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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

Performance Tuning pane

The VMs Performance tab and Resource Optimization tab provide a view of the selected cluster and hosts.

The VMs Performance tab includes the following elements:

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Filter menu: Allows you to filter the virtual machines based on the following options: All VMs (default option), Good, Degrading, and Bad.
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Virtual Machine: Displays the name of the virtual machine.
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CPU: Shows the CPU Utilization, CPU Latency, and CPU Max Limited in percent for the virtual machine.
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Memory: Shows the memory Utilization, memory Swapped, and memory balloon for the virtual machine.
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Virtual Disk Latency: Shows the data transfer latency (in ms) of the virtual machine.
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Performance State: Indicates the performance state of the virtual machine, which can be one of the following: Good, Degrading, and Bad.
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Performance Score: Shows the performance score of the virtual machine.

The Resource Optimization tab includes the following elements:

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Select a mode for recommendation: Provides the optimization modes that help you obtain the recommended resource optimization, as needed.
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Resources Optimization table: Lists the resource optimization result of virtual machines, which includes the name of Virtual Machine, Performance Score, Resource Type, Recommendation, and Modify Recommendation.
This table is refreshed automatically after selecting a mode from the Select a mode for recommendation drop-down list.
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Migration Recommendation table: Lists the resource migration result of virtual machines, which includes the name of Virtual Machine, Performance Score, Source Host, Destination, and Status.
This table is refreshed automatically after selecting a mode from the Select a mode for recommendation drop-down list.

Changes and DRS Rules Tab

The Changes and DRS Rules view displays the list of planned changes scheduled before the deployment date, as well as the list of planned changes that have been executed. It includes the following elements:

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Planned Changes tab: Includes the Planned Changes table and Add/Delete menus.
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Planned Changes table: Includes the following elements:
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The Edit button: Allows you to edit planned changes. For more information, see Editing a Planned Change.
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Deploy Date: The date when the planned change is deployed.
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Description: The description of the planned change.
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Validation:
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Automation: Indicates whether the planned change will be deployed automatically or not.
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NOTE: Foglight Capacity Director does not support the following automated deployments in Hyper-V environments: Add Virtual Machines, Decommission Virtual Machines, and Move Virtual Machines.
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Performance: Indicates whether the planned change impacts the performance of the selected virtual center or not.
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Conflict: Indicates whether the planned change has conflicts or not.
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Add/Delete menus: Allow you to manage planned changes. For more information, see Adding a Planned Change and Deleting a Planned Change .
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Change History tab: List all the changes committed.
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DRS Rules tab: Allow you to select a cluster to view the DRS status of the selected cluster.

To access the Changes and DRS Rules 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 Changes and DRS Rules tab.
The Changes and DRS Rules view appears at the bottom of the Capacity Director dashboard.

For more information, see the following topics:

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Adding a Planned Change
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Editing a Planned Change
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Deleting a Planned Change

Adding a Planned Change

To add a planned change, do one of the following:

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Modeling a Cluster Addition
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Modeling a Host Addition
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Adding Virtual Machines
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Modeling a Host Decommission
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Decommissioning Virtual Machines
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Modeling a Host Movement
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Moving Virtual Machines
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Adding a Datastore (Preview)
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Modeling a Datastore Decommission (Preview)
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Modeling a Datastore Expansion (Preview)
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Modeling a Datastore Shrink (Preview)

Modeling a Cluster Addition

Foglight Capacity Director allows you to model a cluster addition without deploying the planned change in the realtime environment.

To schedule a cluster addition:
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In the Planned Changes view, click Add.
The wizard of scheduled planned changes appears.
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Select Model a Cluster Addition, and click Next.
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In the Model a Cluster Addition Wizard dialog box, specify the following fields, as needed.
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Cluster Name: Type the name of the cluster.
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Organization: Select an organization from the drop-down list.
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Deploy Date: Click the icon and select the deployment date.
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Time: Click the icon to select the accurate time on the selected deployment date.
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Host Quantity: Type the number of host.
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Host Configuration: Specify the following options:
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CPU: Type the CPU frequency. The unit is one of the following: GHz (default option), MHz, and THz.
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Memory: Type the physical memory. The unit is one of the following: GB (default option), MB, and TB.
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Storage: Type the physical storage. The unit is one of the following: GB (default option), MB, and TB.
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HA Policy: Specify whether the HA policy is enabled or disabled on clusters, as needed.
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Host failures the cluster tolerates: Select this option to enable the “Host failures the cluster tolerates” HA policy on clusters, then type the number of host that enables this HA policy.
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Percentage of cluster resources reserved as failover spare capacity: Select this option to enable the “Percentage of cluster resources reserved as failover spare capacity” HA policy on clusters, then type the following percentages:
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CPU (%): Type the percent of the reserved CPU resource.
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Memory (%): Type the percent of the reserved Memory resource.
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Disable HA Policy: Select this option to disable the HA policy on clusters.
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Datacenter: Click Browse to select a cluster in the Cluster - Datacenter Selector dialog box, and click Save.
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Like Cluster: Select a cluster from the drop-down list. The Average VM Utilization fields are automatically filled in based on your selection.
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Average VM Utilization: Type the average utilization of virtual machines. These fields are automatically filled in after you select a cluster from the Like Cluster drop-down list. You can edit this value if needed.
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CPU: Type the CPU frequency. The unit is one of the following: GHz (default option), MHz, and THz.
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Memory: Type the physical memory. The unit is one of the following: GB (default option), MB, and TB.
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Storage: Type the physical storage. The unit is one of the following: GB (default option), MB, and TB.
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Throughput: Type the value of throughput. The unit includes the following: MB/s (default option), B/s, KB/s, GB/s, and TB/s.
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Click Finish.
The Planned Changes view is updated to include this new change.
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