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VMware vCenter Capacity IQ overview

David Morahan

Technical Pre-sales

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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

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