memory utilisation in How Many More VMs Can be Provisioned

[jurriaan_cap]

i am using this report but i have this weird issue.

i am using the following settings

CPU utilization limit: 70.00 %
Memory utilization limit: 70.00 %
Max utilization per datastore: 90.00 %
Datastore read rate: 750 MBps
Datastore write rate: 750 MBps
VM profile: Average VM configuration
Use Reservations: False
Put 1 host in maintenance mode for each cluster: True

and for one cluster it reports the memory utilisation at 114 %

the cluster has 2 esx hosts
and a total of 1024 GB of memory (each host has 512 GB).

vcenter reports that i have a total capacity of 1022659 MB , 267359 MB reserverd and 755300 MB available.
one host currently has 20 % memory load and the other 60 %

where does the 114 % come from ?

if remove the one host maintenace mode option i get a memory utilisation of 57% and can add 53 vm's

it seems to double the current load for its utilisation

can anyone explain how this works ?

[Shestakov]

Hello Jurriaan,

The report`s logic is pretty simple: it calculates average powered on VM`s(or defined VM`s) resource consumption and provides a number of VMs to be provisioned before one of thresholds(CPU, Memory etc.) will be reached.

and for one cluster it reports the memory utilisation at 114 %

Could you clarify, please where you found this value? Is it average or predicted usage?

Thanks.

[jurriaan_cap]

it is the current average usage that is at 114 %

which is weird since its now where near that figure as far as i can tell

[Shestakov]

That`s an unexpected behavior. Here "Memory Usage" metric is used and it should be more than 100%.
So, could you contact Veeam support team for logs review to find the issue?
Thank you.

[jurriaan_cap]

i am running a 30 day trail as a POC , so no support has been arranged yet.

what is the best route to take if you are in a POC situation and need assistence from Veeam ?

[jurriaan_cap]

never mind , found it , you can just log a case using the trial key

thanks

[Shestakov]

Correct, you can get support even using trial or free version. Please provide your support case # once you have it for us to follow the issue investigation. Thanks.