Idle Resources Policy Parameters
These policy settings, or "rules", impact the output of your Idle Resources reports. You can modify the Default policy parameters to customize report output. As you define the report criteria, the impact of potential changes are shown on the Affected Entities Preview tab.
You must have administrator privileges to modify a policy.
General Policy Parameters
Scope of Analysis
The policy parameter that allows you to select which instances or entities (scope) the policy applies to. Settings include the CSP data source and applicable filters.
Data Source: An expandable list from which you select cloud provider instances, such as AWS EC2 or Azure VMs. Selecting an instance automatically selects all linked child instances.
Entity Filter: Select to Include Entities or Exclude Entities by tag or attribute.
Tags: A dropdown of all tags available from AWS.
Includes Any or All filters and Inclusion/Exclusion filters.
Attributes: A dropdown of all attributes available from AWS.
Includes Any or All filters and Inclusion/Exclusion filters.
Change Requests
If you configured a change management integration with Virtana Platform, then you can submit ticket requests to modify your CSP environment based on recommendations from Idle Resources or Right Sizing Reports. These parameters identify the fields to include when submitting a specific type of request.
You can modify the settings for ServiceNow or Jira change management integrations from this section of the form.
ServiceNow settings
The exact fields and values that display in this section depend upon the configuration of the default settings in the change management integration in Settings.
You can modify the following settings for ServiceNow:
Select or deselect ServiceNow as the change management service for the policy
Enable or disable default parameter settings
The default parameter settings can be modified only by an administrator from the Settings page.
Add, delete, or modify optional parameters
Jira settings
The exact fields and values that display in this section depend upon the configuration of the default settings in the change management integration in Settings.
You can modify the following settings for Jira:
Enable or disable default parameter settings
Project
Required field. The project type can be changed.
Issue Type
Required field. The issue type can be changed.
Add Fields
Add or delete additional fields from a dropdown list
depending on the Project and Issue Type selected.
Resources
Entity Type
Identifies the following entity types:
For AWS
Unattached EBS
Unattached ELB
EBS on Stopped EC2
Unattached Elastic IP (EIP)
For Azure
Unattached Application
Azure Disk on Stopped VM
Unattached Load Balancer
Unattached Public IP
Report as idle after
Enter a numerical value for the days.
Enable or disable "Include when idle period is unknown".
This option is useful for circumstances when an idle period is not definitively known. This could include when a native tool such as AWS CloudTrail is disabled, or when information about the resource has not been collected for as long as the "Report as idle after" period setting in CCM.
When this option is enabled, CCM reports on all resources known to be idle for greater than or equal to the idle period setting, as well as resources for which idle time is less than the idle period setting. For example, if you have 5 Unattached Azure Disks and the idle period is set to 10 days, but data has been collected by Virtana Platform for 7 days, the report will display results for all 5 disks. The results will indicate when data is based on estimated time rather than exact time.
If the option is disabled, the report will include only resources that have idle times greater than or equal to the idle period setting. So, using the above example, only 4 disks would be included in the results.
If monthly cost is greater than
Enter a numerical value in US dollars to limit the results to only entity types with a monthly cost greater than the amount entered.
This tab on the policy configuration form provides a preview of the impact your changes would have if implemented. Each affected entity is identified and listed, along with current property settings, recommended changes. and potential savings.
Following is an example of the type of information provided on this tab.
Properties listed in Affected Entities Preview:
Entity
Example: VM
Name
Name assigned to the entity.
Cloud
Example: AWS or Azure
Projected savings
Provided as a US dollar amount.
Recommendation
Possible values: No Change (less than 5% savings), Active, Remove Idle Resource
Properties listed in the accordion row for each entity type
Click the accordion arrow to access the entity details.
AWS Volumes
Size in GB
Volume ID
Account ID
IOPS
Type (ex.: gp2, Microsoft compute/disks, etc.)
Idle Period
AWS Elastic IP
Public IP
Region
Account ID
Allocation ID
Idle Period
Azure Application Gateway
SKU
Instance Size
Public IP Address
Account ID
Resource Group
Type
Idle Period
Azure Disk
Size in GB
Volume ID
Account ID
IOPS
Type (ex.: gp2, Microsoft compute/disks, etc.)
Idle Period
Azure Load Balancer
SKU
Load Balancer Type
Tier
Resource Group
IP Version
IP Type
Idle Period
Azure Public IP
Public IP Address
IP Version
SKU
Tier
Account ID
Resource Group
Idle Period
If a row is colored gray in the table, it indicates that there are no recommended changes resulting from the modifications made to the policy.
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