HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 60)

Scheduling a data collection
As conditions evolve over time or to manage data collection for large numbers of servers, you
can schedule one or more periodic data collections in addition to, or in place of, the automated
nightly collection. At the scheduled time, Capacity Advisor will pull data collected by the
Utilization Provider or via the agentless configuration file into the database on the CMS for
storage.
Prerequisites
• To create a collection schedule:
— You must be logged in to HP SIM (see
“Accessing Capacity Advisor” (page 55) ).
Procedure 5-3 To collect data on selected systems
1. Select Optimize
→Capacity Advisor→Collect Capacity Advisor Data... from the top menu
bar.
The Collect Capacity Advisor Data wizard starts.
2. Click the word - select - in the drop-down list below the title Add targets by selecting
from:
.
A list of filters is presented.
3. Select an appropriate filter from the list. All Systems will list all the available systems, while
other choices will constrain the selection list to subclasses of systems. The choice All VSE
Resources
restricts the list to those likely to be licensed for data collection.
4. Click the check boxes beside the systems for which you wish to collect data. If needed,
expand the plus sign controls beside classes of systems to display specific systems. (For
additional help on selecting targets, see the HP Systems Insight Manager 6.2 online help on
“Creating a Task”.)
5. Click Apply.
The Verify Target Systems screen of the wizard displays the resulting list of target systems.
6. If you wish to collect data on more targets, click Add Targets and repeat the preceding two
steps.
7. If you wish to remove any targets from the list:
a.
Click the check boxes by the targets you wish to remove.
Check marks appear in the check boxes.
b. Click Remove Targets.
The targets with check marks in the check boxes disappear from the list.
8. Once the list has the correct set of targets, click Next.
The Task Confirmation screen of the wizard is displayed.
9. To start a one-time collection immediately, click Run Now.
The Task Results screen is displayed. See “Interpreting task results” (page 59) .
10. To schedule the timing for a periodic collection, click Schedule.
11. The Schedule Task screen is displayed.
12. Select Periodically from the list labeled When would you like this task to run?.
13. In the area labeled Refine Schedule:, set the time of your choice.
14. Click Done.
The Task Results screen is displayed. The data collection will start when the system clock
reaches the time that you have set.
See “Interpreting task results” (page 59) for more information about the Task Results screen.
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