Capacity Management Manual Processes – Provider Virtual Datacenter
The following vCloud administrator capacity management activities include periodic planning activities supported by day-to-day operational activities. Periodic continuous improvement activities are critical to extracting the most value from your vCloud infrastructure.
Planning activities (initially monthly, then quarterly):
Determining usable capacity by provider virtual datacenter
and organization virtual datacenter
(taking into account vSphere overhead).
Reviewing current utilization.
Reviewing provisioning timeframes for new provider virtual datacenter
components (hosts, network, storage).
Forecasting growth over the coming period (preferably based on the actual pipeline
, validated with historical trending).
Planning for procurement and implementation of additional capacity over the coming period, including bills of materials and budgets.
Reviewing capacity alert threshold levels and setting alerts for capacity warnings.
Operational activities (daily):
Monitoring for alerts.
Investigating performance issues to determine whether capacity is the root cause.
Initiating and managing the procurement and provisioning of additional provider virtual datacenter
capacity.
Continuous improvement activities (quarterly/yearly):
Comparing capacity model utilization levels to observed levels and tuning model to drive greater utilization without sacrificing reliability.
Optimizing provisioning timeframes (shortening them and making them more predictable).