Use this action dialog to modify profiles or to copy profile templates. This action dialog is available in both the Model Wizard and Model Editor. When you directly modify a default profile, all clients or servers in the capacity model that use the default profile that you edit are affected. However, you can copy a default profile template to create a new profile and then apply the profile to either a discrete group of client computers with the Edit Client Profile action in the Model Editor or to an individual server computer when you use the Edit server role action.

Note
Usage profiles contain parameters for all services that can be modeled for an application, including services that are not being used in a capacity model. When a service is not being used, its usage profile parameters are ignored by Capacity Planner.

The following elements appear in the Customize Usage Profiles action dialog.

Server templates

Shows server usage profile templates.
Client templates

Shows client usage profile templates.
Select Usage Profile

Designates the usage profile that you want to modify or copy.
Profile Name

If you selected a default profile, enter the name to copy the profile to. If you selected a profile you created previously, enter the name to rename to. Long profile names may appear truncated.
Delete

Deletes the selected usage profile that you have previously created. You cannot delete default profiles.
Copy

Creates a copy of the selected usage profile.
Profile Characteristics, per client

Based upon your application model and template type (server or client) different profile characteristics tabs are displayed.
  • For server usage profiles, you can update values on various tabs to define how resources are utilized.
  • For client usage profiles, you can update various tabs to define how client applications for a group of computers interact with one or more server components.
To view the profile characters applicable to the application model you are using, see the Customize Usage Profiles Help topic for your model. For more information, see the following Profile Characteristics, Per Client section.

Profile Characteristics, Per Client

The following tabs and parameters appear under Profile characteristics, per client for server templates:

  • Operations Manager database tab
    Defines the amount of data, in days, to store in the Operations Manager database for various types of data.
  • Reporting data warehouse tab
    Defines the amount of data, in days, to store in the Reporting data warehouse for various types of data.
  • ACS collector tab
    Defines percentage of security events filtered by the ACS collector.

The following tabs appear under Profile characteristics, per client for client templates. The information on the tabs listed below indicates the amount of information, per day, that is collected per management pack agent for all clients in the profile.

  • Windows 2000 Server/Windows Server 2003 MP
  • Active Directory 2003 MP
  • Exchange Server 2003 MP
  • SQL Server 2000/SQL Server 2005 MP
  • Windows 2000 Server/ Windows Server 2003 IIS MP
  • Custom MP
  • Windows 2000 Client/Windows XP Client MP – Business Critical
  • Windows 2000 Client/Windows XP Client MP – Collective Client
  • Information Worker MP – Business Critical
  • Information Worker MP – Collective Client
  • Direct Connected Agent
    Defines the amount of heartbeats sent and audit collection events collected per agent, per day.
  • Gateway Connected Agent
    Defines the amount of heartbeats that are sent per agent, per day.

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