Reclaimable capacity
The three categories that stay true without load measurement, why they overlap on purpose, and why there is no idle-machine row.
The screen gives capacity back without buying anything, and only from claims that survive the fact that the product has no load measurement: lifecycle, placement and warranty.
| Category | What goes into it |
|---|---|
| Marked for decommission | A physical machine marked for disposal that still occupies units and power in a rack |
| A guest on a host marked for disposal | A virtual machine running on a host marked for disposal — a move has to be planned |
| Out of warranty | A physical machine whose warranty end date has passed |
| Unchanged allocation | Defined, waiting on the daily measurement series. Not computed today |
The categories overlap, and the totals are distinct
A machine marked for disposal is very often also out of warranty, so it appears on two rows. The header prints both numbers explicitly — "N rows · M distinct machines" — and every total of units, power and memory is computed over the distinct set rather than over the rows. A total that counted one chassis twice is a reclaim figure someone will plan a room around.
The table columns
| Column | What it says |
|---|---|
| Name | The machine name. The sub-line says whether it is virtual, or which rack it sits in |
| Type | The category that raised the row |
| System · Criticality | The business system the machine serves and its rating in the business impact register |
| U · Power · Memory | Exactly what is given back |
| Warranty | The warranty end date |
| Reason | A sentence explaining why the row is here — what was marked, when, and against what |
| Cluster · Site · Rack | Placement. Hidden by default and available to add |
What can be done from the screen
Selecting rows opens exactly one action: Schedule activity for the selected servers, which continues into the scheduling wizard with the servers already selected. The selection is capped at 50 servers, and the number that will be dropped is stated in the confirmation dialog before scheduling.
There is no bulk reclaim action and there will not be one. The system does not power machines off, and a button that looked as though it might is worse than no button.
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