HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor Importing OVPA Data from Non-VSE Nodes

IMPORTANT: When moving imported workloads, it is crucial to enter a platform CPU multiplier.
Capacity Advisor uses a multiplier computed from the clock speed of the system to scale a
workload’s demand profile when it is moved from one system to another. Such an estimate gives
numbers that are usually accurate within 10% when moving workloads within the PA family of
processors or within the Integrity family of systems. However, this estimate can be radically
wrong when moving a workload from one processor family to another. Integrity systems often
perform twice as much work as ProLiant systems with the same clock speed and number of
cores.
Consult benchmarks when moving workloads from one processor family to another. Either run
your own benchmark using your application, or consult industry standard benchmarks that are
run on a wide range of systems.
Benchmarks can be found at http://spec.org.
Figure 2 Selecting a Non-VSE Workload
1. Select non-VSE workload from drop-down list.
5 Supported Versions of OVPA
The solutions presented in this white paper support the following versions of OVPA:
Table 1 Supported Versions of OVPA
Versions SupportedPlatform
C.03.35 or laterHP-UX
C.03.75 or laterSOLARIS
C.04.00 or laterLINUX
5 Supported Versions of OVPA 9