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4 Click OK or Finish to save your settings, or select another option to configure.
5 Click Done to close the Configuration dialog box.
The usable capacity settings are reconfigured.
Example: Examples of Usable Capacity Global Settings
These examples show how some of the settings are used.
Use last known capacity
If the interval included in the view is two months, and today is June 30, views
of capacity such as Average Virtual Machine Capacity show you the capacity
used on June 30.
Use actual capacity
If the interval included in the view is two months, and today is June 30, views
of capacity show you the average of capacity used in May and June.
Modify Usage Calculation Settings
Specify the number of hours during the work week over which average capacity usage is calculated, and
identify peak hours or spikes by excluding data that falls into a regular pattern. If the allocation model is
enabled, set the target ratios for CPU, Memory, and Disk Space.
An administrator can modify any policy in vCenter Operations Manager at any time. The changes that the
administrator applies affect all users. Therefore, the administrator must notify the users who are working with
vCenter Operations Manager about any new settings that are applied to the policies.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to a vSphere Client as an administrator, and vCenter Operations Manager is open.
Procedure
1 Click the Configuration link on the main vCenter Operations Manager page.
2 Create a new policy or open an existing policy for editing.
Option Description
To create a new policy
In the Manage Policies pane, click the Create Policy icon .
To modify an existing policy
In the Manage Policies pane, select the policy that you want to associate to
groups and click the Edit Policy icon .
3 Click 3c Usage calculation to change the settings for work week calculation and allocation overcommit
ratios.
4 Set the Usage Work Week to a continual array of sampling or specific times to sample.
Option Description
All hours on all days
Average capacity use is calculated based on inventory and performance data
collected during all 24 hours of each day throughout the business week.
Specific hours and days
Average capacity use is calculated based on inventory and performance data
collected during business hours that you define for each day throughout the
business week.
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