Extracting Resource Allocation Data for Chargeback in a HP Virtual Server Environment for HP Integrity Servers

Workload Resource Guarantees with gWLM
VSE allows IT to control the level of resources given to workloads using gWLM and Integrity VM. One
aspect of this control is the ability to set guarantees. In many cases, servers are sized – and therefore
the cost to IT is based – on these guaranteed levels, making this an attractive parameter to use in
chargeback.
GUI: VSE Manager Workload page
Looking again at the Virtualization Manager Workload page, workloads managed by gWLM have
a non-null Policy Name field, as shown in the following figure:
To view a page that shows the properties of the policy, click the Policy Name in the table entry for the
workload. The following figure is an example of this page. This example shows a policy with Min
Size and Max Size settings. In this case, the Min Size is a guaranteed level of resources provided to
this workload.
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