Metrics

On the default Home view dashboard, the Metrics tab provides an overview of the resources an enterprise is using on the platform.

To jump straight to a resource, click on the resource name in a table. To display more details of an event, click on the event in the table.

For the administrator, by default the platform displays the metrics for the current enterprise. To display metrics for another enterprise, select the enterprise or switch to it. 

For the cloud user, the Metrics tab displays the metrics for the enterprise's virtual datacenters without the Enterprises list or the enterprise statistics.

This panel shows the amount of resources that an enterprise is using in all accessible datacenters, or the selected virtual datacenter.

To view usage and limits:

1. Log in or select or switch to the enterprise
2. Select Virtual datacenters and select a virtual datacenter
   OR select Enterprise

Screenshot: For the current enterprise the chart displays resource usage with soft and hard limits.

 Key:

• Blue shading = used
• Orange line = soft limit
• Orange shading = soft limit exceeded
• Red line = hard limit

Options: Show soft limits; show hard limits; Type selector (enterprise or virtual datacenter); Metrics display, order, and graphic or number only.

The default view for cloud users is Enterprise resources for virtual datacenters only. To display tenant metrics, the user must have the Display enterprise statistics privilege. To display limits, the user must have the Display enterprise limits in statistics privilege.

This is a list of details of all the virtual appliances in the user's enterprise, including:

• Virtual appliance name
• Currently running VMs / Total VMs deployed

Options: Provider selector (public cloud providers or private cloud); Provider selection; Virtual datacenter selection

To display the virtual datacenter name, hover over the Virtual appliance name.

To open a virtual appliance, double-click on the Virtual appliance name.

This widget lists the virtual datacenters of the current enterprise on the platform, including:

• Name
• Location
• Currently running VMs / Total VMs deployed

Options: Provider selector (public cloud providers or private cloud); Provider selection.

To open a virtual datacenter, double-click on the virtual datacenter Name.

By default this is a list of metrics of all the VMs in the platform, including:

• Virtual machine name
• Average CPU
• Average RAM

Options: Provider selector (public cloud providers or private cloud); Provider selection; Virtual datacenter selection; Virtual appliance selection

Color code:

• 0% <= Green <= 60%
• 60% < Orange <= 80%
• 80%  < Red <= 100

To go to the VM, double-click on the VM Name.

This is a condensed view of the Events view logs. It is controlled with the same privileges as the Events view, and it will display events depending on the user's role, privileges and scope.

Options: Severity selector (All, ERROR, INFO, and WARN); Entity selection; Entity name text filter; Last days number filter

Click on an event to display the Event details popup

This is a list of the last VMs deployed by the enterprise on the platform. It can be filtered to display the last VMs deployed by each user. The details include:

• Virtual machine label
• Creation user
• Start date and time
• State

Options: Provider selector (public cloud providers or private cloud); Provider selection

To open the virtual appliance that contains a VM, double-click on the VM icon.

This is a list of the last alerts triggered for the enterprise on the platform. The details include:

• Alert
• Date and time
• Active