PMP User Guide v5.5

Using PMP 28
Debugging a VM Host and Guest Bottleneck Condition
The following sections detail the appropriate actions to take when a bottleneck condition exists on VM Hosts and
Guests. In this scenario, the server name is “pmpserver-3,” that hosts the VM Guests. An amber (Major) icon in the PF
column indicates that a bottleneck condition exists on the server (VM Host) named “pmpserver-3.”
Select the server (VM Host)
Click the major icon to display the PMP Online Analysis window for “pmpserver-3.”
The screen displays the server node tree in the left configuration navigation pane and the Status tab in the right pane.
The counters displayed in the following figure are selected items from the various components. The Analysis
Explanation indicates that at least one node has a problem.
The problems with a server can also be seen within the configuration navigation pane. The tree structure in the
configuration navigation displays the configuration of each node down to the individual components monitored by
PMP. The icons used in the tree next to a node or component indicate the performance status for that item or the item
under the node. The performance status icon for the selected node is also displayed in the Results frame. PMP
indicates many problems for the server in this example. Generally, only one node has a problem because bottlenecks
tend to mask one another.