HP Capacity Advisor 7.2 User Guide

3. If any of the systems you want to add to the scenario are not displayed on this page, you
need to license them for Capacity Advisor () and collect data on them (see Collection methods).
4. If the systems you wish to add to the scenario are in the list of licensed systems without available
Capacity Advisor data, wait until the first data collection is complete and continue with the
next step.
5. Click in the check boxes beside the systems you want to add to the scenario to select them.
Check marks will appear in the check boxes and the row containing the system will highlight
to indicate selection.
6. Click OK.
The System tab of the Capacity Advisor - Edit Scenario screen will open.
To return to a planning checklist:
• Consolidating server loads onto a virtual machine manually (page 132)
Editing a system
When constructing a scenario, it is frequently necessary to modify the characteristics of a system
to reflect future changes to existing hardware or to reflect the characteristics of a planned system.
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. Click the check box preceding the name of the server that you want to edit.
3. Select What-If Action→Edit System... from the menu bar.
The Edit Scenario: Edit System screen displays in a new window.
4. If you chose a physical server to edit, the user interface will recognize whether or not the
system matches the hardware catalog as currently defined .
• For systems that match the hardware catalog, Customize system from hardware catalog
will be selected.
Modify the values that you want to change. See “Attributes that define the features for
each simulated system (matching the hardware catalog)” in Capacity Advisor Help for
guidance.
• For systems that do not match the hardware catalog, Customize system will be selected.
Modify the values that you want to change. See “Filtering to find a particular system”
and “Attributes that define the features for each simulated physical system” in Capacity
Advisor Help for guidance.
5. If you chose a virtual machine to edit, Customize virtual machine will be selected.
Modify the values that you want to change. See “Attributes that define the features for each
simulated virtual machine” Capacity Advisor Help for guidance.
6. Click OK.
The System tab of the Capacity Advisor Edit Scenario screen displays the modified server.
To return to a planning checklist:
• Consolidating server loads onto a virtual machine manually (page 132)
• Estimating the effect of adding processors (page 147)
• Estimating the effect of moving processors (page 147)
• Determining where to put a workload using automated solution finding (page 148)
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