HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP BladeSystem servers (487616-001, February 2008)

Performance Management Pack
When planning a migration, you must understand the performance characteristics of the current
systems. In addition to the real
-
time graphs, the administrator uses PMP to generate reports that
summarize performance o
ver time (
Figure
11
). PMP integrates with HP
SIM to give a complete picture
of server operation.
Figure
11
:
Performance Management Pack
—
Reports
Server Automation
In this example,
this
company uses Server Automation to deploy software applications
through
s
oftware
p
olicies (
Figure
12
).
Software policies can consist of code, content, scripts
,
and configuration
files. When these policies are assoc
iated with the right servers,
you
can provision
them
.
You can
change a
ny element of the software policy
,
and the differences will be applied.
You
can view a
report from Server Automation that shows which software policies are associated with each server
bl
ade
, yielding the inventory of applications installed on the system.
This software inventory report,
combined with the hardware and performance information gathered by HP
SIM and PMP
,
enables
the system administrator to determine the appropriate set of
ser
ver
blades to replace the current server
blade
s.
After
the
BladeSystem
server blade
s have been ordered and delivered, the
h
ardware
s
etup
phase can start.