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A longer data collection period provides a better picture of activity on the system over

time than shorter periods do.

5.

Change the Meters Represent setting if a different calculation is desired .

6.

Examine the table titled Systems to be modified:.

If you wish to modify the CPU utilization to account for any change in virtualization overhead,
you can enter a percentage under CPU virtualization overhead %. The default is 0% to represent
no change.

7.

Click OK to accept these changes.

After clicking OK, you see an updated Edit Scenario page. The modified virtual machines now
appear as Server under the System Type heading.

Changing servers to be VMs (manually)

This option provides a quick way to change a physical server into a virtual machine so that you
can later simulate the movement of virtual machines among VM hosts.

Prerequisites

You must select one or more systems on the Systems tab to enable this menu option.

At least one selected system must be a VM host.

Change servers to be VMs

For specific descriptions of each field on this screen, click the help topic link on the software screen
for this task.

1.

From the System tab of the scenario editor, select one or more servers.

2.

Select What-If Action

→Change Servers to be VMs from the menu bar.

The Edit Scenario: Change Servers to be VMs screen displays.

3.

Change the Meter Style, if desired.

4.

Change the Data Range if a different size of data collection is desired, and click OK to refresh
the table display.

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A longer data collection period provides a better picture of activity on the system over

time than shorter periods do.

5.

Change the Meters Represent setting if a different calculation is desired .

6.

Examine the table titled Systems to be modified:.

If you want to modify the CPU utilization to account for any change in virtualization overhead,
you can enter a percentage under CPU virtualization overhead %. The default is 0% to represent
no change. On entering a new value for CPU virtualization overhead, you must click Refresh
to update the table titled To: (Selected VM Host) with the new values.

7.

Optional. Change the headroom calculation. You must click Refresh to update the server
destination table with the new values.

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