Graphical user interface for visual correlation of virtual machine information and storage volume information

1. A method comprising:

obtaining, by a computer system from a first component on a computer network, virtual machine data related to a particular virtual machine, the virtual machine data identifying a particular storage volume configured for use by the particular virtual machine;

obtaining, by the computer system from a second component on the computer network, storage volume data indicative of a performance of the particular storage volume;

determining, by the computer system, that the storage volume data are related to the virtual machine data, based on information in the virtual machine data and information in the storage volume data;

determining performance of a storage controller that manages the particular storage volume based on storage data obtained from the storage controller; and

causing, by the computer system, display of a graphical user interface that includes a visual association of virtual machine information related to the particular virtual machine with performance information related to the particular storage volume, based on a determination that the storage volume data are related to the virtual machine data, wherein the graphical user interface further includes a user control associated with the particular storage volume, and wherein selection by a user of the user control associated with the particular storage volume causes display of performance information related to the particular storage volume and performance information related to the storage controller that manages the particular storage volume.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual machine data is obtained by the computer system from a first application programming interface (API) made available by a virtual system manager that manages one or more virtual machines, and wherein the storage volume data is obtained by the computer system from a second API made available by a storage manager that manages one or more storage units and that is not the virtual system manager.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining the virtual machine data from a virtual machine information index; and

obtaining the storage data from a virtual machine information index.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular storage volume; and

causing display of the performance metric associated with the particular storage volume and an indication that the particular storage volume is a cause of a performance issue associated with the particular virtual machine.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine; and

causing display of a visualization of the performance metric.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine;

changing a state of the performance metric based on an amount of remaining storage space; and

causing display of a visualization of the performance metric.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular storage volume;

changing a state of the performance metric based on an amount of storage space of the storage volume that is over-provisioned; and

causing display of a visualization of the performance metric.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine, based on memory that is actively in use in the virtual machine; and

causing display of a visualization of the performance metric.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine, based on a virtual memory saved by memory sharing; and

causing display of a visualization of the performance metric.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine, based on a virtual memory used for the virtual machine; and

causing display of a visualization of the performance metric.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine, based on physical memory that is mapped to the particular virtual machine, which precludes overhead memory; and

causing display of a visualization of the performance metric.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine, based on an amount of physical memory that is reclaimed by a host of the particular virtual machine through a ballooning driver; and

causing display of a visualization of the performance metric.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine, based on memory that is read by the virtual machine from a swap file of a host of the particular virtual machine; and

causing display of a visualization of the performance metric.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine, based on an amount of memory that the particular virtual machine has had to write to a swap file; and

causing display of a visualization of the performance metric.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine, based on an amount of memory of the virtual machine that has been swapped by a host of the virtual machine; and

causing display of a visualization of the performance metric.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine, wherein the performance metric is indicative of any of a task assignment count, a task assignment type, a task completion count, or migrations associated with the virtual machine or a host of the virtual machine; and

causing display of a visualization of the performance metric.

17. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine, wherein the performance metric describes a property of a virtual environment including the virtual machine, a host of the virtual machine, a virtual machine manager, and a virtual system manager.

18. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

causing generation of a visualization of a performance metric in a graphical interface that enables a user to visually determine a cause of a performance issue of the particular virtual machine.

19. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

causing generation of a visualization of a value associated with a performance metric in the graphical interface, the visualization being indicative of a cause of a performance issue of the particular virtual machine.

20. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine, wherein the performance metric is a type of computer cluster performance metric; and

causing display of a visualization of the performance metric.

21. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine, wherein the performance metric is a host-based replication performance metric; and

causing display of a visualization of the performance metric.

22. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a memory performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine; and

causing display of a visualization of the memory performance metric.

23. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a network performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine; and

causing display of a visualization of the network performance metric.

24. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a power performance metric associated with the particular virtual machine; and

causing display of a visualization of the power performance metric.

25. A processing system comprising:

a processor;

a network interface coupled to the processor; and

a memory including instructions, execution of which by the processor causes the processing system to:

obtain, from a first component on a computer network, virtual machine data related to a particular virtual machine, the virtual machine data identifying a particular storage volume configured for use by the particular virtual machine;

obtain, from a second component on the computer network, storage volume data indicative of a performance of the particular storage volume;

determine that the storage volume data are related to the virtual machine data, based on information in the virtual machine data and information in the storage volume data;

determine performance of a storage controller that manages the particular storage volume based on storage data obtained from the storage controller; and

cause display of a graphical user interface that includes a visual association of virtual machine information related to the particular virtual machine with performance information related to the particular storage volume, based on a determination that the storage volume data are related to the virtual machine data, wherein the graphical user interface further includes a user control associated with the particular storage volume, and wherein selection by a user of the user control associated with the particular storage volume causes display of performance information related to the particular storage volume and performance information related to the storage controller that manages the particular storage volume.

26. A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions, execution of which in a processing system causes the processing system to perform operations that comprise:

obtaining, from a first component on a computer network, virtual machine data related to a particular virtual machine, the virtual machine data identifying a particular storage volume configured for use by the particular virtual machine;

obtaining, from a second component on the computer network, storage volume data indicative of a performance of the particular storage volume;

determining that the storage volume data are related to the virtual machine data, based on information in the virtual machine data and information in the storage volume data;

determining performance of a storage controller that manages the particular storage volume based on storage data obtained from the storage controller; and

causing display of a graphical user interface that includes a visual association of virtual machine information related to the particular virtual machine with performance information related to the particular storage volume, based on a determination that the storage volume data are related to the virtual machine data, wherein the graphical user interface further includes a user control associated with the particular storage volume, and wherein selection by a user of the user control associated with the particular storage volume causes display of performance information related to the particular storage volume and performance information related to the storage controller that manages the particular storage volume.