VMware: SL1 Dashboards PowerPack Release Notes, version 100

Version 100 of the VMware: SL1 Dashboards PowerPack is the initial version of the PowerPack. The PowerPack includes Dashboards that present graphical representations of the configuration data and performance metrics that are collected for VMware devices by the VMware: vSphere Base Pack PowerPack.

NOTE: These dashboards are intended for use only in the new SL1 user interface and will not load in the classic ScienceLogic platform user interface.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.8.0
  • Minimum Required AP2 Version: 5.114.6
  • Minimum Required Widget Components Version: 2.168.10
  • Minimum Required VMware: vSphere Base Pack PowerPack Version: 210

Before You Install

Before installing VMware: SL1 Dashboards PowerPack version 100, you must first ensure that you are running version 8.8.0 or later of SL1.

NOTE: For details on upgrading SL1, see the appropriate Release Notes.

You must also import and install theVMware: vSphere Base PackPowerPack version 210 or later before installing the PowerPack.

Installation Process

To install this PowerPack:

  1. Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
  2. See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 8.8.0 or later release.
  3. Download the "VMware: SL1 Dashboards" version 100PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
  4. Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import "VMware: SL1 Dashboards" version 100.
  5. Click the Install button. For details on installing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.

Features

The following dashboards are included in version 100 of the VMware: SL1 Dashboards PowerPack:

  • A "VMware: Host Performance" dashboard, which includes the following widgets that display data about your VMware hosts:
  • Host List
  • Vitals
  • Datastore Input/Output Operations per Second (IOPS)
  • Disk Read/Write
  • Events
  • Top 10 - Network Usage
  • Selected Network Usage
  • Selected Network Drops
  • Top 10 - Datastore Latency
  • Selected Datastore Latency
  • Selected Datastore Storage I/O Control and Distributed Resource Scheduler (SIOC/DRS) Latency
  • Top 10 - Disk Latency
  • Selected Disk Usage
  • Selected Disk Summation

  • A "VMware: vCenter Overview" dashboard, which includes the following widgets that display data about vCenter:
  • Host List
  • Host Vitals
  • Host Memory
  • Top 10 - CPU Utilization
  • Selected CPU Usage
  • Selected CPU Reserved Capacity
  • Top 10 - Network Usage
  • Selected Network Usage
  • Selected Network Drops
  • Top 10 - Memory Active
  • Selected Memory Analysis
  • Top 10 - Disk Performance
  • Selected Disk Performance

  • A "VMware: Virtual Machine Comparison" dashboard, which includes the following widgets that display data about your VMware VMs:
  • Datacenter List
  • Cluster List
  • Resource Pool List
  • Top 10 - VM CPU Usage
  • Selected VM CPU Usage
  • Top 10 - VM Memory Usage
  • Selected VM Memory Usage
  • Top 10 - VM Datastore I/O
  • Top 10 - VM Disk I/O
  • Selected VM Storage I/O
  • Top 10 - VM Network Usage
  • Selected VM Network Usage

Known Issues and Workarounds

  • Dashboard widgets might be slow to load or display red bells. If this occurs, you can do the following to address the issue:

  • Start an SSH session into your SL1 appliance.

  • At the shell prompt, enter the following to open the em7_limits.conf file for editing:

    cd /etc/nginx/conf.d

    sudo cp em7_limits.conf em7_limits.conf.backup

    sudo vi em7_limits.conf

  • Locate the line that begins with "limit_req zone=addr_req" and update it to the following:

    limit_req zone=addr_req burst=5000 nodelay;

  • Locate the lines that begin with "limit_conn" and update them to the following:

    limit_conn perip 10000;

    limit_conn perserver 10000;

  • Restart nginx. To do this, enter the following at the shell prompt:

    sudo systemctl restart nginx

  • Dashboards might not appear immediately in the SL1 user interface after you import the PowerPack using the PowerPack Importer. If this occurs, you can do the following to address the issue:

  • Type the following URL into your web browser:

    https://<hostname or ip>/gql?query=mutation%20%7B%20importContentObjectsFromPowerPackQueue%20%7D%0A

  • When prompted, enter your user credentials.
  • Click the GraphQL "play" button. If successful, a "true" message appears in the right-hand panel.
  • Verify that the dashboards now appear by returning to the Dashboards page and refreshing your web browser.