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    Article Summary

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    30 days after your organization migrated to the new data pipeline, data will be displayed in the Environment Assessment report.

    The Environment Assessment report shows a summary of resource consumption in your environment that you can use to optimize resource allocations and identify problematic usage trends. You can view aggregated resource usage data and activity trends from the previous 30 days, updated to the minute that the report is generated. The report calculates the daily data aggregation according to UTC. Use it to gain a holistic understanding of how the different consumers of resources in your organization relate to one another.

    Use the report to answer questions such as:

    • Where are the physical CPUs least optimally allocated among the virtual CPUs in my organization.?
    • Which users consumed more than P95 (95th percentile) of CPU usage trends in the past month?
    • Which days had the most P100 (maximum of average) CPU usage?
    • Which applications are used most in my organization?
    • Has any abnormal resource usage occurred in the past month?

    To learn more about the Environment Assessment report, watch our Video

    Report Data

    The report provides the following functionalities to view data:

    Donut Charts

    If you place your cursor on one of the colored circles of a donut chart, the value in the center of the chart changes to the quantity of items represented by that color.

    Chart Keys

    In addition to explaining the color-coding in charts, you can use select the keys in the charts to show or hide data. If you hover over an item in the key, a popover displays all of the data points for that item.

    Report Links

    If you hover over a chart and the text changes color, the text links to another report to provide additional details.

    Report Parameters

    By default, data for your entire organization is selected. 

    You can select to display the data according to Usage, Hosts, Machines, SessionsClients, or Applications views. By default, the Usage view is selected.

    EnviroAssessViews

    New Data Pipeline
    Viewing data according to Hosts, Machines, and Clients is new for data pipeline reports.

    Aggregate machine data shown in the widgets below is only from the managed machines with the ControlUp Agent installed and running. Client data shown in the widgets below is only from client devices with the ControlUp Remote DX Agent installed and running.

    Usage

    In the Usage view, the report shows the following resource consumption details for the managed machines in the selected folder. 

    Usage Widgets

    Known Issue
    We are currently working to resolve the following known issue:
    • The widgets display an incorrect number of EUC sites.


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    Use the quantitative widgets to gain insights into your network's usage:

    • Total Hosts. Total number of virtualization servers that ran VMs that were monitored by the ControlUp Agent. This widget won't display if there are no monitored hypervisors in the selected folder. Click Total Hosts to drilldown to the Hosts Statistics report.
    • Total EUC Sites. Total number of EUC sites that were user initiated sessions.
    • Total Branches. Total number of branch sites that were user established sessions.
    • Managed Machines. Total number of machines that were monitored by the ControlUp Agent. Click Managed Machines to drilldown to the Machine Statistics report.
    • vCPU/pCPU Ratio on Hosts. Average ratio of virtual CPUs (vCPUs) to physical cores (pCPUs) on the monitored host machines. This widget won't display if there are no monitored hypervisors in the selected folder.
    • Total Running VMs. Highest daily count of VMs that ran on the host machines over the past 30 days. Not the total number of distinct VMs that ran in your organization over the past 30 days.
    • Unique Client Names. Total number of client machines (endpoints) that were used by users to establish sessions.
    • Unique Users. Total number of distinct users who used client machines to establish sessions.
    • Total Sessions. Total number of client sessions that were established by users. Click Total Sessions to drilldown to the Session Activity report.
    • Total Applications. Total number of unique applications that users opened. A unique application is a unique combination of a process name (e.g., cmd.exe) and a version number (e.g., 10.014393.0).
    • Total Clients. Total number of client sessions that were established by users that were monitored by the ControlUp Remote DX Agent.
    • Peak Concurrent Sessions. Peak concurrent number of client sessions that were established by users.

    The Usage view shows the following donut charts under the quantitative widgets:

    • Hosts
    • Machines
    • Users
    • Clients

    You can select to view the charts according to CPU or memory. By default, CPU is selected. The charts contains three concentric rings that show the percentage of items according to average (Avg), P95 (95th percentile) and P100 (maximum of average) resource usage utilization. The P95 of resource usage is based on 5-minute granularity and daily aggregation, representing the resource consumption level that was exceeded only 5% of the time. This metric offers a valuable insight into your organization's performance and capacity planning.

    Insights PanelInsightsPan

    The Insights panel shows summaries of your highest metrics for CPU and memory usage.

    High or Exceptional Usage

    At the bottom of the Usage view, the following widgets show data about high or exceptional resource usage for each type of resource consumer. 

    Bar graphs in each widget display the quantities used by the top consumers, listed in descending order. You can select to view a different resource type from the default resource in the dropdown.

    AppsTopSolve

    • Applications - Top 10 by Usage. Shows the 10 applications that were used the most by the total number of unique users or instances, based on how many unique instances that the application was opened in the previous month in your organization. By default, Users is the selected view. Each application is represented by a colored bar. The size of each bar indicates how many users or instances opened the application. Hover over a bar to view the exact numbers of users or instances for an application.

    HostsTopConsumers

    • Hosts - Top Consumers. Shows the 10 hosts that consumed the most resources by resource and usage type. By default, CPU is the selected resource type, and Avg is the selected usage type. Hover over a bar to view the exact percentage of resources consumed, number of VMs for a host, disk IOPS, or network Gbps.

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    • Machines - Top Consumers. Shows the 10 machines that consumed the most resources by resource and usage type. By default, CPU is the selected resource type, and Avg is the selected usage type. Hover over a bar to view the exact percentage of resources consumed, disk IOPS, network Mbps, or number of sessions for a machine.

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    • Applications - Top Consumers. Shows the 10 applications that consumed the most resources by resource type. By default, CPU is the selected resource type. Hover over a bar to view the exact percentage of resources consumed by an application, amount of memory GB, I/O IOPS, disk MB/s, or network Mbps.

    UsersTopConsumer(1)

    • Users - Top Consumers. Shows the 10 users who consumed the most resources by resource type. By default, CPU is the selected resource type. Hover over a bar to view the exact percentage of CPU consumed by a user or amount of memory GB.
    Hosts

    In the Hosts view, the report shows the following resource consumption details for the unique hosts in the selected folder. 

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    Hosts Widgets Hosts1

    • Hosts. You can select to view the Hosts chart according to CPU or memory. By default, CPU is selected. The chart contains three concentric rings that show the percentage of items according to AVG (average), P95 (95th percentile) and P100 (maximum of average) resource usage utilization based on daily aggregation. The P95 of resource usage is based on 5-minute granularity, representing the resource consumption level that was exceeded only 5% of the time. The P100 of resource usage represents the highest average resource consumption level that was exceeded. These metrics offer a valuable insight into your organization's performance and capacity planning.

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    In the Hosts chart, you can click the Insights icon to view a list of specific usage details of the hosts for the selected resource.

    You can hover over a ring in the chart to show the percentage of items by stress level:

    HostbyCPU

    • Light Green: No stress.
    • Dark Green: Low stress.
    • Orange: Medium stress.
    • Light Red: High stress.
    • Dark Red: Critical stress.

    You can click on the AVG, P95, or P100 metrics in the top left corner of the chart to view a Distribution graph for each data series, and the number of instances the metric is based on:

    DistributionSolveEach graph shows the number of items for distribution of 30 days average per hosts. Click Show Host Trends to open the Host Trends reportHostsbyMemor

    Click AVG in the top left of the Hosts widget, then click a bar in the Distribution graph to open a Host Statistics report according to the selected bar and metric.

    Charts By Memory
    If you select to view a chart by memory, the total P100 might exceed 100% on the distribution popover. This is because Solve rounds up the aggregated stress level values to the nearest whole numbers.

    HostsScore

    • Hosts Score. Shows total number of hosts and overall health distribution according to stress level, CPU score, memory score, disk score, or network score. By default, stress level is selected. Hover over a bar to show the percentage of hosts for each stress level.HostsScoreTime
    • Hosts Score Over Time. Shows overall health distribution of hosts according to stress level, CPU, memory, disk, or network, according to the percentage of time per day. By default, stress level is selected. Hover over a bar to view the score distribution for each day.HostsesourceTrends
    • Hosts - Resource Usage Trends. Shows charts of hosts resource usage trends for VM Count, CPU (%), Memory(%), Disk I/O (IOPS), and Network (Gbps). You can view the charts according to average, P95, or P100. By default, average is selected. Hover over a data point in a chart to view the score distribution for each day. Click a chart name to open the Host Trends report.HostsVers
    • Hosts Versions. Shows distribution of hosts according to the virtualization server version. Hover over a bar to show the number of hosts for each version.HostsCPUsage
    • Hosts - CPU Usage. Shows distribution of hosts according to assigned and used CPU, and the percentage of time per day. You can view the chart according to GHz or core. By default, GHz is selected. You can also view the chart according to average, P95, or P100. By default, average is selected. Hover over a bar to show the amount of assigned and used CPU for each day.HostsMemoryUse
    • Hosts - Memory Usage. Shows distribution of hosts according to assigned and used memory, and the percentage of time per day. You can view the charts according to average, P95, or P100. By default, average is selected. Hover over a bar to show the amount of assigned and used memory for each day.
    Machines

    In the Machines view, the report shows the following resource consumption details for the managed machines in the selected folder.

    MachinesView

    Machines WidgetsMachinesUsage

    • Machines. You can select to view the Machines chart according to CPU or memory. By default, CPU is selected. The chart contains three concentric rings that show the percentage of items according to AVG (average), P95 (95th percentile) and P100 (maximum of average) resource usage utilization based on daily aggregation. The P95 of resource usage is based on 5-minute granularity, representing the resource consumption level that was exceeded only 5% of the time. The P100 of resource usage represents the highest average resource consumption level that was exceeded. These metrics offer a valuable insight into your organization's performance and capacity planning.

    MachineInsight

    In the Machines chart, you can click the Insights icon to view a list of specific usage details of the hosts for the selected resource.

    You can hover over a ring in the chart to show the percentage of items by stress level:

    MachinesbyCPU

    • Light Green: No stress.
    • Dark Green: Low stress.
    • Orange: Medium stress.
    • Light Red: High stress.
    • Dark Red: Critical stress.

    You can click on the AVG, P95, or P100 metrics in the top left corner of the chart to view a Distribution graph for each data series, and the number of instances the metric is based on:

    MachineTrends

    Each graph shows the number of items for distribution of 30 days average per machines. Click Show Machine Trends to open the Machine Trends report.

    MachinesMemory

    Click AVG in the top left of the Machines widget, then click a bar in the Distribution graph to open a Machine Statistics report according to the selected bar and metric.

    Charts by Memory
    If you select to view a chart by memory, the total P100 might exceed 100% on the distribution popover. This is because Solve rounds up the aggregated stress level values to the nearest whole numbers.

    MachineDistrib

    • Machines Distribution Over Time. Shows overall health distribution of machines according to CPU or memory, according to the percentage of time per day. By default, CPU is selected. Hover over a bar to view the score distribution for each day. Click a bar to view a machine utilization range chart of the minimum, average, and maximum percentage per day.MachinesResourceTrens
    • Machines - Resource Usage Trends. Shows charts of machines resource usage trends for CPU (%), GPU (%), Memory(%), Disk I/O (IOPS), Network (Mbps), and User Sessions. You can view the charts according to average, P95, or P100. By default, average is selected. Hover over a data point in a chart to view the score distribution for each day.MachineSizinAnalysDist
    • Machines - Sizing Analysis Distribution. Shows distribution of machines according to sizing status, based on CPU and memory usage. The sizing recommendation can be over, under, or right. Hover over a bar on the chart to show the number of machines for each recommendation.MachinesCPUSage
    • Machines - CPU Usage. Shows distribution of machines according to the amount of assigned and used CPU per day. You can view the chart according to GHz or core. By default, GHz is selected. You can also view the chart according to average, P95, or P100. By default, average is selected. Hover over a bar to show the amount of assigned and used CPU for each day.MachinesMemUsage
    • Machines - Memory Usage. Shows distribution of machines according to assigned and used memory (GB) per day. You can also view the chart according to average, P95, or P100. By default, average is selected. Hover over a bar to show the amount of assigned and used memory for each day.MachinesOSDist
    • Machines - OS Distribution. Shows distribution of machines according to the machine OS. Hover over a bar to show the number of machines for each OS.
    Sessions

    In the Sessions view, the report shows the following resource consumption details for the user sessions established on machines in the selected folder.

    SessionsView

    Sessions WidgetsSessionsLogonDist(1)

    • Logon Duration Distribution. Shows total number of sessions and overall logon duration distribution by seconds. Hover over a bar to show the number of sessions for each logon duration. The percentage of sessions are color-coded according to logon duration:
      • Light Green: Less than 20 seconds.
      • Dark Green: 20-40 seconds.
      • Orange: 40-80 seconds.
      • Light Red: 80-120 seconds.
      • Dark Red: Above 120 seconds.
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    • Logon Duration Distribution Over Time. Shows distribution of sessions according to logon duration in seconds. Hover over a bar to view the percentage distribution for each day. Click a bar to view the minimum, average, and maximum duration in seconds per day. Click Show Session Activity to open the Session Activity report.SessionsResource
    • Sessions Resource Usage Trends. Shows charts of session resource usage trends for Active Sessions, CPU (%), GPU (%), Memory (MB), and Disk I/O (IOPS). You can view the charts according to average, P95, or P100. By default, average is selected. Hover over a data point in a chart to view the score distribution for each day. Click a chart name to open the Session Activity report.SessionsPerformance
    • Sessions Performance Trends. Shows charts of session performance trends for Logon Duration (s), Protocol Bandwidth (Mbps), Protocol Latency (ms), RTT (ms), Frame Per Second, and App In Use. You can view the charts according to average, P95, or P100. By default, average is selected. Hover over a data point in a chart to view the score distribution for each day. Click a chart name to open the Session Activity report.SessionsEUC
    • Sessions Per EUC Site. Shows distribution of sessions according to the EUC site from where the sessions were established. Hover over a bar to show the number of sessions for each EUC site.SessionsBranch
    • Sessions Per Branch. Shows distribution of sessions according to the geographical branch location from where the sessions were established. Hover over a bar to show the number of sessions for each branch.SessionsCount
    • Sessions - Count by Session Status. Shows total number of sessions per day according to active, idle, disconnected, or other session status. Hover over a bar to show the number of sessions for each status.SessionsTime
    • Sessions - Time by Session Status. Shows percentage of time of the total session lifetime according to active, idle, disconnected, or other session status, per day. Hover over a bar to show the number of sessions for each status.
    Clients

    In the Clients view, the report shows the following resource consumption details for the client devices in the selected folder.

    ClientsView

    Clients Widgets     

    ClientsUsage

    • Clients. You can select to view the Clients chart according to CPU or memory. By default, CPU is selected. The chart contains three concentric rings that show the percentage of items according to AVG (average), P95 (95th percentile) and P100 (maximum of average) resource usage utilization based on daily aggregation. The P95 of resource usage is based on 5-minute granularity, representing the resource consumption level that was exceeded only 5% of the time. The P100 of resource usage represents the highest average resource consumption level that was exceeded. These metrics offer a valuable insight into your organization's performance and capacity planning.

    ClientsInsight

    In the Clients chart, you can click the Insights icon to view a list of specific usage details of the hosts for the selected resource.

    You can hover over a ring in the chart to show the percentage of items by stress level:

    • Light Green: No stress.
    • Dark Green: Low stress.
    • Orange: Medium stress.
    • Light Red: High stress.
    • Dark Red: Critical stress.

    You can click on the AVG, P95, or P100 metrics in the top left corner of the chart to view a Distribution graph for each data series, and the number of instances the metric is based on. Each graph shows the number of items for distribution of 30 days average per clients.

    ClientScore

    • Clients Scores. Shows total number of clients and overall health distribution according to stress level. Hover over a bar on the chart to view the score distribution for each stress level.

    ClientScoreTime

    • Clients Scores Over Time. Shows overall health distribution of clients according to stress level, and the percentage of time per day. Hover over a bar to view the score distribution for each day.

    ClientResource

    • Clients Resource Usage Trends. Shows charts of clients resource usage trends for CPU (%) and Packet Loss (%). You can view the charts according to average, P95, or P100. By default, average is selected. Hover over a data point in a chart to view the score distribution for each day. Click a chart name to open the Session Activity report.

    ClientWifFi

    • Clients - WiFi Signal Over Time. Shows charts of top 3 client sessions WiFi signal strength (%) per day, for each WiFi network in your organization. Hover over a data point in a chart to view the score distribution for each day.

    ClientNetLat

    • Clients – Network Latency. Shows charts of client sessions network latency (ms) per day for LAN, Internet, and Session networks. Hover over a data point in a chart to view the score distribution for each day.
    Applications

    In the Applications view, the report shows the following resource consumption details for the applications that ran in the selected folder.

    AppsView

    Applications Widgets

    AppsTopSolve

    • Top 10 Applications. Shows the 10 applications that were used the most by the total number of unique users or instances, based on how many unique instances that the application was opened in the previous month in your organization. By default, Users is the selected view. Each application is represented by a colored bar. The size of each bar indicates how many users or instances opened the application. Hover over a bar to view the exact numbers of users or instances for an application.

    TopPeakApps

    • Top 10 Peak Concurrent Application Instances. Shows the top 10 peak concurrent applications by instances. Hover over a bar to view the total number of instances.

    TopUniq

    • Top 10 Unique Users. Shows the top 10 applications by unique users who established instances. Hover over a bar to view the total number of users.


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