HP Virtualization Manager and HP Capacity Advisor: an introduction

After selecting the systems, the name and description of the scenario must be specified as
shown in Figure 18-15. This text is used as an identifier for the scenario and is displayed on the
Scenario view of Capacity Advisor.
Creating a Hypothetical System and Performing
a Capacity-Planning Experiment
Since the goal of this scenario is to determine whether a single nPartition with eight CPUs and
16 GB of memory will adequately meet the resource requirements for these three workloads, a hy-
pothetical system will be added to this scenario. The screen shown in Figure 18-16 shows the tool
for defining a new hypothetical system. As an alternative to creating a new system, the system ca-
pacity for one of the existing nPartitions could have been hypothetically increased. After creating
the hypothetical system, what-if experiments can be performed that simulate the consolidation
of the three workloads to the hypothetical system.
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Figure 18-15 Specify Scenario Name and Description in Create Scenario Wizard