HP Capacity Advisor 7.2 User Guide

3. Optionally, change the polling interval.
It is unlikely that you will need to change this interval:
• Changing the data collection interval does not change how much data is stored. If data
is collected more often, the multiple readings within each five minute interval are averaged
together and stored as a single reading.
• Because Windows now uses a 64-bit counter for accumulating network traffic, you do
not need to sample more often to prevent the counter from overflowing.
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
• capagentlesscfg in the Appendix (page 193)
Data collection and the HP Capacity Advisor Consolidation software
HP provides the HP 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 Matrix Operating Environment. Yet, being able to use
Capacity Advisor's planning facilities can greatly reduce the amount of time needed to plan a
consolidation effort.
The 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 Capacity Advisor Consolidation software are not licensed for Matrix
Operating Environment, you must use Optimize menu options for Capacity Advisor to import or
manipulate this data.
The available Optimize menu options allow you to do the following actions:
• View a utilization profile
• Import data
• View and create scenarios
• Create various reports
Viewing the licensed servers
Another implication of this limited license is that servers with this license are not visible on the
Visualization tab. To see these servers in a list, look for “All Servers” selections and links within
Matrix Operating Environment task screens and a few Capacity Advisor screens. The “All Servers”
list allows you to view and select servers licensed with the Capacity Advisor Consolidation software
for inclusion in scenarios or for creating reports.
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