The VMguy

Many have waited for a long time for this one.  The forecasting tool for your existing virtual platform.  When will I need more CPU?  When will I need more RAM?  Capacity IQ will assist in predicting it for you.  Since this is a 1.0 release, there is no What’s New section in the release notes.  There is a nice summary in the Key Features Section:

Capacity Awareness

• View and analyze past, present, and future capacity states at-a-glance with dashboard graphs and tables.
• Eliminate costly routine monitoring and management tasks through automation using customized capacity thresholds and alerts.

Capacity Optimization

• Reclaim excess capacity from idle, oversized, or powered-off virtual machines.
• Size and allocate capacity for each virtual machine based on historical and future needs.
• Place virtual machines in the most optimal clusters to eliminate further waste.

Capacity Prediction

• Simulate one-time business events to quantify potential business impact.
• Identify the timing of potential capacity shortfalls based on trends and forecasts.
• Purchase and provision capacity as and when needed.

There is one important thing to note from the release notes: “CapacityIQ supports VirtualCenter 2.5, Update 4 and Update 5, managing hosts running ESX Server 3.0.2 through 3.5. CapacityIQ 1.0 does not support VMware vSphere 4.0 or vCenter 4.0.”

You can find the download in the download section here.