HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 56)

IMPORTANT: For specific descriptions of each field or summary table on the user interface
screens, click the help topic link on the software screen for the task.
First data collection (or the automated nightly collection)
In general, the procedures for collecting data are similar: you must select the target system or
systems, schedule the collection task for a later run or to run now, and start the task.
Upon installation of HP Insight Dynamics suite (and Capacity Advisor in particular), Capacity
Advisor is set to automatically collect data from all managed nodes discovered by HP SIM that
are licensed to run Capacity Advisor, beginning at midnight on the CMS time clock. This is called
the nightly data collection. It occurs automatically at this time unless and until it is disabled or
rescheduled to a different time.
Prerequisites
• You must be logged in to Insight Dynamics as a privileged administrator user or root. (see
“Accessing Capacity Advisor” (page 53) ).
Procedure 5-2 To alter the automated nightly data collection
1. Select Tasks & Logs
→View All Scheduled Tasks... from the top menu bar.
2. From the list of current tasks, select Collect ALL Capacity Advisor Data Nightly....
3. If you would like to modify the timing, click Edit.
The Task Confirmation screen is displayed.
4. Click Schedule.
5. Select Periodically from the list labeled When would you like this task to run?.
6. In the area labeled Refine Schedule:, set the time of your choice.
7. Click Done.
The Task Results screen is displayed. The data collection will start when the system clock
reaches the time that you have set.
8. Or, if you would like to turn off the nightly collection, click the Disable this task check box and
Done
. If you now want to schedule a regular data collection for one or more blocks of
machines, see “Scheduling a data collection” (page 57) .
To return to a planning checklist:
•
Obtaining reports on current resource usage [p. 35]
Interpreting task results
The Task Results screen shows a “Running ” check box with a Start time: until the task
completes. When data collection finishes, you see an End time: displayed, with standard out
(stdout) and standard error (stderr) information on the data collection.
Once the Status field shows Complete, the collection task is complete, and the screen provides
a summary of pertinent information for this task, including the name of the task, completion
status, and the command line options used to run this task.
The results of the task are presented in the Stdout and Stderr tab windows. The messages on
the Stdout tab include indications of any errors that occur. Be sure to click both tabs for a complete
understanding of what happened.
An Exit code of 0 means complete success. Positive values indicate partial or complete failure.
In addition, you will see iconic indicators in the table Status column:
•
When a task concludes successfully, you see this symbol: .
• When a task concludes with a global or system-specific error, you see either of these symbols
in the status column, respectively:
or .
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