Setup Considerations

Licensing Requirements

Capacity Advisor is installed when all VSE components are installed. For specific information about trial and LTU (License To Use) licensing on supported platforms, see the HP Insight Dynamics — VSE and HP VSE Management Software 4.1 Getting Started Guide at http://docs.hp.com/en/vse.html. For added information on using the HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation Software license, see “Data Collection and the HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software”.

Installation

Capacity Advisor is installed with other VSE components, so no separate installation is required. (See the VSE Management Software installation guide at http://docs.hp.com/en/vse.html as appropriate for your operating system.) To use Capacity Advisor, you must have a valid license.

Collection Agents

Capacity Advisor uses the same data collection agents as Virtualization Manager and problems associated with agents can be diagnosed with vseassist. See the HP VSE Management Software Version 4.1 Installation and Update Guide for HP-UX for additional information.

Capacity Advisor also can collect data from licensed Microsoft® Windows® systems without the use of an agent. See “Collecting Data Without Using an Agent”.

Disk Space Requirements

Plan to allot 34.6 MB for each workload to collect and preserve a maximum of four years of data for use by Capacity Advisor. For additional information on disk space requirements, see the capcollect page in the “Command Reference” in this manual. Also see the HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and User Guide.

Credentials

To use Capacity Advisor, to collect data, and to run reports, you must have credentials (a valid user name and password) and appropriate toolbox authorization on systems where you plan to use Capacity Advisor. For specifics about setting up user authorizations, see the HP Insight Dynamics — VSE and HP VSE Management Software 4.1 Getting Started Guide.

Dependencies

Capacity Advisor has the same software and hardware dependencies as HP Virtualization Manager. These dependencies apply to both managed systems and the CMS. For details, see the HP Insight Dynamics — VSE and HP VSE Management Software 4.1 Getting Started Guide.