HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 79)

Enabling or disabling the limit
To enable or disable the application of the current utilization limit:
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Select either Enabled or Disabled.
Removing a utilization limit
1. For each utilization limit you wish to delete:
a.
Check the box next to the utilization limit.
b. Click Remove.
2. To see the current global utilization settings, click Revert.
To cancel your changes, click Cancel.
To accept your changes, click OK.
To return to a planning checklist:
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Consolidating server loads onto a virtual machine manually [p. 36]
Forecasting utilization
HP Insight Capacity Advisor software provides multiple levels of forecast models to allow precise
control of forecasting future utilization.
IMPORTANT: For specific descriptions of each field or summary table on the user interface
screens, click the help topic link on the software screen for the task.
Defining forecast models
Whenever a Capacity Advisor report or profile is generated with an end date later than the
current date, the historical utilization data is projected into the future. The projection is indicated
in the utilization graphs by a light blue colored background next to the usual white background.
This projection is done based on a forecast model . Forecast models can be defined globally, for
individual workloads or systems, for a scenario, and for individual workloads within a scenario.
Because the process for defining a forecast model is basically the same regardless of where it is
in the hierarchy of forecast models, the procedures below are broken into two parts: accessing
the forecast model and defining it.
NOTE: Although forecast models cannot be deleted, all but the global forecast model can be
disabled and enabled. Follow the appropriate procedure for accessing the forecast model and
then follow the procedure for disabling or enabling it.
Accessing the Global Forecast Model
The annual growth rates for the global forecast model are frequently based on an organization's
planned growth rate. The global forecast model applies to all reports generated on systems and
complexes. Reports on workloads or scenarios without a forecast model also use the global
forecast model.
Prerequisites
• You must be logged in to Insight Dynamics. (See “Accessing Capacity Advisor” (page 53) .)
• You must have sufficient authorization to define the global forecast model.
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