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2 Click the arrow under the Efficiency badge to expand the detailed view.
3 In the Reclaimable Waste pane, identify the powered off virtual machines and delete the virtual click the
Reclaimable Waste badge.
4 In the Views tab, select the Powered-Off Virtual Machines view.
The virtual machines that appear in this view are powered off and you can restart the machines in the
vSphere Client.
What to do next
In the vSphere Client, determine why the virtual machine is powered off. If the virtual machine is obsolete,
you can remove it from the inventory.
Identify Idle Virtual Machines to Optimize Capacity
Optimizing the capacity in the virtual environment involves identifying idle virtual machines that are powered
on but not in use.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to a vSphere Client and that vCenter Operations Manager is open.
Procedure
1 In the inventory pane, select the object that you want to inspect.
2 Click the arrow under the Efficiency badge to expand the detailed view.
3 In the Reclaimable Waste pane, identify the powered off virtual machines and click the Reclaimable
Waste badge.
4 In the Views tab, select the Idle Virtual Machines - List view.
The idle virtual machines in this view either do not perform any work or perform below a specified
threshold.
5 Select theOversized Virtual Machines - List view to evaluate candidate objects that can receive more
work.
Identify Oversized Virtual Machines to Optimize Data
To optimize and right-size the capacity for your virtual environment, identify the oversized virtual machines
and assign less capacity to those virtual machines.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to a vSphere Client and that vCenter Operations Manager is open.
Procedure
1 In the inventory pane, select the object that you want to inspect.
2 Click the arrow under the Efficiency badge to expand the detailed view.
3 In the Views tab, select the Oversized Virtual Machines - List view.
The virtual machines that appear in this view are underused and have more capacity than is required for
the workload.
4 To determine how to update the CPU, check the value in the Recommended vCPU column.
5 (Optional) To examine a datacenter, run a Capacity Overview Report from the Reports tab.
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