HP Insight Control - Manual (Page 15)

Insight Control performance management monitoring operates in four modes:
1. Monitor - This mode enables server status monitoring, updating information that HP SIM and
HP Insight Control performance management display. You can view the analysis information
using the Online Analysis tool.
2. Monitor & Alert - This mode, in addition to the capabilities enabled with Monitor, sends alerts
to HP SIM when the status of a server changes.
3. Monitor, Log, & Alert - This mode, in addition to the capabilities enabled with Monitor & Alert,
stores detailed performance information in the Performance Management database for later
reporting using the Offline Analysis tool.
4. Monitor & Log - This mode enables monitoring of servers and stores the performance information
in the Performance Management database for a playback later.
Number of samples
The Number of samples setting enables adjustment of Performance Management analysis to account
for highly variable or stable system performance. A higher number of samples results in smaller
average changes in performance. Therefore, it generates fewer performance bottleneck indications
for a server whose performance changes significantly. Fewer samples can be used for servers with
more stable performance or when the sampling rate is higher.
Sample rate
The default sample rate is 300 seconds.
After you start monitoring a server, the sample rate (300 seconds) appears on the Monitoring
Administration page and retrieves data from agents for the monitored server using the sample
rate.
NOTE: Sample rate is populated automatically.
Set Performance Threshold
The Set Performance Threshold option available on the Monitoring Administration page provides
you with the option to set the various performance parameters for a monitored server. All the
parameter values can be set in %.
The hyperlink To Set Performance Threshold values click here enables setting the performance
threshold values for the selected server in a separate Set Performance Threshold page.
Set the values for processor, memory, NIC, storage, and PCI in the Set Performance Threshold
page.
Setting the log days
The log option enables you to choose the number of days, months, or years for which you need
the data logged for a particular server. You can select a value for this option using the two lists.
The first list contains values from 1 through 20. The second list has options such as days, months,
and years. For example, if you select 2 in the first list and Years in the second list, data is logged
for 730 days. The data that was logged first is replaced cyclically as new data is logged.
Control the display of the number of managed nodes
You can set the MAX_SERVERS_PER_PAGE property in the pmp-web.properties file to control
the number of managed nodes displayed on the Monitoring Administration page. The properties
file is available in the
$SIM_INSTALL_DIR\jboss\server\hpsim\deploy\pmpnext.ear\pmp-web.war\WEB-INF\classes,
where HP SIM is installed in the $SIM_INSTALL_DIR directory. The property must be set to a
maximum of 150 servers per page.
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