In Part I of this post, I covered two of the four steps that I think are involved in doing a VMware Capacity Planner exercise. In this post, I will cover the other two and hopefully, you'll find the tips found in these posts of some use. So, here goes: 3. Collection Once the collectors [...]
Recently, I was on an engagement where use of VMware Capacity Planner was required, to get an estimate of consolidation ratios. This was done in order to build a business case for virtualization. Now I know that this is not a topic that many are interested in as it's not a "core" virtualization component but [...]
While creating a VMware Capacity Planner project in version 3.0 recently, I encountered a weird problem. After selecting the required machines in the "New Project Wizard" using "Manually select specific systems", the "Next" button didn't want to work, even though it was highlighted on the screen, implying all was good: I tried clicking it a [...]
These days, I am working on a project involving VMware Capacity Planner. Part of its deployment means that one has to troubleshoot access issues, in order to get successful inventory and performance scans. I am planning to write a couple of posts to document tips that one generally doesn't find in documentation. In the meantime, [...]