16.3.5. System Overview Dashboard

The System Overview Dashboard provides an executive summary of the hosts in a data center over a given period of time. The dashboard includes:
  • A quality of service (QoS) view for each cluster, which shows the proportion of period where CPU and memory exceeded thresholds on the hosts in the cluster;
  • A break down of host operating systems; and
  • A summary of average host resource utilization over the period.
The following parameters can be modified for this dashboard:

Table 16.53. System Overview Dashboard Parameters

Parameter Description
Show Deleted Entities? The report includes deleted objects, such as data centers, clusters, and hosts removed from the environment.
Period Range The dashboard shows data for the period range selected. Monthly dashboards cover a single month. Quarterly dashboards cover a three-month quarter, beginning on the month specified in the Dates parameter.
Dates The dashboard covers the selected period range, beginning on this date. For a Monthly period range, the selected month is used. For a Quarterly period range, the quarter is determined as beginning on the selected month.
Data Center The report refers to the selected data center. The list of options shows only data centers containing either hosts, storage domains or virtual machines. The list of options for the Cluster parameter includes only clusters in the selected data center.
Cluster The report refers to the cluster selected. If All is selected, the report refers to the entire data center.