HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.0 Getting Started Guide

Logical server management allows you to perform tasks such as the following:
• Populate an enclosure
• Load-balance servers
• Evacuate servers, for routine maintenance or in case of disaster
NOTE: Logical server management is only supported on a CMS running Microsoft Windows.
For more information about managing logical servers, see the HP Matrix Operating Environment
Logical Server Management User Guide, available at http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs.
HP Capacity Advisor
Capacity Advisor lets you quickly and safely test proposed configuration changes in your data
center before you actually make them. To start Capacity Advisor, select Tools→Capacity Planning
from the top menu bar, or select the Planning tab on the Matrix OE visualization screen. With
Capacity Advisor, you can find answers to questions such as the following:
• Is there room on this system for an additional workload?
• Will this workload fit on this system?
• Can I consolidate these servers as virtual machines on a single server?
• What might my resource demand be in six months or a year?
• What are the estimated power costs for cooling a real or simulated system configuration?
• What does a comparison of several what-if scenarios reveal about the analyzed alternatives?
Capacity Advisor helps you optimize workloads across your management domain to help maximize
utilization of computing resources. It provides scenario analysis to help you manage your current
server resources and plan for changes to your workloads and computing environment (system CPU
and memory, network and disk I/O bandwidth, power use). These scenarios allow you to simulate
the following actions:
• Resizing or consolidating systems
• Resizing or consolidating workloads
• Moving workloads
Capacity Advisor provides the following additional features.
• Automated generation of reports
Capacity Advisor automates report generation, reducing the manual effort required to collect
data and present it for analysis.
• Trace-based simulator
Providing graphs over specified data intervals, Capacity Advisor gives a more complete and
accurate view of resource utilization than focusing on a single peak of activity.
• Ease of data gathering
Data is collected automatically using a secure protocol and stored in a central database for
analysis.
For more information about Capacity Advisor, see the HP Capacity Advisor User Guide, available
at http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs.
HP Capacity Advisor Consolidation software
Capacity Advisor is also available through a limited-duration license for systems that are intended
to be consolidated. The Capacity Advisor Consolidation software does not include Matrix OE
visualization or any other Matrix OE components. Using this software, you can collect and analyze
Components of HP Matrix Operating Environment 7