Custom Profiles in VMware Aria
Operations
VMware Aria
Operations
A custom profile defines a hypothetical
configuration of a virtual machine. Custom profiles help you determine how many instances of
that virtual machine can fit in your environment, depending on the capacity remaining and
the configuration of the parent object. You activate the custom profile in policies for
specific object types. The custom profiles are used to calculate VM remaining when the
policy is selected for those object types in the
Capacity
tab of the
VMware Aria
Operations
object browser. How Custom Profiles Work
As with default profiles, custom profiles is based on
metric values for a virtual machine. You can add as many custom profiles as you need
for an object. For example, you might create one custom profile for a virtual
machine that has a memory demand model of 2 GB. You create another custom profile
that has a memory demand model of 4 GB.
VMware Aria
Operations
uses custom profiles to calculate the number of
instances of those virtual machines that can fit in your environment for specific
objects. The number of virtual machines is based on the capacity allocation and
demand defined for the object. After you define the metric values for a custom
profile, you configure for which policies and object types the custom profiles are
activated.
How Custom Profiles are Related
to Policies
After you create a custom profile, you activate it
in a policy for one or more of the following object types:
- Datastores
- Datastore clusters
- Cluster compute resource
The custom profile is then available for all
objects of that object type in the
Capacity
tab of the
VMware Aria
Operations
object
browser. To determine how many instances of the virtual machine
with a specific configuration as defined by the custom profile you can include in
the parent object, go to the
Capacity
tab of the parent
object in . Select the Capacity Remaining | Virtual Machine
Remaining
pane. Select the policy in which the custom profile is
activated, from the top right hand side drop-down list. The custom profiles appear
in the VM remaining section and indicate how many instances of the virtual machine
can fit in your environment. The overall virtual machine remaining is based on the
most constrained profile.Where You Find Custom
Profiles
In the left menu, click . A list of all the custom profiles available in
VMware Aria
Operations
is
displayed in a table. Click the name of a custom profile from the
Name
column to view the metric values and policies of
that custom proile on the right pane. Option | Description |
|---|---|
Toolbar options | In the toolbar click
Add to add a custom profile for a specific
object type. Click the Vertical Ellipses
against a profile to perform the following actions:
|
Sorting options | Filter the list to
display profiles that match the filter you create. You can sort
by name, description, object type, or adapter type. |
Filter and Search | Use the advanced filter and search box to look for
custom profiles. Click the drop-down icon to search by name,
description, object type, adapter type. |