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Foglight Capacity Director 6.0.0 - User Guide

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

See Environment Model in Capacity Director

Click the See Environment Foglight Capacity Director Lite link to navigate to the Resource Utilization view > Clusters tab.

Quick view

The quick view is located on the lower part of the Capacity Management tab, and includes the following tabs:

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Current Capacity Tab
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Resource Utilization Tab
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Migration Modeler Tab

 

Getting Started Tab

This section provides an overview of the Capacity Director dashboard > Getting Started view, which walks you through the typical tasks performed in a datacenter for managing the system's capacity.

The Getting Started view consists of two panes. The left pane includes a diagram showing the typical workflow for managing the capacity in a datacenter. The right pane displays the Capacity Planning view, Capacity Allocation view, Capacity Optimization view, or Capacity Maintenance view, depending on the element selected on the left pane.

Figure 6. Getting Started tab

For more information, see the following topics:

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Capacity Planning
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Capacity Allocation
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Capacity Optimization
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Capacity Maintenance

Capacity Planning

Capacity planning is the first step in capacity life cycle management. It provides a long-term view of resource requirements, and allows you to build an effective capacity management strategy.

To access the Capacity Planning view:

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On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Capacity Director.
The Capacity Director dashboard opens.
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Use the Group selector located at the top of the dashboard to select the virtual environment that you want to monitor.
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On the Menu bar, click the Getting Started tab.
The Getting Started view appears at the bottom of the Capacity Director dashboard.
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On the Getting Started view > left pane, click Capacity Planning.
The Capacity Planning view appears on the right pane of the Getting Started view.

The Capacity Planning view provides a list of tasks that system administrators typically perform when planning the capacity of a virtual environment. Clicking a task directs you to the view where you can perform the selected task:

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Trend and Forecast Host/Workload: Allows you to forecast number of servers needed in the future to support Virtual Machines based on organic rate of growth, or to forecast growth based on planned changes. Click this link to navigate to the Resource Utilization view > Hosts and Workload tab. For more information, see Clusters/Hosts and Workload tabs.
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Trend and Forecast Resource Utilization: Allows you to trend the resource consumption over time and forecast the resources utilization based on organic rate of growth or planned changes. Click this link to navigate to the Resource Utilization view > Clusters tab. For more information, see Clusters/Hosts and Workload tabs.
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Capacity and Time Remaining: Allows you to calculate the remaining capacity and time for CPU, Memory, Storage, and IOPs. Click this link to navigate to the Resource Utilization view > Clusters tab. For more information, see Clusters/Hosts and Workload tabs.
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