HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 48)

Making servers become virtual machines using automated solution finding
Select ten legacy servers from the manual consolidation example to become virtual machines,
and then select What-If Action
→Change Servers to be VMs→Automated Consolidation of
Servers to VMs...
Screen 1 of 3
Modify the data range, if desired.
Define the destination VM host(s). This example demonstrates the selection “Use both existing
hardware for workload placement and host templates for overflow.”
Here is the template definition for a “what-if” system:
Next, set the constraints for the solver:
CPU virtualization is set to 20%, as in the manual consolidation example. The default settings
for load balancing and maximum allowed invalid data are not changed.
Click Next to proceed to the next step.
Screen 2 of 2
This screen gives you the opportunity to review the settings you have made thus far and to select
the level of effort for the Solver to operate within. The default setting is for maximum effort that
the Solver should expend to find the best solution.
Click OK to start the calculation.
Screen 3 of 3
This screen shows the results of this Solver run:
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