XenServer Overview


The XenServer Overview page contains sub-views that provide details on XenServer hosts and virtual machines.You can use these XenServer views to manage the capacity of Xen Server hosts and virtual machines, and view the XenServer infrastructure view treemap, and much more. The XenServer Hosts view, for instance, presents the resource allocation and usage pattern for all hosts. Detailed views allow you to see a time series chart of the key metrics for the last 30 days, and the Maps tab provides a graphical representation of the XenServer capacity.

You can filter and classify the data displayed in the view as per your requirement, with the help of various data filters that are located at the top of the view. For more information, see Using-filtering-options-in-the-Helix-Capacity-Optimization-Dashboard.

To access XenServer Overview in the navigation panel of Helix Capacity Optimization Dashboard, select Menu_big.png > Capacity > Views > Virtualization > XenServer > Overview.

An example of the XenServer Overview view

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Fore details about the pages in this view, see the following:

Settings for XenServer Overview view

You can use the Settings page to configure the settings for all pages in the XenServer Overview view. To access this page, on the XenServer Overview page, select Settings icons.png > Edit Settings.

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Local settings

You can manage the local thresholds by configuring the Maps Settings and Other Settings.

Field

Description

Maps Settings

CPU Utilization %

Modify the required values for displaying the threshold values for the CPU utilization in the Maps page of the XenServer Overview view:

  • In the Low Threshold box, edit the threshold value for CPU utilization in percentage. The entities with capacity starting from 0 to value below the value in this box are displayed in the shades of blue color.
  • 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 below the value in this box are displayed in the shades of green color.
  • 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 below the value in this box are displayed in the shades of yellow color.
    The entities with capacity above the value in the Warn Threshold box are displayed in the shades of red color.

Memory Utilization %

Modify the required values for displaying the threshold values for the memory utilization in the Maps page of the XenServer Overview view:

  • In the Low Threshold box, edit the threshold value for memory utilization in percentage. The entities with capacity starting from 0 to value below the value in this box are displayed in the shades of blue color.
  • 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 below the value in this box are displayed in the shades of green color.
  • 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 below the value in this box are displayed in the shades of yellow color.
    The entities with capacity above the value in the Warn Threshold box are displayed in the shades of red color.

Other Settings

Show Benchmark Type

Edit the required Benchmark Type in the box. Use the subresource for resource BYBENCHMARK_VALUE.

 

The Optimizer Thresholds link opens the Thresholds page in the Helix Capacity Optimization Console. For more details, see Configuring-and-managing-thresholds-for-metrics-and-indicators.

 

 

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