HP Capacity Advisor 7.2 User Guide

Parking a workload
When constructing a scenario, it can be desirable to temporarily remove the effects of workloads
to reflect potential changes, without permanently removing the workloads. This is referred to as
“parking” the workloads.
1. If you are not on the Workload tab, click the Workload tab.
2. Click the check boxes preceding the names of the workloads you wish to park.
Check marks will appear in the check boxes and the rows containing the workloads will be
highlighted, to indicate selection.
3. Select What-If Action→Park Workloads... from the menu bar.
The Edit Scenario - Park Workloads screen will be displayed.
4. Confirm that the workloads listed under Workload Name hosted on the systems listed under
Contained In are the workloads you wish to park.
5. Click the OK button.
The Workload tab of the Capacity Advisor - Edit Scenario screen will open.
Deleting a workload
When working with a scenario, it is sometimes desirable to remove workloads to reflect potential
changes.
1. If you are not on the Workload tab, click the Workload tab.
2. Click the check boxes preceding the names of the workloads you wish to remove.
Check marks will appear in the check boxes and the rows containing the workloads will be
highlighted to indicate selection.
3. Select What-If Action→Delete Workloads... from the menu bar.
The Edit Scenario - Delete Workloads screen will be displayed.
4. Confirm that the workloads listed under Workload Name hosted on the systems listed under
Contained In are the workloads you wish to delete.
5. Click the OK button.
The Workload tab of the Capacity Advisor - Edit Scenario screen will open.
Working with power
When you are calibrating power data settings, you specify the following:
• How power metrics should be displayed for graphs, meters, and reports
• How the power estimation should be calibrated:
Manually (you specify idle/maximum watt usage)◦
◦ Automatically (using power and CPU data obtained from Insight Control power
management and HP iLO
◦ None (no power metrics are displayed)
Power settings can be calibrated for actual systems from the Matrix OE visualization screen and
for simulated systems from within a Capacity Advisor scenario. These two areas are discussed in
the sections below.
TIP: The various power calibration screens look similar to one another, but you can tell that you
are within a scenario rather than interacting with the actual system when the screen title includes
the words Edit Scenario:.
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