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capcollect (1M)
NAME
capcollect -- Collect Capacity Advisor data from systems to examine workload scenarios, do
capacity planning, and store the data on the CMS. For options and examples that are specific
to using this command on Microsoft Windows, see the “Command Reference” in Capacity
Advisor Help online.
SYNOPSIS
Path on CMS:
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/opt/vse/bin
capcollect [-c] [ hostname1, hostname2, ...hostnameN]
capcollect [-f] [-i] [ hostname1, hostname2, ...hostnameN]
capcollect [-z] [ hostname1, hostname2, ...hostnameN]
DESCRIPTION
The capcollect command enables the user to collect historical utilization data from systems
licensed for Capacity Advisor for analysis on the Central Management Server (CMS). Utilization
data is gathered from systems specified using Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM).
WBEM credentials for the systems are used as set up in HP Systems Insight Manager software.
The data gathered is stored on the CMS in files.
During a run, capcollect attempts to gather all WBEM utilization data stored on the managed
system that is not already present on the CMS. Configuring capcollect to be run daily allows
the last 24 hours of data to be gathered on each run. If a system is inaccessible when capcollect
runs, an attempt is made to gather the missing data during the next run.
Previously collected data on the CMS older than four years is removed. HP recommends that
collection be configured to occur daily.
capcollect also supports calibration of power data based on information obtained from HP
Insight Control power management (IPM). The default behavior of capcollect is to collect
utilization data and perform IPM calibration where available.
NOTE: An automatic discovery task and automatic capcollect task start the 90-day trial
license for Insight Dynamics for each discovered managed node.
Options
-c Checks the suitability of each system for data collection by verifying its attributes in HP
SIM and the ability to retrieve utilization data from the data source or sources used for
collection. Error or warning messages are issued for problems that would prevent successful
collection. No utilization data is gathered and no previously collected data is removed.
-f Force IPM to refresh data from the iLO interface. This can take up to one minute for each
managed node.
-i Perform IPM calibration only; do not collect utilization data.
-z Collect utilization data only; do not perform IPM calibration.
Operands
hostname Specifies the names of the systems from which to collect utilization data. By default,
data is collected from all systems licensed for Capacity Advisor. Note that Capacity
Advisor does not consider a complex to be a system.
You cannot use the following special characters as part of a hostname: grave accent
(`), semi-colon (;), ampersand (&), vertical bar (|), left parenthesis ( ( ), hash mark
(#), greater-than sign (>), less-than sign (<), and the new-line character (ASCII 012).
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