Troubleshooting with
the All Metrics Tab
The
All
Metrics
tab provides a relationship graph and metric charts. The
relationship graph helps you evaluate objects in the context of their place in
your environment topology. Metric charts are based on the metrics for the
active map object that you think can help you identify the cause of a problem.
How All Metrics
Works
You can double-click any
object in the graph and view the specific parent-child objects for the focus
object. If you point to an object icon, you can see the health, risk, and
efficiency details. You can also click the
Alerts
link for the
number of generated alerts. Click the purple icon to view the child
relationships of the object. If you double-click an object icon, the selected
object becomes the focus of the map. The graph is updated for the selected
object, and the metrics list shows only the metrics for the selected object.
Using the metrics list, you
create charts based on metrics that you think can help you investigate
problems. You customize the charts to evaluate the data in detail. To save the
configured charts, you create a dashboard using the toolbar option.
Where available, the metrics
list also displays pre-defined groups of metrics that contain the most relevant
metrics for the selected object. You can edit these groups, and create your own
customized groups of metrics by dragging and dropping metrics and properties
from the All Metrics and All Properties lists.
Where You Find All
Metrics
- From the left menu, clickEnvironment, then select a group, custom data center, application, or inventory object.
- Alternatively, clickEnvironment, then use the hierarchies in the left pane to locate the objects that you want.
Edit Metric State
The edit metric state option allows you activate,
deactivate, or inherit metric state, DT state and KPI state. You can use the All
Filter option to search and edit the metrics based on the following criteria.
- Name
- State
- Instanced State
- DT State
- KPI State
- Show Only Supermetrics
- Local Changes
- Unsaved Changes
All Metrics
Options
The options include the graph
toolbar, the metric selector options, the metric charts toolbar, and the
toolbar on each chart.
Option
| Description
|
---|---|
Reset to initial object
| Returns the map to
original object if you double-clicked on an icon to examine another object.
|
Vertical/Horizontal
| Displays a vertical or horizontal view of
the graph or tree view.
|
Hide Text/Show Text
| Hides or displays the object names.
|
Standard View/Fit View
| The
Standard View
option fixes the view to a specific zoom level.
The
Fit
View option adjusts the graph or tree view to fit the screen.
|
Group Items/Ungroup Items
| Groups by objects types. You can view
further details by double-clicking on the object. You can also choose to
display the graph or tree view without grouping the object types.
|
Path Exploration
| Displays the relative relationship path
between two selected objects on the graph or tree view. To highlight the path,
click the Path Exploration icon and then select the two objects from the graph
or tree view.
|
The chart options are used to
limit the metric list.
Option
| Description
|
---|---|
Show collecting metrics
| Updates the list to
display only the currently collected metrics for the object.
|
Show previewable super metrics
| Updates the list to display super metrics for the
object. The
super metrics only appear if the super metric is associated
with the object, see Create a Super Metric topic in VMware Aria
Operations Configuration Guide. |
Actions
| Click the
Actions icon to
configure metric groups. Verify that you hold the PowerUser or administrator
role.
|
Search
| Use a word search to
limit the number of items that appear in the list.
|
Time Range
| Filters the metrics
to show only the ones that have received data in the selected time range.
|
Metric list
| Double-click a metric
to populate the chart window. To populate the chart window with a separate
chart for each of the metrics in the group, double-click a metric group.
|
To visualize the specific
metric data over time, and compare the results for different metrics, select
different combinations of options.
Option
| Description
|
---|---|
Split Charts
| Displays each metric
in a separate chart.
|
Stacked Chart
| Consolidates all
charts into one chart. This chart is useful for seeing how the total or sum of
the metric values vary over time. To view the stacked chart, ensure that the
split chart option is turned off.
|
Y Axis
| Shows or hides the
Y-axis scale.
|
Metric Chart
| Shows or hides the
line that connects the data points on the chart.
|
Trend Line
| Shows or hides the
line and data points that represents the metric trend. The trend line filters
out metric noise along the timeline by plotting each data point relative to the
average of its adjoining data points.
|
Dynamic Thresholds
| Shows or hides the
calculated dynamic threshold values for a 24-hour period.
|
Show Entire Period Dynamic Thresholds
| Shows or hides dynamic
thresholds for the entire time period of the graph.
|
Anomalies
| Shows or hides
anomalies. Time periods when the metric violates a threshold are shaded.
Anomalies are generated when a metric crosses a dynamic or static threshold,
either above or below.
|
Show Data Point Tips
| Shows or hides the
data point tooltips when you hover the mouse over a data point in the chart.
|
Zoom All Charts
| Resizes all the charts
that are open in the chart pane based on the area captured when you use the
range selector.
You can switch between
this option and
Zoom
the View .
|
Zoom the View
| Resizes the current
chart when you use the range selector.
|
Pan
| When you are in zoom
mode, allows you to drag the enlarged section of the chart so that you can view
higher or lower, earlier or later values for the metric.
|
Show Data Values
| Activates the data point tooltips if you switched
to a zoom or pan option. Show Data
Point Tips must be activated. |
Refresh Charts
| Reloads the charts
with current data.
|
Date Controls
| Opens the date
selector.
Use the date selector
to limit the data that appears in each chart to the time period you are
examining.
|
Generate Dashboard
| Saves the current
charts as a dashboard.
|
Remove All
| Removes all the charts
from the chart pane, allowing to you begin constructing a new set of charts.
|
Manage individual charts with
the toolbar options.
Option
| Description
|
---|---|
Navigation
| If an adapter includes
the ability to link to another application for information about the object,
click the button to access a link to the application.
|
Correlation
| Runs metric
correlation using the following options:
Self-Metrics : Runs metric correlation on all
metrics for the selected object, to find metrics of similar, or
opposite behavioral change for the same time period. The
instanced metrics are not assessed in the self-metrics
correlation method. Peers : Runs metric correlation on the same
metrics for all peer objects, to find the same metrics with
behavioral changes within peer objects. Peer objects are the
direct child objects of the parent for the selected objects. The
child objects have the same object type. The correlation
results only appears if there are at least 11 data points
and the time range is within the three months period to run
the metric correlation. Scope : Runs metric correlation on
all metrics for the selected object with the selected scope, to
find metrics of similar, or opposite behavioral change for the
same time period. The instanced metrics are not assessed in the
scope correlation method.After you run the
correlation, the results are displayed in the
Correlation window.
By default, only the first 10 results for correlated metrics are displayed. To
view the full list, click
Show
More .
You can zoom in to
view the correlated metrics and also pin them so that they appear in the
preview section of the
All
Metrics
tab.
During the correlation process, some metrics
are left out. For example, the badge and VMware Aria
Operations generated metrics. By default, the
instanced metrics are omitted, except those in the
Aggregate of all instances group. |
Save a Snapshot
| Creates a PNG file of the current chart. The image
is the size that appears on your screen. You can retrieve the
file in your browser's download folder.
|
Save a Full Screen Snapshot
| Downloads the current
graph image as a full-page PNG file, which you can display or save.
You can retrieve the
file in your browser's download folder.
|
Create an Alert Definition | Allows you to create an alert for an object type or metric in a quick
and easier way. For details, see Create a Simple Alert Definition
section in VMware Aria
Operations Configuration Guide. |
Download comma-separated data
| Creates a CSV file
that includes the data in the current chart.
You can retrieve the
file in your browser's download folder.
|
Scales | You can choose a scale for a stacked chart.
|
Move Down
| Moves the chart down
one position.
|
Move Up
| Moves the chart up one
position.
|
Close
| Deletes the chart.
|
Vertical resize | Resizes the height of a graph in the chart. |
Remove icon next to each metric name in a
stacked chart | Removes the graph for the metric from the chart. |