HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 5)

Data collection and the HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software..............................63
Using Capacity Advisor with consolidation software server data............................................64
Viewing the licensed servers in HP SIM....................................................................................64
Importing data for use in Capacity Advisor...................................................................................64
From the Optimize menu — Import HP OVPA data.................................................................64
From the Optimize menu — Import HP PMP data...................................................................65
From the command line.............................................................................................................66
Ascertaining the data collection availability for a set of servers................................................66
Possible sources of discrepancies in collected data.........................................................................66
No data collected for a managed node......................................................................................66
Data timestamp appears to be incorrect....................................................................................66
Dynamic memory in HP Integrity virtual machines.................................................................67
Producing graphs and reports..............................................................................................................67
Using the Profile Viewer..................................................................................................................67
Using the report wizard..................................................................................................................71
The report wizard.......................................................................................................................71
Creating an historic utilization report........................................................................................72
Creating a scenario utilization report........................................................................................73
Using the report wizard to create a scenario comparison.........................................................74
An example scenario comparison report..............................................................................74
Calculating a virtualization consolidation ratio...................................................................75
Creating a consolidation candidates report...............................................................................76
Creating a cost allocation report................................................................................................76
Creating a peak summary report...............................................................................................76
Creating a population report.....................................................................................................77
Creating a trend report...............................................................................................................77
Creating a power report.............................................................................................................78
Setting utilization limits........................................................................................................................78
Setting global utilization limits.......................................................................................................79
Adding a utilization limit...........................................................................................................79
Removing a utilization limit......................................................................................................79
Setting workload utilization limits..................................................................................................80
Adding a utilization limit...........................................................................................................80
Enabling or disabling the limit...................................................................................................80
Removing a utilization limit......................................................................................................80
Setting scenario-wide utilization limits...........................................................................................80
Adding a utilization limit...........................................................................................................80
Enabling or disabling the limit...................................................................................................81
Removing a utilization limit......................................................................................................81
Setting scenario workload utilization limits....................................................................................81
Adding a utilization limit...........................................................................................................81
Enabling or disabling the limit...................................................................................................81
Removing a utilization limit......................................................................................................82
Forecasting utilization..........................................................................................................................82
Defining forecast models.................................................................................................................82
Accessing the Global Forecast Model........................................................................................82
Defining the Global Forecast Model.....................................................................................83
Accessing the forecast model for a workload or system............................................................83
Defining the forecast model for a workload or system........................................................84
Accessing the forecast model for a scenario..............................................................................84
Accessing the forecast model for a workload within a scenario................................................85
Defining a forecast model..........................................................................................................85
Disabling a forecast model.........................................................................................................85
Enabling a forecast model..........................................................................................................85
Generating forecasts........................................................................................................................85
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