HP Instant Capacity User's Guide for Versions 8.x

Global Instant Capacity
Does HP know the configuration of the GiCAP groups? No. GiCAP group data is stored on the
GiCAP Group Manager which runs in the customer’s data center. The group configuration is
limited by HP’s grouping rules, but no information on groups or group members is communicated
to HP.
Is GiCAP migration supported on a completely unavailable server? Yes. GiCAP Disaster Recovery
is supported as long as the Group Manager is running iCAP version 8.02.01 or later, and all
known hosts on member servers in the group are running iCAP version 8.02 or later.
How much history is retained in the Global Instant Capacity log files? The GiCAP log files retain
up to 2 MB of GiCAP events. A GiCAP event occurs, and is written to the log files, when one of
the following happen:
• A GiCAP group is created or removed
• A member is added to or removed from a GiCAP group
• A member is updated through addition or removal of a host
• There is a transfer of usage rights and/or temporary capacity between a member and the
GiCAP manager
You can view all events in the GiCAP log files by viewing the file /var/adm/gicap.log on
the Group Manager system.
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