{"id":52093,"date":"2022-02-01T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=52093"},"modified":"2022-02-01T08:06:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T07:06:59","slug":"nakivo-configure-real-time-it-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/nakivo-configure-real-time-it-monitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Nakivo: configure real-time IT Monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52096 size-full\" title=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-01.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Latest <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/nakivo-configure-virtual-tape-infrastructure-with-starwind-vtl\/\">Nakivo Backup &amp; Replication<\/a> 10.5 version introduces the new real-time IT Monitoring capability providing an overview of your <strong>virtual infrastructure health<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This new feature <strong>monitors resource usage<\/strong> (CPU, RAM and disk) for your hosts, VMs and datastores from a <strong>single pane of glass<\/strong> allowing the administrators to maintain an optimal status of your infrastructure.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Currently the IT Monitoring capability is available for <strong>VMware vSphere platform<\/strong> only.<\/p>\n<p>Through the\u00a0<strong>Monitoring<\/strong>\u00a0area, you can see and analyze vSphere resources demanding:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>vCPU Load\/usage<\/li>\n<li>RAM Load\/usage<\/li>\n<li>Disk Usage (vSphere and Datastores)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Key features<\/h2>\n<p>With IT Monitoring you can simplify the management of resource allocation, physical resources, networking and data protection leveraging the following capabilities:<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-row\">\n<div class=\"l-col l-col--half\">\n<div class=\"feat\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"feat__title\"><strong>All-in-One IT Monitoring<\/strong> - the entire infrastructure can be monitored from a single dashboard displaying CPU, RAM and disk usage by virtual machines, host and datastores.<\/li>\n<li class=\"feat__title\"><strong>Resource management<\/strong> - in addition to the real-time resource usage, the dashboard provides also historical data logs useful to know resource requirements of VMs, hosts and datastores.<\/li>\n<li class=\"feat__title\"><strong>Load distribution<\/strong> - analyzing the data you can detect <strong>hardware performance issues<\/strong> and <strong>resource bottleneck<\/strong> and fixing them by distributing the load between VMs and hosts.<\/li>\n<li class=\"feat__title\"><strong>Scalability forecasting<\/strong> - by monitoring the resource usage, you can predict when additional hardware must be deployed to your infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Configure IT Monitoring<\/h2>\n<p>From the Nakivo dashboard, access the <strong>IT Monitoring<\/strong> area.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52098 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-02-600x385.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-02\" width=\"600\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Add Monitored Items<\/strong> to add objects to analyze.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52100 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-03-600x347.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-03\" width=\"600\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To select objects to process, you can select by <strong>Items<\/strong> or by <strong>Policy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Select objects by Items<\/h4>\n<p>Click the <strong>Items<\/strong> button and select the objects you want to analyze.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52102 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-04-600x359.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-04\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Virtual machines, hosts and datastores can be selected for monitoring. Click <strong>Save<\/strong> to save the selection.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52104 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-05-600x359.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-05\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Select objects by Policy<\/h4>\n<p>Click the <strong>Policy<\/strong> button and specify the criteria to select objects to analyze then click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52106 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-06-600x359.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-06\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the selection has been saved, the system starts gathering the information.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52108 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-07-600x347.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-07\" width=\"600\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Check results<\/h2>\n<p>Leave the system running for <strong>at least one hour<\/strong> before analyzing collected data.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>VMs metrics<\/h4>\n<p>Select the VM to analyze and check the resource usage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52111 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-08-600x427.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-08\" width=\"600\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CPU Load, Memory Load, and Disk usage are the metrics available for analysis.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52113 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-09\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-09-600x428.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-09\" width=\"600\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Datastores metrics<\/h4>\n<p>Connected datastores can be monitored to keep <strong>disk usage<\/strong> under control.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52115 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-10\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-10-600x302.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-10\" width=\"600\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>vSAN is also supported<\/strong> by the IT Monitoring tool.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52117 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-11\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-11-600x302.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-11\" width=\"600\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Hosts metrics<\/h4>\n<p>Monitoring ESXi hosts in your infrastructure is very important to avoid resources contention and to know in advance if <strong>new hardware needs to be deployed<\/strong>\u00a0to satisfy resource demand.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52119 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-12\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-12-600x481.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-configure-it-monitoring-12\" width=\"600\" height=\"481\" \/><\/p>\n<p>IT Monitoring is a useful tool to keep the infrastructure under control in terms of <strong>performance and resource usage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The IT Monitoring tool is included in <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/nakivo-v10-4-protect-logins-with-2fa\/\">Nakivo Backup &amp; Replication<\/a> v10.5 available to download as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakivo.com\/resources\/download\/trial-download_new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30-day trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest Nakivo Backup &amp; Replication 10.5 version introduces the new real-time IT Monitoring capability providing an overview of your virtual infrastructure health. 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