HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits A.01.09 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11i v2 Manufacturing Part Number: T1302-90030 March 2006 © Copyright 2001-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes 1 HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes This release notice contains the following information about HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits Version A.01.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Announcement Announcement WLMTK Version A.01.09 supports HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) and HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23). It enhances functionality provided by HP-UX Workload Manager (WLM) and simplifies using WLM with other products. 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).
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Announcement WebLogicTK • Isolate a resource-intensive CGI workload • Isolate a resource-intensive servlet workload • Separate all Apache Tomcat workloads from other Apache workloads • Separate two departments’ applications using two Apache instances • Separate module-based workloads with two Apache instances • Manage Apache allocation by performance goal WLM BEA WebLogic Server Toolkit provides a data collector called wlmwlsdc that tracks metrics indic
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Announcement SASTK The WLM SAS Toolkit will be deprecated in a future release. A new, improved version will be made available and will include a white paper and example configuration files. The WLM SAS Toolkit provides enhancements to DMTK (also being deprecated) specifically for SAS users.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes What’s in this version What’s in this version WLMTK Version A.01.09 provides the toolkits ApacheTK, ODBTK, SAPTK, SASTK, SNMPTK, and WebLogicTK. The new or changed functionality of the individual toolkits is described below. • WLM now provides the HP-UX WLM SAP Toolkit. This toolkit is part of the freely available WLM Toolkits, or WLMTK.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Known problems and workarounds Workaround Try to minimize the time between WLM start-up and instance start-up. ODBTK: Problematic SQL statements Issue wlmoradc provides minimal checking of the SQL it passes to SQL*Plus. If SQL*Plus finds problems with the SQL statements, messages are sent to syslog or stderr. In some cases, SQL*Plus cannot execute the statements, resulting in a warning and a reported execution time (walltime) of 0 seconds.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Known problems and workarounds Workaround Always check your target URL by hand with your browser, the ab tool, and/or the time_url_fetch tool to ensure you are really getting a page fetch. ApacheTK: Errors with the pig.pl workload in the white paper Issue In the “Using HP-UX Workload Manager with Apache” white paper, in section 13.4.0.7, the step using pig.pl to generate load, namely: Then visit (several times, if necessary) http://mymachine:8090/cgi-bin/pig.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Known problems and workarounds at weblogic.jndi.Environment.getInitialContext(Environment.java:143) at weblogic.management.Helper.getMBeanHomeForName(Helper.java:94) at weblogic.management.Helper.getMBeanHome(Helper.java:59) at com.hp.wrm.tk.weblogic.ExecQueueFetcher.connect2localhome(ExecQueueFetche r.java:328) at com.hp.wrm.tk.weblogic.ExecQueueFetcher.fetch(ExecQueueFetcher.java:224) at com.hp.wrm.tk.DataCollector.run(DataCollector.java:355) at com.hp.wrm.tk.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Known problems and workarounds % /opt/wlm/toolkits/weblogic/bin/wlmwlsdc \ /home/wladmin/wlm/myinstA.props \ /opt/bea/user_projects/domains/mydomain/setEnv.sh The /opt/bea/user_projects/domains/mydomain/setEnv.sh file is produced when the instance is created with the WebLogic tools. To invoke wlmwlsdc with the setEnv.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Compatibility information and installation requirements Compatibility information and installation requirements The following product is now available for HP 9000 servers running HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11). It is also available for either HP 9000 servers or HP Integrity servers running HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23), or for servers running HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) and combining HP 9000 partitions and HP Integrity server partitions: • HP-UX WLMTK Version A.01.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Compatibility information and installation requirements Table 1-1 Component toolkits and their installation requirements Component toolkit ApacheTK Supported with The Using HP-UX Workload Manager with Apache white paper was written using the following packages: • HP-UX Workload Manager (WLM) Version A.02.02 (B8843CA) However, you can use other versions (starting at WLM Version A.01.01) in most circumstances to accomplish the management outlined in the paper.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Compatibility information and installation requirements Table 1-1 Component toolkits and their installation requirements Component toolkit SASTK (Will be deprecated in a future release but a new, improved version is pending) DMTK (Will be deprecated in a future release) 16 Supported with • HP-UX WLM Version A.03.01 on HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) and HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) • HP-UX WLM Version A.03.00 on HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) and HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Compatibility information and installation requirements Table 1-1 Component toolkits and their installation requirements Component toolkit SNMPTK PPUTK (Will be deprecated in a future release) NOTE Chapter 1 Supported with • HP-UX WLM Version A.03.01 on HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) and HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) • HP-UX WLM Version A.03.00 on HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) and HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) • HP-UX WLM Version A.02.03.03 on HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Compatibility information and installation requirements Compatibility with WLM’s virtual partition, nPartition, and PSET management Do not use the PPUTK command utilitydc when using WLM’s virtual partition or nPartition management. Also, do not use it when you have PSET-based workload groups.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Compatibility information and installation requirements The wlmoradc, smooth, wlm_watch.cgi, expsmooth, and wlmsapmap utilities all require /opt/perl/bin/perl. Starting with WLM A.02.02, WLM offers a cntl_smooth configuration file keyword. It is recommended that you use the cntl_smooth WLM keyword instead of the smooth tool and the expsmooth tool. For information on cntl_smooth, see the wlmconf(4) manpage.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Patches and fixes in this version Use the coll_stderr keyword in your WLM configuration to catch perl incompatibilities, toolkit errors, and errors in your data collectors. The following table indicates where the WLM toolkits are installed.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Software availability in native languages The www.hp.com/go/wlm site also provides information on WLMTK’s support policy and patch policy. These policies indicate the time periods for which this version of WLMTK is supported and patched. Software availability in native languages The manpages are available only in English. The release notes and user’s guide are available in English and Japanese. What manuals are available Several related manuals are available.
HP-UX WLM Toolkits (WLMTK) Release Notes Toolkit updates Toolkit updates For updates of WLMTK, visit: http://www.hp.com/go/wlm Providing feedback • Email your feedback to the HP-UX WLMTK development team at the following address: wlmfeedback@rsn.hp.com • For a forum with other HP-UX WLM users, visit the IT Resource Center’s forum for HP-UX Workload/Resource Management: http://forums.itrc.hp.
