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Workload Balance Migration Strategy
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Synopsis
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**display name**: ``Workload Balance Migration Strategy``

**goal**: ``workload_balancing``

.. watcher-term:: watcher.decision_engine.strategy.strategies.workload_balance

Requirements
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None.

Metrics
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The *workload_balance* strategy requires the following metrics:

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metric                  service name plugins comment
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``cpu_util``            ceilometer_  none
``memory.resident``     ceilometer_  none
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.. _ceilometer: https://docs.openstack.org/ceilometer/latest/admin/telemetry-measurements.html#openstack-compute


Cluster data model
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Default Watcher's Compute cluster data model:

    .. watcher-term:: watcher.decision_engine.model.collector.nova.NovaClusterDataModelCollector

Actions
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Default Watcher's actions:

    .. list-table::
       :widths: 30 30
       :header-rows: 1

       * - action
         - description
       * - ``migration``
         - .. watcher-term:: watcher.applier.actions.migration.Migrate

Planner
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Default Watcher's planner:

    .. watcher-term:: watcher.decision_engine.planner.weight.WeightPlanner

Configuration
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Strategy parameters are:

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parameter      type   default Value description
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``metrics``    String 'cpu_util'    Workload balance base on cpu or ram
                                    utilization. choice: ['cpu_util',
                                    'memory.resident']
``threshold``  Number 25.0          Workload threshold for migration
``period``     Number 300           Aggregate time period of ceilometer
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Efficacy Indicator
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None

Algorithm
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For more information on the Workload Balance Migration Strategy please refer
to: https://specs.openstack.org/openstack/watcher-specs/specs/mitaka/implemented/workload-balance-migration-strategy.html

How to use it ?
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.. code-block:: shell

    $ openstack optimize audittemplate create \
      at1 workload_balancing --strategy workload_balance

    $ openstack optimize audit create -a at1 -p threshold=26.0 \
            -p period=310 -p metrics=cpu_util

External Links
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None.
