HP XC System Software Administration Guide Version 4.0

By default, if any part of the verification fails, the ovp command ignores the test failure and
continues with the next test. You can use the --failure_action option to control how the
ovp command treats test failures.
When you run the ovp command as superuser (root), it stores a record of the verification in a
log file in the /hptc_cluster/adm/logs/ovp directory. The file name for log files has the
form ovp_nodename_mmddyyrnn; the mmddyy portion is a date stamp in month, day, year
form and rnn identifies subsequent runs of the ovp command. The file named current_ovp_log
in that directory is a symbolic link to the most recent log file.
See ovp(8) for more information about the ovp command and its options.
Performance Health Tests
Any user can run the ovp command to generate reports on the performance health of the nodes
independent from the other tests described. Use the following format to run a specific performance
health test:
ovp [options] [-verify=perf_health/test]
where:
options Specifies additional command-line options for the test. The ovp --help
perf_health command lists the command-line options for each test.
The following options apply to all the tests:
• The --nnodes=n option runs the test on n compute nodes.
NOTE: Use --opts= to pass this option.
• The --nodelist=nodelist option specifies the compute nodes to use.
NOTE: The --nodelist=nodelist option is particularly useful for
determining problematic nodes.
If you use this option and the --nnodes=n option, the --nnodes=n option is
ignored.
• The --user=user option enables you to run the test as the specified user.
This option applies only to the superuser (root).
• The --queue LSF_queue option specifies the LSF queue for the performance
health tests.
test
Indicates the test to perform. The following tests are available:
cpu
Tests CPU core performance using the Linpack
benchmark.
cpu_usage
Tests CPU core usage. All CPU cores should be
idle during the test. This test reports a node if it
is using more than 10 percent (by default) of its
CPU cores.
The head node is excluded from this test.
memory
Uses the streams benchmark to test memory
performance.
memory_usage
Tests memory usage. This test reports a node that
uses more than 25 percent (by default) of its
memory.
network_stress
Tests network performance. Check network
performance under stress using the Pallas
236 Using Diagnostic Tools