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    VMware IOInsight

    v1.1.1 User Guide

    © 2016 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.


    IOInsight – Architecture
    IOInsight Backend Analyzer Plugins

    Basic I/O Analyzer


    Monitor Database
    Cache Simulation

    User Interface

    scsi0:0 scsi0:0 scsi0:1

    VM1 VM2

    ESX Host

    VMware IOInsight 1.1.1 - User Guide 2


    Deploying IOInsight Virtual Appliance

    1. In vSphere web client, right click on the host and select “Create/Register VM”
    2. Select option “Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file”
    3. Follow steps in the Wizard to select the downloaded ova, complete the deployment and power on VM
    4. Network settings (optional) from commandline. Default password for ‘root’ user is ‘changeme’
    5. Access IOInsight via URL: https://<IP-address-of-vm>
    VMware IOInsight 1.1.1 - User Guide 3
    Network Configuration (Optional)
    • IOInsight is configured with DHCP by default
    • Use the following commandline utility to change the default network settings:
    root@IOInsight [ ~ ]# ioinsight nwcfg
    [Network Setup Wizard]
    Please select which configuration you would like to change.
    Enter option [dhcp | static | ntp | exit]:

    • Options
    – dhcp : Configures eth0 for DHCP
    – static : Configure eth0 with static IP. Enter IP address, default gateway and DNS (optional)
    – ntp : Use this option if you would like to override default ntp servers
    – exit : Quit network setup script
    • DNS nameserver setting is part of static IP configuration
    • For advanced settings not provided by this utility, please refer Photon Administration guide:
    https://github.com/vmware/photon/blob/master/docs/photon-admin-guide.md
    VMware IOInsight 1.1.1 - User Guide 4
    • Enter Credentials
    Login

    • Select vmdks
    Select Run • Select analyzers
    Details

    UI Workflow

    Start another run


    • Start IOInsight run
    Start
    Analysis

    • Result graphs displayed


    Result for the selected vmdks
    Graphs

    • Start another run or logout


    Stop Run
    /Logout

    Logged out
    VMware IOInsight 1.1.1 - User Guide 5
    troubleshooting

    Login
    Supported Browsers: Google Chrome, Apple Safari
    URL is of the form:-https://<vm_ip>
    (Please note that it should be https)
    • BROWSE RESULTS leads to a page
    to browse results of previous runs

    • HELP provides links to user guides

    • DOWNLOAD LOGS downloads the


    log files which then can be mailed to
    ioinsight@vmware.com for
    troubleshooting

    • Login credentials include:


    • VC IP
    • Username
    • Password

    Once all login credentials are entered,


    click on the LOGIN button

    VMware IOInsight 1.1.1 - User Guide 6


    Selecting Run Details
    Select Host. Enter host • BROWSE
    credentials (one time task). RESULTS link to
    browse results of
    previous runs
    • LOG OUT link to
    logout of IOInsight

    Enter the RUN NAME


    and the DURATION of
    the run in minutes
    Select VM
    Note: VM names containing
    the characters *|&[]\/^’}”% Select an analyzer
    are not supported

    Select VMDK

    Once all details are


    provided click on the
    START button to start
    the run
    VMware IOInsight 1.1.1 - User Guide 7
    Result Visualization

    • REFRESH button updates the graphs


    • STOP RUN button stops the ongoing run

    Result graph. Can be zoomed in


    by clicking on it.

    • First set of result graphs are generated 30 seconds after starting a run. If results are not available at that time, it retries
    with 30s interval until results are available or exceeds 5mins without any result
    • At the end of run duration, final results graphs for the entire duration is generated
    • Results are grouped based on VMDKs (Title format: HOST -> VM -> VMDK)

    VMware IOInsight 1.1.1 - User Guide 8


    Result Visualization (contd.)
    Once a run is completed/stopped, result graphs can be downloaded or can start a new run .

    To start a new run, click the BACK button

    • Download link to download displayed


    results

    Downloaded zip file contains result graph


    images and raw data in CSV format

    VMware IOInsight 1.1.1 - User Guide 9


    Browse Previous Results
    BROWSE RESULTS link lead to this webpage.
    Select a previous run, graphs
    of which you want to view

    To delete results of the selected


    run/analysis, click the Delete link

    Graph be zoomed in by clicking on it

    VMware IOInsight 1.1.1 - User Guide 10


    Best Practices
    • IOInsight VM Configuration
    – vCPUs : Minimum 2, 4 if analyzers with heavy processing are added
    – Provisioned memory: >= 2GB
    – IOInsight VM should be ideally deployed in the same/closer network as the hosts being monitored.
    Otherwise, larger RTTs can result in slower response times
    • Analysis/Run Configuration
    – We recommend selecting < 8 VMDKs for a single run as large number of parallel monitoring can result
    in high overhead, especially if IOPS is very high for those VMDKs
    – Recommended analysis duration is at least 10min (default: 30min)
    – Cache Simulation analyzer is CPU-intensive. We recommend running cache simulation for 1 or 2 cache
    configurations at a time for better performance. Increase the number of VCPUs for more parallel
    configurations.

    VMware IOInsight 1.1.1 - User Guide 11


    REFERENCE
    • IOInsight Community Page
    https://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/performance/vmware-ioinsight

    • IOInsight Flings Website


    https://labs.vmware.com/flings/ioinsight

    • IOInsight Detailed User Manual can be downloaded from HELP page in IOInsight appliance

    VMware IOInsight 1.1.1 - User Guide 12

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