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User dashboard
The Home view or Dashboard is usually the first screen you will see when you log in to Abiquo. By default, it has Metrics, Hybrid, and Optimization tabs.
You can sort tables by columns by clicking on the columns in the header rows
To jump directly to a VM, virtual datacenter or virtual appliance, double-click on its Name or label.
Display dashboard metrics
On the Home view dashboard, the Metrics tab provides a general view of the resources currently being used by your virtual datacenters, as well as events.
The Enterprise resources - virtual datacenters panel shows statistics of the resources used by your virtual datacenters. Select the virtual datacenter name from the pull-down list
Key to the graph:
Blue: Used resources
Orange: Soft limit
Red: Hard limit
Enterprise resources table
Statistics | Description |
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Virtual CPUs | Virtual CPUs used by VMs that are currently deployed |
Storage | VM disks that are created on the hypervisor datastore. This includes non-persistent VM system disks and hard disks. |
Memory | Gigabytes of RAM used by VMs that are currently deployed |
Ext. Storage | Volumes of storage managed on external storage devices, or in public cloud cloud providers. |
VLANs | Private VLANs defined in Abiquo. A default private VLAN is always created when you create a virtual datacenter. |
Public IPs | Number of IP addresses purchased or reserved in public VLANs |
Repository | NFS Repository space used by the enterprise in the Apps library including templates and instances but not conversions (GB). |
Virtual machines | Number of VMs deployed by the enterprise |
DR protected VMs | Number of VMs protected by the disaster recovery service |
Dashboard metrics tables
The Metrics tables give you an overview of your virtual resources in the cloud platform.
Table | Description |
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Virtual appliances | All the virtual appliances of the current enterprise in the platform, with totals in the table header |
Virtual datacenters | All the virtual datacenters of the current enterprise in the platform, with totals in the table header |
Last deployed VMs | The last VMs deployed by the tenant on the platform. You can filter by user, including deleted users |
Last triggered alerts | The last alerts triggered for the tenant on the platform |
Events | All events that you can access; to display full details of an event, click on the event row. |
Virtual appliances and Virtual datacenters
Last deployed VMs, Last triggered alerts, and Events
Hybrid
The Hybrid tab provides an overview of the distribution and cost of your resources between public cloud providers and private cloud.
Hybrid panels:
Panel | Description |
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Virtual machines count | The enterprise's VMs that are deployed in public cloud providers or private cloud. You can filter the list by public cloud provider or private cloud. |
Workload of VMs by location | A graph of the enterprise's VMs deployed in public cloud providers or private cloud. The virtual machines are counted by location (public cloud region or datacenter). To view the detailed list with a count of VMs in each location, click on the graph |
Hybrid billing widgets:
Widget control | Description |
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Latest bills | The amount of the last bill and the change in spend from the previous bill for the selected provider |
Show more bills | A graph with the most recent bills registered in the system. Move the mouse over the graph line to display the bill details |
Estimated bill | For the current period, calculated using a linear regression of daily costs for the current period, and the change in spend from the last bill for the selected provider |
The hybrid billing dashboard for a cloud provider
Hybrid billing details for a cloud provider
Optimization
The Optimization tab aims to help you make best use of your cloud resources.
For more details of a VM, click on the arrow symbol beside the VM details
Optimization panels:
Panel | Description |
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CPU usage > 80% | The VMs with highest average CPU usage over the last 30 days |
RAM usage > 80% | The VMs with highest average RAM usage over the last 30 days |
Longest time deployed | The VMs with the highest time deployed on the platform in days and hours, and not requiring the VMs to currently be in any specific state. You can filter by user name and deleted users |
CPU usage < 30% | The VMs with lowest average CPU usage over the last 30 days |
RAM usage < 30% | The VMs with lowest average RAM usage over the last 30 days |
Unused public IPs | The public, floating, or NAT IPs that have been reserved by the tenant but are not in use on a deployed VM |
Unused load balancers | The load balancers that have been created by the tenant in the provider but are not in use for deployed VMs |