9.0 Customizing the Capacity Thresholds and Data Refresh Interval

Roles that Can Perform This Task: Cloud Administrator

The Capacity view provides resource capacity and usage information for the organizations and zones in your system.

The Capacity view has two settings you can customize: Thresholds and Data Refresh Interval. Thresholds lets you set the Warning threshold and Problem threshold for used resource capacity. Data Refresh Interval lets you determine how often capacity data is collected.

  1. On the main navigation bar, click Configuration, then click the Capacity tab.

  2. Under Thresholds, select the Warning and Problem thresholds you want for each resource (Memory, CPU, and Storage).

    The Capacity view displays resource usage as a percentage of the total capacity. Visually, this is displayed as a horizontal bar ranging from 0 percent to 100 percent.

    The Warning and Problem thresholds help you quickly see when resource usage is approaching your resource capacity. Up to the Warning threshold, usage is displayed as a green bar. When the Warning threshold is reached, usage is displayed as a yellow bar. When the Problem threshold is reached, usage is displayed as a red bar.

  3. Under Data Refresh Interval, specify a frequency for collecting capacity data from your system.

    1. (Optional) Select No Refresh if you choose not to periodically refresh the data. This option keeps the original capacity data for display on the Capacity dashboard.

    2. (Optional) Select Interval to specify how frequently you want to initiate capacity data collection.

      Keep in mind that data collection can be an intensive process. The frequency of data collection and the duration of data collection (which is dependent on the size of your system) could affect your system’s performance. You should specify an interval that balances the need for up-to-date information against the potential impact to system performance while the Capacity engine is running.

      The system must update the capacity data at least once before you can accurately estimate the interval. You can base your estimate on the data displayed in the Capacity Update dialog box when you select Update in the Capacity view.

    3. (Optional) Select Daily Time to specify the time each day (based on the Cloud Manager Application Server’s clock and time zone) when you want Cloud Manager to collect capacity data.

  4. Click OK to save your change.