Hp Insight Control User Manual

HP Insight ControlPerformance Management 7.1 User GuideHP Part Number: 598216-004Published: August 2012Edition: 2

2 LicensingOverviewThis chapter provides information about licensing servers for use with Insight Control performancemanagement.In the earlier release

NOTE: A server that was discovered licensed in HP SIM will not appear in the MonitoringAdministration page unless the server is a valid ProLiant serve

4. Click Next. The Analyze System page displays the results of the selected system whetherlicensed or not licensed.5. Click Next. The Select License p

3 Monitoring server performanceOverviewThis chapter provides overview of how to use Insight Control performance management to monitorthe servers in yo

Monitoring Administration pageThe Monitoring Administration page lists the number of discovered and licensed servers. The serverlist shows all of the

Servers are monitored based on the performance monitoring parameters. You can set the monitoringstatus and the number of samples on the Monitoring Adm

Performance thresholdThe Set Performance Threshold option on the Monitoring Administration page lets you set theperformance parameters for a monitored

Enabling virtual machine host and virtual machine guests loggingVirtual machine guests that are configured on the virtual machine host currently being

Selected virtual machine guests begin a new monitoring session with the updated parameters andterminate any current monitoring session.Data for virtua

4 Analyzing server performanceOverviewThis chapter introduces the various tools in performance management for analysis that analyzemonitored servers.

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From the HP Insight Control/HP Matrix Operating Environment console toolbar, clickDiagnose→Performance Management→Online Analysis.1.2. Select the chec

1. From the HP Insight Control/HP Matrix Operating Environment console toolbar, selectDiagnose→Performance Management→Offline Analysis.2. Select the c

Server Configuration paneThe Server Configured pane is on the left side of the browser window. Use this pane to navigatesystem components.Component pe

Displaying the controllerTo display the tree structure for a Smart Array 6i controller, click the + icon next to Smart Array 6icontroller in the confi

Displaying the driveClick the ID 1: 16GU3 15K( LD1 ) drive. The graph displays the performance statistics for that driveover the selected duration. Se

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5 ReportsOverviewInsight Control performance management can generate reports that shows among other things,the percentage of time a system was in a bo

Generating a Static Analysis Report1. From the Insight Control console, SelectReports→Performance Management→Static AnalysisReport2. Select the server

System Summary reportSystem Summary reports are created in a browser window in a printable format. The report hastwo sections. The first section consi

Generating an SQL queries list1. From the System Summary Report screen, select the server for which you want to generate alist.2. Click Show SQL queri

Contents1 Introduction...7Overview...

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Performance management Summary Report for 131.111.1.72Hardware Configuration as of 03/16/2004Reporting from 03/16/2004 to 03/19/2004% Major% Minor% No

VDisk type scsi-hardDiskVDisk size 12884901888Number of partitions 0System Summary report for a VM GuestThis section shows the information available i

Sample performance management CSV fileYou can use Insight Control performance management to generate many kinds of reports, andeach user can use a dif

Generating an SQL queries list1. From the Server Availability Report screen, select the server for which to generate a list.2. Click Show SQL Queries.

NIC Megabytes per secondProcessor busyStorage performanceInterrupts per secondStorage transfers per secondContext switches per secondStorage Megabytes

Smart Array logical drivesThe following table lists the measurement categories for Smart Array logical drives.Writes per secondController IDRead Megab

SCSI adaptersThe following table lists the measurement categories for SCSI adapters.Sample timePCI slotTransfers per secondModelMegabytes per secondAd

Host busesThe following table lists the measurement categories for host buses.PerformanceDeviceMegabytes per secondNameBus utilization percentSample t

Table 1 Insight Control performance management overall performance summary (continued)Individual Fibre Channel host bus adapter model (PCI slotnumber)

Generating a Static Analysis Report...27Generating an SQL queries li

6 TroubleshootingOverviewThis chapter identifies commonly encountered setup and installation problems and provides solutionsfor them. The following is

Table 3 Systems Insight Manager integration (continued)SolutionOccurs whenIssueperformancemanagement\PMPTools.xml”Execute the commandmxconfigrefresh f

Table 4 Insight Control performance management license administration issues (continued)SolutionOccurs whenIssue4. Click Manage License, and thenselec

Windows Server 2003/2008 issuesTable 6 (page 42) describes issues and solutions that you might encounter with Windows Server2003/2008.Table 6 Windows

Internet Explorer issuesThe following table describes issues and solutions that can be associated with Internet Explorer.Table 7 Internet Explorer iss

7 Support and other resourcesInformation to collect before contacting HPBe sure to have the following information available before you contact HP:• So

Warranty informationHP will replace defective delivery media for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase. Thiswarranty applies to all Insight Ma

Term A term or phrase that is defined in the body text of the document,not in a glossary.User input Indicates commands and text that you type exactly

A Measurement parameter matrixThis appendix details the measurement parameters evaluated by the performance managementcomponent for the components of

Processors Status• Average Processor Utilization %—Average percentage of time all the processors on the systemare busy executing non-idle threads. On

A Measurement parameter matrix...48Server metrics...

is already in main memory or if it is in use by another process with which the page is shared.There are two types of page faults:◦ Hard Page Fault—The

Network Adapter Status• MBits TX/Sec—Average number of megabits transmitted from the selected adapter eachsecond• MBits RX/Sec—Average number of megab

Network Port Inventory• Port Configuration◦ Name of the NIC adapter.◦ Name of the port (on the base board or upgrade module).◦ Media access control (M

Smart Array Controller Inventory• Controller ConfigurationController identification, including controller model and PCI slot (if applicable)◦◦ Support

• Millisec/Write—Average time for each write to complete• Queue Length—Average number of concurrent requests between the server and each drivein the d

• Disk Millisec/Write—Average time for each write to complete• Disk Queue Length—Average number of concurrent requests between the server and the driv

SATA Drive Inventory• Drive InformationDescription of the drive, including size◦◦ Hard drive model number◦ Size of the drive as seen by the operating

◦ Location of the hard drive in its enclosure◦ Array in which the drive is configured◦ SAS protocol negotiated for transfers between this drive and th

SCSI Storage Enclosure Status• Transfers/Sec—Average number of transfers on this SCSI bus each second (the sum of theDisk Transfers/Sec for all hard d

IDE controllerThe following information is provided for an IDE controller.IDE Controller Status• Transfers/Sec—Number of requests between the server a

IDE Controller Inventory...59ATA disk...

Fibre Channel host bus adapterThe following information is provided for a Fibre Channel HBA.Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Status• Transfers/Sec—Avera

Network Storage Array Status• Server Transfers/Sec—Average number of transfer requests (read and written) between themonitored servers and the array e

• Millisec/Transfer—Average time to complete a transfer to and from the selected externalstorage enclosure• Enclosure Queue—Average number of transfer

Host Buses Status• Host Bus MBytes/Sec—Average number of megabytes transferred over the host buses eachsecondHost Buses Inventory• Bus Configuration—S

Static analysisThe following configuration information is gathered by hardware discovery and analyzed byperformance management to display the performa

B Bottleneck scenariosThis appendix provides solutions for some bottleneck scenarios encountered while using InsightControl performance management.Ana

The Analysis Explanation indicates that number of concurrent transfer exceeds the maximum numberrecommended.Displaying the logical drive under network

Selecting the serverTo display the Insight Control performance management Online Analysis window for performancemanagement server, click the Major ico

The Analysis Explanation details an above-average page read rate (higher than 30% of the hardpage fault), and less than configured memory threshold. T

Problems with a server can also be seen in the System Configuration navigation pane. The treestructure in the pane displays the configuration of each

1 IntroductionOverviewHP Insight Control performance management detects, analyzes, and explains hardware configurationissues and performance bottlenec

Displaying the virtual machine guestTo access the virtual machine guest and display the Status tab in the Online Analysis panel, clickthe associated v

RecommendationsAddressing performance issues with no hardware upgrade recommendationThe following scenario is an example of a recommendation that does

72 Bottleneck scenarios

Glossaryagent A program that regularly gathers information or performs some other service without the user'simmediate presence. Systems Insight M

Web-BasedEnterpriseManagement(WBEM)An industry initiative that provides management of systems, networks, users, and applicationsacross multiple vendor

IndexAanalysisoffline, 20online, 19CCSV file generatorreport, 32Ddisplaycontroller, 23graphical, 22inventory, 24port, 23, 24GgeneratingCSV file genera

the potential problem areas. The Server Availability report consolidates the information onavailability of servers at any point in time.StructureHP In

• Reports on subsystems that cause performance constraints. This enables pinpointed upgradesto economically extend the useful life of your servers.• P