Microsoft has created a new add-in for Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Professional that helps you plan your virtualization environment.
Because many of today's physical servers are being under-utilized, people are turning to virtualization as an answer. To help get you down the right path, Microsoft has created a tool that can draw a clear picture of your hardware utilization. This tool auto-generates the diagram of your rack and provides clear server details from a linked Excel template. Analyze your racks and servers using WMI or get the utilization data over time by using Microsoft's Operations Manager connection. After completing the analysis, the external data window adds the fetched IP address, operating system, processor, % CPU usage, total physical memory, and available physical memory details of the analyzed servers.
You can download the free Visio add-in at Microsoft.com.
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