HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 Update 1 Getting Started Guide

2. In the Name column, look for “HP Capacity Advisor Data Service.” Right-click on this name
and select Start.
Procedure 4 HP-UX CMS: Stopping the Capacity Advisor Data Collection Service
• From the command line as root, run /sbin/init.d/hp_cpdata_service stop
Procedure 5 HP-UX CMS: Starting the HP Capacity Advisor Data Collection Service
• From the command line as root, run /sbin/init.d/hp_cpdata_service start
NOTE: The Options→Data Collection menu option (on the top menu bar) allows you to configure
data collection for server inventory only. See “Solving utilization data collection problems” (page 29)
when you suspect resource utilization data is missing or utilization data collection is not working.
Configuring data metrics to better reflect your environment
Capacity Advisor provides tools for making the data metrics displayed in the visualization profile
viewer and in capacity planning scenarios better reflect your computing environment.
• From the Matrix OE Visualization tab or the Planning tab, select Configure→Global Utilization
Limits to set default limits for utilization of CPU, memory, and disk and network I/O bandwidth
to better reflect your Service Level Agreement.
• Determine your expected growth rate, then use Configure→Global Forecast... to realistically
project future utilization.
• Reflect your business cycle(s) by changing the displayed date range in your scenarios and
observing the peak, sustained, 90th percentile, and average data views.
• On the Visualization tab, use Configure→Calibrate Power (All Selected Systems)... to define
power settings for your systems. You must have full authorization on the managed nodes to
use this function.
Solving utilization data collection problems
Matrix Operating Environment provides a default Events collection called “Utilization Data Collection
Events.”
When you suspect you are experiencing a utilization data collection error, review the event listings
available from this menu. To obtain details about an event, including how to address a problem,
click the event type to open the detail table.
To learn more about how to use event collections, click the button to read “Navigating the event
table view page” in the HP Systems Insight Manager Help.
To learn more about Capacity Advisor functions, see the HP Capacity Advisor User Guide.
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