HyperV Management User Guide

Overview

This DEX Pack shows performance and usage data for HyperV Management of virtual machines.

Use this DEX Pack to assess provisioning needs, system issues, and performance.

Machine Rightsizing

Determine if virtual machines are over or under provisioned and those that are right sized for HyperV.

Usage

Assess how endpoints are using HyperV Hosts.

Performance

Discover how HyperV Management impacts performance and other health metrics.

Sensors

Identify and troubleshoot specific system issues affecting HyperV hosts.

Machine Rightsizing

Global Filters

Default values for CPU Sizing, Memory Sizing, and C Drive Free space thresholds are taken from the values defined in Configure > Administration > Hardware Refresh.

Default values for CPU, Memory, and Disk (Free)thresholds are taken from the values defined in Configure > Administration > Hardware Refresh.

You can also adjust the thresholds in the dashboard to determine how the system category outcome could change.

Default CPU Sizing and Memory Sizing is based on Average Active Utilizationor Maximum Utilization.

Default C Drive Sizing is based on % free space. This can be changed to GB free space.

NOTE: The data in this dashboard is filtered only to reflect specific technology related HyperV data.

System Category Breakdown by System Resource

The Group filter can be used to filter the entire dashboard to a particular SysTrack group.

There are four defined outcomes for a system: Upgrade, Replace, Review, and No change. Each metric can affect the outcome category.

Upgrade

The system has average memory use above the upper threshold.
The system has C: disk free % below the threshold.

Replace

The system has an average CPU use above the upper threshold and health below 90%.

Review

The system has an average CPU use below the lower threshold.
The system has an average MEM use below the lower threshold.
The system has an average CPU use above the upper threshold and health above 90%.

No Change

The system does not fall into any of the other categories.

You can click on each category to filter the System Model Summary grid to the systems in each category.

System List and Details

This grid shows each individual system and it’s relevant refresh or replacement detail.

Memory Suggestion – The suggested memory increase for the system, the system memory use needs review or no change.

CPU Suggestion – The system requires a review of the CPU use, or a system replacement (CPU is generally not upgradable).

Disk Suggestion – The system requires an upgrade to it’s disk size or no change.

Other information is also included for prioritization of potential replacement or upgrade, such as the system age or health score.

Usage

Endpoints with HyperV Installed (Host)

This grid shows the endpoints where HyperV has been installed and if any VMs (Virutal Machines) have been created.

Endpoints VM’s without HyperV data (Guest)

This grid shows the HyperV Virtual machines that are in “guest” mode. This will alert you that these VMs have not been properly configured into SysTrack. Please consult your internal IT department to properly configure your HyperV machines or consult Lakeside Support.

Performance

Overview

This Dashboard covers the HyperV performance averaged over a 24-hour period. The Detailed Data Dashboard is data for every 15 seconds.

HyperV Hosts

This grid shows the HyperV hosts that are available across your enterprise. Double-click on a host name to get more detailed date from the endpoint. The endpoint will need to be connected to SysTrack and online to gather data.

HyperV Chart

Select a HyperV Host from the HyperV Hosts pane to fill this grid. From the drop-down menu, select a metric to explore and a HyperV Counter. These selections will reveal the trend of this metric on the graph.

Health Impact Categories

This graph shows categories that impact the health of the HyperV Host over a 24-hour period.

Select a category to narrow down the data.

Health Trend

This chart shows health trend for the HyperV host over the last 24 hours.

Health Thresholds

90 and higher	Green (Working optimally)
70-89	Yellow (May need attention)
69 below	Red (Performance and Digital Experience highly impacted)

Detailed Data

HyperV Hosts (Detailed)

HyperV Chart (Detailed)

Health Impact Categories

This graph shows categories that impact the health of the HyperV Host over a 24-hour period.

Select a category to narrow down the data.

Health Trend

This chart shows health trend for the HyperV host over the last 24 hours.

Health Thresholds

90 and higher	Green (Working optimally)
70-89	Yellow (May need attention)
69 below	Red (Performance and Digital Experience highly impacted

Sensors

Triggered Sensors

This grid lists all sensors relevant to HyperV hosts that triggered in the past 30 days. It also shows which sensors are currently active on HyperV hosts. If any HyperV-specific sensors are triggered, they are shown at the top of the grid. The Selected Sensor will populate the rest of the dashboard.

Double-click a sensor to view additional sensor information in Prevent.

Sensor Description (Selected Sensor)

This pane shows the description for the sensor selected in Triggered Sensors.

Active Sensor Trend (Selected Sensor)

This graph shows the number of HyperV hosts that triggered the Selected Sensor. This data represents the last 30 days.

System Details (Selected Sensor)

This grid shows all the HyperV host that triggered the Selected Sensor in the last 30 days.

Double-click an online system for more details in Resolve.