HP Capacity Advisor and Global Workload Manager (HF869S)
HF869S
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course supports HP-UX 11i v3 Virtual Server Operating Environment (OE), also known as HP Matrix OE. HP’s advanced infrastructure management software lets you continuously analyze and optimize adaptive infrastructure. Use Systems Insight Manager, Virtualization Manager, Capacity Advisor, Global Workload Manager, Instant Capacity, Process Resource Manager, and more. See how the tools work together to manage systems and workloads. The course is 50 percent lecture and 50 percent hands-on labs using HP servers.
AUDIENCE
- Experienced HP-UX system administrators
PREREQUISITES
- HP-UX System and Network Administration I (H3064S) and HP-UX System and Network Administration II (H3065S) or
- HP-UX System and Network Administration for Experienced UNIX System Administrators (H5875S) or
- Equivalent system administration experience and
- HP Systems Insight Manager (HK712S or HB508S)
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:
- Describe the VSE components
- Install and configure VSE
- Use Virtualization Manager to view systems and workloads
- Use gWLM to manage workloads
- Use Capacity Advisor to perform systems capacity planning and VM consolidations
- Perform basic VSE troubleshooting
BENEFITS TO YOU
- Quickly evaluate different scenarios for consolidating older and underutilized physical servers onto virtual machines
- See how you can more effectively manage the computing resources in your environment
- Gain an appreciation of all HP-UX VSE tools
NEXT STEPS
- HP Integrity Cell-Based Server Administration (U5075S)
DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE
Touring the Product
- HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE) for Integrity servers
- Partitioning continuum: the resource management spectrum
- HP VSE configuration and workload management
- HP VSE capacity planning
- Logical server management
- Integrity server management
- HP VSE infrastructure orchestration
Design a Solution
- Choosing a Central Management Server (CMS)
- Licensing
- Windows CMS installation requirements
- HP-UX CMS installation requirements
Installation, Setup, and Configuration
- ProLiant Windows CMS installation procedure
- HP-UX CMS installation procedure
- Post-installation steps
- Managed system setup
Using and Maintaining VSE
- Using the Virtualization Manager
- VSE views
- Configuring preferences
- Compartment components
- Virtualization Manager toolbar
- Visualization view icons
- Information and meter callouts
Workloads
- Introduction to workloads
- Workload types and sub-types
- Creating workload definitions
- Monitored and managed workloads
Global Workload Manager (gWLM) Product Tour
- gWLM at a glance
- gWLM interfaces and components
- HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) product tour
- gWLM integration with Global Instant Capacity (GiCAP)
- gWLM CMS and agent architecture
Global Workload Manager Design a Solution
- Planning a gWLM implementation
- CPU utilization targets
- gWLM controllers
- gWLM provisioning
Global Workload Manager Use and Maintain
- Basic gWLM usage
- Shared Resourcce Domain (SRD)
- Common gWLM administrative tasks
Global Workload Manager Advanced Topics
- GiCAP integration
- iCAP Manager
- Advanced topics
- gWLM best practices
Global Workload Manager Application Discovery
- Application Discovery overview and components
- Using and managing Application Discovery
- Procmap scripts
gWLM Service and Repair
- First pass gWLM troubleshooting
- iCAP/TiCAP/GiCAP best practices
- gWLM troubleshooting tips
Capacity Advisor Product Tour
- Utilization and power planning
- Utilization limits
- HP Smart Solver technology
- 5-Star ratings
- Capacity planning use cases
Capacity Advisor Data Collection
- Using Capacity Advisor
- Data collected and components
- Capacity Advisor extension pack licenses
Server Consolidation using Smart Solver
- Creating a scenario
- Scenario-wide forecast
- Forecast model hierarchy
- Utilization limits
- Consolidation legacy workloads to VMs
- Consolidation results
Server Consolidation with Power
- Power data collection
- Creating the scenario
- Adding utilization limits
- Creating target servers
- Moving workloads
- Power usage and summary reports
Capacity Advisor Reports
- Available reports
- Selecting report details
- Creating, browsing, and interpreting reports
Capacity Advisor Service and Repair
- Troubleshooting overview
- Initialization logs
- Capcollect managed system checking
- Tuning HP SIM configuration parameters
Capacity Advisor Command Line Interface
- capcollect and capprofile commands
- Generating Capacity Advisor reports
- Importing data into Capacity Advisor
VSE Troubleshooting Overview
- VSE troubleshooting overview
- VSE Assist
- WBEM troubleshooting
- Other HP SIM troubleshooting
Partitioning Management Tools
- Partition management
- Workload Manager
- Pay per use
- PSETs
- Process Resource Manager
- Secure resource partitions
For more information about HP training programs in Ukraine visit the web site at http://www8.hp.com/ua/ru/training/index.html
For whom it is intended:
- System administrator
To pre-register for courses or clarify information, please call: +380 44 230 34 74
E-mail: education@erc.ua