HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 5)

Data collection and the HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software..............................61
Using Capacity Advisor with consolidation software server data............................................61
Viewing the licensed servers in HP SIM....................................................................................61
Importing data for use in Capacity Advisor...................................................................................62
From the HP SIM Optimize menu — Import HP OVPA data...................................................62
From the HP SIM Optimize menu — Import HP PMP data.....................................................63
From the command line.............................................................................................................63
Ascertaining the data collection availability for a set of servers................................................63
Possible sources of discrepancies in collected data.........................................................................64
No data collected for a managed node......................................................................................64
Data timestamp appears to be incorrect....................................................................................64
Dynamic memory in HP Integrity virtual machines.................................................................64
Producing graphs and reports..............................................................................................................64
Using the Profile Viewer..................................................................................................................65
Using the report wizard..................................................................................................................68
The report wizard.......................................................................................................................69
Creating an historic utilization report........................................................................................70
Creating a scenario report..........................................................................................................70
Using the report wizard to create a scenario comparison.........................................................71
An example scenario comparison report..............................................................................72
Calculating a virtualization consolidation ratio...................................................................72
Creating a consolidation candidates report...............................................................................73
Creating a cost allocation report................................................................................................73
Creating a peak summary report...............................................................................................74
Creating a population report.....................................................................................................74
Creating a trend report...............................................................................................................74
Creating a power report.............................................................................................................75
Setting utilization limits........................................................................................................................76
Setting global utilization limits.......................................................................................................76
Adding a utilization limit...........................................................................................................76
Removing a utilization limit......................................................................................................77
Setting workload utilization limits..................................................................................................77
Adding a utilization limit...........................................................................................................77
Enabling or disabling the limit...................................................................................................77
Removing a utilization limit......................................................................................................77
Setting scenario-wide utilization limits...........................................................................................77
Adding a utilization limit...........................................................................................................78
Enabling or disabling the limit...................................................................................................78
Removing a utilization limit......................................................................................................78
Setting scenario workload utilization limits....................................................................................78
Adding a utilization limit...........................................................................................................78
Enabling or disabling the limit...................................................................................................79
Removing a utilization limit......................................................................................................79
Forecasting utilization..........................................................................................................................79
Defining forecast models.................................................................................................................79
Accessing the Global Forecast Model........................................................................................79
Defining the Global Forecast Model.....................................................................................80
Accessing the forecast model for a workload or system............................................................81
Defining the forecast model for a workload or system........................................................81
Accessing the forecast model for a scenario..............................................................................82
Accessing the forecast model for a workload within a scenario................................................82
Defining a forecast model..........................................................................................................82
Disabling a forecast model.........................................................................................................83
Enabling a forecast model..........................................................................................................83
Generating forecasts........................................................................................................................83
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