User`s guide

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ThischapterdescribestheSolvertabthatallowsyouto generateusefulreportsandtohelpyousolve
importantbusinessinitiatives.Topicsinclude:
 “Overview”onpage 71
 “ReportsintheSolverTab”onpage 71
Overview
ADMincludesaseriesofbestpracticesolutionstohelpyouwithyourstrategicbusinessinitiativeslikelicense
contractauditing;application,software,andserverconsolidation;disasterrecoveryplanning;campus
relocations;mergersandacquisitions;compliancewiththeSarbanes‐OxleyActof2002section404(SOX);and
manyothers.Theseanalyticsandbest
‐practicesolutionsprovideyouwithinformationtohelpyouoptimize
yourbusinessapplicationsandtheirresources.
Reports in the Solver Tab
Table 9‐1listsallthereportsyoucangeneratefromthistab.
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Table 9-1. Reports in the Solver Tab
Business
Initiative Definition Reports
Application
upgrade
Beforeupgradingyour
applications,usethis
solutiontoidentify
applications,hosts,and
servicesthatareheavily
utilizedandareexcellent
candidatesforupgrading.
Thishelpsyouimprove
yourapplication
performanceandservice
levels.
 Createashortlistofhoststhatareupgradecandidates.
 Createashortlistofservicesthatareupgradecandidates.
 Listallhoststhatareheavilyusedandcouldbeupgraded.
 Listallservicesthatareheavilyusedandcouldbeupgraded.
 Createashortlistofthemostactiveserviceclientsforservices
thatareupgradecandidates.
 Createashortlistofthemostactiveapplicationclientsfor
applicationsthatareupgradecandidates.
 Determinetheimpactofhoststhatareupgradecandidateson
otherhostsandservices.
 Graphthedemandplacedonhoststhatareupgradecandidates
overaspecifiedtime.
 Graphthedemandplacedontheservicesthatareupgrade
candidatesoveraspecifiedtime.
 Determinetheimpactofapplicationsthatareupgrade
candidatesonotherhostsandservices.