CA Virtual Placement Manager uses advanced analytics for optimal workload placement and right-sizing of virtual machines – thus automating the design of your virtual infrastructure ensuring capacity optimization and performance without over-provisioning. It allows users to run scenarios using both existing and hypothetical infrastructures through the use of a Component Model Library (CML). Virtual Placement Manager continually assesses and reports the overall capacity of the datacenter, regardless of virtual platform and standards, using CA Technologies patented Resource Score (Rx), which is designed to identify underutilized VM’s for consolidation or redeployment. With CA Virtual Placement Manager, you can:

• Automate the sizing, placement and balancing of VMs and eliminate VM sprawl
• Automatically analyze virtual datacenter efficiency and compare consolidation scenarios
• Project hypothetical scenarios to allow for infrastructure planning prior to deployment
• Safely consolidate / migrate workloads without impacting service levels