Capacity IQ 1.0.1 was released today. You can download it here. The only feature edition from the release notes is support for vSphere. However, here’s the features list from the release notes:
VMware vCenter CapacityIQ is a capacity management and planning tool for VMware Infrastructure environments. CapacityIQ helps you:
Eliminate waste by identifying any unused or over-allocated capacity
Reduce operational overhead by automating routine capacity monitoring and management tasks
Minimize business risk of outages or failures resulting from capacity bottlenecks and shortfalls
CapacityIQ supports VirtualCenter 2.5, Update 4 and Update 5 and vCenter Server 4.0.x, managing hosts running ESX Server 3.0.1 through ESX 4.0.x.
Key Features
This section describes the key features available in CapacityIQ.
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.
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