Guest's Booking Information

System Name *

Add the expected VM name.

Customer Name

Add the name of the VM owner.

Planned Start Date *

This date is based on the Densify server’s time zone, which is shown in the above figure with a GMT offset "(UTC -4:00)". Enter the expected date that the VM will be needed. The calendar picker shows the date based on the Densify server’s time zone. The Today button allows you to choose today's date for immediate placement.

Hold Reservation <n> days after Planned Start Date

Enter the number of days after the Planned Start Date to hold the booking, in case the incoming VM is late. Enter 0 if you do not want a grace period.

Copies

Enter the number of copies you need if you want to create multiple copies of booking requests.

Note: Although you can create up to 999 booking requests at one time, your system will require significant processing time if you create more than 100 copies.

Project

Enter the project name or application that this VM is associated with. After the new booking request is saved, it is grouped and displayed under the project name in both the Booking Requests to be Routed pane and Reservation Details pane.

Customer Email

Enter the email for the person who requested the VM.

Description

Enter an optional description, to a maximum of 1024 characters.

Guest's Resource Request

CPUs *

The Original/From Reference System column shows the values of the reference system and these values can be reused or overridden in the Requested column for the new VM.

Selecting a reference system is mandatory.

If required, override the CPU value in the Requested column with the number of vCPUs required for the new VM.

Memory (GB) *

If required, override the memory value in the Requested column with the memory requirement for the new VM.

OS *

Shows the OS from the reference system. If you need to change the operating system, select a different reference system with the OS type that is the same as the new VM.

Reference System *

Select a reference system to use its values for the requested system. Selecting a reference system is mandatory but values can be overridden in the Requested column. Note that other requirements and attribute values set on the reference system will be loaded when that reference system is selected.

Preferred Environment

Select the preferred environment for this system.

Note: This field is not constrained by the global filter.

Preferred Hosting Venue

Select the preferred hosting venue for this system. This field is only enabled once a preferred environment has been selected.

After selecting a preferred environment and hosting venue, you can route the booking request directly by clicking the Route button. See Routing from the Booking Request Dialog Box.

Note: This field is not constrained by the global filter.

Disk *

If the reference system has an associated disk, those disk values are populated in the lower section. If you want to change the disk values, you can override them.

If the VM is associated with multiple disks, such as when the operating system, the database, and the log files for a VM are each located on a different disk, click Add Disk to add disk information.

The VM will only be routed to hosting venues that contain datastores of the appropriate tier (each disk may be required to belong to a different datastore because of security, performance, etc.) and that have enough capacity to host the booking request's disks.

Provisioned Space (GB)

If required, you can override the provisioned space value with the amount of space (GB) for the datastore that is required for this disk. This field is ignored during routing if 0 or no value is specified.

Datastore Preference

Specify the preferred datastore for this disk.

If the datastore preference is specified in the Workload disk definition, Densify will try to respect the preferred placement according to the best candidate environment and hosting venue selected. If the preferred datastore is not available in the selected hosting venue, does not satisfy the tier condition, or does not have enough capacity, then the next suitable datastore available in the venue will be used. Regardless if the preferred datastore is used during routing, the Datastore Preference value is still preserved in the Workload disk definition after placement.

Note:  If a preferred datastore is set, then that setting will override the sensor placement strategy (i.e. balanced/fill and spill).

Tiers

Select the storage tier required for this disk.

Used Space (GB)

If required, you can override the used space value with the amount of used space (GB) for the datastore required for this disk. This field is ignored during routing if 0 or no value is specified.

Guest's Utilization Profile

Workload Profile *

Select a workload profile from the list below that best reflects the new workload.

Note: The workload profile is inherited from the reference system when a reference system is selected or changed. This will replace any existing workload profile value.

Workload Type

Select a workload type from the list below. After selecting the workload profile and type, the corresponding chart is shown.

CPU_Intensive_Peak

Workload with a high level of peak CPU utilization.

Very High Peak (100%), Nominal Sustained (20%)

Nominal (70% Actual, 30% Active)

Nominal

Nominal

CPU_Intensive_Sustained

Workload with a high level of sustained CPU utilization.

High Sustained (60%), High Peak (80%)

Nominal (70% Actual, 30% Active)

Nominal

Nominal

Disk_Intensive

Workload with high level disk I/O activity.

Nominal (40% Peak, 20% Sustained)

Nominal (70% Actual, 30% Active)

High

Nominal

Low_Utilization

Workload with low levels of resource utilization (CPU, memory, disk and network I/O).

Low (20% Peak, 2% Sustained)

Low (20% Actual, 2% Active)

Low

Low

Medium_Utilization

Workload with medium levels of resource utilization.

Nominal (40% Peak, 20% Sustained)

Nominal (70% Actual, 30% Active)

Nominal

Nominal

Memory_Intensive

Workload with high levels of memory utilization.

Nominal (40% Peak, 20% Sustained)

High (90% Actual, 50% Active)

Nominal

Nominal

Network_Intensive

Workload with high level of network I/O activity

Nominal (40% Peak, 20% Sustained)

Nominal (70% Actual, 30% Active)

Nominal

High

Zero_Utilization

Workload with zero resource utilization.

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Guest's Security Requirements

Data Jurisdiction

Select the jurisdiction for this workload, such as Canada or US.

Compliance

Select the compliance for this workload, such as PCI or HIPAA.

Encryption and Key Management

Select the encryption key management for this workload, such as 128-bit based or 256-bit based.

Identity and Access Management

Select the identity and access management (IAM) requirements for this workload, such as Active Directory.

Security Zone

Select the security zone for the VM if applicable.

Network Isolation

Select the network isolation capabilities for this workload, such as Logical or Physical.

Intel TXT Support

Select if this workload supports Intel Trusted Execution Technology.

Guest's Business Requirements

Location

Select the location for this VM.

Service Level

Select the service level required by this VM.

Department

Select the department for this VM.

Guest's Technical Requirements

Hosting Platform

Select the hosting platform for the VM, e.g. Amazon Web Services, VMware.

Context Switches

Enter the number of context switches per second that the VM will require.

Disk IO (Ops)

Enter the Disk IO requirement for the VM in operations per second.

Network IO (Packets)

Enter the Network IO requirement for the VM in packets per second.

Application Tier

Select the application tier for the VM if applicable.

High Availability Group

Select the high availability group for the VM if applicable.

Allocation Sync Group

Select the allocation sync group if applicable.

Software Licenses

Select the software licenses for the VM, e.g. Windows and MSSQL.

IP Addresses Assigned

Enter the number of IP addresses to be assigned to this booking, from your defined IP address pool sensors. Typically this will be set to 1, but can be set to values >1 if there are multiple NICs or if the VM needs multiple IP interfaces for other reasons.

Hypervisor Type

Select the hypervisor type for the VM, e.g. Hyper-V, VMware, PowerVM.

Disk IO (Bytes)

Enter the Disk IO requirement for the VM in bytes per second.

Network IO (Bytes)

Enter the Network IO requirement for the VM in bytes per second.

Operational Environment

Select the operational environment for the VM if applicable.

Load Balancing Group

Select the load balancing group for the VM if applicable.

Static Source Placement

Select whether VMs should not be moved during rebalancing and defragmentation.

License Group

Select the license group for this workload, such as database or platform.