Foglight Capacity Director 6.3.0 - User Guide

See Environment Model in Capacity Director

Click the See Environment Foglight Capacity Director 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:

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.

For more information, see the following topics:

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:

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: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. Allows you to trend the resource consumption over time and forecast the resources utilization based on organic rate of growth or planned changesClick this link to navigate to the Resource Utilization view > Clusters tabAllows you to calculate the remaining capacity and time for CPU, Memory, Storage, and IOPsClick this link to navigate to the Resource Utilization view > Clusters tab.

To access the Capacity Allocation view:

The Capacity Allocation view provides a list of tasks that system administrators typically perform when allocating resources in a virtual environment. Clicking a task directs you to the view where you can perform the selected task:Walks you through the process of modeling future changes (add, move, or remove virtual machines, hosts, and clusters) or plan infrastructure changes (add, move, or decommission virtual machines)Click this link to navigate to the Planned Changes view.Allows you to review the status of upcoming planned changes and modify the deployment dateClick this link to navigate to the Planned Changes view.Walks you through the process of creating and deploying a virtual machine.Click this link to navigate to the Add Virtual Machines Wizard.Walks you through the process of decommissioning virtual machines that are no longer needed in your environment. The virtual machines are just turned off, but not deleted from the inventory.Click this link to navigate to the Decommission Virtual Machines Wizard. Return on Investment

To access the Capacity Optimization view:

The Capacity Optimization view appears on the right pane of the Getting Started view.The Capacity Optimization view provides a list of tasks that system administrators typically perform for optimizing virtual environments. Clicking a task directs you to the view where you can perform the selected task:Click this link to navigate to the Scenario Modeler > Optimal Placement view. Click this link to navigate to the Scenario Modeler > Manual Placement view. Foglight Capacity Director allows you to monitor fully functional and optimized datacenters, and proactively identify any short-term resource requirements, to ensure the system's continuous availability.

To access the Capacity Maintenance view:

The Capacity Maintenance view appears on the right pane of the Getting Started view.The Capacity Maintenance view provides a list of tasks that system administrators typically perform for monitoring virtual environments. Clicking a task directs you to the view where you can perform the selected task:Allows you to review the available capacity on the system and identify any potential bottlenecks. Click this link to navigate to the Current Capacity view.Allows you to review the resources currently available in the system and identify potential bottlenecks.Click this link to navigate to the Resource Utilization view > Clusters tab. Allows you to configure the size of the virtual machine (the slot size) that Foglight Capacity Director uses in calculations for future planned changes.Click this link to navigate to the Current Capacity view.

Current Capacity Tab

The Current Capacity view displays information about the current capacity of a selected virtual center or datacenter. It includes the following two panes:

NOTE: Enabling or disabling the HA policy, which is configured in vCenter®, is only applicable for the Clusters tab in the Current Capacity 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. NOTE: When performance issues are prompted, click the message to open the Alarm view and check the detailed information.