{"id":60301,"date":"2024-12-17T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=60301"},"modified":"2024-12-15T13:37:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T12:37:59","slug":"back-to-basics-nakivo-it-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/back-to-basics-nakivo-it-monitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to Basics: Nakivo IT Monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64235 size-full\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-01.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To assess the <strong>health of your virtual infrastructure<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/nakivo-v11-released-with-agentless-backup-for-proxmox-ve\/\">Nakivo Backup &amp; Replication<\/a> offers a powerful and innovative feature called <strong>IT Monitoring<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This new feature allows the administrators to monitor from as <strong>single pane of glass the resource usage<\/strong> (CPU, RAM and disk) for installed hosts, VMs and datastores. This is very useful to maintain an optimal status of your virtual infrastructure.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Currently this capability is <strong>only available for VMware vSphere<\/strong> platform.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Back to Basics blog series<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/back-to-basics-nakivo-backup-replication-overview\/\">Nakivo Backup &amp; Replication Overview<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/back-to-basics-nakivo-backup-repository\/\">Nakivo Backup Repository<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/back-to-basics-nakivo-backup-vmware-vsphere\/\">Nakivo Backup VMware vSphere<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/back-to-basics-nakivo-restore-vmware-vms\/\">Nakivo Restore VMware VMs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/back-to-basics-nakivo-vmware-vsphere-replication\/\">Nakivo VMware vSphere Replication<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/back-to-basics-nakivo-ransomware-protection\/\">Nakivo Ransomware Protection<\/a><br \/>\nNakivo IT Monitoring<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Configure IT Monitoring<\/h2>\n<p>From the Nakivo dashboard, access the <strong>IT Monitoring<\/strong> area and click <strong>Add Monitored Items<\/strong>\u00a0to add the objects to monitor.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64248 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-02-600x349.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-02\" width=\"600\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Objects can be selected through the <strong>Items<\/strong> or <strong>Policy<\/strong> option:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Items<\/strong> - with this option you can select virtual machines, hosts and datastores to monitor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Policy<\/strong> - specify the criteria to filter objects to monitor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Choose the desired option (<em>Items<\/em> in the example) and select objects to monitor.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64250 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-03-600x359.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-03\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Virtual machines, hosts and datastores can be selected for monitoring. Click\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong>\u00a0to save the selection.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64258 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-04-600x359.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-04\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the IT Monitoring configuration has been saved, the system starts <strong>gathering the information<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64260 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-05-600x319.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-05\" width=\"600\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Check results<\/h2>\n<p>Give some time to the system (<strong>at least one hour<\/strong>) before analyzing collected data.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Metrics<\/h4>\n<p>Go to <strong>Metrics<\/strong> area to review the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64262 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-06-600x319.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-06\" width=\"600\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Virtual Machines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Select the VM you want to analyze, and review the available metrics: <strong>CPU Load<\/strong>, <strong>Memory Load<\/strong>, and <strong>Disk Usage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64264 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-07-600x359.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-07\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hosts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is perhaps the most important view for maintaining a healthy infrastructure, as it helps <strong>avoid resource contention<\/strong> and provides early insights into whether <strong>new hardware needs to be deployed<\/strong> to meet resource demands.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64266 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-08-600x359.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-08\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Datastores<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Select the datastore to analyze and review the\u00a0<strong>Disk Usage<\/strong>\u00a0metrics.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64268 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-09\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-09-600x253.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-09\" width=\"600\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Alerts<\/h4>\n<p>If any <strong>alerts are detected<\/strong> by the IT Monitoring feature, they will be displayed in this section.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64270 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-10\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-10-600x328.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-10\" width=\"600\" height=\"328\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Reports<\/h4>\n<p>Go to <strong>Reports<\/strong> area and click the <strong>+ symbol<\/strong>\u00a0then select <strong>Report<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64288 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-11\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-11-600x282.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-11\" width=\"600\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the <strong>Source<\/strong> drop-down menu, <strong>select the source<\/strong> for which you want to generate a report.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64290 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-12\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-12-600x298.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-12\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the objects to include in the report and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64292 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-13\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-13-600x297.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-13\" width=\"600\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the <strong>Date range<\/strong> and click <strong>Next<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64294 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-14\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-14-600x298.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-14\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enter the <strong>Name<\/strong> for the report and a <strong>Description<\/strong>. The generated report can also be sent via email to <strong>up to 100 email addresses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64296 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-15\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-15-600x299.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-15\" width=\"600\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In few seconds the report is created.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64298 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-16\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-16-600x230.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-16\" width=\"600\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the report to display the content.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64300 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-17\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-17-600x454.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-17\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s another example of a report.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64302 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-18\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nakivo-it-monitoring-18-600x365.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-it-monitoring-18\" width=\"600\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Introduced in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakivo.com\/it-monitoring\/vmware-monitoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nakivo Backup &amp; Replication<\/a> starting with version 10.5, the IT Monitoring feature is an essential tool for maintaining control over your infrastructure, ensuring <strong>optimal performance<\/strong>, and maximizing <strong>resource efficiency<\/strong>.<\/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>To assess the health of your virtual infrastructure, Nakivo Backup &amp; Replication offers a powerful and innovative feature called IT Monitoring. 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