Virtual Machine Context Page

The Virtual Machine context page provides an overview of the health, properties, and connectivity performance details of a specific virtual machine. For more information on viewing the Virtual Machine context page, see Viewing the Virtual Machine Context Page.

Figure 1: Virtual Machine Context Page

The cards displayed in the virtual machine context page are as follows:

Health Card

The Health card provides general health information about the virtual machine based on the network connectivity of all the adapters on the virtual machine, such as health status and vSphere Extension.

Figure 2: Virtual Machine Health Card

The following table describes the Health card parameters.

Table 1: Virtual Machine Health Card Parameters

Parameter

Description

Indicates the following about the VM:

  • Status—Online

  • Health—Good

Indicates the following about the VM:

  • Status—Online

  • Health—Fair

The reason for the health status is displayed next to this icon.

Indicates the following about the VM:

  • Status—Online or Offline

  • Health—Poor

The reason for the health status, as well as the date and timestamp of when the VM was last seen online is displayed next to this icon.

Connected Since

Displays the date and time since the last Disconnected status.

vSphere Extension

Displays the vSphere extension name. Clicking this will redirect you to the Extensions page.

Properties Card

The Properties card displays the key attributes of the virtual machine.

Figure 3: Virtual Machine Properties Card

To view additional details about the virtual machine properties, click the expand icon.

Figure 4: Virtual Machine Expanded Properties Card

The following table describes the Properties card parameters.

Table 2: Virtual Machine Properties Card Parameters

Parameter

Description

Host Name

Displays the host name of the virtual machine. Clicking this will redirect you to the Host dashboard.

CPU

Displays the number of CPUs used.

Vendor

Displays the name of the vendor.

Virtualization Tags

Displays the virtualization tags applied to the virtual machine.

Data Center

Displays the name of the data center.

Memory

Displays the memory allocated to the virtual machine.

Guest OS

Displays the name of the Guest OS

Connectivity Card

The Connectivity card provides a representation of the selected virtual machine’s connection to the internet, as well as the health at each node, through the following path:
Virtual Machine > Client > Device > Internet

Figure 5: Virtual Machine Connectivity Card

To view additional information about the Connectivity card, click the expand icon.

The expanded Connectivity card contains a Virtual tab. The Virtual tab provides the host name details and a representation of all the nodes between the VM and the network.

Note:

In the expanded Connectivity card, active links between nodes are represented by solid lines, while backup links are shown by dotted lines.

The following node types are displayed in the representation:

  • VM

  • Networks (PortGroups)

  • Virtual Switches

  • Uplinks

  • Virtual NICs

  • Physical Switches

You can hover over each node type to view more details about that node. The node types VM, virtual switch and physical switch display the health status.

Figure 6: Virtual Machine Expanded Connectivity Card