User's Manual

How PRM manages applications..............................................................................................31
How application processes are assigned to PRM groups at start-up...........................................32
How PRM handles child processes ......................................................................................32
Pattern matching for filenames.............................................................................................32
Pattern matching for renamed application processes...............................................................33
Precedence of PRM group assignments.................................................................................34
3 PRM configuration planning ......................................................................37
Using multiple configurations....................................................................................................37
Selecting a configuration model...............................................................................................37
Budget model configurations ..............................................................................................37
Application priority model configurations .............................................................................38
Identifying resource use ..........................................................................................................40
Quick analysis ..................................................................................................................40
Detailed analysis ..............................................................................................................41
Using prmanalyze to quickly identify resource use.......................................................................42
4 Setting up PRM .......................................................................................45
Installing PRM .......................................................................................................................45
Setting PRM to start automatically at reboot ...............................................................................45
5 Using PRM with HP System Management Homepage (SMH)..........................46
Quick start to using PRM’s SMH interface..................................................................................46
6 Using PRM with HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM).......................................48
What PRM tasks are available through SIM?..............................................................................48
Monitor PRM Groups..........................................................................................................48
Configure PRM Groups.......................................................................................................48
Display Resource Usage.....................................................................................................48
List Resource Availability.....................................................................................................48
Configuring user authorizations................................................................................................48
Role: PRM administrator......................................................................................................49
Role: PRM operator............................................................................................................49
Quick start to using PRM’s SIM interface....................................................................................49
7 Configuring and enabling PRM on the command line....................................51
Quick start to using PRM’s command-line interface......................................................................51
Configuring PRM....................................................................................................................52
The PRM configuration file...................................................................................................52
Configuration tips and requirements.....................................................................................53
Specifying PRM groups/controlling CPU resource use.............................................................54
Reserved PRM groups....................................................................................................54
Group/CPU record syntax..............................................................................................55
Adding/modifying PRM groups and CPU allocations ........................................................57
Capping CPU resource use.............................................................................................58
Removing groups/CPU allocations..................................................................................58
Controlling memory use......................................................................................................59
Memory record syntax...................................................................................................59
Private memory........................................................................................................59
Shared memory.......................................................................................................61
Adding/modifying private memory shares/caps ..............................................................62
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