HP Capacity Advisor 7.2 User Guide

Changing VMs to be servers

This screen allows you to convert existing virtual machines to individual servers.

Change VMs to server

1. From the System tab of the scenario editor, select one or more VMs.

2. Select What-If Action→Change VMs to be Servers from the menu bar.

The Edit Scenario: Change VMs to be Servers screen displays.

3. Change the Meter Style, if desired.

4. Change the Data Range if a different size of data collection is desired, and click OK to refresh

the table display.

TIP: A longer data collection period provides a better picture of activity on the system over

time than shorter periods do.

5. Change the Meters Represent setting if a different calculation is desired .

6. Examine the table titled Systems to be modified:.

If you wish to modify the CPU utilization to account for any change in virtualization overhead,

you can enter a percentage under CPU virtualization overhead %. The default is 0% to represent

no change.

7. Click OK to accept these changes.

After clicking OK, you see an updated Edit Scenario page. The modified virtual machines now

appear as Server under the System Type heading.

Changing servers to be VMs (manually)

This option provides a quick way to change a physical server into a virtual machine so that you

can later simulate the movement of virtual machines among VM hosts.

Prerequisites

• You must select one or more systems on the Systems tab to enable this menu option.

• At least one selected system must be a VM host.

Change servers to be VMs

For specific descriptions of each field on this screen, click the help topic link on the software screen

for this task.

1. From the System tab of the scenario editor, select one or more servers.

2. Select What-If Action→Change Servers to be VMs from the menu bar.