HP Capacity Advisor 7.2 User Guide

• Collect or import additional valid data to improve the data validity percentage.
• Adjust the workload forecast model data range selection to exclude invalid periods.
If these steps are insufficient or cannot be done, remove the workloads from the scenario that have
higher percentages of invalid data, and run the Solver on the remaining workloads to obtain the
best placement for those workloads.
HP Smart Solver informational messages
While working on a solution, the Smart Solver notes any non-critical issues that it encounters. These
issues are presented on the Solution Results screen in the "Smart Solver Solution Information" box.
For example, in the following consolidation and load balance job:
Figure 11 Example 3. Solver information messages when workload requirements exceed available
capacity
Here the Smart Solver reported that during the consolidation phase, workloads "metallica03" and
"metallica04" were removed from consideration because their workload data exceeded the
user-specified 5% threshold on the specified metrics. Any workload removed from consideration
remained on its original system. Additionally, after the load-balance phase had completed, the
Smart Solver noted that both new template systems were over capacity with respect to network
I/O because the workloads placed there had no utilization limits specified for that metric.
178 Capacity Advisor error and warning messages