Metrics used by the Virtual Planner
The following table lists the metrics used by the Virtual Planner:
VMware Resource Pool metrics
CPU_EXPANDABLE
CPU_RESERVED_MHZ
CPU_LIMIT
MEM_EXPANDABLE
RESERVED_MEM
MEM_UNIT
Storage metrics (required for storage analysis, currently available for VMware)
TOTAL_DSTORE_USED
TOTAL_FS_USED (used when TOTAL_DSTORE_USED is not available)
TOTAL_DSTORE_SIZE (for hosts and clusters)
Relationships
For proper analysis, information defining the relationships between various systems objects should be available (can be viewed in the Hierarchy section for an object in the workspace)
Host - cluster (VHC_CONTAINS_VH)
Guest - cluster (VHC_CONTAINS_GM)
Pool - cluster (VMware) (VHC_CONTAINS_RP)
Guest/partition - host (VH_CONTAINS_GM)
Guest - storage unit (DS_CONTAINS_GM)
Host - storage unit (VH_USES_DS)
Cluster - storage unit (VHC_USES_DS)
Guest - pool (VMware) (RP_CONTAINS_GM)
Pool - pool (VMware) (RP_CONTAINS_RP)