HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 93)

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.
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 Scale, if desired.
4. Change the Data Range if a different size of data collection is desired, and click OK to refresh
the table display.
TIP: A longer data collection period provides a better picture of activity on the system
over time than shorter periods do.
5. Change the Meter Representation 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. Within the table titled To: (Selected VM Host), select a destination VM host for the
previously selected systems.
TIP: The table entries are ordered by headroom fitness as determined by Capacity Advisor,
and Capacity Advisor selects the top selection by default. Examine the headroom rating and
the utilization meters for each prospective host to determine which host best fits your goals
for headroom fitness and optimal utilization. (See
“Headroom” (page 25) for a discussion
of this concept.)
8. Click OK to accept these changes.
After clicking OK, you see an updated Edit Scenario page. The modified system(s) now appear
with the VM guest type listed under System Type (for example, 'Integrity VM'). Additionally,
the modified system(s) is/are listed under the selected destination server.
To return to a planning checklist:
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Consolidating server loads onto a virtual machine manually [p. 36]
Assigning VM hosts to a VMware DRS cluster in a scenario
You can use Capacity Advisor to simulate the behavior of workloads and VMs that are members
of a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster. This conversion is meant to let you
simulate VM hosts running VMware ESX servers. Once you have created one of these “what-if”
cluster scenarios, you are able to do any of the following actions in this scenario:
• add other VM hosts to the cluster
• consolidate or load balance VMs in a cluster
In addition, you can run reports on clusters defined within a scenario.
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