Monitoring and Reporting
Applies To: Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1
To find out the status of operations in Virtual Machine Manager, administrators monitor detailed job status instead of alerts. You can perform comprehensive job monitoring through Jobs view or through the Jobs window, which can be displayed from any view. Reporting is provided through System Center Operations Manager 2007.
In this section
- About Jobs
Learn how VMM handles jobs, job groups, and multi-job processes.
- Monitoring Jobs in VMM
In Jobs view, view a complete listing of VMM jobs that you can search, sort, filter, and group. Open a Jobs window to monitor the progress of your long-running jobs while you work in any view. Get information about the latest job for a virtual machine or host. View job status summaries for PRO tips.
- How to Restart a Job
Restart a job in Jobs view or from the Jobs window.
- How to Cancel a Job
Cancel a job in Jobs view or from the Jobs window.
- Setting Up Reporting in VMM
Review the tasks involved in setting up reporting, with references to more information.
- Using Reports in VMM
Order reports in Reporting view of the VMM Administrator Console and from the Operations Console for Operations Manager 2007.