Virtual server overview
The Virtual Server Overview dashboard lists the hosts and virtual machines reported by the management extender through the VMware API. You can use the Virtual Server Overview to view the attributes of each host and virtual machine. You can also filter the lists of hosts and virtual machines by their attributes. To view the Virtual Server Overview, in the Server Automation domain, select .
To view the Virtual Server Overview, you must ensure that the analyses VMware Host Overview and VMware VM Overview are active. If these analyses are not activated, a warning message is displayed in the Virtual Server Overview list. You cannot proceed to view the overview without activating the analyses. After you activate the analyses, it can take a few minutes to gather. To check the status of the analyses, from the navigation tree in the Server Automation domain, click . In the Activate Analysis list, ensure that the Status changes from Not Activated to Activated Globally. In the Activate Analyses list, click both VMware Host Overview and VMware VM Overview individually. In the Analysis: VMware Host Overview and the VMware VM Overview window, click the Results tab. When the Results window is populated with one or more computer names, the analysis is activated. If any of the computer names displays the message "not reported", the analysis is not gathered.
To view hosts, click the Hosts tab in the Virtual Server Overview. In the Hosts tab, you can view the following host attributes.
| Requirement | Description |
|---|---|
| Link to Host | Contains a link to a page with full specifications of the host. |
| Name | Displays the host name. |
| Operating System | Displays the operating system of the host. |
| CPU count | Displays the logical processor count of the host. |
| Datacenter | Displays the datacenter that contains the host. |
| Status | Displays the status of the host. |
| Memory size | Displays the memory size of the host. |
| NIC Count | Displays the number of network interface cards. |
| VM and Template Count | Displays the number of virtual machines and templates that are on the host. |
| Last Refresh Time | Displays the last time the management extender provided updated information from VMware. |
In the Virtual Machines tab in the Virtual Server Overview, you can also view the following attributes of the virtual machines.
| Requirement | Description |
|---|---|
| Link to VM | Contains a link to a page with full specifications of the virtual machine. |
| Name | Displays the virtual machine name. |
| Status | Displays the status of the virtual machine. |
| State | Displays the power state of the virtual machine. |
| Link to Host | Contains a link that leads to a page with full specifications of the host of the virtual machine. |
| Host | Displays the name of the host on which the virtual machine is running. |
| CPU Count | Displays the logical processor number allocated to the virtual machine. |
| Memory Size (MB) | Displays the memory size that is allocated to the virtual machine. |
| Provisioned Storage | Displays the amount of storage that is allocated to the virtual machine. |
| Used Storage | Displays the amount of provisioned storage which is being used by the virtual machine. |
| Last Refresh Time | Displays the last time the management extender provided updated information from VMware. |
Filtering the virtual server overview
You can filter the Virtual Server Overview to list the hosts and virtual machines according to their attributes. Click the title of each column to order the list by that attribute. For example, in the State column, click the State heading to order the virtual machines and hosts by their power state. Repeat this action for the other attributes.