For the administrator, the Home view dashboard provides statistics and an overview of the resources an you are managing on the platform. It is the first screen you will see when you log in. To return to this view from any other screen, click the Home icon . The home view dashboard is a general view of the resources currently being used by your enterprise in four different panels, described from left to right, top down: Enterprise Resources, Virtual appliances, Virtual datacenters, and Events.
For the API documentation for this feature, see StatisticsResource
To jump to a virtual datacenter or VM double click on it in the Virtual datacenters or VMs table.
All information shown is contextualized for the current user and this documentation assumes that the user has administrator privileges.
Selecting an enterprise
To display the dashboard statistics of an enterprise, click on the enterprise in the Enterprise list. The name of the selected enterprise will display above the dashboard panels.
To switch to another enterprise to administer that enterprise, click the switch enterprise button beside a name in the enterprise list. The name of the enterprise that you are currently using will be displayed beneath your username in the top right-hand corner of the screen. When you log out and log in again, the enterprise will not be reset. All your actions with virtual datacenters, virtual appliances, VMs and VM templates will apply to the current enterprise until you switch to another enterprise .
Enterprise resource statistics
This screen shows statistics of the resources used by the current or selected enterprise and/or the selected virtual datacenters in all the accessible datacenters. The view will depend on the user's scope and privileges. See Enterprise Statistics and Virtual Datacenter Statistics for more information.
Privilege: Display enterprise statistics, Display enterprise limits in statistics
By default, the statistics are updated at the interval set in Configuration View on the Dashboard page of the System Properties tab with the "Refresh interval for dashboard" parameter.
| Statistics | Description | Green | Red | Gray |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual CPUs | Virtual CPUs used by VMs that are currently deployed | Limit | Used | |
| Storage | VM disks that are created on the hypervisor datastore. This includes non-persistent VM system disks and ESXi hard disks. | Limit | Used | |
| Memory | RAM used by VMs that are currently deployed (GB) | Limit | Used | |
| Ext. Storage | Volumes of iSCSI storage created on integrated/managed or generic iSCSI storage devices. This includes volumes of persistent external storage and persistent VM system disks (GB) | Limit | GB of volumes in VDCs | |
| VLANs | Private VLANs defined in Abiquo. A default private VLAN is always created when you create a virtual datacenter | Limit | VLANS created in VDCs | |
| Public IPs | IP addresses in public VLANs | Limit | Used | Reserved or purchased by enterprise |
| Repository | NFS Repository space used by the enterprise in the Apps library including templates and instances but not conversions | Limit | Used |
Virtual datacenters
Virtual appliances
Events
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