HP Instant Capacity User's Guide for Version 9.x

5.5 Tracking Usage of Temporary Instant Capacity
The icapstatus command provides the following information about the use of temporary
capacity on the system:
• Amount of temporary capacity remaining (in days, hours, and minutes)
• Number of cores using temporary capacity (number of active cores without usage rights)
• Projected temporary capacity expiration date and time (based on the current temporary
capacity consumption rate)
You can find this information in the Instant Capacity Resource Summary section of the
icapstatus command output.
Example 5-3 shows the display of temporary capacity information from the Instant Capacity
Resource Summary section of the icapstatus command output:
Example 5-3 Temporary Capacity Information from icapstatus Command (HP-UX)
> /usr/sbin/icapstatus
Instant Capacity Resource Summary
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Number of cells without usage rights: 0
Number of inactive cells: 0
Amount of memory without usage rights: 0.0 GB
Amount of inactive memory: 0.0 GB
Number of cores without usage rights: 4
Number of inactive cores: 3
Number of cores using temporary capacity: 1
Temporary capacity available: 10 days, 1 hours, 40 minutes
Projected temporary capacity expiration: 12/31/08 16:00:00
If the system is part of a GiCAP group, additional group temporary capacity might also be
available, and is visible only via the icapmanage command on the Group Manager system.
Temporary Capacity Expiration Reminder
The Instant Capacity software calculates when the temporary capacity balance will expire, based
on the current consumption rate. After the temporary capacity balance reaches a certain residual
number of days (see “Temporary Instant Capacity Warning Period” (page 83)), a reminder email
message is automatically sent to the system contact, if one is specified, and root. These messages
are sent on a daily basis until temporary capacity expires. Example 5-4 shows a temporary
capacity expiration reminder email message. Note that the output from icapstatus during
the warning period includes a warning about the expiration of temporary capacity.
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