Use VMware Tools on the VM-Series Firewall on ESXi and vCloud Air

View the IP address(es) on the management interface and the software version on the firewall and Panorama.

In the Hosts and Cluster section on the vCenter server, select the firewall or Panorama and view the

Summary

tab for information on the IP address(es) assigned to the management interface and the software version currently installed.



View resource utilization metrics on hard disk, memory, and CPU. Use these metrics to enable alarms on the vCenter server.

In the Hosts and Cluster section on the vCenter server, select the firewall or Panorama and view the

Monitor

Utilization

tab for information on hard disk, memory, and CPU usage.



Gracefully shutdown or restart the firewall and Panorama from the vCenter server.

In the Hosts and Cluster section on the vCenter server, select the firewall or Panorama and select the

Actions

Power

drop-down.



Create alarm definitions for events you want to be notified about, or events for which you want to specify an automated action.

Refer to the VMware documentation for details on creating alarm definitions.

In the Hosts and Cluster section on the vCenter server, select the firewall or Panorama and select the

Manage

Alarm Definitions

to add a new trigger and specify an action when a threshold is met. For example, missing heartbeats for a specified duration, or when memory resource usage exceeds a threshold. The following screenshot shows you how to use notifications for heartbeat monitoring on the firewall or Panorama.