Specifications

Chapter 4: Key features
l What did my environment look like in the past?
l What details are collected per resource?
l How similar are two resources?
Capacity planning
By using the Capacity Planner tool you can create capacity plans. You can create
what-if scenarios, visualize how long you can continue with your current load, or
plan when to procure new resources. The Capacity Planner answers questions
such as:
l When will I run out of resources?
l What are my resource constraints?
l How many more VMs can I add?
Search
The search engine is the underpinning of many of the tools and customizations
that you can perform. Saved search queries can be used to create new reports,
alerts, trends, and more.
Common capacity management questions
The following sections briefly demonstrate how to answer management questions
with Virtualization Manager. Usually, several tools are used in conjunction to
answer questions such as the following:
l How do I find performance bottlenecks?
l How can I diagnose historic performance issues?
l How do I create a virtualization capacity plan?
l How can I solve VM sprawl, reclaim resources, and rightsize my virtual
environment?
l How much would it cost to move my virtual infrastructure to Amazon EC2?
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