Planning worksheets
A successful TrueSight Capacity Optimization deployment requires planning the architecture and installation environment. The following sections describe how to plan deployment and include worksheets to help you collect information:
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Planning the deployment architecture
To plan your TrueSight Capacity Optimization deployment architecture, read all of the topics in Planning and then complete the following deployment architecture planning worksheet.
Note
BMC recommends contacting Customer Support when sizing a TrueSight Capacity Optimization deployment. Complete the worksheet before contacting Customer Support.
Use the following worksheets to plan your deployment architecture.
Managed entities worksheet
Fill out the following worksheet for each type of managed entity.
Planning item | Value | Notes/tips |
|---|---|---|
Entity type | Physical/virtual system, database instance, network link, or storage LUN. | |
Number of managed entities | For partitioned and virtual systems, includes the total number of managed entities (for example, AIX frames and LPARs, ESX cluster and hosts, and VMs). | |
Entities with workloads defined | The number of entities of this entity type for which you have defined workloads. | |
Number of workloads defined | The average number of workloads you have defined for each entity with defined workloads. | |
Number of business drivers | The number of business drivers. | |
Metric resolution for each type of managed entity and business driver | For example, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes. |
ETL task worksheet
Fill out the following worksheet for each type of ETL you are deploying in your environment.
Planning item | Value | Notes/tips |
|---|---|---|
ETL type | The ETL module. | |
Number of ETL tasks | The number of ETL tasks that are deployed for this ETL type. | |
Local or remote? | A local or remote ETL Engine schedules these ETL tasks. | |
Number of metrics | The number of metrics collected for each type of managed entity and business driver. | |
Metric resolution for each type of managed entity and business driver | For example, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes. |
Managed systems aging policies worksheet
Note
If you are importing historical data, do not fill in this worksheet with the values for the historical data. Fill it in with the final aging policy values for after you import the historical data.
Data resolution | Value | Default value | Notes/tips |
|---|---|---|---|
Detail |
| The amount of time for which TrueSight Capacity Optimization retains detail-level data for managed systems | |
Hourly |
| The number of months for which TrueSight Capacity Optimization retains hourly data for managed systems | |
Daily |
| The number of months for which TrueSight Capacity Optimization retains daily data for managed systems | |
Monthly |
| The number of months for which TrueSight Capacity Optimization retains monthly data for managed systems |
Business driver aging policies worksheet
Fill out the following worksheet if you have defined workloads for your environment.
Note
If you are importing historical data, do not fill in this worksheet with the values for the historical data. Fill it in with the final aging policy values for after you import the historical data.
Data resolution | Value | Default value | Notes/tips |
|---|---|---|---|
Detail |
| The number of months for which TrueSight Capacity Optimization retains detail-level data for business drivers | |
Hourly |
| The number of months for which TrueSight Capacity Optimization retains hourly data for business drivers | |
Daily |
| The number of months for which TrueSight Capacity Optimization retains daily data for business drivers | |
Monthly |
| The number of months for which TrueSight Capacity Optimization retains monthly data for business drivers |
Users and reports worksheet
Planning item | Value | Notes/tips |
|---|---|---|
Users | The expected number of concurrent TrueSight Capacity Optimization users | |
Daily reports | The expected number of daily TrueSight Capacity Optimization reports | |
Weekly reports | The expected number of weekly TrueSight Capacity Optimization reports | |
Monthly reports | The expected number of monthly TrueSight Capacity Optimization reports |
Planning high availability
Read High availability considerations and then complete the following worksheet:
Host | Platform | High-availability configuration? (yes/no) | Configuration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ETL Engine Server | If you plan high availability for the ETL Engine server, the only configuration supported is A/P. | |||
Application Server | If you plan high availability for the primary scheduler and data hub on the application server, the only configuration supported is A/P. | |||
Database Server | You can select Oracle or PostgreSQL. | |||
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Planning the installation environment
Read the system requirements of the product components and then complete the following worksheets:
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