OVNPM 1.5.2 - Performance Agent for NonStop Server Monitoring Guide

Contents
Preface
Before You Begin ........................................................................................................................................ 8
Audience ................................................................................................................................................... 8
Goals of Documentation .............................................................................................................................. 8
Organization.............................................................................................................................................. 9
OVNPM Documentation Map .................................................................................................................... 10
Electronic Versions of the Manuals .............................................................................................................. 10
OVNPM Manuals ..................................................................................................................................... 10
About OVNPM Online Help....................................................................................................................... 10
1 OVNPM Monitoring Overview
1-1 Goals .................................................................................................................................. 11
1-2 Definitions ............................................................................................................................ 11
1-3 Main monitoring files ............................................................................................................ 11
2 OVNPM Monitoring Configuration
2-1 OVNPM Collect and Database Parameters ............................................................................. 12
2-1-1 Collection Parameters............................................................................................................ 12
2-1-2 Database Parameters ............................................................................................................ 13
2-1-3 Choosing a Data Retention Period .......................................................................................... 13
2-1-4 Data Retention Worksheet ..................................................................................................... 13
2-2 Building the OVNPM Configuration on HP NonStop Server ...................................................... 15
2-2-1 Step 1: Selecting Metric Collect ............................................................................................. 15
2-2-2 Step 2: Modifying the USERCFG File ...................................................................................... 15
2-2-3 Step 3: Building the Configuration .......................................................................................... 18
2-2-4 Configuration Builds Warning & Errors. .................................................................................. 18
2-3 Symbolic Path Name............................................................................................................. 19
2-3-1 Symbolic Path Name Declaration ........................................................................................... 19
2-3-2 Instance Name Using the SPN ............................................................................................... 20
2-3-3 SPN Restrictions.................................................................................................................... 20
2-3-4 USERCFG SPN Sample ......................................................................................................... 20
2-4 Monitoring User Application .................................................................................................. 21
2-4-1 Discovery Steps .................................................................................................................... 21
2-4-2 Discovery macros ................................................................................................................. 22
3 OVNPM Entities
3-1 APPLIDEF ............................................................................................................................. 25
3-1-1 APPLIDEF Instances Configuration ........................................................................................... 25
3-1-2 APPLIDEF metrics .................................................................................................................. 25
3-2 APPLIFILE.............................................................................................................................. 27
3-2-1 APPLIFILE Instance Configuration ............................................................................................ 27
3-2-2 APPLIFILE metrics ................................................................................................................... 28
3-3 BASE24DEF ......................................................................................................................... 29
3-3-1 BASE24DEF Instance Configuration ........................................................................................ 29
3-3-2 BASE24DEF Metrics .............................................................................................................. 29
3-4 CPU .................................................................................................................................... 29
3-4-1 CPU Instance Configuration ................................................................................................... 29
3-4-2 CPU Metrics ......................................................................................................................... 29
3-5 CSPOOL .............................................................................................................................. 31
3-5-1 CSPOOL Instance Configuration ............................................................................................. 31
3-5-2 CSPOOL Metrics .................................................................................................................. 31
3-6 DISK .................................................................................................................................... 31
3-6-1 Disk Instance Configuration ................................................................................................... 31
3-6-2 Disk Metrics ......................................................................................................................... 31
3-7 DISKFILE .............................................................................................................................. 34