Insight Dynamics 6.2 Getting Started Guide

• Populate an enclosure
• Load balance servers
• Evacuate servers, for routine maintenance or in case of disaster
NOTE: Logical server management is only supported on a CMS running Microsoft Windows.
For more information about managing logical servers, see the HP Insight Virtualization Manager
6.2 Software with Logical Server Management User Guide, available at http://www.hp.com/go/
insightdynamics/docs.
HP Insight Capacity Advisor software
Capacity Advisor lets you quickly and safely test potentially costly configuration changes in
your data center before you actually make them. To start Capacity Advisor, select
Tools→Capacity Advisor from the top menu bar, or select the Capacity Advisor tab within
Virtualization Manager. With Capacity Advisor, you can find answers to questions such as the
following:
• Is there room on this system for an additional workload?
• Will this workload fit on this system?
• Can I consolidate these servers as virtual machines on a single server?
• What might my resource demand be in six months or a year?
• What are the estimated power costs for cooling a real or simulated system configuration?
• What does a comparison of several what-if scenarios reveal about the analyzed alternatives?
Capacity Advisor helps you optimize workloads across your management domain to help maximize
utilization of server resources. It provides scenario analysis to help you manage your current
server resources and plan for changes to your workloads and resources. These scenarios allow
you to simulate the following actions:
• Resizing systems
• Resizing workloads
• Moving workloads
Capacity Advisor provides the following additional features.
• Automated generation of reports Capacity Advisor automates report generation that would
otherwise take many manual steps to collect and present data or analysis.
• Trace-based simulator Providing graphs over specific data intervals, Capacity Advisor
gives a more complete and accurate view of resource utilization than focusing on a single
peak.
• Ease of data gathering Data is collected automatically using a secure protocol and stored
in a central database for analysis.
For more information about Capacity Advisor, see the HP Insight Capacity Advisor 6.2 User Guide,
available at http://www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics/docs.
HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software
Capacity Advisor is also available through a limited-duration license for systems that are intended
to be consolidated. The HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software does not include
Virtualization Manager or any other Insight Dynamics components. Using this software, you
can collect and analyze data to help you plan the consolidation of existing systems, without
requiring a full Insight Dynamics license for those systems. For more information, see the section
“Data collection and the HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software” in the HP Insight
Capacity Advisor 6.2 User Guide.
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