Using Foglight Capacity Director
Installation requirements
Performance Agent Configuration for Foglight Capacity Director
Hyper-V Agent Configuration for Foglight Capacity Director
Dashboard location and UI elements
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
Adding a Planned Change
Cloud Model Tab
Modeling a Cluster Addition
Modeling a Host Addition
Adding Virtual Machines
Modeling a Host Decommission
Decommissioning Virtual Machines
Modeling a Host Movement
Moving Virtual Machines
Adding a Datastore (Preview)
Modeling a Datastore Decommission (Preview)
Modeling a Datastore Expansion (Preview)
Modeling a Datastore Shrink (Preview)
Editing a Planned Change
Deleting a Planned Change
Cloud Instances pane
Report Tab
Adding a Cloud instance
Editing existing Cloud instance
Delete existing Cloud instance(s)
Importing Cloud instances
Importing Cloud Models from Portal
Exporting Cloud instances
Running Cloud Model
Model Outcome pane
Calculating Slot Size Using Custom Size
Clusters/Hosts pane
The Clusters/Hosts pane displays the details related to the selected virtual center or datacenter. This information is automatically updated when the Slot Size settings are modified and when including/applying planned changes. For more information, see Calculating Slot Size Based on VM and Calculating Slot Size Using Custom Size .
The Clusters/Hosts pane includes the following capacity data:
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Cluster Name (Clusters tab) or Name (Hosts tab): Name of the selected cluster or host. |
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ESX Hosts (Clusters tab only): Number of ESX® hosts in the selected cluster. |
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Slot Size: CPU, Memory, Storage, and Throughput resources available on the virtual machine. |
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Running VMs: Number of running virtual machines in the selected cluster or host. |
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HA (Clusters tab only): If the HA policy is enabled for a cluster, Foglight Capacity Director calculates the cluster resources and reserves the cluster resources that are required to satisfy the HA policy. A green check mark appears in the HA column when the HA policy is enabled. |
Resource Utilization Tab
The Resource Utilization view displays information about the resource utilization of a selected virtual center or datacenter. It includes the following panes:
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Planned Changes pane: Lists all valid planned changes before the deployment date, and provides the capability to create/edit/remove one or more planned changes. |
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Clusters/Hosts and Workload pane: Consists of the following two tabs: |
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NOTE: Enabling or disabling the HA policy, which is configured in vCenter®, is applicable for both the Clusters tab and the Hosts and Workload tab in the Resource Utilization view. If the HA policy is enabled for a cluster, Foglight Capacity Director calculates the cluster resources and reserve the cluster resources that are required to satisfy the HA policy. A green check mark appears in the HA column when the HA policy is enabled. |
