HP Virtualization Manager and HP Capacity Advisor: an introduction

The interface shown in Figure 18-11 allows the baseline for the workload to be customized.
In this case, the option to use the past four weeks is selected. This option modifies the baseline
so it reflects the past four weeks of historic utilization data. Workloads that have regular usage
patterns over a weekly basis can be modeled accurately using this type of baseline.
At this point, the web workload profile has been fully customized. The historic profile has been
verified to ensure that all of the data points are valid, the forecast has been adjusted for expected
future growth, and the baseline has been tailored to reflect the usage patterns of the workload.
The web workload profile is now ready to be incorporated in capacity-planning scenarios. Be-
fore diving into the what-if scenarios, we will need to customize the other two workloads.
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Figure 18-10 Capacity Advisor Baseline Editor