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Overview

Every successful audit generates an action plan — an ordered list of workload migrations that achieve the selected optimization goal. Action plans must be reviewed and explicitly approved before execution begins. This approval step ensures operators have full visibility into what will be moved, and when, before any workload is disrupted.
Prerequisites
  • A completed audit with state SUCCEEDED
  • Project access with the member role or above

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Action Plan Structure

An action plan contains:
ComponentDescription
Plan UUIDUnique identifier for the plan
StateCurrent plan state: RECOMMENDED, PENDING, ONGOING, SUCCEEDED, FAILED, CANCELLED
ActionsOrdered list of individual workload operations
EfficacyEstimated improvement percentage for the selected goal
Audit UUIDReference to the audit that generated this plan
Each action within the plan describes:
  • The operation type (e.g., migrate)
  • Source instance and source host
  • Destination host (pre-selected by the strategy)
  • Execution priority (lower numbers run first)

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View Action Plans

Navigate to Action Plans

Log in to the Xloud Dashboard (https://connect.<your-domain>) and navigate to Admin → Resource Optimizer → Action Plans.

Select a plan

Click the action plan name or UUID to open the detail view.

Review individual actions

The detail view shows the full list of recommended actions:
ColumnDescription
ActionOperation type: migrate
Input ParametersSource instance ID and destination host
StateRECOMMENDED — awaiting approval
PriorityExecution order — lower numbers run first

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Approve an Action Plan

Approving an action plan initiates live migrations immediately on execution. Verify that target hosts have sufficient capacity before approving. Review the full action list to ensure no mission-critical instances are scheduled for migration during active business hours.
On the action plan detail page, click Approve. The plan state changes from RECOMMENDED to PENDING, indicating it is ready for execution.
Review the Efficacy metric on the plan detail page. A high efficacy score (above 70%) indicates a meaningful optimization improvement.

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Reject an Action Plan

If the action plan is not appropriate — e.g., it targets instances that should not be migrated during the current window — reject it and run a new audit later.
On the action plan detail page, click Reject. The plan state changes to CANCELLED and no migrations are executed.

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Action Plan States

StateMeaning
RECOMMENDEDPlan generated, awaiting approval
PENDINGApproved, queued for execution
ONGOINGExecution in progress
SUCCEEDEDAll actions completed successfully
FAILEDOne or more actions failed
CANCELLEDPlan was rejected or expired

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Next Steps

Execute Actions

Run an approved action plan and monitor migration progress.

Audit History

Review past audits and their associated action plans.

Troubleshooting

Resolve failed actions and cancelled plans.

Run an Audit

Generate a new action plan by running a fresh audit.