It seems that over the last few months VMware has covertly developed and delivered plug in modules to vCenter to further enhance vSphere deployments.
One of the products that we are seeing adding great value to your deployments is vCenter CapacityIQ.
vCenter CapacityIQ is a vCenter plug-in for proactively monitoring the capacity of your VMware Infrastructure. vCenter CapacityIQ monitors cpu, memory and disk I/O usage and predicts future demands for resources.
vCenter CapacityIQ allows you to show impacts in capacity as well as forecasted capacity based on changes you predict will happen to the environment.
From the VMware site:
‘VMware vCenter CapacityIQ is a value-add component of the vCenter family of management solutions, providing capacity management capabilities for virtualized datacenter or desktop environments. CapacityIQ integrates seamlessly with VMware vCenter Server, ensuring that your virtualized infrastructure capacity is always predictable and efficiently used.
Eliminate waste by identifying any unused or over-allocated capacity Reduce operational overhead by automating routine capacity monitoring and management tasks Minimize business risk of outages or failures resulting from capacity bottlenecks and shortfalls.
So not only useful if you are adding additional VM’s to your architecture but surely a must for VMware View deployments…..