You can use the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics user interface from the VMware vSphere Client.
As a vSphere Administrator, you can use the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in from vSphere Client to initiate the diagnostics run, run health checks, view the analysis report and manage the configurations.
Prerequisites
The VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in must be registered with the VMware vCenter Server instance.
You need a valid VMware vCenter Server SSO admin user credentials.
Procedure
- Log in to the VMware vCenter Server user interface using SSO admin user credentials.
- From the top menu, click .
The welcome page of Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in is loaded into VMware vCenter Server user interface.
- Click Start Analyze . You should be redirected to the Tasks tab.
- Select New Diagnostics or New HealthCheck and choose checks from the displayed list and click Next.
- Click Connect from Target Details to fetch the VMware vCenter Server inventory view.
- Choose inventory objects on which you want to the run the analysis it could be VMWare vCenter Server or VMware ESXi hosts from inventory tree view and click Next.
- Enter Tag , enter Log Analyze Limit (Days) under Additional Details and click Next.
- Review Details and click Finish.
A new task would be spawned, click Refresh Task to view the status of the analysis task.
- After the task is completed, you can view report by clicking on Show Report.
- Select report from checkbox and click on View to get the analysis report or click Download to save report.
Results
You will be able to use the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in from the VMware vCenter Server user interface to perform the diagnostics on the registered VMware vCenter Server instances and View or Download the analysis reports.
Caution:
You must enable and allow the pop up in the browser for the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics user interface to allow the report download or else it will fail.
