Specifications

l By creating a static list of VMs in the profile.
l By creating a dynamic set of VMs, by compiling a search query to search for
either VMs or clusters. This query will be executed in real time for all
capacity planning operations. The benefit of this approach is that you can
constantly update your capacity plan based on a dynamic query. The
disadvantage is that the calculations only happen after the query is
executed. This means that the details of the average CPU, memory and
usage utilization are not displayed in the Edit screen of the usage profile.
Note: If you choose to use a cluster, all VMs in that cluster are considered as
members of the usage profile, and they are considered when calculating resource
utilization.
The window provides the following options:
l Click Show Container to toggle screens to edit the resource container in
context.
l Click Load to load a usage profile that you saved previously.
l Click Save or Save as to save the usage profile for future use. Usage
profiles are not saved by default.
l Click Show Details to get more details about the members and the resource
utilization of the usage profile members.
To get different views of the capacity plan, click the links at the bottom of the
window:
l Click Capacity to open the utilization graphs that display the actual
consumed capacity within the Usage Profile.
l Click Consumption to view the dates when the resources will cross the
configured warning and outage thresholds. For more information about
configuring warning and outage thresholds, see Advanced options.
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