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Open up the capacity management pack for other systems/counters without VMM
Would be great to be able to do some capacity planning on other counters or systems (sql dabatabase, scsm, scom orchestrator). You have a great engine in the backend so please utilize it fully. for example: would be great to be able to import other SCOM data like SQL perf counters so I can do capacity planning on my SQL servers. Or to be able to do capacity planning on physical hosts that are not managed by VMM.
219 votesDocumentation for the updated capacity solution is now available:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-capacityThis solution does require Hyper-V and does not work for VMware or Azure VMs.
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Capacity Planning Efficiency chart doesn't reveal names of affected VMs
Overview -> Capacity -> Compute has Efficiency chart. The pie chart sums up normal, overutilized, idle, and powered off VMs. There are links to view details and to view in Excel.
Issue: You can't tell what the names of the VMs are in the various states from either the web search view or the Excel download. Both show only the 'count' not the 'names' of the VMs.
Recommendations (1) Make the Efficiency pie chart clickable so when I click on a region such as "Overutilized" that I get the names of the overutilized VMs (2) Add VM names to the…26 votesWe’ve released an updated version of the Capacity and Performance solution.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-capacity
Try it out and let us know your feedback.
— Richard
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Allow multi-select for 'Scope' in Capacity dashboards
It should be possible to select multiple VMM's Host Groups in the 'Scope' drop down menu, not just one at the time or 'all'.
13 votesWe’ve released an updated Capacity solution that doesn’t rely on VMM
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-capacity
Try it out and let us know what you think
— Richard
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Scope would be more useful if it could target VMM Clouds
We would love to see Advisor be able to provide capacity intelligence on a per cloud basis, whilst I can see the challenges this presents to develop it would be a winning feature for us.
10 votesWe’ve updated the Capacity solution to no longer need VMM.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-capacity
Try it out and let us know what you think.
— Richard
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ManagementPack cannot be imported because it contains a Managed Type with the same name as an existing type
I'm receiving errors on the event log since a few weeks ago every 5 minutes:
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System> <Provider Name="DataAccessLayer" /> <EventID Qualifiers="32768">33333</EventID> <Level>3</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-09-01T17:00:23.000000000Z" /> <EventRecordID>1737027</EventRecordID> <Channel>Operations Manager</Channel> <Computer>SRVOPMPZG001.u-tad.es</Computer> <Security /> </System>
- <EventData> <Data>MPInfrapManagementPackInstall -- (ManagementPackXML=<ManagementPack xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" ContentReadable="t...), (ManagementPackXMLUpdateFragment=), (RunTimeXML=<ManagementPack xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" ContentReadable="t...), (MPKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35), (VersionDependentId=4e2896ed-2d87-6633-c60e-63add162c6ec), (RETURN_VALUE=0)</Data> <Data>16</Data> <Data>777980300</Data> <Data>ManagementPack cannot be imported because it contains a Managed Type with the same name as an existing type: Microsoft.SystemCenter.Advisor.VirtualMachineManager.Storage.StoragePool</Data> </EventData> </Event>
6 votesThis was an error on our end at the time of your posting.
The right management packs have been republished and this should be working again.
Please let us know if you see otherwise.
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Capacity Pie Charts not visible when Scoped
Pie charts appear only under Global perspective. Pie charts missing when scoping.
8 votesWe’ve released an updated Capacity and Perfomance solution.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-capacity
— Richard
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Please add SAN Storage Analytics specific to Failover Clustering and CSVs
This is a gap for a lot of teams we monitor and they want to see reports specific to SAN Storage, Failover Clustering, and CSV capacity metrics. How cool would it be for them to do their Ad-Hoc queries via Advisor Analytics portal and not have any access back to my on premise SSRS system? Anyone else have similar requests?
5 votesThis has been enabled!
Local-attached storage and SAN now have separate drill downs.If you want to see SAN support and you are running SC2012 SP1 and not R2, a couple more of needed management packs are not automatically imported in OpsMgr.
They can be found under SelectCDImage\ManagementPacks folder in the SCOM media.Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Storage.2012.Discovery
Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Storage.2012.Monitoring
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Capacity Intelligence Pack does not work if SCOM-VMM integration in not in place
If this is a requirement it should be at least documented. It doesn't say in the documentation nor in the text in the Intelligence Pack 'gallery'.
4 votesYou need to enable the VMM SCOM connectivity in order to use the capacity intelligence pack. This has been documented here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/dn500856.aspx
In order to find out how to connect VMM with Operation Manager please go here
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh882396.aspxAlso, if you are running 2012 SP1 and not R2, a couple more of the needed management packs are not automatically imported. these are needed to support SAN storage.
They can be found under SelectCDImage\ManagementPacks folder in the SCOM media.
◾Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Storage.2012.Discovery
◾Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Storage.2012.Monitoring
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Capacity Planner has been aggregating data for several weeks but still no graphs.
My capacity planner intelligence pack is aggregating data and has been doing so for several weeks but still no graphs.
The event logs on my VMM and SCOM servers shows nothing out of the ordinary and the integration between VMM and SCOM works (I get all the data I'm supposed to be getting in SCOM).
I've checked all steps here http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2014/05/29/advisor-error-3000-unable-to-register-to-the-advisor-service-amp-onboarding-troubleshooting-steps.aspx and they all check out. Almost.
I have dual MP for the Capacity Planning Intelligence Pack: http://1drv.ms/10oMMBv
As you can see they have exactly the same attributes except for the description and when they were installed.
I was planning…
4 votesThe MPs are fine – there are two MPs with the same display name (if you look at their properties you’ll see the actual MP ID is different) and it’s currently by design. You can’t download them… SCOM checks for new MPs (associated with the IP’s you’ve added to advisor) and downloads them every 10 minutes.
I am closing this as we solved the onboarding stage and are engaged with you on the SOFS-specific issue now.
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Capacity IP does not show data for the past 6 hours or 1 day
Hi,
When I click on the Capacity MP tile and I change the scope for timeframe to 6 hours or 1 day no data is being showed. In previous versions I was able to see data for the past 6 hours or 1 day. Is this by design to not show data for the past 6hours/1 day now?4 votesThis is currently by design. We have a 24 (+4) hour delay at processing capacity data to power the capacity drill downs, which means we are now processing yesterday’s data.
Some of the PerfHourly data you see in search is available sooner (2/3 hours delay), but the one ‘produced’ by OpInsighst as part of the capacity analysis job is slower – just check ObjectName=‘Advisor Metrics’ as opposed to any other counter.
HTH
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Changing the host group does not update the dashboard
When I go from Global Scope to a Host-Group, the dashbord is updated. However, when I choose another Host-Group to view, the dashboard is still showing the previous Host Group and does not update.
3 votesThe fix for this should be out now, and it should work again. Let us know if you see otherwise.
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Capacity "Virtual Machines Used" always shows static number
In the Capacity solution, the "Virtual Machines Used" always shows a static number regardless of the date selected in the slider. If I change the "data based on last 7 days" from the top right, I can get the count for a specific date, but the graph is still flat with only one number.
3 votesThe Capacity solution based on VMM has been replaced with a version that no longer needs VMM.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-capacity
Try it out and let us know if it helps with the capacity planning of your Hyper-V hosts.
— Richard
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Capacity Management - Disk Performance - No graph lines in Microsoft Edge browser
When using Microsoft Edge to access the Disk Performance in Capacity Management the lines in the graph are not visible. (as per attached screen shot)
The data points are there and hovering over the chart moves the cursor dot, just not showing the visual line.
3 votesThanks for reporting this Steve.
We’ve deployed an update and graph lines are now displayed when using Edge.
Regards
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Capacity Management graph
It would be great to be able to change the scale on the Y axis of the Capacity Management Virtual Machine Count graph to show more meaningful data. Currently my graph shows a scale in 1000's and since my lab only has about 30 VM's this does not allow us to see meaningful data for capacity planning.
2 votesWhen looking at performance metrics it is now possible to configure the graph scale.
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Are there any plans to plug in utilization data into Capacity IP
Capacity without utilization provides an unfinished storyline. Since performance counters are available in SCOM, would it be possible to provide utilization data?
A case in point, if I have a bank of Cores and memory but if host is tipping with current configuration, it provides compelling argument better utilize the available capacity1 voteWhat do you mean by utilization?
Have you tried search queries such as- Type:PerfHourly CounterName:“% Processor Time” InstanceName:“_Total” | Measure avg(SampleValue) as AVGCPU by RootObjectName | Sort AVGCPU desc | Top 5
- Type:PerfHourly CounterName:“% Processor Time” InstanceName:“_Total”
Also consider the idea to collect arbitrary (custom defined) performance counters http://feedback.azure.com/forums/267889-azure-operational-insights/suggestions/6519061-collect-custom-windows-performance-counters
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Capacity Planner seems to ignore SOFS storage for VMs
Capacity Planner doesn't track any of the storage on my SOFS cluster available to my hosts for VMs.
I'm running System Center 2012 R2 so I'm under the impression that I shouldn't have to enable any additional MP's.
Then again, when looking closer now it seems as if there is no information about my SMB shares anywhere in SCOM either.
VMM has full knowledge of the shares though (see attached image).
1 voteI am told by the team that SMB (if managed by VMM) should be enabled – but that storage should show under the ‘File Server’ tile in Capacity.
If that’s not the case we can investigate with you.
The first things to check would be to make sure SOFS capacity data collection is actually happening from OM.
Check if this MP has been imported (it should come down from Advisor automatically) and if the rules are present in this MP and enabled. (Use the ‘show running rules for this healthservice’ and ‘show failed rules for this healthservice’ tasks).
If these rules are running, for additional clues, check for events 8600, 8601 on hyper-v hosts event log & 8602, 8603 on VMM servers under “Operations Manager” event log.MP name – Microsoft.IntelligencePacks.StorageDataCollection
MP display name – Microsoft System Center Advisor Capacity Storage Data
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Projection Tool reporting "0 Cores used"
see attached image
1 voteIt was determined that the chart is working as it was designed.
What the tool is saying is that by the projected date, with the current trend, you’d have 0 cores used.
The confidence interval of +-181 is quite large due to the volatility in core usage.
This prediction is not ideal but was caused by a fairly steady decrease in cores used in your environment observed over a period of time.
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Scope by Host group showing "0 of 0 Host Groups"
This use to drop down a full list but is now empty. see attached image
1 voteStephen, the Capacity team tells me a fix for this has been deployed. Can you see/confirm this is working now for you?
We will follow up with you separately as it appears this was a special case with some column in the OpsDatabase not having the expected name… we are still determining whether this depends on having an upgraded environment as opposed to a fresh install of OM/VMM.
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Capacity Data Aggregation Does not appear to be collecting relevant data
Providing more context around the data aggregation process and potential issues would be valuable. I have activated the Capacity Planning component (2 weeks ago) and have yet to see any data collected for my services. Not clear what the issue is.
1 voteFor Capacity, check the pre-requisites here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn500856.aspx
And if aggregation never finishes, most likely not all the right data is making up to the cloud. There are a lot of things to watch for and troubleshooting steps in this blog post http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2014/05/29/advisor-error-3000-unable-to-register-to-the-advisor-service-amp-onboarding-troubleshooting-steps.aspx
Also notice this item was causing issue at the time of this post http://feedback.azure.com/forums/267889-azure-operations-insights/suggestions/6519268-not-all-data-this-is-transfered-to-advisor-uses-th and we unified the proxy settings, which were causing issues for many people (covered in the blog post).
As per making the experience clearer, I mentioned here http://feedback.azure.com/forums/267889-azure-operations-insights/suggestions/6519308-timeout-connecting-to-preview that we will be shipping some SCOM monitors that will self-monitor the connection and alert you with actionable KB associated to resolve connectivity issues that prevent (all or some) data to be sent to the cloud.
All the above should help :-)
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It would be great if the host groups are honored in Capacity Dashboard.
It seems that there is a single dashboard aggregating all my hosts. But, it would be useless if I have two host groups, one for dev and another for production.
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