Operating Environment Software Owner's manual

peaks, 13
PMP, 133
power caps and HP hardware, 29
utilization, 9
data collection, 14
agentless, 10, 16
Capacity Advisor service, 61
differences between HP PMP and Utilization Provider,
17
HP Serviceguard, 15
infrastructure, 14
menu options, 60
method comparison, 16
server resources, 22
solving problems, 61
supported configurations, 15
timing options, 60
Utilization Provider, 10, 16
data collection, Capacity Advisor impact on system
performance, 60
data collection, importing OVPA information, 60
data collection, importing PMP information, 60
data collection, records not current, 67
data discrepancy
in Capacity Advisor, 66
data handling
for virtual machines, 21
data import
view results for HP OVPA system, 65
view results for HP PMP system, 66
data normalization, 22
data range
changing in Profile Viewer, 70
modify for Capacity Advisor, 88
delay in refresh of system and workload configuration
data
associated issues in Capacity Advisor, 166
dependency
SSH and agentless data collection, 11
VMM and data collection, 11
WBEMcredentials and agentless data collection, 11
WMI and agentless data collection, 11
disk I/O
bandwidth utilization, 151
edit capacity in Capacity Advisor, 100
disk I/O capacity, 23
Disk I/O Utilization, 126
Disk I/O Workload Multiplier, 126
default value, 126
example, 126
documentation, 121
dynamic memory, and data collection in Capacity Advisor,
67
E
Edit Scenario
accessing Capacity Advisor Profile Viewer, 69
error
difference in workload associations to systems, 166
message explanation, 168
time synchronization, 160
when reusing a server name or IP address, 163
error analysis, 32
error, connecting to systems, 158
event notification
data collection errors, 61
example
adding a VM host to a scenario, 42
adding processor cores, 44
changing a utilization limit for a scenario, 45
consolidation candidates report, 153
creating a scenario, 37
determining where to put a workload, 52
determining which systems to consolidate, 37
editing a scenario, 38
estimating potential power savings, 53
making servers become virtual machines with automated
solution finding, 48
making servers become VMs manually, 42, 44
scenario comparison report, 74, 153
server consolidation, planning, 36, 47
Undo/edit change record screen, 157
exported data, 133
F
feedback to HP, 121
fixed interval, 70
forecast
viewing in an historic utilization report, 86
forecast model
attributes defined, 33
editing in Profile Viewer, 69
precedence table, 33
G
gap
data, 120
goals
capacity planning, 21
growth rate
forecasting, 125
H
headroom, 151
defined, 24
interpreting star rating, 24
stars definitions, 24
historical data, 15
historical utilization, 13
host name, 119
HP Performance Agent, importing data into Capacity
Advisor , 60
HP Performance Management Pack
data collection, 17
HP SIM
documentation, 121
HP Smart Solver, 30
HP Virtual Machine
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