Specifications

Chapter 9: Capacity planning
Using usage profiles
A usage profile is a group of Virtual Machines (VMs) that consume computing
resources. The following primary resource consumptions are considered:
l CPU
l memory
l disk space
To define a usage profile, you can enter the Capacity Planning module directly
from the Capacity Planning tab, or by running a search query.
To define a usage profile through search:
1. Search for VMs in the Search field.
2. Select one or more of the results.
3. Click Plan to enter the Capacity Planning module. The usage profile is in
the upper right of the Capacity Planning module.
Note: SolarWinds does not recommend creating usage profiles with more than
500 VMs. Usage profiles with more than 500 VMs negatively impact performance
during capacity planning calculations.
The usage profile provides the following options:
l Click Load to load a usage profile that you previously saved.
l Click Edit to modify and save the current usage profile.
l Click Cluster Average to define a usage profile more generally, by
specifying all VMs in a cluster.
l Click All Clusters Avg to define a usage profile more generally, by
specifying all VMs in all clusters.
After clicking Edit, you can specify the members of a usage profile in the following
ways:
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