Dell Vizioncore User's Manual
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1. vFogliight v 5 0 Cartridge for Chargeback 2009 Quest Software Inc ALL RIGHTS RESERVED This guide contains proprietary information protected by copyright The software described in this guide is furnished under a software license or nondisclosure agreement This software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the applicable agreement No part of this guide may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording for any purpose other than the purchaser s personal use without the written permission of Quest Software Inc If you have any questions regarding your potential use of this material contact Quest Software World Headquarters LEGAL Dept 5 Polaris Way Aliso Viejo CA 92656 www quest com email legal quest com Refer to our Web site for regional and international office information Trademarks Quest Quest Software the Quest Software logo Aelita Akonix Akonix L7 Enterprise Akonix L7 Enforcer AppAssure Benchmark Factory Big Brother DataFactory DeployDirector ERDisk Foglight Funnel Web I Watch Imceda InLook IntelliProfile InTrust Invertus IT Dad I Watch JClass Jint JProbe LeccoTech LiteSpeed LiveReorg MessageStats NBSpool NetBase Npulse NetPro PassGo PerformaSure Quest Central SharePlex Sitraka SmartAlarm Spotlight SQL LiteSpeed SQL Navigator SQL Watch SQLab Stat StealthCollect Tag and Fo2. below are used throughout all of the vFoglight dashboards Fatal 1 Critical 2 Warning 3 Normal 5 The status indicators may be displayed as round and colored with the number off to the side or they might be displayed as rectangular and colored with the number in the center of the indicator The vFoglight alarm types respond to thresholds that are defined As metrics change and move through thresholds alarms are raised As a metric moves through thresholds the severity of an alarm changes which causes the associated status indicator to change 10 vF oglight Cartridge for Chargeback User Guide Index C Chargeback Overview 6 Common Tasks Chargeback Alerts 7 Creating a New Tier 7 Creating Reports Using the Create New Report Wizard 7 Manually Running a Report 7 Viewing an Existing Report 7 T Tiered Flat Rate Model 6 Index 11
3. document and reserves the right to make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time without notice Quest does not make any commitment to update the information contained in this document License Credits and Third Party Information To view license credit information click the License Credits link on the Welcome to vFoglight online help page User Guide March 2009 Version 5 0 5 Table of Contents Introducing the vFoglight Cartridge for Chargeback sssssssssssnsnunnnnnnonnnsnonnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnanannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannananns 5 Chargeback OVverview a3 ee alia ua Meanie eal Mobeni tae iind 6 vFoglight Cartridge for Chargeback Overview ss 6 Tiered Flat Rate Model COMMON TASKS eid nn nina Creating Reports Using the Create New Report Wizard Creating a New GT 8 Manually Runnind a R GO 8 Viewing An EXiSting R CO Ort saissccvscisessss asian een arte kann a 8 Chargeback Alerts vFoglight Cartridge for Chargeback User Guide 1 Introducing the vFoglight Cartridge for Chargeback This section contains the following topics Chargeback Overview vFoglight Cartridge for Chargeback Overview Tiered Flat Rate Model Common Tasks 7 6 vF oglight Cartridge for Chargeback User Guide Chargeback Overview Customers who move to virtualized infrastructures discover that determining and allocating costs in their environment is much more difficult than when they operated in the pricing operations of a physical r
4. ealm Organizations can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars procuring high end hosts virtualization software and storage area network SAN disk storage Virtual machines can be added very quickly and appear to be free of cost As customers add additional workloads to their virtual environments determining the true cost of each virtual machine is an important component in managing server sprawl vFoglight Cartridge for Chargeback Overview The vFoglight Cartridge for Chargeback provides the ability for IT managers to monitor and report on costs associated with Virtual machine VM or Physical machine PM usage within their datacenters The chargeback cartridge currently supports only the Tiered Flat Rate Model of calculating costs Other models such as measured resource usage or direct cost will follow in subsequent releases Tiered Flat Rate Model In the vFoglight Cartridge for Chargeback the Tiered Flat Rate Model divides IT costs into levels of expense A tier is a level of expense for a host For example an organization has decided to build a new virtual infrastructure mandating that any new server requested by the various business units of the company must first be created as a virtual machine Only after verifying that a VM cannot properly handle the application workload would physical server options be explored To simplify the budgetary process for new systems the organization could create three core configurations and assign
5. llow Toad T O A D Toad World VANALYZER vVAUTOMATOR vCONTROL vCONVERTER vEssentials VFOGLIGHT vOPTIMIZER vRANTER PRO vReplicator Vintela Virtual DBA Xaffire and XRT are trademarks and registered trademarks of Quest Software Inc in the United States of America and other countries Other trademarks and registered trademarks used in this guide are property of their respective owners Disclaimer The information in this document is provided in connection with Quest products No license express or implied by estoppel or otherwise to any intellectual property right is granted by this document or in connection with the sale of Quest products EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN QUEST S TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS SPECIFIED IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THIS PRODUCT QUEST ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER AND DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTY RELATING TO ITS PRODUCTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT IN NO EVENT SHALL QUEST BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT CONSEQUENTIAL PUNITIVE SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR LOSS OF INFORMATION ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS DOCUMENT EVEN IF QUEST HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES Quest makes no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this
6. the following fixed cost to each Tier 1 900 Month Single Proc 1 GB Memory 10GB Storage Tier 2 1500 Month Dual Proc 2 GB Memory 20GB Storage Tier 3 2500 Month Quad Proc 4 GB Memory 40GB Storage Business units may customize the configuration and pay an additional cost per MB of memory or GB of storage space based on the cost units for the particular resource in question Introducing the vFoglight Cartridge for Chargeback 7 Common Tasks Common Tasks Note Please refer to the vFoglight Cartridge for Chargeback Reference Guide for complete procedures The following provides common tasks used to generate and view chargeback reports Creating Reports Using the Create New Report Wizard Creating a New Tier Manually Running a Report Viewing An Existing Report Chargeback Alerts Creating Reports Using the Create New Report Wizard From the Chargeback dashboard select Create New Report This starts the Create New Report wizard to guide you through the process of creating a new report Chargeback A Chargeback The Create New Report wizard allows you to Enter a report name Select a service Verify Host Tier Configuration change as necessary Enter a report title Select report templates Configure advanced options vFoglight Cartridge for Chargeback User Guide e Create the report The Create New Reports wizard creates a new report as specified The report is now scheduled b
7. ut possibly scheduled for a future time You can wait for the report to run as scheduled or enter the Reports area of vFoglight and run the report manually Creating a New Tier The vFoglight Cartridge for Chargeback wizard allows you to create and edit tiers to define various levels of host cost This is done in step two of New Reports Wizard Manually Running a Report If the report is created and scheduled but not yet run the report can be accessed from the Reports area of vFoglight In this area the report can be run manually if needed Reports F Run Report 4 Run mannually 77 Schedule Report ub Y fie F Create Report E Manage Reports 1 Select report Fite Reports Viewing An Existing Report If the report is run it appears in the Chargeback Reports area of the chargeback start page To view the report click the PDF field for the report you want to open Chargeback Reports Select All Select None Delete Scheduled jew Date Siz emi View Report Date ize Template Fj W Tier One Report 11 18 08 12 22PM 34KB Hosts Tiered Flat Ra PDF Introducing the vFoglight Cartridge for Chargeback 9 Common Tasks Chargeback Alerts The vFoglight Cartridge for Chargeback uses vFoglight Alarms to alert users to critical severity levels Status indicators are used to show specific alarms raised within the virtual infrastructure Four status indicators similar to those displayed
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