Extracting Resource Allocation Data for Chargeback in a HP Virtual Server Environment for HP Integrity Servers

Capacity Advisor Records usage information for
workloads. The tools provided with
Capacity Advisor allow the recorded
usage information to be displayed
and reports generated.
OptimizeÆ
Capacity Advisor
ÆView Profile
ÆCreate Utilization
Reports
capprofile,
capreport
tools
Global Workload
Manager (gWLM)
Maintains a list of the workloads in
the VSE environment and their basic
properties. For workloads under its
automated control gWLM can
provide guaranteed resource
allocations (Owned values) and
usage information.
OptimizeÆ gWLM
gwlmreport
config,
gwlm
discover
tools
HP Integrity Virtual
Machines (Integrity
VM)
For VM guest workloads, enforces
entitlement values which represent
guaranteed resource allocations.
In Integrity VM
Manager, click VM
on the virtual
machine name in
Virtualization
Manager.
hpvmstatus
tools
HP Systems Insight
Manager (HP SIM)
Maintains basic system identification
and description information as well
as optionally entered asset
management data. HP SIM also
maintains association information
useful determining the hierarchical
relationship of workloads to physical
servers.
All ServersÆ
System(s)
mxnode,
mxquery,
mxreport,
mxtask tools
Virtualization
Manager
Graphically depicts a VSE
environment with hierarchical
relationship of workloads to physical
servers. The interface also provides
entry points for HP SIM and other
VSE tools.
ToolsÆVSE
Management
-
Instant Capacity
(iCAP)
Manages licensing of CPU cores on
physical servers through the concept
of usage rights. Logs record the
number of cores and amount of
memory with usage rights in a
complex. In addition, iCAP monitors
and reports TiCAP capacity
configuration and consumption.
-
icapstatus,
/var/adm/ic
ap.log tools
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