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HP Part Number: T8670-90001

Published: May 2008


Table of Contents

About This Document
Intended Audience
Typographic Conventions
Related Information
Publishing History
HP Encourages Your Comments
1 Introduction
Setup Considerations
Licensing Requirements
Installation
Collection Agents
Disk Space Requirements
Credentials
Dependencies
Upgrades and Reinstallation
Upgrading Software on the CMS
Upgrading Agents on the Managed Nodes
Navigating Within HP SIM, Virtualization Manager, and Capacity Advisor
2 Features
Data Collection
Data Collection Infrastructure
Experimentation
Sizing for Service Level Objectives
Modeling Considerations
Capacity Advisor Commands and Man Pages
3 Key Capacity Advisor Concepts
Capacity Planning Goals
Quality of Service
Utilization Monitor, Calculator, and Simulator
Resources for Which Capacity Advisor Collects Data
Upper Bounds
Measuring and Analyzing Resource Utilization
Peaks and Sums
Sampling Interval
Headroom
Missing or Invalid Data
Utilization Limits
Scaling Multipliers
Automating Solution Generation: HP Smart Solver
Smart Solver: Types of Solutions
Trends and Forecasts
Determining Trends
Forecast Calculations
HP PMP Data Differs from Utilization Provider Data
Differences in Memory Data
Differences in Network Data
4 Planning with Capacity Advisor
Getting Ready
Task: Planning Server Consolidation
Understanding the Process
Example: Consolidating to an Existing Server: Stacking Programs
Task: Estimating the Effect of Adding or Moving Processors
Introduction
Task: Determining Where to Put a New Workload
Introduction
Using the Smart Solver
Example
Types of Smart Solver Solutions
Getting More Detail
Notes
5 Basic Procedures
Overview
Accessing Capacity Advisor
Gathering Data for Capacity Advisor
Impact of Data Collection on Managed System Performance
Data Collection Options
First Data Collection (or the Automated Nightly Collection)
Interpreting Task Results
Scheduling a Data Collection
Modifying a Collection Schedule
Removing a Collection Schedule
Updating Collected Data
Possible Sources of Discrepancies in Collected Data
Data Collection and the Capacity Advisor Extension Pack
Importing Data for Use in Capacity Advisor
Producing Graphs and Reports
Using the Profile Viewer
Utilization Reports Overview
Analyzing Trends and Forecasting Future Utilization
Defining Forecast Models
Generating Forecasts
Working with Scenarios
Introduction
Creating a Scenario
Editing a Scenario
Copying a Scenario
Renaming a Scenario
Undoing or Editing Changes to Scenario
Controlling Scenario Behavior
Deleting a Scenario
Working with Systems
Introduction
Creating a System
Adding an Existing System
Editing a System
Moving a Virtual Machine
Removing a System
Working with Workloads
Introduction
Creating a Workload
Editing a Workload
Moving a Workload
Parking a Workload
Removing a Workload
Working with Power
Overview
Calibration Options
Auto IPM Calibration
Manual Calibration
6 Using Capacity Advisor with Serviceguard
Using Serviceguard to Migrate HP Integrity VM Guests
Data Collection in a Serviceguard Environment
A Command Reference
B Units of Measurement
C Troubleshooting and Capacity Advisor Messages
Known Problems
Data May Appear to be Old When it is Not
Workload and System Relationships May Not Match When Comparing Capacity Advisor and Virtualization Manager Information
Out-of-Memory Errors in the Java Heap
Connection Errors
Error Messages
Warning Messages
Glossary
Index
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