as name, type, description are displayed at the top of the page. 
  • Related Information panel: Displays a link to the Thresholds page that allows you to view and manage threshold settings for the selected Hyper-V Virtual Machine. For more information, see Configuring-and-managing-thresholds-for-metrics-and-indicators.
  • Tags panel: Displays tags, if any, that are associated with the cluster.  For more information, see Working-with-tag-filters
  • Summary information: The Summary tab, that is displayed by default, displays performance details for the selected virtual machine in a horizontal summary table, as well as charts.

    Core metrics for the selected entity are displayed as analysis charts, depending on available data. At the bottom of each chart is a link that takes you to the Data Explorer view for the specific resource type, and displays charts and information for a larger set of metrics. For more information, see Virtual-Machine-page-in-the-Hyper-V-Data-Explorer-view.

    You can download charts, annotate them, print them, and so on. For more information, see Managing-charts.

  • Configuration Details: The Configuration Details tab displays the configuration metrics for the virtual machine.

An example of a Hyper-V VM details page

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Using data filters and other controls in tables

You can sort and filter the information that is displayed in tables to suit your need. For instance, you can show or hide columns, filter tables on particular domains, and so on. For more information, see Sorting-a-table-in-the-Helix-Capacity-Optimization-Dashboard.

You can choose to display data of a particular host in the virtual machines by using the host filter option. For more information, see Using-filtering-options-in-the-Helix-Capacity-Optimization-Dashboard.

 

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