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

Using VSE Tools to Gather Chargeback Information

The remainder of this paper describes in detail how to generate the data needed for a VSE report into

a chargeback system. The GUI and CLI tools are discussed in each case. Using CLI commands allows

users to write scripts that automate extraction of the information into a consolidated report. A useful,

related automation framework is the HP SIM Custom Tools and Tasks.

Configuration Assumptions

In this section, the following assumptions are made about the VSE environment:

 The version of the HP VSE Management Software is 3.0.

 All managed nodes of interest have been discovered and identified within HP SIM and have

VSE agents loaded and configured.

 Any or all of the following technologies might be in use on the managed nodes: nPars, vPars,

VM guests, psets, fss, iCAP, and TiCAP.

 gWLM is installed and licensed even if no SRDs have been configured.

 Capacity Advisor is installed and licensed, and data collection is enabled on all managed

nodes of interest.

 With the exception of HP SIM CLI commands, which do not require root privileges, all others

are run as the local root account on the CMS. All GUI commands are run with an HP SIM

user with all HP SIM privileges.