Hosts page in the vSphere Infrastructure view
Metrics per host are displayed in a tabular format.
Capacity page
Capacity metrics are displayed in the Capacity page. The Capacity tab is displayed by default, each time you access the Hosts page.
Each row corresponds to a vSphere host and displays the following metrics.
Other page
Metric details of CPU and Memory resources are displayed in the Other page. Click the Other tab to view the details.
Each row corresponds to a vSphere host and displays the following metrics.
To view details for a particular vSphere host
To view the details page for a particular vSphere host, click its (hyper-linked) name under the Host column. You can use the sorting and filtering options on the page to find a specific host.
For more information, see Sorting-a-table-in-Views and Filtering-data-displayed-in-Views.
The Host details page displays information under the following sections or panels:
Section or Panel | Description |
|---|---|
Summary page | A quick graphical summary of the CPU and memory utilization, and disk I/O and network rate for a selected host. 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. The data displayed in Data Explorer view charts for any resource part of this view category, is based on the time filter that is applied to the primary view in this tab. You can select Advanced time periods (other than default/basic) from the Data Explorer view for the selected resource, to view charts over a different time resolution. For more information, see Cluster page in the vSphere Data Explorer view. |
Configuration Details page | Configuration information about the host. |
Related Information panel | Links to detailed pages for thresholds and VM details. For more information, see Viewing related information. |
Recommendations panel | All available recommendations for the host. For more information, see Recommendations-page-in-the-vSphere-Infrastructure-view. |
Tags panel | List of tags that are associated with the cluster. You can assign or remove tags by using the Edit Tags option from the Tags action menu. |
To view related information
The Related Information panel located at the top of the view, next to the Recommendations panel in the page contains the following links:
Link | Description |
|---|---|
Thresholds | Opens the Thresholds page in the Helix Capacity Optimization Console. Using the Thresholds page, you can view and manage threshold settings for the selected vSphere cluster. For more information, see Configuring-and-managing-thresholds-for-metrics-and-indicators. |
VM details | Opens the All-VMs-page-in-the-vSphere-Virtual-Machines-view that displays information about all the VMs for the selected host. |
To find a specific host
Use the sorting and filtering options on the page to find a specific host.
For more information, see Sorting-a-table-in-Views and Filtering-data-displayed-in-Views.