Action types

Turbonomic performs the following general types of actions:

  • Delete – Remove unused entities (for example, datastores on disk arrays or unattached volumes)

  • Move – Move an entity from one provider to another to address performance issues or improve infrastructure efficiency

  • Optimization – Increase discount coverage for cloud workloads to reduce on-demand costs

  • Provision – Add resource providers to the environment to increase capacity

  • Reconfigure – Correct a misconfiguration to bring an entity into compliance

  • Scale/Resize – Change the resources allocated to workloads to meet demand

  • Start – Start a stopped/suspended entity

  • Stop/Suspend – Pause an entity for a period of time to increase efficient use of resources

For information on the actions that Turbonomic generates for specific entities, see Actions by Entity Type.