HP-UX Workload Manager A.03.01 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11i v2

HP-UX Workload Manager Release Notes
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HP-UX Workload Manager (WLM) A.03.01 supports HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) on HP 9000
servers; also, it supports HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) on HP 9000 servers and HP Integrity
servers, and it supports HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) on servers combining HP 9000 partitions and
HP Integrity server partitions.
HP-UX WLM provides goal-based workload management. This management enables
automatic resource allocation and application performance management through the use of
prioritized service-level objectives (SLOs). It provides this functionality by automating
features of HP Process Resource Manager (PRM), HP-UX Virtual Partitions, nPartitions, and
processor sets.
HP-UX WLM offers the following features:
• Automatic allocation of CPU resources to your most critical applications
(allocation of time slices on CPUs as well as whole CPUs when managing processor sets,
virtual partitions, or nPartitions)
• User-configured allocation of real memory and disk bandwidth resources
• Shares-based and goal-based SLOs
• CPU shares-per-metric allocations, which allow you to give a workload, for example, 2% of
the CPU for each process in the workload
• Multiple SLOs at different priorities, allowing you to have a “must meet” goal and
optional stretch goals for each workload
• Passive mode for analyzing a configuration’s behavior
• Audit and billing data
• Ability to set minimum and maximum amounts of CPU available to a workload
• Time-based and metric-based activation of SLOs, including the ability to activate SLOs
associated with a Serviceguard package on failover
• GUI for creating, modifying, and deploying WLM configurations locally and on remote
systems
• Integration with HP Systems Insight Manager, allowing you to remotely control WLM
running on numerous nodes from a single point of administration