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© 2009 VMware Inc. All rights reserved
Confidential
VMware vCenter Capacity IQ overview
David Morahan
Technical Pre-sales
2 Confidential
Capacity Management Methods
Homegrown SolutionExcel spreadsheet
SQL / Perl script
Purpose-Built ToolOff-the-shelf software
Best of breed expertise
Rule of ThumbGuesstimates
Tacit knowledge
Subjective to experiential bias
Overly conservative to be safe
Time-consuming to build, maintain, prepare and analyze
Static snapshot in time
Automated and continuous capacity intelligence
Enables informed, real-time decision-making
“It worked for me in
the past…”“To be safe, I’ll add an x% buffer…”
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VMware vCenter CapacityIQ
Analyze, forecast, and plan virtualized datacenter or desktop capacity
BenefitsDeliver the right capacity at the right time
Make informed planning, purchasing, and provisioning decisions
Enable capacity to be utilized most efficiently and cost-effectively
Key FeaturesPerform “What-If” impact analysis to model effect of capacity changes
Identify and reclaim unused capacity
Forecast timing of capacity shortfalls and needs
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vCenter CapacityIQ Overview
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CapacityIQ Use Cases
Are my VMs sized correctly? Can I reclaim over-provisioned or unused capacity?
When will I run out of capacity? What if I add, remove, reconfigure capacity?
Visibility into Available Capacity
Efficient Use of Existing Capacity
Ability to Predict Future Needs
How many more VM’s will fit in my current VI? What is my historical capacity utilisation?
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Capacity Dashboard
At-a-glance charts and graphs
Datacenter to individual VM
Managed objects and compute resources
Deployed and remaining capacity perspectives
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Capacity Modeling
Impact analysis of capacity changes
Based on
• What-If modeling scenarios: simulated set of changes in capacity demand or supply
• Historical resource trends
Virtualization-awareness
• Recognizes VMware HA- and DRS-enabled clusters, and factors those into the predictions
What if I add more VMs? Is there enough
capacity?
Cluster 1 Cluster 2 Cluster 3
VMware Infrastructure
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Capacity Optimization
Identify and Reclaim Inefficient, Unused Capacity
Right-size or decommission unused or inefficient VMs
Use the capacity modeling to predict the savings
Eliminate waste and reduce costs in your organization
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VM Profiling
• Analysis of VM behavior and resource demands
• Accounts for CPU, Memory, Storage, Network
Peak and average resource demand over
time
• Average VM Profile used as basis for capacity estimates
Virtual Machine = Basic Unit of Capacity
Consumption
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VM Profiling: Idle and Powered-Off VMs
Idle Capacity• Idle VMs:
VM has consistently low resource utilization over a long period of time• Powered-Off VMs:
VM has been powered off over a long period of time
Zzz...
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VM Profiling: Oversized and Undersized VMs
Demand
CapacityVM Sizing Opportunities
Oversized VMs:VM has been allocated more capacity than it needs
Undersized VMs:VM needs more capacity than it has been allocated
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VMware vCenter CapacityIQ
Managing capacity in VMware environments is
• Simple: delivers capacity insight at your fingertips Installed as an appliance
Managed through vCenter
• Efficient: enables capacity to be utilized optimally 90% of VM’s are oversized, freeing up 40% of cluster capacity
Removes unused VM’s from inventory
• Predictable: ensures capacity is always available to meet business demands Pre planning capacity increases reduces cost
What if analysis, what if you added another host or added 10 new VM’s
Capacity Intelligence for VMware Infrastructure!
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vCenter CapacityIQ Resources
• VMware vCenter CapacityIQ product page http://www.vmware.com/products/vcenter-capacityiq/
• VMware vCenter CapacityIQ Evaluation
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/index.php?p=capacityiq&lp=1
• VMware vCenter CapacityIQ Documentation
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/capacityiq_pubs.html
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vForum – 26th and 27th October Sydney
Lab tutorials
70 Partners from VMware ecosystem
Customer sessions with Senior VMware Execs
Wide range of Presentation Topics
www.vmware.com.au/vforum2010
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