Configuring HP SIM for Optimal Performance in Large Environments
Introduction
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP Systems Insight Manager is a web-based management application that integrates existing management
technologies with the latest advances in Internet technology. It provides a proactive, easy-to-use, automated, cost-
effective solution for managing distributed systems.
Systems Insight Manager enables management of standards-based, distributed computing environments. By
enabling browser access to its components, Systems Insight Manager enables you to manage systems and groups
of systems, anywhere, any time.
HP recognizes the challenges faces in managing distributed enterprise systems. The growing mix of networks,
computer platforms, virtualization, applications, and databases makes this task complex, especially in an era of
shrinking budgets. Ideally, you want to manage the availability of all these distributed resources with a minimal
impact to your network and system resources.
Systems Insight Manager collects two types of data:
Asynchronous events
Polled data
An asynchronous event refers to any communication which is initiated by a managed system to notify the Central
Management Server (CMS) of relevant changes in status.
Each polling type imposes consequences on the system and the network. In general, you want to enable
asynchronous events to carry the burden of problem detection because SNMP traps, WMI events, and DMI
indications are short messages that only affect network utilization periodically, and are initiated when systems
detect a problem.
Polling, on the other hand, causes regular, periodic traffic consisting of a request for status from the Systems
Insight Manager server, followed by responses from the polled systems. The more systems that are polled and the
more frequently they are polled, the more network resources are consumed to managed the environment. This
white paper describes how you can balance the consumption of these network resources with optimum health of
the systems in the network. For example, it is critical to monitor closely servers that perform critical functions, but
not each desktop or notebook.
Customizing Systems Insight Manager
Because each network is unique, you might need to customize Systems Insight Manager so that it provides the
most productivity while using the fewest network and system resources. You can customize Systems Insight
Manager to better fit your needs in several ways (setting timeouts, altering tasks and queries, and adjusting
Cluster Monitor, and so on).
Microsoft SQL Server
While Microsoft ® SQL Server® (2008 or later) is self-tuning, you must perform several actions to improve
Systems Insight Manager performance. SQL Server can be adjusted and tuned in many of the same ways. Use the
information in this document to determine how to tune SQL Server for your system, network, and application
needs.
System
resources
Systems Insight Manager
system
resources
are
divided
into
the
following
categories:
CPU—The
type,
number,
and
speed
of
processors
needed
to
support
a
given
workload