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the list of servers from which you want to collect data
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the collection agency in operation on the servers (Capacity Advisor can collect data by way
of the Utilization Provider, by way of agentless means, or by import from other HP data
collection methods)
For discussions of various collection agencies, see
“Comparison of agentless and UP data
and
“HP PMP data differs from Utilization Provider data” (page 19)
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whether you need to collect data for the first time, update a data collection, or update a data
collection schedule.
Deciding from which servers to collect
Data collection via Capacity Advisor is limited to those
systems recognized as servers within HP SIM. The list of all possible servers can be viewed by
opening the All Systems view or the All Servers view in the Systems and Event Collections
area on the left. The list of all possible servers that are licensed with Insight Dynamics can be
viewed by opening the All VSE Resources view in this same area, or by opening HP Insight
Virtualization Manager software (Tools
→Virtualization Manager... from the top menu bar).
You may also have servers in mind where data collection has been accomplished using software
other than the Utilization Provider. This can be done by collecting data from licensed systems
for which Capacity Advisor has
capability or by importing data collected
by other agents, such as HP Performance Agent (formerly HP OpenView Performance Agent –
OVPA) or HP Performance Management Pack.
How to collect data using Capacity Advisor
Data collection functions are accessible from multiple
locations:
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the Configure, Optimize, and Tasks & Logs menus on the top menu bar
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the Virtualization Manager Visualization tab (Tools menu)
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the Capacity Advisor tab
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using capcollect, capagentlesscfg, capovpaextract, or cappmpextract on the command line.(see
“Command reference” (page 133)
TIP:
For lists of all menu options for Capacity Advisor features, see “Menus & tabs” in
Capacity Advisor Help.
NOTE:
Licensing and data collection
Typically, servers from which data are collected are licensed for
Capacity Advisor and Insight Dynamics. However, it is possible that not all servers in a data
center or network are licensed to run HP Insight Dynamics suite.
For information on installing the Utilization Provider, see
. For general information about licensing systems, see the HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 Getting
Started Guide . For discussion of using the HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software
to collect data for a systems consolidation effort, see
“Data collection and the HP Insight Capacity
Advisor Consolidation software” (page 63)
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When to collect data
Data collection via Capacity Advisor can be controlled to occur at different
times by doing one or more of the following actions:
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use the automated nightly collection
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schedule a collection to occur periodically or one time only
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launch an immediate collection
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