HP Capacity Advisor 7.2 User Guide

capacity planning, 23
growth rate
forecasting, 184
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headroom, 212
defined, 25
interpreting star rating, 26
stars definitions, 26
help
obtaining, 179
historical data, 17
historical utilization, 15
host name, 157
HP
technical support, 179
HP iLO
collecting license for power calibration, 87
HP Performance Agent, importing data into Capacity
Advisor , 38
HP SIM
documentation, 180
HP Smart Solver, 32
HP Virtual Machine
calculating Hypervisor Memory Overhead for Capacity
Advisor, 188
hpvmmigrate command, 158
Hyper-Threading, 212
hypervisor, 212
memory overhead, 212
Hypervisor Memory Overhead
calculating for HP Virtual Machine, 188
calculating for Microsoft Hyper-V, 189
calculating for VMware ESX, 189
calculating for VMware vSphere, 189
default setting, 188
definition, 188
examples, 188
where used, 188
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ICperf, importing data into Capacity Advisor , 38
imported data, 193
incorrect data, 163
infrastructure
data collection, 16
Insight Control performance management
data collection, 19
installation, 12
Integrity VM, 157
interval
business, 33
sampling, 25
invalid data
affect in Smart Solver, 28
excluding data points, 33
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license
requirements, 12
licenses, checking status, 45
load balance
automated solutions, 32
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machine
virtual, 158
managed node, importance of time and time zone settings
for data collection accuracy in Capacity Advisor, 45
managed system setup wizard, 12
Matrix OE
documentation, 180
member
SG, 157
memory
modeling, 22
utilization, 213
memory capacity, 24
memory data, 19
Memory Multiplier, 184
default value, 184
examples, 184
Memory Utilization, 186
Memory Workload Multiplier, 185, 186
default value, 185
example, 185
memory, dynamic, 45
menu
Analysis tab, 101
menu options
for HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software
server data, 42
method
data collection, 12
metric view
modify for Capacity Advisor, 67
metrics
configuring utilization measures to reflect your
environment, 40
Microsoft Hyper-V
calculating Hypervisor Memory Overhead for Capacity
Advisor, 189
missing data, 158
modeling
predictive, 11
multiplier
scaling, 213
multiplier, used in Capacity Advisor
cooling, 183
CPU Virtualization Overhead %, 188
Disk I/O Workload Multiplier, 186
Hypervisor Memory Overhead, 188
memory , 184
Memory Workload Multiplier, 185
Network I/O Workload Multiplier, 185
multipliers, used in Capacity Advisor
cost/kWh, 183
multithreading, 213
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