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Foglight Resource Optimizer 5.8.3 - User Guide (for VMware Environments)

Reclaiming Savings bar

The Optimizer analyzes actual utilization and performance metrics to properly size virtual machine allocations and reclaim unused resources. System administrator can select a VM from the list and review the Reclaiming Savings bar for information about how many resources can be reclaimed.

Figure 13. Reclaiming Savings bar with no VM selected

The Reclaim Now and Reclaim Later buttons and the Exclude link are enabled only after selecting a virtual machine from the table.

Figure 14. Reclaiming Savings bar with VM selected

Reclaiming resources

To reclaim right away the resources wasted for a selected VM:
1
Click Reclaim Now.
A confirmation dialog box opens.
 
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IMPORTANT: The implementation of some recommendations may require a VM reboot.
2
Click Confirm to confirm the operation.
The resources are reclaimed right away.
To schedule the reclaiming of resources wasted for a selected VM:
1
Click Reclaim Later.
The Reclaim Later - Schedule dialog box opens.
2
Review the list of recommendations and the date and time when they are scheduled to be implemented.
 
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IMPORTANT: The implementation of some recommendations may require a VM reboot.
3
Type in the name for the report.
4
Create the list of recipients who should receive email notifications when the scheduled action is run.
5
Click Confirm.
The dialog box closes, and the new scheduled action is added to the Scheduled Actions list.

Excluding objects

To exclude objects from the analysis done for optimizing the environment:
•
Select the VM from the Virtual Machines table and click Exclude.
The selected VM is added to the list of Excluded objects for a specific category. For more information about this list, see Viewing excluded objects.

Viewing excluded objects

To see the list of VMs excluded from the optimization process:
•
Click Show Excluded Items.
The Settings Dialog box opens, with the Excluded tab on the foreground. You can modify the list and save the new settings. For more information, see Excluded tab.
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