In this chapter, we discussed how you should approach capacity management in the virtual data center. We shared that there is a fundamental shift, resulting in a two-tier model. The application team performs capacity management at the VM layer, and the infrastructure team performs at the infrastructure layer.

In Chapter 1, Virtual Data Center – It's Not a Physical Data Center, Virtualized, we have explained in depth why virtualization has large ramifications in both architecture and operations. We also covered the impact to how we manage. In this chapter we focused on capacity management. We are now ready to dive deeper into the technical discussion. Chapter 3, Mastering the Key Counters in SDDC, will start it by discussing the counters and how they are used.