Using HP-UX Workload Manager: A quick reference

What else can HP-UX Workload Manager do?

Run in passive mode to verify operation

WLM provides a passive mode that enables you to see how WLM will approximately respond to a

given configuration without putting WLM in charge of your system resources. Using this mode, you

can verify that your configuration behaves as expected—with minimal effect on the system. Besides

being useful in understanding and experimenting with WLM, passive mode can be helpful in

capacity-planning activities.

Generate audit data

When you activate a WLM configuration or a WLM global arbiter configuration, you have the option

of generating audit data. You can use the audit data files directly or view them using the wlmaudit

command. For more information, see the wlmaudit(1M), wlmd(1M), and wlmpard(1M) manpages.

Optimize the use of HP Temporary Instant Capacity

HP Temporary Instant Capacity (TiCAP) activates capacity in a temporary “calling-card fashion” such

as in 20-day or 30-day increments, where a day equals 24 hours for one core. With this option, you

can activate and deactivate cores as needed. You purchase a TiCAP codeword to obtain usage rights

for a preset amount of days. The TiCAP codeword is applied to a system so that you can turn on and

off any number of Instant Capacity cores on the system as long as your prepaid amount of temporary

capacity has not been fully consumed.

If you have WLM on a TiCAP system (using version 6 or later), you can configure WLM to minimize

the costs of using these resources. You do so by optimizing the amount of time the resources are used

to meet the needs of your workloads.

To take advantage of this optimization, use the utilitypri keyword in your global arbiter

configuration as explained in the wlmparconf(4) and wlmpard(1M) manpages.

Integrate with various third-party products

HP has developed several toolkits to assist you in quickly and effectively deploying WLM for use with

your key applications. The freely available HP-UX WLM Toolkits product includes several toolkits, each

with its own example configuration files. The product currently includes Toolkits for:

• Oracle® databases

• HP-UX Apache-based Web Server software

• BEA WebLogic Server

• SAP software

• SNMP agents

WLM Toolkits are included with WLM. They are also freely available at:

http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot

For more information on the toolkits, see the HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits User’s Guide at the

following location or in the wlmtk(5) manpage:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/netsys/