The Forecast Summary view displays the CPU and memory capacity forecast for all the available VMs, VM hosts, and Clusters. Additionally, it displays the storage forecast for Datastores. The forecast information is displayed for the next 30, 60, and 90 days.
Click on any Group icon to go to the Detailed View.
Forecast Summary View displays the following graphs:
Resource Usage Analysis
The Resource Usage Analysis graph displays the projected distribution of VMs, VM Hosts, Clusters, and Datastores based on the CPU, memory, or storage utilization.
Select the type of utilization chart that you want to see from the View drop-down list. There are two views available to see the utilization details.
The graphs are plotted based on the utilization percentages distributed in predefined ranges against the number of the selected entity type (VMs, VM Hosts, Clusters, or Datastores) present in each percentage range. These graphs helps you identify the oversized and undersized entities in terms of CPU, memory, and storage.
Capacity Violation Analysis
The Capacity Violation Analysis graph displays the number of VMs, VM Hosts, and Clusters that will run out of CPU or memory capacity within the next 30 days, between 31-60 days, and between 61-90 days. Additionally, it shows Datastores that will run out of storage capacity within the next 30 days, between 31-60 days, and between 61-90 days. SHO performs the capacity violation analysis based on the threshold defined on the Thresholds tab of the Configurations View page. For more information, see Defining Thresholds.
Deployed VMs
The Deployed VMs graph displays the projected growth of VMs in the Data Center within the next 30 days, between 31-60 days, and between 61-90 days.
Remaining Capacity
The Remaining Capacity graph displays the remaining capacity within the next 30 days, between 31-60 days, and between 61-90 days in terms of the number of VMs. The number of VMs are calculated based on the size of the reference VM. The reference VM size is defined on the General tab in the Configurations View page. For more information, see Defining Reference VMs and Hosts.