HP Capacity Advisor 7.2 User Guide

◦ Import existing workload profiles
◦ Edit workload demands
◦ Move workloads between systems
◦ Park workloads
◦ Delete workloads
• For scenarios themselves:
View and undo/redo scenario changes◦
◦ Use the HP Smart Solver technology to perform:
Automated server consolidation to virtual machines–
– Automated load balancing of existing VM hosts or existing servers
– Automated workload stacking (consolidation)
◦ Create scenario comparison reports
Data collection
Utilization data collection is at the heart of Capacity Advisor.
Collection of resource usage data is managed by a service, rather than by a scheduled task in the
CMS. The service gathers data provided by the Utilization Provider and native data collectors and
normalizes it into five-minute data points. The service starts automatically on installation and runs
constantly unless stopped — providing data for visualization of resource usage on discovered
systems and workloads and for capacity planning. When needed, the service can be stopped or
restarted on the CMS.
Data collection infrastructure
In the data collection infrastructure, each component plays a role, as shown in Figure 1 (page 17).
It all begins with data collection.
16 Features