Virtual Machines page in the KVM Overview view

The Virtual Machines page provides an overview of all available VMs in the KVM virtualization environment, and displays the total and used capacity for core metrics.

To access this page, in the , select Views > Virtualization > KVM > Overview > Virtual Machines. 

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Virtual Machines table

The KVM Virtual Machines table lists all KVM VMs present in all KVM hosts (unless filtered through the hosts filter) in the selected domain.

  • 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 controls to select an alternate range.

For detailed information on how to use filters, see Using filtering options in Views.

Each row corresponds to a KVM VM and shows the following information:

KVM Partitions table: Description of columns

Detailed information about a KVM VM

Click the name of the KVM VM under the VM column in the Virtual Machines table. The following VM details are displayed:

  • General details: General host details, such as name, type, description, and the number of elements within it are displayed at the top of the page.
  • Related Information: The Related Information panel displays a link to the Thresholds page. Use the Thresholds page to view and manage threshold settings for the selected AIX logical partition host. 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 Filtering-data-displayed-in-Views.

  • Summary tab: Displays details for the selected cluster in a horizontal summary table, as well as charts.

    Analysis charts: Core metrics for the selected entity are displayed as analysis charts, depending on available data. The link at the end of each chart navigates to the Data Explorer view for the specific resource type, and displays charts and information for a larger set of metrics.

    To return to this page, click back_to_capacity_pools.pnglocated towards the top-right side in the Data Explorer tab.

    Important

    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.

  • Configuration Details tab: Displays the configuration metrics for the cluster. 

The following figure shows the details page for a KVM VM:

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