ZCF Observability
ZCF Observability aggregates resource, metric, and log data from connected components. It helps users view running status from global, component, and resource perspectives, and supports operations analysis and report generation.
Before using ZCF Observability, connect infrastructure components through ZCF Cloud Federation and enable resource, metric, or log collection as needed. After access and collection are configured, users can view data at different levels through Home, dashboards, views, reports, Metrics Explorer, Log Explorer, Assets, and Infrastructure pages.
If a page does not show expected data, first check whether the corresponding component is connected, whether collection is enabled, and whether the latest collection or synchronization is normal.
Core Concepts
Before using ZCF Observability, learn the following concepts about data sources, analysis views, and collection configurations:
| Concept | Description |
|---|---|
| Data Source | A component or environment that is connected through ZCF Cloud Federation and has collection enabled. Resource, metric, and log data on observability pages depends on the connection scope and collection configuration. |
| Dashboard | A visualization page that displays resource health, capacity, performance, and asset status. Dashboards are suitable for daily checks and overall status review. |
| View | A reusable chart or data display unit for viewing resources and metrics from a specific perspective. |
| Report Template | A template that defines report content and generation method. It can be used to generate operations reports on demand or on a schedule. |
| Generation Record | A historical record generated after report generation. It is used to view generation results and download generated report files. |
| Metric | Numeric data that describes resource running status, such as CPU, memory, capacity, network, or service status. |
| Log | Runtime, operation, or audit text records from connected components. Logs are used for troubleshooting, anomaly diagnosis, and operation traceability. |
| Asset | A resource object synchronized to ZCF, such as a physical host, VM instance, container resource, or storage resource. |
| Collection Configuration | A configuration that controls the collection scope of resource, metric, and log data. After collection is configured correctly, related data becomes available for queries, dashboards, and reports. |
Access ZCF Observability
After switching to Global Management in the upper-right corner of the main menu, use the following pages to access ZCF Observability. Different pages support different operational tasks: Home is used for quick status checks, dashboards and reports are used for fine-grained analysis, and Operations pages are used to query metrics, logs, and collection status.
| Page | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Home | View resource scale, health status, capacity usage, and performance status of connected components. This page is suitable for daily checks and overall environment review. |
| Dashboards & Reports | View global or component-level dashboards, create and maintain views and report templates, and generate reports on demand or on a schedule. |
| Operations | Query metrics and logs, view assets and infrastructure, and configure resource, metric, and log collection. |
Note: Observability data depends on component connection and collection configuration. If a page has no data, check whether the related component is connected through ZCF Cloud Federation and whether resource, metric, or log collection is enabled.Review Runtime Overview
Use the Home, Dashboard, Assets, and Infrastructure pages to view resource scale, health status, capacity usage, performance trends, and resource distribution across the connected environment. This workflow is useful for routine checks, environment overview, and resource status confirmation.
View the Global Overview
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Home shows the resource and operations overview of ZCF. It helps users understand resource scale, health status, capacity usage, and performance status of connected components on one page. Use this page for daily checks, post-deployment checks, and quick assessment of environment status.
| Area | Description |
|---|---|
| Global Core Status | Displays resource overview, health overview, and capacity usage to help users understand the overall status of the current environment. |
| Cloud Platform · Virtualization and Basic Resources | Displays the scale and distribution of cloud platform resources, such as VM instances, physical hosts, networks, and capacity-related resources. |
| Container · Orchestration | Displays the status of Kubernetes clusters, nodes, workloads, and pods to help users understand container environment status. |
| Storage · Distributed | Displays the status and health of storage servers, disks, and related storage resources to help users understand storage availability. |
| Performance Insights · Resource Consumption Rankings | Displays performance-related rankings to help users quickly locate resource objects that need attention. |
Procedure
- Log in to ZCF.
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- In the main menu, click Home.
- View global core status, resource overview, health overview, capacity usage, resource status, and performance rankings.
What to do next
Note: Home data depends on infrastructure component access and collection status. If a resource area is empty, check whether the corresponding product is connected through ZCF Cloud Federation and whether resource collection is enabled.View Dashboards
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Dashboards show resource health, capacity, performance, and asset status from a global or component perspective. Start with the operations overview, and then open a cloud, container, or storage dashboard for a focused check.
| Dashboard | Use Case |
|---|---|
| Operations Overview | View the overall status of connected components. Use it for daily checks and cross-component status review. |
| Cloud Dashboard | View overview, availability, capacity, performance, and asset inventory for cloud resources. |
| Container Dashboard | View overview, availability, capacity, performance, control plane, and asset inventory for Kubernetes-related resources. |
| Storage Dashboard | View overview, availability, capacity, performance, and asset inventory for storage resources. |
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- Select the operations overview, cloud dashboard, container dashboard, or storage dashboard as needed.
- Review overview, availability, capacity, performance, and asset inventory information on the selected dashboard.
What to do next
Note: Dashboard data depends on resource, metric, and log collection. If a dashboard is empty or incomplete, check whether the corresponding component is connected and whether collection is enabled.View Assets
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Assets is used to view and search resources across components. You can view resources by resource type and use monitoring data to understand resource runtime status.
| Operation | Description |
|---|---|
| Select Resource Type | Switch between resource types such as host, VM instance, and pod. |
| Search Resources | Search resources by field and value. |
| Set Grouping | View the resource list by supported grouping methods. |
| Switch Display Mode | Switch between list view, graph view, and cluster heat map. |
| View Resource Details | View resource details and related monitoring information. |
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- Select the resource type to view.
- Search resources by field and value, or view the resource list by supported grouping methods.
- Switch between list view, graph view, or cluster heat map as needed.
- Open resource details to view resource information and related metrics.
View Infrastructure
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Infrastructure shows base resource structure and capacity distribution from global, cloud federation, cloud, storage, and container perspectives.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Global Overview | View total asset count and resource counts for cloud, storage, and container resources. |
| Capacity Distribution | View CPU, memory, storage, and other capacity usage across connected platforms. |
| Network Resource Summary | View summaries of L3 networks, L2 networks, IP addresses, security groups, load balancers, and other network resources. |
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- Switch among tabs such as Overview, Cloud Federation, Cloud, Storage, and Container (K8S).
- View resource count, capacity distribution, resource status, or network resource summary.
Build Analysis Views and Reports
Use built-in or custom views to preserve common analysis dimensions, and organize views into report templates for on-demand or scheduled report generation. This workflow is useful for periodic checks, capacity analysis, performance review, and asset inventory output.
View and Maintain Views
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Views are reusable chart views for resource or metric analysis. Use built-in views for common analysis dimensions, or maintain existing custom views for later checks, report output, or troubleshooting.
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- On the Overview tab, view built-in views. On the Management tab, maintain custom views.
Operation Description View Built-in Views View common views for availability, assets, performance, and capacity. Switch Platform Type Switch the view scope by platform type, such as cloud, container, or storage. Search or Filter Views Find views by name or applicable platform type. Clone or Maintain Views Clone built-in views, or edit, clone, and delete custom views.
What to do next
Note: Built-in views are typically used for viewing and cloning. Custom views can be edited, cloned, or deleted. Created views can be added as report content in report templates. Dashboards are mainly preset dashboards. Available dashboard content depends on the capabilities provided on the page.Create a Custom View
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Create a custom view when built-in views do not cover a specific resource or metric analysis requirement. After a custom view is created, you can reuse it from the view list or add it to a report template.
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- On the Management tab, click Create View.
- Configure custom view parameters as prompted.
Parameter Description Name The display name of the custom view in the view list and report templates. Use a name that identifies the analysis object or purpose. Description The purpose of the view. Use it to identify the routine check, analysis, or reporting scenario for the view. View Type The display and analysis type of the view. Available parameters may vary by view type. Follow the fields displayed on the page. Business Category The category that the view belongs to. It is used for filtering in the view list, report templates, and later maintenance. Applicable Platform Type The platform scope of the view, such as cloud, container, or storage. Available data depends on connected components and collection status. Resource Type The resource object type to analyze. Supported fields, metrics, and filters may vary by resource type. View Configuration Display fields, metrics, filters, or chart settings that define what the view shows. - In Preview and Confirm, review the display and save the view.
What to do next
Note: Custom views are useful for recurring analysis dimensions. Before creating a view, make sure that the required resource or metric data has been collected. Otherwise, the preview and later reports might have no data.View and Maintain Report Templates
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Report Template defines report content and generation methods. View built-in templates for capacity, performance, asset inventory, and availability, or clone existing templates to create new report templates.
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- On the Report Template tab, view, search, or clone report templates.
Operation Description View Templates View report templates for capacity, performance, asset inventory, availability, and other scenarios, and confirm the template scope and report content. Clone Template Clone an existing template to create a new report template. Search Templates Search report templates by template name.
Create a Report Template
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A report template combines multiple views into an operations report that can be generated on demand or on a schedule. Create report templates from existing views for capacity analysis, performance review, asset inventory, or availability checks.
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- On the Report Template tab, click Create Report Template.
- Configure report template parameters as prompted.
Parameter Description Template Name The display name of the report template in the template list and generation records. Use a name that identifies the report purpose. Description The purpose of the report template. Use it to distinguish templates for capacity analysis, performance review, asset inventory, or availability checks. Available Views The views to include in the report. Available views include built-in views and custom views. View Category The category used to filter available views, such as capacity, performance, assets, and availability. Report Content The selected views and their display order, which determine the main content structure of the generated report. - Review the view order and content in the report content area, and save the template as prompted.
What to do next
Note: If the available views do not meet your reporting needs, create a custom view first and then add it to the report template.Generate and Download Reports
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Reports can be generated from report templates on demand or on a schedule. View generation history on the Generation Record tab and download generated report files.
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- On the Report Template tab, select a template.
- Generate a report immediately, or configure a schedule for the template.
Operation Description Generate Immediately Generate a report from a template immediately. Use this for ad hoc checks or analysis output. Configure Scheduled Generation Configure a schedule for a report template. Use this for periodic capacity, performance, asset inventory, or availability reports. View Generation Records View report generation history, execution status, and generation results. Download Reports Download generated report files. Available formats depend on what the page provides. - On the Generation Record tab, view the generation result and download the report file.
Troubleshoot Metrics and Logs
Use Metrics Summary and Log Summary to understand data volume, source distribution, and trends, and then use Metrics Explorer or Log Explorer to locate issues by metric, field, level, and time range. This workflow is useful for performance analysis, abnormal log investigation, and real-time log diagnosis.
View Metrics Summary
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Metrics Summary shows current metric data ingestion. Use it to confirm which components have metric data, whether the data volume is as expected, and whether collection exceptions exist.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Collection Overview | View connected platform count, online status, metric count, and total metric data volume. |
| Source Distribution | View metric count and data ratio by connected platform to determine whether data volume is as expected. |
| Integrated Platforms | View connected monitoring platforms and their data volume to locate platforms with missing metric data. |
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- View metric ingestion overview, source distribution, and integrated platform list.
Query Metrics
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Metrics Explorer combines platform, resource, and metric conditions to show the trend of one or more metrics within a specified time range. You can save frequently used queries as views for later analysis.
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- Set metric query conditions as prompted.
Configuration item Description Query object Select the platform, resource scope, or resource object to analyze. Metrics and time range Select metrics, aggregation method, chart style, and time range to view metric trends. Multiple metrics Add multiple metrics to the same query to analyze how the metrics change in relation to each other. - Run the query and view metric trends. To compare multiple metrics, add more metrics and run the query again.
What to do next
Note: If the target metric cannot be queried, check whether the target component is connected and whether metric collection is configured correctly.Save a Metric Query as a View
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For metric queries that you need to revisit, save the query conditions and display settings as a view. The saved view can be reused from the view list or added to a report template.
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- Set metric query conditions as prompted.
Parameter Description Platform The platform or component scope for metric queries. Available options depend on connected components and metric collection status. Resource Scope The resource object or resource group to analyze. It limits the data scope of the metric query. Metric One or more metrics to view. Supported metrics may vary by platform and resource type. Aggregation Method The aggregation or calculation method for metric data. It controls how trend data is calculated. Chart Style The display style of the query result. Use it to view metric data by trend, comparison, or distribution. Time Range The time range for the metric query. After the query is saved as a view, you can reuse the query conditions for later analysis. - Run the query and verify that the result meets your expectation.
- Save the current query as a view as prompted.
- Go to and verify that the view is generated.
View Log Summary
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Log Summary shows total log volume, log entries, data source ranking, log volume trends, and log level distribution. Use it to determine whether log collection is normal and which platforms or log levels need attention.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Time Range | View log data by time range, such as the last 15 minutes, 1 hour, 24 hours, or 7 days. |
| Log Overview | View total data volume, log entries, ingestion rate, and active data sources to confirm whether logs are continuously entering ZCF. |
| Source and Level Distribution | View log volume ranking by connected platform and log level distribution to identify platforms with unusual log volume or high-severity logs. |
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- Switch the time range and view log overview, source ranking, log volume trend, and log level distribution.
Query Logs
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Log Explorer searches logs by platform, field, level, and time range. Use field filters to narrow the query scope and locate abnormal time ranges, log sources, and key fields.
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- Set log query conditions as prompted.
Configuration item Description Query scope Select the connected platform and time range to define the log data scope. Filters Filter results by parsed log fields or log levels to narrow the troubleshooting scope. - View log distribution and log details.
What to do next
Note: If log query results are empty, check whether the target component is connected and whether log collection is configured correctly.Diagnose Logs with Live Tail
About this task
Use Live Tail to observe continuously generated logs. Live Tail is useful when you reproduce an issue, perform an operations task, or verify log collection status.
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- Switch to the Live Tail tab.
- Select the connected platform whose logs you want to view, and configure log source or filters as needed.
- Review the live log output and use the timestamp, level, and key fields to locate issues.
What to do next
Note: If Live Tail does not return logs, check whether the target platform is connected and whether log collection is configured correctly.Configure Data Collection
Resource, metric, and log data are the basis of observability analysis. Use the corresponding collection pages to check collection status, synchronization results, and collection configurations, and adjust collection policies when data is missing or the collection scope changes.
Configure Resource Collection
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Resource Collection is used to check resource synchronization status for each platform and adjust resource synchronization policies. After resource collection is normal, Assets, Infrastructure, Dashboards, and Reports can display the corresponding resource data.
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- Select a connected platform from the platform list and check resource collection status.
Operation Description View synchronization status View resource count, synchronization status, latest synchronization time, and synchronization frequency for a connected platform. View results by resource type Check synchronization results by resource type to determine whether specific resource data has been collected correctly. - To update resource data immediately, manually trigger resource synchronization for the target platform if the page provides the synchronize-now operation.
- To adjust collection scope or synchronization policy, update the resource collection configuration as prompted.
Operation Description Synchronize resources manually Manually trigger resource synchronization when the page provides the synchronize-now operation. Adjust collection scope Adjust the resource collection scope or synchronization policy based on operations analysis requirements.
What to do next
Note: Before modifying collection configurations, make sure that the target component is connected to ZCF Cloud Federation and that your account has the required permissions.Configure Metric Collection
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Metric Collection Management is used to check metric collection status for each platform and adjust metric collection configurations. After metric collection is normal, Metrics Summary, Metrics Explorer, Dashboards, and Reports can display corresponding metric data.
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- View platform type, collection status, update time, and related collection configurations.
Operation Description View collection status View platform type, collection status, update time, and metric collection configuration. Troubleshoot missing metrics If dashboards, Metrics Explorer, or reports lack metric data, first check the collection status and the connected platform status. - To adjust metric collection scope or collection policy, open the corresponding collection configuration and modify it as prompted.
Operation Description Adjust collection configuration Adjust the metric collection scope or collection policy as needed.
What to do next
Note: If dashboards or Metrics Explorer lack metric data, check whether metric collection is normal, and then check the connected platform status.Configure Log Collection
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Log Collection Management is used to check log collection status for each platform and adjust log collection configurations. After log collection is normal, Log Summary and Log Explorer can display corresponding log data.
Procedure
- In the upper-right corner of the main menu, switch to Global Management.
- Go to .
- View platform type, collection status, collection target, update time, and related collection configurations.
Operation Description View collection status View platform type, collection status, collection target, update time, and log collection configuration. Troubleshoot missing logs If Log Summary or Log Explorer lacks log data, first check the collection status and the connected platform status. - To adjust log collection scope or collection policy, open the corresponding collection configuration and modify it as prompted.
Operation Description Adjust collection configuration Adjust the log collection scope, collection target, or collection policy as needed.
What to do next
Note: If Log Summary or Log Explorer lacks data, check whether log collection is normal, and then check the connected platform status.