Evaluating Host Consolidation Scenarios
You can view details for your consolidation scenarios using the Consolidation console. After evaluating the consolidation scenario results, you can define different plans as well as rerun existing scenarios to re-evaluate them based on the previously specified conditions with the latest available data. The results of the previous analysis will be over-written. You can also create a new scenario based on an existing scenario, where you tweak certain values to customize the new scenario. This iterative process helps you obtain the optimized consolidation scenario which is generated by compromising various factors and weighing different trade-offs.
Compare the consolidation scenarios you create to determine which consolidation strategy best meets your requirements.
Your objective is to:
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Match source resource requirements with destinations best able to meet those requirements.
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Fit source requirements with each destination's available resources as tightly as possible, so you can get maximum usage of destination capacity.
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Provide room for growth on destinations by allowing for headroom as a factor of resource requirements.
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Optionally balance the source workload across all available destinations.
A different set of constraints may result in a different optimal scenario. Modify the constraints to come up with different scenario results.