WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16.2 User Guide
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1. Licensing Information Licensing and support information is available on the WhatsUp Customer Portal http www whatsupgold com wugCustPortal The web portal provides enhanced web based capabilities to view and manage Ipswitch product licenses Technical Support Use the WhatsUp Gold Support Site for a variety of WhatsUp Gold product help resources From here you can view product documentation search Knowledge Base articles access the community site for help from other users and get other Technical Support information The Support Site is available on the WhatsUp Gold web site http www whatsupgold com support index aspx 21 WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide Copyright notice 1991 2013 Ipswitch Inc All rights reserved This document as well as the software described in it is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license Except as permitted by such license no part of this publication may be reproduced photocopied stored on a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical recording or otherwise without the expressed prior written consent of Ipswitch Inc The content of this document is furnished for informational use only is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Ipswitch Inc While every effort has been made to assure the accuracy of the information contained herein Ipswit2. Virtual devices are discovered with physical devices connected to the network during the WhatsUp Gold discovery process when a VMWare scan is performed As each device is discovered WhatsUp Gold attempts to connect using the VMware vSphere API If a connection is made using the VMware credentials through the VMware vSphere API the device is assigned to either the VMware vCenter server or VMware Host role and a query is made through the API to determine which virtual machines are associated with the managing server The VMware scan type enables the discovery of vCenter servers hosts and virtual machines Use the Scan Settings on the Discovery Console to set the scan type add VMware vCenter servers or VMware hosts as targets for the VMware scan and select the option to rescan vCenter servers that have already been added to WhatsUp Gold using WhatsVirtual For more information see Scan settings in the Discovery Settings help FIPA LL Note If you are managing your virtual environment using a vCenter server and want to collect detailed hardware information about the VMware hosts within that environment you must add and select the credentials for those VMware hosts as well as for the vCenter server Important If you do not select the Auto scan virtual environments option in the Discovery Console Advanced settings prior to performing a VMWare scan virtual machines associated with the host that are outside of the scan range are not disco
3. WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide ant j E a ij E a F WWE Welcome WV CIC ONNG CO Whats Virta alora r E T ATE E ota reese Cen 1 Using WhatsVirtual DIC OvVerng VIU GEVE S n a E O A ee 2 Viewing diS covery ou Dil acrea aa sanecsaubsacusucscesvaculusttucsanuesssavesuuanesueseyolersysescuseansesvasusus ssetuenesderacesesnceeleonse 4 Manage and Monitor Virtual dEViCES inean E RRS 5 PerrormancemonitOrS eiii a a a RT EN OE TEET RTR 6 ACHons on virtua Machines ainin eene a NRT N TORR 6 vCentercerver event CONECTION reri aniona a E EA EA ATRE 7 Configuring a VMware threshold from the Alert Centef ssesesesseesssesssessesseesseessesseesseesseesseesseese 12 Manually assigning a VMware server role to a device ssesssesseesseessessseeseesseessesseesseesseoseesseesssessees 13 VIEWING tne Wnats Virtual MaD S errin aa E ENO ORE 14 Cconndurnng WinatsV Ua LIVE Maps sinnsirean n RA A 15 Managing virtual machines Using WhatsVirtual live Maps ssssessesssessesseessesssseessesssesseoseeseessessees 16 viewing the Whats Virtual reports eennrn irean a A OTEA E elon 17 About the WhatsVirt udl Event LOG iesvesicesaseanivsssasuess coeatucnaecosaseus a A A 19 Welcome In This Chapter Welcome to Whats Virtual aicccieiniieccnn RRA 1 Welcome to WhatsVirtual As an integrated plug in for WhatsUp Gold WhatsVirtual provides the capability to discover map monitor alert and report on both small virtual envir
4. Das Agent Unavailable Das Host Failed Insufficient Failover Resources Host Das Error Not Enough Resources To Start Vm Vm Das Update Error W All Virtual machine migration events 11 event types E All security related events 2 event types Other events advanced 0 event types 10 WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide To select from the other events list click on the advanced lt gt event types link The Other events dialog will open This window is a hierarchical tree of the available events Selecting the root of any tree selects all of the events associated with that event group To open an event group click the icon select events you want to coflect J All ee High Avalabdriy error ewents 5 event pes J Al Virtual machine migration events 11 event types All security related events event types Other events advanced 0 event types Template Upgrade Resource Pool Cluster license Expired LEen E Task Datastore Auuthonzaton Custom Field Aarm Scheduled Task Ym Host Upgrade Session Cereal OK Cancel Heip You can select any of the event types from the Virtualization Events type box The threshold will alert when any event within that event type occurs during the threshold period 11 WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide Configuring a VMware threshold from the Alert Center You can create a VMware event threshold in the WhatsU
5. Device Groups pane then select the Map View The selected vCenter virtual hosts and all of the managed virtual machines appear on the Map View rTP VCENTER VMware ATL VCENTER vwin2008 2 ipswitch_m ipswitch com Manage and monitor virtual devices Using WhatsVirtual WhatsUp Gold manages virtual devices similarly to physical devices you can add performance monitors active monitors and passive monitors set thresholds in the Alert Center and create alerts associated with these thresholds create customized actions and create action policies that invoke these actions and collect and view events created by the vCenter server in response to actions taken in support of vMotion High Availability HA and virtual machine security While much of the management and monitoring of virtual devices is the same as physical devices areas where there are differences include Performance monitor data gathering methods for virtual hosts Extended right click menu options for virtual machines vCenter server event collection in support of vMotion High Availability HA and virtual machine security Manual addition and classification of virtual hosts and virtual machines WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide Performance monitors Performance monitors are automatically assigned after discovery based on role Additionally you can assign performance monitors manually from the Performance Monitors tab of the Device Prope
6. Guide Use the Configure VMware event listener dialog to Control the collection of events from the vCenter server Select the predefined event groups that contain the events you want to collect Select a custom list of events from the Other events dialog Configure VMware event listener Event collection is ON for this vCenter server Stop collecting When collecting events from a vCenter server you can O Alert on certain events from the WhatsUp Gold Alert Center Consult reports to browse and search for events Select events you want to collect All HA High Availability error events 6 event types All Virtual machine migration events 11 event types OK EC All security related events 2 event types Cancel Other events advanced 0 event types Help WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide Select the predefined groups of events you want to collect To see the events included in each group click the lt gt event types link beside the group For more information about the event types see Configure VMware event listener in the dialog help Event collection is ON for this vCenter server Stop collecting O When collecting events from a vCenter server you can Alert on certain events from the WhatsUp Gold Alert Center Consult reports to browse and search for events Select events you want to collect All HA High Availability error events 6 event types
7. Inthe WhatsVirtual navigation pane click Configure map data collection The WhatsVirtual map configuration dialog appears 2 Select the Only show powered on virtual machines check box To refresh the WhatsVirtual maps Click Refresh to refresh the WhatsVirtual maps The maps refresh with information gathered during the latest poll of the vCenter server Managing virtual machines using WhatsVirtual live maps Clicking on an icon within the WhatsVirtual live map launches a dialog that displays detailed information about the individual virtual machine The following information is displayed Power State Indicates if the virtual machine is powered on or off VMware Tools Status Indicates whether or not VMware Tools is running on the virtual machine IP Address Displays the IP address currently assigned to the virtual machine Operating System Displays the OS currently installed and running on the virtual machine 16 WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide TM CPU Load Displays the current percentage of CPU usage by the virtual machine Memory Load Displays the current percentage of memory usage by the virtual machine Disk Read Write Displays the speed data is being read from and written to the virtual machine s disk Interface Tx Rx Displays the speed data is being sent from and received by the virtual machine LL _ Note If VMware Tools are not installed IP Address and Operating System will not a
8. select Tools gt Discover Devices from the WhatsUp Gold console main menu The WhatsUp Gold Discover Devices dialog appears 2 From the Discover Devices dialog menu select Advanced gt Device role settings The Device Role Settings dialog appears Device Role Settings _ oO x Device Role Settings This dialog allows you to specify the default configuration behavior of the WhatsUp discovery how a device is going to be configured after its role has been identified DHCP Server B Ze ae vCenter Server amp Email server disabled B Firewall FTP server disabled pf YEware vCenter Server Fe Performance monitors a CPU Utilization t Lightweight AP Disk Utilization A F E Interface Utilization g Printer Memory Utilization 2 gt Ping Latency and Availability Le Router Configure 2 SAN device 1 Switch A UPS aj ro Ping oo Cies O vCenter Server Configure 3g VMware Host a VPN device Help Close WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide 3 For virtual devices configure the following device roles vCenter Server VMware Host am LL Note Devices cannot be manually entered into WhatsUp Gold they are automatically added during discovery For more information on discovery options see Configuring and running discovery Viewing discovery output The Device View provides a hierarchical scheme for display and monitoring of the v
9. that WhatsVirtual is configured to collect from the vCenter server The events appear in reverse chronological order so that the last event received appears at the top of the list You can access the WhatsVirtual Events report from the WhatsUp Gold web interface by selecting Event Log from the Virtual tab 18 WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide About the WhatsVirtual Event Log The WhatsVirtual Event Log provides a record of the events generated by virtual devices managed by a vCenter server To access the WhatsVirtual Event Log From the WhatsUp Gold ribbon click Virtual gt Event Log min cluster SHariat liste H Note To gather events for this report make sure you have enabled WhatsVirtual event collection From the WhatsUp Gold console click Configure gt Program Options click General then select the Enable WhatsVirtual event collection check box For more information see WhatsUp Gold Program Options To configure the types of events gathered for WhatsVirtual Event Log Click Devices gt Devices from the WhatsUp Gold navigation ribbon Locate the vCenter server in the device list Right click on the vCenter server and select Properties Click Virtualization in the Device Properties dialog that appears Select This device is a VMware vCenter server if it is not selected already Click Virtualization Events Use the Configure VMware Event Listener dialog to select event types you want to collect in
10. ad on the vCenter server Select the Only show powered on virtual machines check box to show only virtual machines that are powered on Click Refresh to refresh the WhatsVirtual maps The maps will refresh with information gathered during the latest poll of the vCenter server 15 WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide Configuring live maps in the console interface From the map data collection configuration dialog which is located in the WhatsVirtual navigation pane you can set the data collection interval vCenter polling interval for each device configure the maps to show only those virtual machines that are currently powered on and manually refresh WhatsVirtual maps I Only show powered on virtual machines Mapping data collection interval 5 min Refresh w Configure map data collection To set the data collection interval for WhatsVirtual maps 1 Inthe WhatsVirtual navigation pane click Configure map data collection The WhatsVirtual map configuration dialog appears 2 Move the slider to the right to increase the collection interval or move the slider to the left to decrease the collection interval Important The default data collection interval is 5 minutes Settings lower than the default may create a higher than normal CPU usage up to an additional 20 of available CPU on the WhatsUp Gold server and may increase overhead on the vCenter server To show only virtual machines that are powered on 1
11. ch Inc assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions Ipswitch Inc also assumes no liability for damages resulting from the use of the information contained in this document IMail the Mail logo WhatsUp the WhatsUp Gold logo WS_FTP the WS_FTP logos lpswitch and the Ipswitch logo are trademarks of Ipswitch Inc Portions of Telerik Extensions for ASP NET MVC 2002 2012 by Telerik Corporation All rights reserved Other products and their brands or company names are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks and are the property of their respective companies This document was published on Tuesday August 13 2013 at 14 07 22
12. e controls at the top of the Event Log page After selecting the desired date and time click Go The event log report only displays event data that occurred within your specified range Additionally you can click and drag the column headers to group the Event Log data by one or more columns To remove grouping for a column click X to the right of the column for which you want to remove column grouping You can also view Event Log column data according to user defined filters To create a custom filter for a column 1 Clickthe 7 icon forthe column you want to filter 2 Use the dialog that appears to define the filter 3 Click Filter to apply the filter to the column mM HL J Note Multiple columns can have filters applied simultaneously 20 WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide Export Options To export Event Log report data 1 Click Print Export 2 Select one of the following options Print View Displays a printable Event Log report in a new browser window Export to PDF Launches a Print Export Options dialog that allows you to select Current page or All pages Click Ok to generate a pdf file of Event Log data applicable to your selection Export to CSV Launches a Print Export Options dialog that allows you to select Current page or All pages Click Ok to generate a csv file of Event Log data applicable to your selection Finding more information Following are information resources for WhatsUp Gold This informa
13. irtual environment The following logical groupings are automatically created based on information gathered during a VMware scan WVmwareScan A logical container that contains all of the Datacenters virtual hosts and virtual machines discovered during a VMware scan Datacenter A logical container that contains all of the virtual machines managed by a vCenter server and the virtual hosts providing managed resources as reported to WhatsVirtual during a VMware scan am LL Note While a vCenter server may manage one or more datacenters virtual machines cannot be moved using VMotion to a host outside of the datacenter of its original host Cluster A logical container that contains a group of hosts that share resources and enable the VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler DRS and VMware High Availability HA solutions A cluster lists the VMware hosts and virtual machines as reported to WhatsVirtual during a VMware scan a VMware Cluster QA fake clus Ha VMware Datacenter Atlanta ta VMware Datacenter QA Test A VMware Servers dynamic group identifies all VMware servers discovered during the discovery scan P Frequently polled Performan Printers Y Unacknowledged Devices bol Pa VMware Servers WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide Discovered vCenter servers virtual hosts and virtual machines can be viewed on the Map View Select the Cluster or Datacenter you want to view from the
14. on window that appears and clicking Submit VM GA Wingke R2_64 upgrade u OA _Vista_64 x SUppor_dem fi F Select Action Submit i A Select Action Baier On Powered On Running Outot date 172 16 45 105 Suspend Reset itch m ipsw Gest Shutdown Microsoft Windows vista 64bit Guest Restart CPU Load 2 00 Memory Load 163 MB z 1024 ME i Disk Read Write 0 bps 0 bps Interface THRE Qbps 4000 bps VM CIA Winks Re 64 Oracletlg CIA Vista_B4 vCenter server event collection WhatsvVirtual uses the VMware vSphere API to collect events from the vCenter server about your virtual environment These events are generated by the vCenter server in support of VMware technologies such as VMotion Distributed Resource Scheduler DRS High Availability HA and Fault Tolerance You can configure WhatsVirtual and WhatsUp Gold to collect events of interest from the vCenter There are several groups of events that can be selected By using thresholds in the Alert Center or actions defined in the Action Library these event groups can then be used to trigger actions and alerts as well as provide information to reports about your virtual environment The process for configuring WhatsUp Gold to collect alert and perform actions on events includes the following tasks Enable event collection Global setting to enable event collection Configure event groups and start event collection for individual vCenters Y
15. onments hosted by a single VMware host or entire data centers managed by one or more VMware vCenter servers When you use a vCenter server to manage your virtual environment it becomes the point of communication between WhatsVirtual the virtual machines within that environment and the hosts on which the virtual machines are running WhatsVirtual communicates with the vCenter server to discover the virtual environment poll the virtual machines collect events associated with actions taken on virtual machines and issue actions to individual virtual machines The files for WhatsVirtual plug in are installed automatically with Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold Your license file determines whether or not you can access the WhatsVirtual plug in To update your license with a purchased WhatsVirtual plug in visit the WhatsUp Customer Portal http www whatsupgold com wugCustPortal Using WhatsVirtual In This Chapter Discovering virtual devices ecssssssssesesssssssssscscssscsssssssssssseseseseseacseassessesesees 2 Viewing discovery OUTPUT es sssesssessseesseessseosseesseeoseeosseosseesseeossrosseoserosserosseessee 4 Manage and monitor virtual deViCeS ssessesseessessesseesesseesseeseessesseeseessessees 5 Viewing the WhatsVirtual Maps se sssesssesseessesssesseessesseesssesseesseesseossesseesseose 14 Viewing the WhatsVirtual repottS es sseessesssesseesseeseesseossesssessesseesseesseosse 17 Discovering virtual devices
16. ons between virtual machines VMware hosts DataCenters and the vCenter server Maps are generated specifically for each Cluster DataCenter VMware host and vCenter server discovered during the VMware scan Click View gt Refresh in the console to update the WhatsVirtual maps so that changes to the virtual environment are reflected in the maps such as when virtual machines are powered off migrated or deleted You can configure the WhatsVirtual maps to only show virtual machines that are powered on and you can set the interval which WhatsVirtual will collect mapping data To view a WhatsVirtual map in the WhatsUp Gold console interface 1 Click on the Whats Virtual tab in the WhatsUp Gold views dialog 0 r In the navigation pane of the WhatsUp Gold views dialog click WhatsVirtual The WhatsVirtual navigation pane appears Ss Whats Virtual 2 Expand the VMware maps tree and select the map you want to view Ss Device View To view a WhatsVirtual map in the WhatsUp Gold web interface 1 Select Virtual in the ribbon header Dashboard Devices Reports Logs Inventory Flow Monitor Alert Center Wireless Virtual Configured Other Plugins Admin AlertFox WhatsVirtual Map Event Log 2 Expand the VMware maps tree and select the map you want to view Note The WhatsVirtual map view in the web interface is a live map meaning the map refreshes a the data collection interval and devices may move disappear or appear based on
17. ou enable the collection of events from the WhatsUp Gold console Configure gt Program Options gt General The Enable WhatsVirtual event collection option is selected by default This is a global option that allows the collection of events from all of the vCenter servers WhatsUp Gold discovers WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide After WhatsUp Gold has been enabled to collect events each vCenter server must be configured to collect the events you wish to collect The event collection configuration of a vCenter server is accomplished from the Configure VMware event listener dialog To reach the Configure VMware event listener dialog click Configure event collection on the Device Properties Virtualization dialog The device is nota Welwarne server n The device a Weare host i The device a Ware vlenter server WrtusizaSon event istener for thes woenter server is currently tumed ON Virtual devices managed by this wOsrber server Devi meme eme IP Address The Tht 75 132 168 2 50 132 168 20451 ATL VCENTER DEVO VCEHTER ww VWIMAOE 1 win 208 2 leach _m ipswich com win _32be 1 wince pen ea Tie 16a 75 192 168 204 50 152 169 204 51 172 16 42 13 152 168 204 55 172 16 42 20 12 16 42 30 Te 16 42 91 Th 14a 28 T72 1642 175 172 16 42 25 ATLvCenter DO _NOT_SMAPSHOT Waneiowe TEST Certe vinna Tina vinda wmn _3bt 1 ymin Po ta WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User
18. p Gold Alert Center on any event group WhatsVirtual is configured to collect from the managing vCenter server Use the New VMware Threshold dialog to configure the alert threshold Alert Center Tab gt Threshold Library gt New gt VMware Name lt Virtualization Events type All HA High Availability error events Threshold The threshold will alert immediately if an event occurred within the last Threshold Check of 7 minutes The threshold will alert when ber of events exceeds minyles Notification No policy Threshold Check Check threshold every 1 minutes 12 WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide Manually assigning a VMware server role to a device You can manually designate discovered devices as vCenter servers or virtual hosts on the Device Properties Virtualization dialog This device is not a VMware server This device is a VMware host This device is a VMware vCenter server To manually designate a device as a vCenter server or virtual host you must select or create VMware credentials for the device and then select the VMware server role you want to assign to the device Select This device is a VMware host if you want to designate the device as a VMware host Select This device is a VMware vCenter server if you want to designate the device as a vCenter server After a device is designated as a vCenter
19. ppear in the information dialog If any other virtual machine details are not available affected boxes will not appear in the information dialog This dialog also allows you to perform certain actions on a machine To perform an action on a virtual machine 1 Click the icon representing the device on the WhatsVirtual live map to launch the detailed information dialog 2 Use the Select Action list to choose which action to perform Power On Power Off Suspend Reset Guest Shutdown Guest Restart 3 Click Submit TM HL J Note If any virtual machine actions cannot be performed affected actions will not appear in the Select Action list Viewing the WhatsVirtual reports Dashboard reports The following reports have been added to WhatsUp Gold to provide information about your virtual environment Virtual Host List This dashboard report provides a list of all the virtual hosts on the network Virtual Machine Current CPU Utilization This dashboard report provides the current CPU utilization for the selected virtual machine Virtual Machine Current Disk Utilization This dashboard report provides the current Disk utilization for the selected virtual machine 17 WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide Virtual Machine Current Interface Utilization This dashboard report provides the current Interface utilization for the selected virtual machine Virtual Machine Current Memory Utilization This da
20. rties menu vCenter servers and their managed virtual machines use the VMware vSphere API to gather statistics for the CPU Memory Disk and Interface Utilization performance monitors Actions on virtual machines You can create actions to be applied to virtual machines from the New VMware Action dialog Configure gt Action Library gt New gt VMware You can power on power off suspend reset shutdown a guest restart a guest or take a snapshot of the virtual machine Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold v14 2 Network Explorer VMware Hosts aloj xj A File Edit View Configure Tools Reports Window Help x lee g Da Al ia Action Library New VMware Action A Cisco D P Comple H b Device Virtual Machine 1 Power Off s T Device Description of Device a F Device VMware action f Device VMware server IP address or host name s Devices 192 168 3 178 cedentak 1 E l ECI Device 2 Devices 192 168 3 178 e E Devcei tal machine Var name By devices _ VA ntop2 E Freque Operation Cancel 7 Printer E Prier p E vMari Power On e aeS a a Z Windo al un Network De vt Ready A WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide From the web interface you can immediately run an action on a virtual machine from the Map View by clicking on the virtual machine selecting the action you want to perform from the list in the device informati
21. server or VMware host you can manually associate virtual machines by clicking the Add button on the Virtualization tab of the Device Properties dialog WhatsUp Gold polls the vCenter server or VMware host to discover all of the virtual machines it is managing and displays a list of these machines on the Associate WUG device to a virtual machine dialog Associate WUG device to a virtual machine Device to be established as a virtual machine lt select a device gt Free virtual machines hosted on the VMware server ATL SoftTest damn small linux Google Chrome isCSI Storage Ne t6SD5 vm etBSO5 VMware Studio yvmVWinkP Prod 4bit WinkP_1 Test 13 WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide You can also use the Browse button to locate the device you want to add as a virtual machine H Note Devices that are manually designated as a vCenter server VMware host or virtual device respond to actions created for virtual environments and appear as virtual devices in dashboard reports however they do not appear on the Map View as virtual devices until they are discovered using a VMware scan Viewing the WhatsVirtual maps After you have completed your VMware discovery scan you may view your virtual devices in either the WhatsUp Gold console or the WhatsUp Gold web interface The WhatsVirtual maps are rendered from the information gathered from the vCenter server and show all reported connecti
22. shboard report provides the current Memory utilization for the selected virtual machine Virtual Server This dashboard report provides a list of all the virtual machines managed by a virtual server The virtual server may be a vCenter server or VMware host Virtual Server Attributes This dashboard report provides system attributes for the virtual server hardware information for VMware hosts and a list of the virtual devices managed by the virtual server The virtual server may be a vCenter server or a VMware host aM LL _ Note Hardware information will be displayed only if the selected device is a VMware host for which credentials were supplied and selected during a VMware scan WhatsVirtual Events This dashboard report displays events that WhatsVirtual is configured to collect from the vCenter server The events appear in reverse chronological order so that the last event received appears at the top of the list Configuring VMware dashboard reports Before you can configure a dashboard report it must be added to your dashboard view For information on adding dashboard reports to a dashboard view see Adding dashboard reports to a dashboard view in the dialog help Configure VMware dashboard reports on the Configure Report dialog Menu gt Configure Report Click the Browse button to select the device you want to use as a data source for the report Full reports WhatsVirtual Events This report displays events
23. the WhatsVirtual Event Log N AQ uu AWN For more detailed information on applicable device properties and VMware event types see Using Device Properties Virtualization and Configure VMware event listener Log Body The following information is displayed in the log Date Displays the date and time the event occurred Device Displays the name alias or IP address of the device on which the event occurred DataCenter Displays the name of the data center if event is specific to a data center 19 WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide Host Displays the name of the host if event is specific to a host VirtualMachine Displays the name of the virtual machine if event is specific to a virtual machine User Displays the VMWare user associated with the event TP LL Note Many events are the result of automatic actions within the VMware system The user box will only display a VMware user when the event is the result of user action EventType Describes the event that occurred Message Displays the message sent from the vCenter server to WhatsVirtual T EL Note If the log data exceeds the maximum number of records set for full reports use the Paging Options to view more records for the report The maximum number of records any full report displays is specified in the Preferences dialog Event Log Customization You can use the preset date ranges or specify a custom range using the date and tim
24. their association with the server 14 WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide 3 Use the slider bar to zoom in or zoom out of the WhatsVirtual map You may also pan left right up or down by clicking on the map and moving the direction you would like to go Y Tip You can start stop or reset a virtual machine from using the WhatsVirtual web interface right clicking on a virtual machine displayed in the map and selecting Power On Power Off or Reset Configuring WhatsVirtual Live Maps You may configure WhatsVirtual live maps in either the web interface or console Configuring live maps in the web interface From the preferences dialog which is located in the WhatsVirtual navigation pane you can set the data collection interval vCenter polling interval for each device configure the maps to show only those virtual machines that are currently powered on and manually refresh WhatsVirtual maps Preferences M Only show powered on virtual machines Mapping data collection interval 5 rnin Refresh To set the data collection interval for WhatsVirtual maps move the slider to the right to increase the collection interval or move the slider to the left to decrease the collection interval Important The default data collection interval is 5 minutes Settings lower than the default may create a higher than normal CPU usage up to an additional 20 of available CPU on the WhatsUp Gold server and may increase overhe
25. tion may be periodically updated and available on the WhatsUp Gold web site http www whatsupgold com support index aspx Release Notes The release notes provide an overview of changes known issues and bug fixes for the current release The notes also contain instructions for installing upgrading and configuring WhatsUp Gold The release notes are available at Start gt Programs gt Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold gt Release Notes or on the WhatsUp Gold web site http www whatsupgold com WUG162releasenotes Application Help for the console and web interface The console and web help contain dialog assistance general configuration information and how to s that explain how to use the features The Table of Contents is organized by functional area and can be accessed from the main menu or by clicking Help in the console or the icon in the web interface WhatsUp Community WUGspace is a WhatsUp Gold IT community centered around valuable technical content for network engineers IT managers Architects and System Administrators Visit the community for additional product information and help learn from other users submit product ideas and more Visit the WhatsUp Gold forum on the WUGspace community site http www whatsupgold com wugspace Additional WhatsUp Gold resources For a list of current and previous guides and help available for WhatsUp Gold products see the WhatsUp Gold web site http www whatsupgold com support guides aspx
26. vered and virtual machines discovered because they are included in the scan range are not automatically associated with the virtual host Y Tip To ensure virtual devices are found during discovery confirm VMware Tools are installed on each virtual machine you want to discover If VMware tools are not installed on a virtual machine the device will not be discovered during the VMware Scan WhatsVirtual for WhatsUp Gold v16 2 User Guide While you can add as many targets to the VMware scan as is needed you can also discover your virtual environment by selecting the vCenter server that is managing your environment as the target of the scan This will result in the discovery of all of the virtual machines and hosts managed by the vCenter server For information on the WhatsUp Gold Discovery Console and instructions for discovering network devices see Discovering Network Devices and Configuring and Running Discovery in the Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold help If desired you can specify the default configuration behaviors of virtual devices found during the WhatsUp Gold discovery by using the Device Role Settings dialog which is accessed through the WhatsUp Gold console The Device Role Settings determines which monitors context menu items and custom web links are assigned to the wireless device as well as defining which wireless device attributes are collected during polling To modify Device Role Settings 1 Access the Device Role Settings dialog
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