Fermilab Computing Division

Capacity Management Policy, Process & Procedures

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Client: Fermilab
Date : 03/04/2010
Version : 0.6
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GENERAL
This document establishes a Capacity Management process and procedures for
Description
Fermilab.
The purpose of this process is to establish a Capacity Management process for the
Fermilab Computing Division. Adoption and implementation of this process provides a
structured method to ensure that the required capacity exists within the IT environment so
that IT Services meet business requirements as documented in Service Level
Purpose Agreements, and that this is provided in a cost-effective and timely manner.
Note: The Capacity process can be triggered by many other processes. In the normal
course of business, each service has a pre-determined capacity review cycle (usually
annually, to coincide with the budget cycle), and the process executes according to that
cycle.

Applicable to <Enter Applicable Details>

Supersedes N/A

Document Owner Ray Pasetes Capacity Manager

Effective Dates MM-DD-2010

VERSION HISTORY
Version Date Author(s) Change Summary
0.1 12/28/2009 David Cole - Plexent Initial Draft Version
0.2 01/05/2010 David Cole - Plexent Added newly discovered information
0.3 01/26/2010 David Cole - Plexent Incorporated feedback from Workshop
0.4 02/09/2010 David Cole - Plexent Updates as a result of Core Team Review
0.5 02/17/2010 David Cole - Plexent Updates as a result of General CD Review
0.6 03/04/2010 David Cole - Plexent Further updates as a result of General CD Review

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
General.................................................................................................................................. 1
Introduction............................................................................................................................ 3
General Introduction.........................................................................................................3
Document Organization....................................................................................................3
Capacity Management Policies..............................................................................................4
Capacity Management Process Flow.....................................................................................5
Capacity Management General Notes..............................................................................6
Capacity Management Process Roles & Responsibilities.................................................6
Capacity Management Process Measurements...............................................................7
Capacity Management Critical Success Factors..............................................................8
Capacity Management Process Relationships.................................................................9
Manage Business Capacity Requirements Procedure Flow.................................................12
Manage Business Capacity Requirements Procedures Rules........................................13
Manage Business Capacity Requirements Procedure Narrative....................................13
Verification..................................................................................................................... 15
Management Review Criteria.........................................................................................15
Escalation Criteria.......................................................................................................... 15
Risks.............................................................................................................................. 15
Manage Service Capacity Requirements Procedure Flow...................................................16
Manage Service Capacity Requirements Procedure Rules............................................17
Manage Service Capacity Requirements Procedure Narrative.......................................17
Verification..................................................................................................................... 18
Review Criteria............................................................................................................... 18
Escalation Criteria.......................................................................................................... 19
Risks.............................................................................................................................. 19
Manage Resource Capacity Requirements Procedure Flow:...............................................20
Manage Resource Capacity Management Procedures Rules........................................21
Manage Resource Capacity Requirements Procedure Narrative...................................21
Verification..................................................................................................................... 23
Review Criteria............................................................................................................... 23
Escalation Criteria.......................................................................................................... 23
Risks.............................................................................................................................. 23
Create & Distribute Capacity Reports Procedure Flow.........................................................24
Create & Distribute Capacity Reports Procedure Rules.................................................25
Create & Distribute Capacity Reports Procedure Narrative............................................25
Verification..................................................................................................................... 26
Review Criteria............................................................................................................... 26
Escalation Criteria.......................................................................................................... 26
Risks.............................................................................................................................. 26
Appendix 1: Relationship to Other Documents.....................................................................27
Appendix 2: Capacity RACI Chart........................................................................................28
Appendix 3: Phase 1 Capacity Management Scope............................................................30
Appendix 4: Communication Plan........................................................................................31
Appendix5: Forms, Templates.............................................................................................34

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INTRODUCTION
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Capacity management ensures that the information technology processing and storage capacity is adequate to
the evolving requirements of the organization as a whole in a timely and cost justifiable manner.

The benefits of an effective and efficient Capacity Management Process include:

 Assurance that IT resources are planned and scheduled to match the current and future needs of the
business
 Provision of a Capacity Plan that outlines the IT resources and funding (and cost justification) needed to
support the business
 Reduction in Capacity-related Incidents through pre-empting performance issues
 Implementation of corrective actions for capacity-related events
 Methods for the tuning and optimizing of the performance of IT Services and Configuration Items
 A structure for planning upgrades and enhancements and estimating future requirements by trend analysis of
current Configuration Item utilization and modeling changes in IT Services
 Assurance that upgrades are planned, budgeted, and implemented before SLAs (in terms of availability or
performance) are breached
 Financial benefits through avoidance of 'panic' buying.

DOCUMENT ORGANIZATION
This document is organized as follows:
 Introduction
 Capacity Management Policies
 Capacity Management Process Flow
 Process Measurements
 Process Roles and Responsibilities
 Process Critical Success Factors
 Capacity Management Process Integration Points
 1.0 –Manage Business Capacity Requirements Procedure
 Manage Business Capacity Requirements Procedure Rules
 Manage Business Capacity Requirements Procedure Narrative
 Verification
 Management Review Criteria
 Escalation Criteria
 Risks
 2.0 –Manage Service Capacity Requirements Procedure
 Manage Service Capacity Requirements Procedure Rules
 Manage Service Capacity Requirements Procedure Narrative
 Verification
 Management Review Criteria
 Escalation Criteria
 Risks
 3.0 -Manage Resource Capacity Requirements Procedure
 Manage Resource Capacity Requirements Procedure Rules
 Manage Resource Capacity Requirements Procedure Narrative
 Verification
 Management Review Criteria
 Escalation Criteria

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 Risks
 4.0 –Create & Distribute Capacity Reports Procedure
 Create & Distribute Capacity Reports Procedure Rules
 Create & Distribute Capacity Reports Procedure Narrative
 Verification
 Management Review Criteria
 Escalation Criteria
 Risks
 Appendix 1: Relationship to Other Documents
 Appendix 2: Raci Matrix
 Appendix 3: Phase 1 Capacity Management Scope
 Appendix 4: Communications Plan
 Appendix 5: Forms, Templates

CAPACITY MANAGEMENT POLICIES

The policies for Capacity Management at Fermilab are as follows:

 The Capacity Management process shall identify Capacity requirements on the basis of business
plans, business requirements, SLAs and MOU’s and risk assessments, and shall be consulted in
the development and negotiation of SLA’s and MOU’s.

 Capacity Plans will be kept on file for 18 months after their expiry date.

 The Capacity Plans will be reviewed at least annually to ensure requirements reflect agreed-upon
changes required by the business.

 The Capacity Management process will be subject to Continuous Process Improvement.

 Capacity Management will endeavor to ensure optimal integration with other ITSM processes.

 The best available demand forecasts should be provided to Capacity Management as soon as
they are identified.

 Monitoring, data gathering, analysis, reporting, and reviews will be undertaken consistently in a
defined manner, with the data being stored in the Capacity Management Database (CDB).

 The contents of the CDB will be shared with other ITSM processes.

 The necessary authority will be delegated to the Capacity Management process to initiate actions
which ensure required levels of IT Service Capacity and reliability.

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CAPACITY MANAGEMENT PROCESS FLOW

1.0
Manage Business Capacity Requirements

Create & Distribute Capacity Reports

2.0
Manage Service Capacity Requirements

4.0

3.0
Manage Resource Capacity Requirements

End

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CAPACITY MANAGEMENT GENERAL NOTES

 It is worth noting that the operational progression of the sub-processes is from 1.0 to 2.0 to 3.0, but there is
also a flow from 3.0 to 2.0 and from 2.0 to 1.0.
 This becomes important in situations where a capacity event in 3.0 will have a direct impact on a service.
Details of the event must be fed to 2.0, and 2.0 will, in turn, feed the details to 1.0.

CAPACITY MANAGEMENT PROCESS ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Role Responsibilities

Capacity Manager  A Capacity Manager has responsibility for ensuring that the aims of Capacity
Management are met. This includes such tasks as:
 Ensuring that there is adequate IT capacity to meet required levels of service,
and that senior IT management is correctly advised on how to match capacity
and demand and to ensure that use of existing capacity is optimized
 Identifying, with the Service Level Manager, capacity requirements through
discussions with the business users
 Understanding the current usage of the infrastructure and IT services, and the
maximum capacity of each component
 Performing sizing on all proposed new services and systems, possibly using
modeling techniques, to ascertain capacity requirements
 Forecasting future capacity requirements based on business plans, usage
trends, sizing of new services, etc.
 Production, regular review and revision of the Capacity Plan, in line with the
organization’s business planning cycle, identifying current usage and forecast
requirements during the period covered by the plan
 Ensuring that appropriate levels of monitoring of resources and system
performance are set
 Analysis of usage and performance data, and reporting on performance against
targets contained in SLAs
 Raising incidents and problems when breaches of capacity or performance
thresholds are detected, and assisting with the investigation and diagnosis of
capacity-related incidents and problems
 Identifying and initiating any tuning to be carried out to optimize and improve
capacity or performance
 Identifying and implementing initiatives to improve resource usage – for
example, demand management techniques
 Assessing new technology and its relevance to the organization in terms of
performance and cost
 Being familiar with potential future demand for IT services and assessing this on
performance service levels
 Ensuring that all changes are assessed for their impact on capacity and
performance and attending CAB meetings when appropriate

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CAPACITY MANAGEMENT PROCESS ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Role Responsibilities

 Producing regular management reports that include current usage of resources,

trends and forecasts
 Sizing all proposed new services and systems to determine the computer and
network resources required, to determine hardware utilization, performance
service levels and cost implications
 Assessing new techniques and hardware and software products for use by
Capacity Management that might improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the
process
 Performance testing of new services and systems
 Reports on service and component performance against targets contained in
SLAs
 Maintaining a knowledge of future demand for IT services and predicting the
effects of demand on performance service levels
 Determining performance service levels that are maintainable and cost-justified
 Recommending tuning of services and systems, and making recommendations
to IT management on the design and use of systems to help ensure optimum
use of all hardware and operating system software resources
 Acting as a focal point for all capacity and performance issues.

Capacity Analyst  The Capacity Analyst performs or directs many of the day-to-day and strategic
capacity activities on behalf of the Capacity Manager.

 Whereas the Capacity Manager is accountable for most capacity-related activities,

the Capacity Analyst is responsible for the gathering and analyzing of data for a
specific service support area (e.g. Network), and then forwarding the
information to the Capacity Manager, who will provide the holistic view for an
entire service.

 Possesses a comprehensive knowledge of the service delivery infrastructure and the

capacity impacts of those infrastructure components on the service as a whole.

 When analysis is required, initiates the requests to the appropriate infrastructure

teams, receives and analyzes the results, and creates the various reports.

 Reviews all Capacity reports with the Capacity Manager and publishes them after
approval.

CAPACITY MANAGEMENT PROCESS MEASUREMENTS

 Utilization Reports on the components in CDB

 SLA breeches reports by weeks, months

 Services usage reports by days, weeks, months

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 Reduction in cost report by service

 Up-time reports

 Resource forecasts reports

CAPACITY MANAGEMENT CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS

 Considering IT Service capacity requirements during service design

 Ability to plan and implement appropriate capacity to match current and future business needs

 Provision of organizational strategic business plans

 Provision of accurate business forecasts

 Creation of an integrated source of capacity data to allow analysis of the usage of all Configuration Items
in scope

 Ability to successfully analyze capacity data

 Creation of appropriate thresholds provide warnings and alerts

 Provision of technology to automatically manage thresholds

 Senior management commitment in terms of resources and budget for the process

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CAPACITY MANAGEMENT PROCESS RELATIONSHIPS

Process Process Information
Capacity Management to Service Delivery

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CAPACITY MANAGEMENT PROCESS RELATIONSHIPS

Process Process Information
 Considerations of and agreements to required
service levels
 Contribution to the design of services and cost:
value ratios
 Identification of the need and proposals for demand
management
 Identification of throughput and peaks and troughs
Service Level
Capacity Management to for SLA’s
Management
 Provision of capacity metrics and advice for service
reviews
 Help with identifying response times and batch
turnaround times for SLA’s
 Measurement of transaction response, batch
elapsed times, etc.
 Capacity predictions and plan

 Work together very closely in designing resiliency
(shares tools)
 Capacity plan details how Availability issues have
Availability
Capacity Management to been dealt with
Management
 Provide capacity information to help assess
component risk
 Details of new technology being considered
 Information to review if unavailability linked to
capacity
 Resource Capacity Management information
Availability Management to Capacity Management
 Share tools with Capacity Management
 Share use of techniques such as CFIA and FTA
 Completed CFIA

 Extent of infrastructure needed in emergency –
minimum to support required performance and
throughput
 Update ITSCM plan as services change
 Participate in tests and monitor performance to
ensure SLR’s can be met
Capacity Management to IT Service Continuity
 Ensures that ITSCM requirements are included in
the Capacity Plan
 Inform BIA process by providing details of workload
profiles
 Assist in evaluation of potential recovery options
 Review RFC’s for their impact on the ITSCM Plan
 Design information to feed Capacity Plan
IT Service Continuity
to Capacity Management  Business / ITSCM strategy for inclusion in Capacity
Management
plan


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CAPACITY MANAGEMENT PROCESS RELATIONSHIPS

Process Process Information
 Details to support charging or a new requirement
 Cost allocation mechanics based on resource usage
 Details of predicted workload and users
Financial Management  Half of the capacity vs. cost equation
Capacity Management to
for IT Services  Predictions of upgrades for budgeting and planning
 Usage and performance data
 All resources used in the Capacity Management
process
 Assistance in costing capacity options
 Cost of Capacity Management
 Budgeting provides the money to feed the Capacity
Plan
Financial Management
to Capacity Management  Influence customer demand for stretched resources
for IT Services
(helping make better use of existing resources)
 Financial Plans and Budgets within which Capacity
Management must operate
 Current budget and cost effectiveness

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CAPACITY MANAGEMENT PROCESS RELATIONSHIPS

Process Process Information
Configuration
Capacity Management to
Management
 Updates for CI’s stored in the CMDB
 Current infrastructure topology to identify what
requires Capacity Management
 Identification of potential performance
bottlenecks and other points of weakness
Configuration
Management
to Capacity Management  Knowledge of the relations between service
elements could aid in problem management
 Resource information, stored in the CMDB is
used by Capacity Management
 Capacity Plan stored in CMDB

 Assessment of RFC’s and their impact on
Capacity
Capacity Management to Change Management
 RFC’s for improved process
 RFC’s for improved Capacity
 RFC for Capacity Management Assessment
 FSC
Change Management to Capacity Management  Backed out Changes
 Reports on implemented changes for their
impact on Capacity

 Identification of Capacity issues during release
planning
Capacity Management to Release Management
 Immediate identification of Capacity issue
during a Release
Release Management to Capacity Management  Release Plans

Capacity Management to Incident Management  Advice on Workarounds
 Incidents related to Capacity failures or
Incident Management to Capacity Management
potential failures

 Highlight potential Capacity Problems
Capacity Management to Problem Management  Resource provision on Problem Management
teams
 Problem data relating to capacity issues
Problem Management to Capacity Management  Leadership when there are complex problems
involving Capacity issues

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MANAGE BUSINESS CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS PROCEDURE FLOW

Capacity Management – Level 0
Change Management for:
Ø Configuration Management,
Ø Release Management,
1.1
Ø Incident Management,
Quantify Business Impacts
Ø Security Management,
Ø Problem Management,
Ø Availability Management.
Ø Capacity Event

1.2
Review SLA’s

1.3 Service Level Management

Yes
SLA Changes Required? Negotiate, Agree & Sign SLA

No

Service Level Management

Define & Agree on SLR’s

Configuration Management
Design/Procure/Amend
Configuration

Change Management
Implement Configuration

Configuration Management
Return
Update CMDB, CDB

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MANAGE BUSINESS CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS PROCEDURES RULES

Inputs  Approved RFC

Entry  New Suggested Service OR

Criteria  Major change, to existing service
General The purpose of this procedure is to analyze, forecast and document the organization’s (future)
Comments demand for IT capacity.

MANAGE BUSINESS CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS PROCEDURE NARRATIVE

Step Responsible Role Action

1.1 Capacity Manager,  Receive the RFC for the new or changed service.
Quantify Capacity Analyst  Review the details of the RFC.
Business  Determine the impacts to the business of implementing this RFC.
Impacts  Record the determined impacts.
 Proceed to 1.2 – Review SLA’s.

1.2 Capacity Manager,  Review all SLA’s for the service which will be impacted.
Review Capacity Analyst  Determine the impacts on the current SLA’s of implementing the new
SLA’s or changed service.
 Record the results of the analysis.
 Proceed to 1.3 – Decision – Changes Required?

1.3 Capacity Manager  Will changes be required to the infrastructure be required in order to
Decision – deliver the new or changed service as well as to maintain the current
Changes SLA’s?
Required?  If “yes”, proceed to Service Level Management, which will
Negotiate, Obtain Agreement, and Sign the amended SLA.
 If “no”, proceed to Service Level Management, which will define and
obtain agreement on Service Level Requirements.

Note1: SLR = Service Level Requirements.

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MANAGE BUSINESS CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS PROCEDURE NARRATIVE

Step Responsible Role Action

1.4 Capacity Analyst,  In consultation with the teams impacted by this new or changed
Develop & Capacity Manager service, develop Service Level Requirements.
Agree on  Agree and document the SLR’s.
SLR’s  Interface with the Configuration Management processes to design,
amend or procure items for the new configuration.
 After that, invoke the Change Management processes to deploy the
change.
 Finally, interface with the Configuration Management processes to
update the CMDB (Configuration Management Database) and the
CDB (Capacity Database).
Note: The Service Level Manager will be kept informed of the fact that
new SLR’s have been defined and agreed upon, since the delivery of
those requirements will have a direct impact on the services for which
there are SLA’s.

Return  Exit this sub-process and return to the calling process (0.0)

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  Completion and validation that the change has executed according the Change
Exit Criteria Management Process.
 CMDB and CDB updated as appropriate
 Closed RFC
Outputs  Updated CMDB
 Updated CDB.

VERIFICATION
Result Action
Closed RFC Proceed
Updated CMDB Proceed
Updated CDB. Proceed

MANAGEMENT REVIEW CRITERIA

Result Action

ESCALATION CRITERIA
Event Action Notification
Dispute between Capacity Escalation through normal The Change Manager is the ultimate
Management and Change management chain decision maker.
Management on the criteria for
success of the change.

RISKS
Risk Impact
No approved RFC Reduced chance that the change will be successfully
applied
Databases not updated Risk that there will continue to be service delivery
issues because the changes have not been recorded,
rendering impact analysis less than effective.
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Capacity Management – 0.0 2.1

Or Strive to Ensure Agreed Service
Capacity Event Levels are Maintained

2.2
Monitor, Evaluate & Report

2.3
Identify Trends

2.4
Establish Normal Service
Operation Levels

2.5
Define Exception Levels

2.6
Report Service Breaches & Near
Misses

Service Level Management

Receive Information on
Return
Service Breaches & Near
Misses
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 Capacity Event incident Record, OR

Inputs
 Notification that the CMDB and/or the CDB have been updated (from 1.0).
 The Capacity Event has been recorded in the Remedy Incident system, OR
Entry
 Notification that the Business Capacity Requirements sub-process has completed and been
Criteria
validated.
General The purpose of this sub-process is to monitor, guard, analyze and report on the performance of
Comments the IT capacity regarding the organization’s demand.

MANAGE SERVICE CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS PROCEDURE NARRATIVE

Step Responsible Role Action

2.1 Capacity Manager,  Determine service levels based on:

Strive to Service Level  SLAs
Ensure Agreed Manager  The Capacity Plan
Service Levels  Other Critical Factors e.g. input from Risk Assessments,
are Maintained Component Failure Impact Analysis, Service Outage Analysis
etc.
 Conduct activities to ensure that the required service levels are
maintained.
 Proceed to 2.2 - Monitor, Evaluate, & Report.

2.2 Capacity Analyst  Ensure that regular monitoring is being performed on those
components that have been identified as critical to the provision of
Monitor,
services as defined in SLA’s.
Evaluate &
Report  Perform regular evaluation of the capacity from the perspective of
its general health for service provision.
 Produce regular reports on the findings, and distribute the reports
to the Service Level Manager and to the managers of the various
infrastructure components.
 Proceed to 2.3 - Identify Trends.

2.3 Capacity Manager  Identify any trends which emerge as a result of the regular
monitoring and evaluation of the components involved in the
Identify Trends
delivery of the services.
 Document the trends so that they can be used in future analyses.
 Proceed to 2.4 – Establish Normal Operation Levels.

2.4 Capacity Manager,  When there is sufficient data, establish the normal operation levels
Establish Capacity Analyst for the components involved in the delivery of the services.
Normal  Document those normal operation levels and obtain agreement
Operation from the appropriate managers.
Levels  Proceed to 2.5 – Define Exception Levels.
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Step Responsible Role Action

2.5 Capacity Manager  Establish tolerance levels for each of the components, and obtain
agreement from the appropriate managers.
Define
Exception  Document the agreed-upon tolerances so that appropriate
Levels responses can also be defined.
 Proceed to 2.6 – Report Service Breaches and Near Misses.

Note: The tolerances should be such as to allow ample time to

address issues prior to a service breach. For example, a disc being
85% full could be an exception level.

2.6 Capacity Manager  Have a standard format for reporting service breaches as well as
situations where the agreed-upon tolerances have been
Report Service
approached.
Breaches &
Near Misses  As required, prepare this report for the Service Level Manager.
 Proceed to Return.

Return  Exit the Manage Service Capacity Requirements sub-process and

return to the calling process.

 Normal operation levels as well as tolerances for each identified component have been
identified and agreed-upon.
Exit Criteria
 Service Breaches and near misses have been identified and reported to the Service Level
Manager.
 Normal performance level definitions,
 Exception level definitions,
Outputs
 Performance Data,
 Service Reports

VERIFICATION
Result Action
Monitoring completed for defined timescale Proceed
Trending is being performed on a regular basis Proceed.
Normal component performance levels have been Proceed
identified and documented for identified components
Exception levels have been identified and documented Proceed
for identified components

REVIEW CRITERIA
Result Action
Monitoring is not generating data to the level needed Management decides whether more detailed
e.g. to pinpoint to cause of a specific Capacity-related monitoring is required by balancing the need for the
event data against the potential impact that the generation
of large amounts of data may have on the IT
environment
ESCALATION CRITERIA
Event Action Notification
Service Level Agreements have Notify Service Level Management Service Level Manager
been breached

RISKS
Risk Impact
N/A
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Capacity Management – 0.0

3.1 3.6
Monitor Individual Hardware Balance Services to Use Existing
& Software Components Resources Efficiently & Effectively

3.7
Configuration Management
Evaluate New HW, SW & Personnel
Conduct Audits & Reviews
Capability

Availability Management
3.2
Design Resilience into IT
Collect Data
Infrastructure

3.3 Availability Management

Perform Preemptive & Identify Vulnerabilities for the
Reactive Problem Configuration on Individual
Determination Components

3.4 3.8
Determine the Impacts of Finalize & Agree on the Capacity
Change Plan

3.5
Plan & Budget HW & SW
Upgrades & HR
Augmentation
Return
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 Normal performance level definitions,
 Exception level definitions,
Inputs
 Performance Data,
 Service Reports
Entry
Sub-Processes 1.0 and 2.0 have been completed.
Criteria
General The purpose of the Manage Resource Capacity Requirements is to monitor, guard, analyze and
Comments tune the performance of the various components of the IT infrastructure.

MANAGE RESOURCE CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS PROCEDURE NARRATIVE

Step Responsible Role Action

3.1 Capacity Analyst  Ensure that monitoring is functioning as intended for each of
Monitor Individual the components on which it is installed and activated.
Hardware &  Proceed to 3.2 – Collect Data.
Software
Components

3.2 Capacity Analyst  Collect the data for the components on which monitoring is
installed and activated.
Collect Data
 Organize and collate the gathered data so as to allow for
analysis.
 Pass this data to the Service Level Management Process,
which will perform audits and reviews on the components from
the perspective of their current and future capabilities to deliver
the service within the parameters agreed-upon by the SLA’s.
 After the results of the audits or reviews have been returned
from Service Level Management, proceed to 3.3 – Perform
Preemptive and Reactive Problem Determination.

3.3 Capacity Analyst  Review the results of the monitoring or the Reviews/Audits, as
well as the details of any Capacity Event if appropriate.
Perform Preemptive
and Reactive  Determine the probable cause of any actual or potential
Problem capacity problems.
Determination  Identify potential solutions to the problems.
 Record the details of this activity
 Proceed to 3.4 - Determine the Effects of Change.

3.4 Capacity Analyst  Decide which techniques are appropriate for determining the
effects of a proposed change.
Determine the
Effects of the  As appropriate, perform trending, or modeling.
Change  Determine training requirements for the proposed change.
 Document the findings.
 Proceed to 3.5 – Plan & Budget HW & SW Upgrades & HR
augmentation.
MANAGE RESOURCE CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS PROCEDURE NARRATIVE

Step Responsible Role Action

3.5 Capacity Manager,  Create a budget for the upgrades or augmentation.

Plan & Budget HW Capacity Analyst  Create a high-level plan for the upgrade or augmentation.
& SW Upgrades  Proceed to 3.6 – Balance Services to Use Existing
and HW Resources Efficiently and effectively.
Augmentation

3.6 Capacity Analyst  Identify opportunities to perhaps avoid short-term expenditures

Balance Services to by balancing resource usage.
Use Existing  Should such opportunities be identified, deploy them.
Resources  Proceed to 3.7 – Evaluate new HW, SW and Personnel
Efficiently & Capability
Effectively

3.7 Capacity Manager,  Evaluate the capabilities of any new hardware components
Evaluate new HW, Capacity Analyst which have been introduced into the environment.
SW & Personnel  Evaluate the capabilities of any new software which has been
Capability introduced into the environment.
 Evaluate the capabilities of personnel to manage the new
hardware or software, especially when if those additions have
increased the workload.
 Document the results of the evaluations, and distribute them to
the appropriate personnel.
 Proceed to 3.8 – Finalize & Agree on the Capacity Plan.

3.8 Capacity Manager  Collate all of the required elements for the new or updated
Finalize & Agree on Capacity Plan.
the Capacity Plan  Create or Update the Capacity Plan.
 Obtain agreement for the new or updated plan from the
appropriate support teams, as well as from the Service Level
Manager.
 Record the current Capacity Plan in the CDB.
 Proceed to Return.

Return  Exit the Manage Resource Capacity Requirements procedure,

and return to the calling process.

Exit Criteria The Capacity Plan is completed and agreed upon by all appropriate parties.

Completed and agreed-upon Capacity Plan,

Outputs Hardware, software and personnel evaluations where appropriate.
VERIFICATION
Result Action
Capacity Plan completed and agreed-upon Proceed

REVIEW CRITERIA
Result Action
The Capacity Plan is not at the level required to Management decides what should be included in the
adequately manage service agree-upon service plan to provide adequate capacity control, and initiates
delivery levels a change to incorporate those items.

ESCALATION CRITERIA
Event Action Notification
Agreement cannot be reached Notify Service Level Management Service Level Manager
on the Capacity Plan.

RISKS
Risk Impact
No agreed-upon Capacity Plan Service breaches because of Capacity events.
CREATE & DISTRIBUTE CAPACITY REPORTS PROCEDURE FLOW

Capacity Management – Level 0

4.1
Ad Hoc Capacity Report Request
Define or Validate Requirements

4.2
Define or Validate Audience

4.3
Identify Data Sources

4.4
Gather & Analyze Data

4.5
Produce Report

4.6
Return
Distribute Report
CREATE & DISTRIBUTE CAPACITY REPORTS PROCEDURE RULES
 Request for an ad hoc Capacity Report
Inputs  Capacity data ( varies, depending on the nature of the report)
 Automated Tool CI Identification
Entry
For ad hoc requests, a valid service request must be created.
Criteria
General
Comments

CREATE & DISTRIBUTE CAPACITY REPORTS PROCEDURE NARRATIVE

Step Responsible Action

Role

4.1 Capacity  For regularly scheduled reports ensure that the requirements are
still valid.
Define or Validate Manager
Requirements  For ad hoc reports define the reporting requirements.
 Proceed to 4.2 – Define or Validate Audience.

4.2 Capacity  For regularly scheduled reports ensure that the identified
audience is still valid.
Define or Validate Manager
Audience  For ad hoc reports define the appropriate audience for the
report.
 Proceed to 4.3 – Identify Data Sources.

4.3 Capacity  Determine the sources for the data which will be used in the
Identify Data Sources Manager report.
 This will probably require both the name of the data store, as
well as the appropriate fields within that store.
 Proceed to 4.4 – Gather & Analyze Data.

4.4 Capacity  Gather and collate the required data.

Gather & Analyze Data Manager  Perform the analysis required to produce the appropriate output.
 Document the results of the analysis.
 Determine the appropriate format and delivery media.
 Proceed to 4.5 – Produce Report.

4.5 Capacity  Create the report as determined in step 4.4.

Produce Report Manager  Proceed to 4.6 – Distribute Report.

4.6 Capacity  Distribute the report to the defined audience

Distribute Report Manager  Proceed to Return.

Return Exit the Create & Distribute Capacity Reports sub-process and
return to the calling process.
Exit Criteria  Completed and distributed Capacity report

Outputs  Capacity report.

VERIFICATION
Result Action
Requirements defined or validated. Proceed
Audience defined or validated. Proceed
Data sources identified. Proceed
Report produced Proceed

REVIEW CRITERIA
Result Action
The Capacity Plan is not at the level required to Management decides what should be included in the
adequately manage service agree-upon service plan to provide adequate capacity control, and initiates
delivery levels a change to incorporate those items.

ESCALATION CRITERIA
Event Action Notification
Agreement cannot be reached Notify Service Level Management Service Level Manager
on the Capacity Plan.

RISKS
Risk Impact
No agreed-upon Capacity Plan Service breaches because of Capacity events.
APPENDIX 1: RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DOCUMENTS
Document Name Relationship
Capacity Management Business Process Requirements Requirements
Service Improvement Process & Procedures Process, Procedure
Service Level Management Process & Procedure Process, Procedure
Capacity Management Plan Template Template
R - Responsible Role responsible for getting the work done   Primary Roles in Process
A - Accountable Only one role can be accountable for each activity Primary Interactions
C - Consult The role who are consulted and whose opinions are sought   Secondary Roles
I - Inform The role who are kept up-to-date on progress

APPENDIX 2: CAPACITY RACI CHART

Capacity Management Process Activities

Capacity Manager

Capacity Analyst

Change Manager
Support Teams

Process Owner

Configuration
Service Level

Management
Manager

Manager
1.0 – Manage Business Capacity Requirements
1.1 Quantify Business Impacts A R C I I I I
1.2 Review SLA’s A I C I I I I
1.3 Decision - SLA Changes Required? A I C I I I I

2.0 – Manage Service Capacity Requirements

2.1 Strive to Ensure Agreed Service Levels are Maintained R C A C I I I
2.2 Monitor, Evaluate & Report A R I C I I I
2.3 Identify Trends A R C C I C C
2.4 Establish Normal Service Operation Levels A R C C I I I
2.5 Define Exception Levels A R C C I I I
2.6 Report on Service Breaches & Near Misses A R C C I I I

3.0 - Manage Resource Capacity Requirements

3.1 Monitor Individual Hardware & Software Components I A I C I I I
3.2 Collect Data I A I C I I I
3.3 Perform Preemptive and Proactive Problem Determination C A C C I I I
3.4 Determine the Effects of Change C A I C I C C
3.5 Plan & Budget HW & SW Upgrades & HR Augmentation A C C C I C I
3.6 Balance Services to Use Existing Resources Efficiently and Effectively C A C C I C I
3.7 Evaluate New HW, SW & Personnel Capability A R I I I I I
3.8 Finalize & Agree on the Capacity Plan A R C C C C I

4.0 – Create & Distribute Capacity Reports

4.1 Define or Validate Requirements A C C I I I I
4.2 Define or Validate Audience A C C I I I I
4.3 Identify Data Sources A R I I I I I
4.4 Gather & Analyze Data A R I I I I I
4.5 Produce Report A R I I I I I
4.6 Distribute Report A R I I I I I
APPENDIX 3: PHASE 1 CAPACITY MANAGEMENT SCOPE
Primary Measurements

 Processor Utilization
 Memory Utilization
 Network
 Capacity
 Port Availability
 Switches
 Bandwidth
 Mb/s
 Gb/s
 Storage
 Capacity (GB, TB)
 Bandwidth (IOPS)
 Database & Infrastructure Services
 Transaction Rates
 Peak Transactions / Second
 Mean time to complete
 Tape
 Mounts / Hour
 Occupied Slots vs. Slots Available

Initial Service Focus

Account/Password Services
Network Services
Print Services
 APPENDIX 4: COMMUNICATION PLAN
Key messages:
The Capacity Management process is focused on ensuring that the information technology processing and storage
capacity is adequate to the evolving requirements of the organization as a whole in a timely and cost justifiable
manner.
In order to achieve this, all stakeholders must be informed of the importance of each of them fulfilling his or her role
in the process. There must also be continued efforts to ensure that any pertinent changes are communicated to the
community.

Approach:
This plan details tasks that apply generally to all ITIL processes. The plan assumes that there will be a combination
of face-to-face training/meeting events and broadcast communications designed to both increase awareness of the
processes among stakeholders and to ensure high performance of the new processes among key service delivery
staff.

Goals of the Communication Plan:

 Encourage participation of the target audiences:
 Service Delivery Staff
 Coordinate communication that facilitates:
 Good management decisions, plans & activities
 Ensuring that Capacity Management requirements are being met and that corrective action, if necessary, is
occurring

# Activity Timing Responsible Party Target Audience Artifact

1 Event 1: Capacity Capacity Manager Process Owners Meeting minutes
Manager meets with other
process owners to
communicate critical
configuration activities

2 Communication 1: Notice Capacity Manager Capacity Analysts E-mail

to Capacity Analysts of Meeting invite
Capacity Management
requirements
3 Event 2: Collect and Monthly Capacity Manager Computing Division Meeting minutes
review monthly the Management Corrective Action
appropriate reports Plans
detailing Capacity
Management statistics
4 Communication 2: Notice 7 days Capacity Manager Service Delivery E-mail
to Service Delivery Staff before drafts and delivers Staff Meeting invite
meeting to review capacity meeting to Service Delivery
statistics staff
Each type of communication has a specific focus, however a common approach can be taken to define and
formulate the specific communication activities. The steps listed below formulate the approach to be taken to
compose those activities:
Activities
Step 1 – Formulation
Formulate goals and objectives of communication
Formulate core message
Identify all parties involved
Integrate with existing communications forums
Step 2 – Analysis
Determine available and acceptable communication media
Determine communication culture and define acceptable approach
Determine existing knowledge of subject in the environment
Step 3 – Identification
Determine key interest groups related to the subject of the campaign
Determine communication objectives per interest group
Determine the key messages from each interest group’s perspective
Step 4 – Definition
Select the most appropriate media for communication from:
Direct Media – such as workshops, Focus Group discussions, or individual presentations
Indirect Media – such as the Intranet, lectures or newsletters
Step 5 – Planning
Define a plan that links important points in the subject of the communication (e.g. milestones in a project) to
communication activities, and media
Determine the communication audience and resources
Determine the review criteria for successful communication
Obtain formal management support for the plan
Step 6 – Implementation
Using the FNAL Communications Process, perform communication activities as per plan
Manage the plan and safeguard it
Ensure production and distribution of materials is effective and as per plan
Continually gauge reaction to the approach and messages
Step 7 – Evaluation
Monitor reactions to the communication approach throughout the delivery of the plan and adjust the plan if
necessary
Determine during the effects of the campaign using the review criteria established in step 5
The following types of communication are available:
Communication Type Examples of Usage
Escalations To initiate (or trigger) actions
To gain required resources (people, information, budget etc.)
Notifications To communicate operational process information
To promote team awareness
Controlled Documents To communicate process descriptions/instructions
To communicate reports

Each of the above types of communication can be delivered via one or more of the following mediums:

Communication Examples of Usage Communication

Medium Type
Email Individual email messages Notification Escalations
Group email messages Reports

Verbal Formal and informal meetings Notifications

Presentations Escalations
Telephone calls
Documentation Updated process documents Controlled Documents
Issued Project documentation
Implementation and back-out plans
Reports Monthly statistics Controlled Documents
Development progress Notifications

Service Management tool Escalation Automated Notification

Status changes
Service breaches and near misses
APPENDIX5: FORMS, TEMPLATES
Name Description Reference

Template which will be completed

Capacity Plan Template each time the Capacity Plan is
created or Updated.