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The Task Results screen shows a “Running” check box with a Start time: until the task completes.
When data import finishes, you see an End time: displayed, with standard out (stdout) and
standard error (stderr) information displayed on tabbed panes in this screen. Check both tabs
for relevant information.
From the HP SIM Optimize menu — Import HP PMP data
Prerequisites
•
You must be logged in to HP SIM (see
“Accessing Capacity Advisor” (page 53)
).
•
The system(s) must be discovered by HP SIM.
Procedure 5-11 Import HP PMP data into Capacity Advisor
1.
Click Optimize
→Capacity Advisor→Import PMP System Data....
2.
Select the target system(s).
The Verify Targets screen displays.
3.
Verify the target system(s).
You have the opportunity to add or remove systems here. When done, click Next.
The Specify Parameters screen displays.
4.
Specify the begin and end dates desired to define the extent of the collection to import.
For example:
[-b 20071101 -e 20071231]
If no date range is given, all available data is imported.
5.
Optionally, specify [-p] when the import is for a non-Insight Dynamics workload.
6.
Optionally, specify [-o] when you want the new data to overwrite existing data for the
system within the Capacity Advisor database.
7.
Click Run Now.
After a short time, the Task Results screen displays.
For tasks where you select Run Now, a few moments will pass and then you see the Task Results
screen. For general help on interpreting the information in this screen, see the HP Systems Insight
Manager 6.0 online help on “Viewing Task Results”.
The Task Results screen shows a “Running” check box with a Start time: until the task completes.
When data import finishes, you see an End time: displayed, with standard out (stdout) and
standard error (stderr) information displayed on tabbed panes in this screen. Check both tabs
for relevant information.
From the command line
•
Add user login information to the SSH settings for your specific system on the System
Protocol Settings
screen (Options
→Protocol Settings→System Protocol Settings).
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From the command line on the CMS, and logged in as rootor Administrator, execute the
capopvaextract
or cappmpextract command, giving the fully qualified host name as
the first argument. (See the corresponding command reference pages in
for more information.)
For example:
# capovpaextract node12.company.com
Ascertaining the data collection availability for a set of servers
From within a scenario, or from the Visualization tab of Virtualization Manager, you can see
the data collection period for systems included in a scenario or for individual managed systems,
Gathering data for Capacity Advisor
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