User's Manual

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Configuring Workload Balancing Settings ........................................................................................ 98
To display the Workload Balancing Configuration dialog box ........................................................ 99
Adjusting the Optimization Mode ........................................................................................... 99
Fixed ....................................................................................................................... 99
Scheduled ................................................................................................................ 99
To set an optimization mode for all time periods .............................................................. 100
To specify times when the optimization mode will change automatically ................................. 100
To edit or delete an automatic optimization interval ........................................................... 100
Optimizing and Managing Power Automatically ...................................................................... 100
Accepting Optimization Recommendations Automatically ................................................... 101
Enabling Workload Balancing Power Management ........................................................... 101
Designing Environments for Power Management and VM Consolidation ................................ 102
To apply optimization recommendations automatically ....................................................... 103
To select servers for power management ....................................................................... 103
Changing the Critical Thresholds .......................................................................................... 103
Default Settings for Critical Thresholds .......................................................................... 104
To change the critical thresholds .................................................................................. 104
Tuning Metric Weightings ................................................................................................... 104
To edit metric weighting factors ................................................................................... 105
Excluding Hosts from Recommendations ............................................................................... 105
To exclude hosts from placement and optimization recommendations ................................... 105
Configuring Optimization Intervals, Report Subscriptions, and Data Storage ................................... 106
Historical Data (Storage Time) ..................................................................................... 106
To configure the data storage period .................................................................... 106
VM Optimization Criteria ............................................................................................ 106
Length of Time Between Optimization Recommendations After VM Moves ..................... 106
Number of Times an Optimization Recommendation is Made ...................................... 107
Setting the Minimum Optimization Severity ............................................................. 107