VMware® Capacity Planner is a consolidation-assessment and decision-support tool used to build the best possible infrastructure virtualization plan to help contain server sprawl and reduce power and cooling costs. Capacity Planner automates the data collection and analysis of server resources and their performance and utilization profiles so that you can effectively plan your virtualization projects and drive your business. This course trains consultants and systems engineers to use VMware proprietary tools to collect and view system, inventory, and performance data for use in consolidation, capacity planning, and performance-tuning projects.