HP Capacity Advisor 7.2 User Guide

1. If you are not on the Planning tab:
• If the Planning tab is visible, click the Planning tab.
• If the Planning tab is not visible, select Optimize→Capacity Planning→View Planning
Scenarios... from the top menu bar.
The Planning tab will open, with a list of scenarios.
2. The names of any scenarios you created, and thus can delete, will be displayed as links. If
you are the administrator, you can delete any scenario. Click the radio button preceding the
scenario you wish to delete.
The row containing the scenario will be highlighted and the radio button will be filled in to
indicate selection.
3. Select Delete→Planning Scenario from the Planning tab menu bar.
The Delete Scenario confirmation screen will be displayed, with the name of the scenario that
will be deleted.
4. Confirm that this is the scenario you want to delete, then click the OK button.
You will be returned to the Planning tab screen.
Working with systems
Systems can represent physical hardware, Virtual Machines (VM), or Virtual Machine Hosts. They
can be real systems from your current environment or “What-If” creations to represent new systems
you are planning to acquire. You can also modify a system based on an existing system to represent
planned configuration changes.
IMPORTANT: For specific descriptions of each field or summary table on the user interface
screens, click the help topic link on the software screen for the task.
Most of the procedures described in this section are accessed from the System tab menus in the
scenario editor. From the Planning tab, click the scenario that you want to modify to open the
editor.
TIP: For lists of all menu options for Capacity Advisor features, see “Menus & tabs” in Capacity
Advisor Help.
Creating a system
When developing a scenario to model future configurations, you can create one or more systems
to represent system types that you are considering adding to the configuration.
1. If you are not on the System tab within the Edit Scenario window, click the System tab.
The System tab opens, displaying the list of systems currently in the scenario.
2. Select What-If Action→Create Systems... from the menu bar.
The Edit Scenario - Create System screen displays.
3. Fill in the System Name with one or more unique names.
You cannot change the name once the system is created.
NOTE: You can add one or more system names at a time by separating each name with a
comma (,) within the System Name field.
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