Viewing the licensed servers in hp sim, Data collection, Data collection and the hp insight capacity – HP Matrix Operating Environment Software User Manual
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Prerequisite
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You must be logged in to Insight Dynamics with “VSE All Tools” or “Capacity Advisor”
tools permissions.
1.
From the Capacity Advisor tab, select Configure
→Agentless Data Collection→Advanced
Agentless Options...
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2.
The Specify Parameters screen opens.
3.
Optionally, change the polling interval.
4.
Optionally, change the number of collector threads to assign to the task of collecting this
data.
5.
When satisfied with changes, click Run Now.
6.
The Task Results screen opens.
When the command completes successfully, the current contents of the configuration file
are listed on the Stdout tab.
If you suspect an error, check the Stderr tab for more information.
Related topics
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capagentlesscfg
in the
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Data collection and the HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software
HP provides the HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software specifically to address the
need to understand resource utilization on servers that are targeted for consolidation onto other
systems. Such servers often will not be running Insight Dynamics. Yet, being able to use Capacity
Advisor's planning facilities can greatly reduce the amount of time needed to plan a consolidation
effort.
The HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software provides you with a limited license to
obtain data for use in Capacity Advisor scenarios. For six months from the time the license is
locked into its assignment to a server, you can collect data to use in your consolidation planning
scenarios within Capacity Advisor.
Using Capacity Advisor with consolidation software server data
Because servers using the HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software are not licensed
for Insight Dynamics, you must use HP SIM Optimize menu options for Capacity Advisor to
collect and manipulate this data.
The available Optimize menu options allow you to do the following actions:
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view a utilization profile
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collect data
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import data
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view and create scenarios
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create various reports
Viewing the licensed servers in HP SIM
Another implication of this limited license is that servers with this license are not visible in the
Visualization
tab of Virtualization Manager. To see these servers in a list, look for “All Servers”
selections and links within HP SIM task screens and a few Capacity Advisor screens. The “All
Servers” list allows you to view and select servers licensed with the HP Insight Capacity Advisor
Consolidation software for inclusion in scenarios or for creating reports.
Gathering data for Capacity Advisor
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