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About vCenter CapacityIQ
VMware vCenter™ CapacityIQ helps vSphere system administrators monitor and manage the capacity of
virtualized environments.
Install CapacityIQ as a vCenter Server plug-in. CapacityIQ ensures that virtualized infrastructure capacity is
efficient and predictable.
The what-if scenario feature allows administrators to model changes to the virtualized environment and assess
the effect of a change without implementation costs or time-consuming trial and error.
This chapter includes the following topics:
"CapacityIQ Main Tasks,"
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"CapacityIQ Architecture,"
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"Administrator Process Overview for CapacityIQ,"
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"Licensing CapacityIQ,"
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CapacityIQ Main Tasks
CapacityIQ collects performance information about managed objects, such as hosts and virtual machines in
the virtual infrastructure. CapacityIQ stores the information in the CapacityIQ database.
You query the database to understand available capacity in the virtual infrastructure. CapacityIQ performs
these tasks.
Collects performance statistics about managed objects in the virtual infrastructure.
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Stores the statistics in the CapacityIQ database and builds a performance history for each object.
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Collects and stores inventory history for each object, such as moving a virtual machine from one host to
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Retrieves and presents the statistics on demand through the CapacityIQ user interface.
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Filters the information presented according to objects, time periods, or types of activity.
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Provides scenarios to model potential changes to the virtual infrastructure.
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CapacityIQ Architecture
CapacityIQ is a virtual appliance that you install on vCenter Server. A virtual appliance is a virtual machine
image that contains software designed to run in a virtual machine.
CapacityIQ does not affect the performance of vSphere. The CapacityIQ virtual appliance processes the vCenter
Server data.
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