HP Insight Cluster Management Utility v7.2 User Guide

Figure 40 Archived user groups
NOTE: User groups can also be archived using a the cmu_del_user_group command. For
details, see the cmu_del_user_group manpage.
6.3.8.1 Visualizing history data
When selecting an archived user group in the left-frame tree, a static Time View picture displays
in the central frame. The picture shows the activity view of the user group during its existence. All
options available with Time View are also available when visualizing archived user groups.
6.3.8.2 Limitations
To display an archived user group, the following conditions must be satisfied:
• Time must not exceed 24 hours.
• The number of nodes must not exceed 4096.
• The number of metrics must not exceed 100.
• The product of the three parameters above must not exceed 409600.
Table 2 (page 96) displays examples of valid combinations of these three parameters.
Table 2 Valid archived user group parameters
Nodes*Metrics*HoursHoursMetricsNodes
40960010104096
4096002054096
40960011004096
30720012100256
3932162482048
39321624161024
IMPORTANT: If the above criteria is not met, display fails with a warning message.
6.4 Stopping HP Insight CMU monitoring
To stop the HP Insight CMU Monitoring GUI, click the X in the upper right corner of the main HP
Insight CMU Monitoring window.
When the Monitoring GUI is stopped, the monitoring engine is not automatically stopped. To stop
the monitoring engine on the cluster, on the toolbar, click the Monitoring tab, and then select Stop
Monitoring Engine.
6.5 Customizing HP Insight CMU monitoring, alerting, and reactions
6.5.1 Action and alert files
Sensors, alerts, and alert reactions are described in the /opt/cmu/etc/
ActionAndAlertsFile.txt file.
Following is an example of the contents of the file:
96 Monitoring a cluster with HP Insight CMU