HP Capacity Advisor 7.0 User Guide

configured for agentless data collection by the Insight managed system setup wizard. A service
— the HP Agentless Data Collector Service — makes the collected data available to the “HP
Capacity Advisor Data Collection Service” (page 61).
Listing systems currently in the configuration file
This section describes the procedure for determining the current settings for agentless data
configuration on a CMS, particularly the list of systems from which to collect data using this method.
Prerequisite
You must be logged in to Matrix Operating Environment with any level of access permissions.
1. Select an appropriate menu pick.
For example, from the Planning tab, select Configure→Agentless Data Collection→List Selected
Systems....
2. The Task Confirmation screen opens.
3. Click Run Now.
The Task Results screen opens.
When the command completes successfully, the current contents of the configuration file are
listed on the Stdout tab.
If you suspect an error, check the Stderr tab for more information.
Setting advanced options in the agentless data collection file
This section describes the procedure to use when defining advanced options to be included in the
agentless data collection configuration file. (See “Advanced agentless options screens” in Capacity
Advisor online help for reasons why it can be advantageous to alter the default values using the
Advanced Agentless Options screen.)
Prerequisite
• You must be logged in to Matrix Operating Environment with “VSE All Tools” or “Capacity
Advisor” tools permissions.
1. From the Planning tab, select Configure→Agentless Data Collection→Advanced Agentless
Options....
2. The Specify Parameters screen opens.
3. Optionally, change the polling interval.
4. Optionally, change the number of collector threads to assign to the task of collecting this data.
5. When satisfied with changes, click Run Now.
6. The Task Results screen opens.
When the command completes successfully, the current contents of the configuration file are
listed on the Stdout tab.
If you suspect an error, check the Stderr tab for more information.
Related topics
• capagentlesscfg in the Appendix B (page 133)
Data collection and the HP Capacity Advisor Consolidation software
HP provides the HP Capacity Advisor Consolidation software specifically to address the need to
understand resource utilization on servers that are targeted for consolidation onto other systems.
Such servers often will not be running Matrix Operating Environment. Yet, being able to use
Capacity Advisor's planning facilities can greatly reduce the amount of time needed to plan a
consolidation effort.
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