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7 using capacity advisor with hp serviceguard, 8 troubleshooting in capacity advisor, 9 capacity advisor error and warning messages – HP Matrix Operating Environment Software User Manual

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Task: Plan server consolidation...............................................................................................131

Understanding the consolidation task.................................................................................131

Example consolidation: Stacking applications on an existing server...................................132

Step 1: Determine which systems to consolidate..........................................................133
Step 2: Create a scenario........................................................................................133
Step 3: Edit the scenario..........................................................................................134

Automating the consolidation task......................................................................................142

Example consolidation: Automating stacking on a what-if server........................................143

Step 1: Determine which systems to consolidate..........................................................143
Step 2: Create a scenario........................................................................................143
Step 3: Edit the scenario..........................................................................................144

Task: Estimating the effect of adding or moving processors.........................................................146
Task: Determining where to put a workload using automated solution finding...............................147

Example: Determining where to put a workload...................................................................148

Task: Estimating potential power savings across a range of server models....................................149

Example: Estimating potential power savings.......................................................................149

Collect data for a period of time that fully reflects your business cycle(s).............................149
Check power calibration on existing servers....................................................................149
Create a planning scenario..........................................................................................149
Create a what-if representation of a new HP server..........................................................150
Run a utilization report that includes power selections......................................................151
Move workloads from the older servers to the newer server...............................................153
Run a utilization report that includes power selections......................................................153

7 Using Capacity Advisor with HP Serviceguard............................................155

Using Serviceguard to migrate Integrity VM guests....................................................................155
Data collection in a Serviceguard environment.........................................................................156

8 Troubleshooting in Capacity Advisor ........................................................157

When there is no connection..................................................................................................157
Data is not being collected....................................................................................................158
Data may appear to be old when it is not ...............................................................................160
Data seems to be incorrect or lost...........................................................................................161
Data cannot be imported.......................................................................................................164
Data analysis is not working in Capacity Analysis.....................................................................164
Out-of-memory errors in the Java heap....................................................................................165
Working with reports............................................................................................................166
Working in the scenario editor...............................................................................................166
Working with power.............................................................................................................167
Workload issues...................................................................................................................168

Workload and system relationships may not match when comparing Capacity Advisor and Matrix
OE visualization information..............................................................................................168
Sub-OS workloads on Linux systems are not supported..........................................................169

Miscellaneous user interface issues.........................................................................................169

9 Capacity Advisor error and warning messages...........................................171

Command error messages.....................................................................................................171
Command warning messages................................................................................................172
HP Smart Solver error messages.............................................................................................174

When available systems lack sufficient capacity...................................................................174
When the threshold for invalid data is exceeded..................................................................175

HP Smart Solver informational messages..................................................................................176

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