Chatee ahora con Soporte
Chat con el soporte

Foglight Capacity Director 5.7.7 - User Guide

Using Foglight Capacity Director Getting Started Tab Current Capacity Tab Resource Utilization Tab Scenario Modeler Tab Server Purchase Tab Infrastructure Organizations Tab Performance Tuning Tab Changes and DRS Rules Tab Cloud Model Tab Report Tab

Editing a Planned Change

Foglight Capacity Director allows you to edit the existing planned changes, as needed.

To edit an existing planned change:
1
In the Planned Changes view, select a planned change that you want to edit, and click the Edit icon.
2
The Settings dialog box appears.
* 
NOTE: The Settings dialog box varies from the following change types: Model a Cluster Addition, Model a Host Addition, Add Virtual Machines, Model a Host Decommission, Decommission Virtual Machines, Model a Host Movement, and Move Virtual Machines. For more information, see Adding a Planned Change.
3
Edit the values as needed, and click Save. For detailed information about the available fields, refer to Adding a Planned Change .
The Planned Changes view is updated to show the updates of this planned change.

Deleting a Planned Change

Foglight Capacity Director allows you to remove the existing planned changes that you do not want to deploy.

To delete one or more planned change(s):
1
In the Planned Changes view, select one or more planned change(s) that you want to remove, and click Delete.
2
In the Confirm delete planned changes dialog box, click Confirm.
The selected planned change is removed from the Planned Changes view.

 

 

 

Cloud Model Tab

The Cloud Model view helps you understand costs and risks caused by migrating virtual machine workloads to any MSP, Cloud, or IaaS offering. Simply enter the proposed destinations that are under review, like Azure A2 Small, select the virtual machines that have been designated for a cloud migration and input the level of acceptable performance risk for CPU, Memory, Disk IO and Network. Select the cloud IaaS offering, select the virtual machines to be modeled, and then click Run Model. The Cloud Model view includes the following elements:

•
Cloud Instances pane: Allow to add or edit the hardware specification and unit cost of your proposed IaaS subscriptions, such as Azure, AWS EC2. IaaS subscriptions are supported to import or export as a .CSV file.
•
Select Virtual Machines: Lists available virtual machines in the selected virtual center or datacenter, and provides the capability to search VMs as needed.
•
Select Virtual Machines: Lists available virtual machines in the selected virtual center or datacenter, and provides the capability to search VMs as needed.
•
Run Model button: Click this button to start the recommendation analysis based on historical performance metrics for the specified values (including selected virtual machines, performance risks, selected Cloud Instances, and the modeling scenario).
•
Model Outcome pane: Lists migration recommendations and resources fit analysis. In addition, this pane shows migration risks caused by restricted hardware resources, including CPU Demand, Memory Consumed, Disk IOPs, Disk Size, and Unable to Model information.

To access the Cloud Model view:

1
On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Capacity Director.
The Capacity Director dashboard opens.
2
Use the Group selector located at the top of the dashboard to select the virtual environment that you want to monitor.
3
On the Menu bar, click the Cloud Model tab.
The Cloud Model view appears at the bottom of the Capacity Director dashboard.

Cloud Instances pane

The Cloud Instance table locates in the middle of the Cloud Model view offers the following menus:

•
The Add button: Provides the functionality to add a new Cloud instance. For more information, see Adding a Cloud instance.
•
The Edit button: Provides the functionality to edit existing Cloud instances. For more information, see Editing existing Cloud instance.
•
The Delete button: Provides the functionality to delete existing Cloud instances. For more information, see Delete existing Cloud instance(s).
•
The Import button: Provides the functionality that helps you easily import Cloud instances in batches, as needed. For more information, see Importing Cloud instances.
•
The Import From Portal button: Provides the functionality that helps you easily import Cloud instances from the portal, as needed. For more information, see Importing Cloud Models from Portal.
•
The Export button: Provides the functionality that helps you easily import Cloud instances in batches, as needed. For more information, see Exporting Cloud instances.
•
The Run Model button: Provides the functionality that starts the analysis. For more information, see Running Cloud Model.
•
Cloud instance table: Lists all cloud instances that are available in the selected virtual center or datacenter.
Description

Lists the detailed information about all Cloud instances that are available in the selected vCenter or datacenter.

Data displayed
•
Name. The provider name of the Cloud instance.
 
•
Tier. The name of tier.
 
•
Instance Type. The type of Cloud instance.
 
•
VMs to Migrate. The number of VMs that can be migrated to the Cloud. This value is not available until you click Run Model and get analysis result.
 
•
Total Cost. The total cost associated with VM migration. This value is not available until you click Run Model and get analysis result.
 
•
Unit Cost. The cost per unit.
 
•
CPU Cores. The number of CPU cores.
 
•
CPU Speed. The CPU speed.
 
•
Memory. The memory size.
 
•
Disk Size. The size of disk.
 
•
IO Rate(IOPs). The measurement of input/output performance that is used to characterize computer storage devices.
Documentos relacionados

The document was helpful.

Seleccionar calificación

I easily found the information I needed.

Seleccionar calificación