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1 Understanding, Analyzing and Forecasting Capacity First Published On: Last Updated On:

2 Table of Contents 1. Analyzing and Forecasting 1.1.vROps - Reclaimable Capacity Analysis Badge 1.2.vROps - Density Analysis Badge 1.3.vROps - Capacity Remaining Analysis Badge 1.4.vROps - Time Remaining Analysis Badge 2. Capacity Planning 2.1.vROps - Capacity Planning Basics 2.2.vROps - Capacity Planning Terms 2.3.vROps - Capacity Optimization and Scenario Modeling for the Virtual Infrastructure 2

3 1. Analyzing and Forecasting vrealize Operations performs sophisticated analysis and forecasting to help you manage the usage of your datacenter resources. 3

4 1.1 vrops - Reclaimable Capacity Analysis Badge In this video, we will walk you through the various components and metrics presented in the Reclaimable Capacity badge. Reclaimable Capacity is the amount of provisioned capacity that can be reclaimed without causing stress or performance degradation. Reclaimable capacity works the same way in a host and VM, a host has an amount of capacity we can under commit or over commit by the virtual machines that it hosts. 1.2 vrops - Density Analysis Badge 4

5 In this video, we will walk you through the various components and metrics presented in the Density badge. Density in vrealize Operations Manager compares the current density with the optimal density that has been determined by vrealize Operations. 1.3 vrops - Capacity Remaining Analysis Badge 5

6 In this video, we will walk you through the various components and metrics presented in the Capacity Remaining badge. Capacity Remaining shows how much capacity is remaining based on consumption trends. Capacity Remaining can be simply thought of as the difference between the total capacity minus buffers and HA and the demand amount (Peak Demand and Average Demand). 1.4 vrops - Time Remaining Analysis Badge 6

7 In this video, we will walk you through the various components and metrics presented in the Time Remaining badge. Time Remaining is the amount of time before a given object runs out of one of its required resources. 7

8 2. Capacity Planning vrealize Operations provides powerful tools to help you plan for your future capacity needs. 8

9 2.1 vrops - Capacity Planning Basics This video will give you an overview of the Demand and Allocation Capacity models in vrealize Operations. It will help you gain an actionable view of immediate and future capacity needs, as well as optimize capacity within your environment. 2.2 vrops - Capacity Planning Terms 9

10 vrealize Operations Manager continues lead the industry with its capacity planning functionality by enhancing its capacity algorithms, providing even more flexibility, better out of the box default options and initial configuration wizards to help you set up your capacity policies. Build a capacity what if scenario to determine your future needs and hardware purchases and save them as a project so it is reflected throughout the management system. vrealize Operations Manager also extend its capacity planning beyond the virtual environment and into heterogeneous environments for storage, network, operating systems, applications, etc. 2.3 vrops - Capacity Optimization and Scenario Modeling for the Virtual Infrastructure 10

11 This video walks through understanding capacity within the virtual environment, and determining the areas of capacity shortfall, and then performing capacity modeling to help you determine your near term and future capacity needs 11