On the Home view dashboard, the Metrics tab provides an overview of the resources an enterprise is using on the platform. By default the platform displays the metrics for the current enterprise. To display metrics for another enterprise, select the enterprise or switch to it.
Enterprise resources and virtual datacenter resources
This panel shows statistics of the resources used by an enterprise in all accessible datacenters, or the selected virtual datacenter. It also displays soft limits and hard limits when used. The display will depend on the user's scope and privileges. If the user does not have the privileges to display enterprise statistics and limits, only the virtual datacenter statistics will be available.
To view usage and limits for a single virtual datacenter, select Virtual datacenters from the dropdown list and then select one from the second dropdown list.To view usage for an enterprise, select or switch to the enterprise, and select Enterprise from the dropdown list.
Screenshot: enterprise resource usage
Screenshot: For the selected enterprise the chart displays resource usage with soft and hard limits.
Key:
- Green = used
- Orange = soft limit
- Red = hard limit
Virtual appliances
This is a list of details of all the virtual appliances in the platform, including:
- Virtual appliance name
- Virtual datacenter currently hosting this virtual appliance
- Total VMs deployed
- Currently running VMs
- Number of storage volumes currently attached to VMs
To open a virtual appliance, double-click on the virtual appliance name.
Virtual datacenters
This is a list of all the virtual datacenters of the current enterprise on the platform, including:
- Virtual datacenter name
- Location
- Total VMs deployed
- Currently running VMs
- Total number of storage volumes created
- Number of storage volumes currently attached to VMs
To open a virtual datacenter, double-click on the virtual datacenter name.
Events
Privilege: Display all events for current enterprise, Display all events
This is a condensed view of the Events view logs. It is controlled with the same privileges as the Events view, so if the user has no events privileges, no events window will display here. Otherwise, the window will display all events for the enterprise or all events, depending on the user's role, privileges and scope.
You can filter the events by severity, including All, ERROR, INFO, and WARN.
Click on an event to open the event in a popup.
Last deployed VMs
This is a list of the last five VMs deployed by the enterprise on the platform. It can be filtered to display the last five VMs deployed by each user. The details include:
- Virtual machine label
- Creation user
- Start time
- State
To open the virtual appliance that contains a VM, double-click on the VM name.
Last triggered alerts
This is a list of the last five alerts triggered for the enterprise on the platform. The details include:
- Alert
- Virtual appliance
- Date
- Active
Related links:
- Home View
- Hybrid dashboard tab
- Optimization dashboard tab