HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 84)

Working with scenarios
Scenarios are collections of systems and workloads, both real and “what-if” creations. While
scenarios are based on real data, you can modify parameters to model changes to the environment
and the configuration of systems and workloads without affecting the real systems that the
scenario is based upon.
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.
TIP: For lists of all menu options for Capacity Advisor features, see “Menus & tabs” in Capacity
Advisor Help.
Creating a planning scenario
Scenarios are used to model system behavior by performing “what-if” operations based on
collected data. The first step in using scenarios is creating one.
Prerequisites
• You must be logged in to Insight Dynamics. (See “Accessing Capacity Advisor” (page 53) .)
• You must have already collected data on the systems of interest (see “Gathering data for
Capacity Advisor” (page 53) ).
• The systems you want to include in the scenario must be licensed for Capacity Advisor and
you must be authorized on all of them (see HP Insight Dynamics 6.0 Getting Started Guide).
Procedure 5-59 Starting a scenario
• Select Optimize
→Capacity Advisor→Create Scenario... from the top menu bar.
The Create Scenario wizard opens to an Introduction screen containing explanatory
information on how to interpret the icons that are used to indicate progress through the
wizard and how to navigate the wizard.
Procedure 5-60 Identifying the scenario
1. Click Scenario Name in the left navigation column to open the Enter Scenario Name and
Description
screen.
2. Required. Type a unique Name.
3. Type a short description in the Description field.
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