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HP Insight Global Workload Manager 6.0Software: User GuideHP Part Number: 5992-5060Published: February 2010Edition: 1.0

Undeploy Disable gWLM’s management of resources in a specifiedSRD.If an SRD is in managed mode, undeploying stops themigration of system resources amo

For more information on these system divisions, visit:• HP Virtual Server Environment website:http://www.hp.com/go/vse• The “Technical Documentation w

Table 1-1 Default weights by policy typeDefault weightPolicy typeN/A(You cannot deploy an SRD where all the workloads with fixed policies arenot satis

1. Decide which system will be your central management server (CMS), then install the VSEManagement Software CMS on that system.This system must also

Table 1-2 Where to find additional information (continued)See...To...gwlmsend(1M)Learn how to update metrics when usingcustom policies.gwlmplace(1M)Le

2 Configuring gWLM to manage workloadsThis chapter describes the various aspects of configuring gWLM to effectively manage theresources for your workl

Choosing a policy typeHow do you decide which policy type to use? Table 2-1 answers this question for several commonuse cases. The section following t

Combining the different policy typesEach workload in an SRD must have a policy. Starting with gWLM A.02.00.00.07, you can useany combination of the po

NOTE: You must be logged in as root on the systems where you run the mxstart, gwlmcmsd,and gwlmagent commands mentioned below. In HP SIM, you must be

NOTE: You must be logged in as root on the systems where you run the mxstart, gwlmcmsd,and gwlmagent commands mentioned below. In HP SIM, you must be

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Common uses for gWLMgWLM is a powerful tool that allows you to manage your systems in numerous ways. Thefollowing sections explain some of the more co

Resizing a workload’s npar, vpar, virtual machine, pset, or fss group as neededTo ensure a workload gets the CPU resources it needs—while also allowin

Changing from advisory mode to managed modeAdvisory mode allows you to see what CPU resource requests gWLM would make for aworkload—without actually a

where hostname represents the hostname of the CMS.3. From the HP SIM menu bar, select:Tools→Virtualization Manager...and then click the Shared Resourc

2. Connect to HP SIM by pointing your web browser to:http://hostname:280where hostname represents the hostname of the CMS.3. From the HP SIM menu bar,

1. Ensure HP SIM, the gWLM CMS daemon or service (gwlmcmsd), and all the gWLM agents(gwlmagent) are still running, as explained in the section “Settin

Quick Link OptionIn the previous procedure, instead of selecting an SRD and using the VSE Management menubar, you can find the Details table for the S

3 Monitoring workloads and gWLMThis chapter describes how to monitor workloads and gWLM.Monitoring workloadsThere are several methods for monitoring w

Monitoring gWLM from the command lineThere are several command-line tools for monitoring gWLM. These commands are added to thepath during installation

Table 3-1 gWLM log files (continued)LocationLog forHP-UX: /var/opt/gwlm/gwlm.log.0Windows: C:\Program Files\HP\Virtual ServerEnvironment\logs\gwlm.log

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Viewing HP Systems Insight Manager eventsgWLM allows you to configure a number of events you can monitor through HP SIM. Set theseevents in HP SIM as

4 SecurityThis chapter highlights several security items you should be aware of.General security topicsThe following items are a few general topics on

3. Set the following properties as desired:• oracle.net.encryption_types_client• oracle.net.crypto_checksum_types_clientFor more information on these

5 Additional configuration and administration tasksThis chapter covers various configuration and administration tasks.Manually adjusting CPU resources

• Creation or deletion of a pset using psrset on a system where gWLM is managing psetcompartments.• Performing online cell operations using parolrad.•

For more information, see vseinitconfig(1M).Tips for backup and restoreHere are tips to make the best use of backup and restore:• To ensure the latest

# When you set the level, you will see messages only from that level and# the levels that are more severe. So, the SEVERE level produces the fewest# m

# The number of minutes of real-time data used to aggregate into a# historical data point. The default is to aggregate the data into# 5-minute average

## You must restart gwlmagent for changes made to this file to# take effect.### Set FileHandler /var/opt/gwlm/gwlmagent.log.0 log level.# Valid levels

Communications portsgWLM uses the following ports for communications:Managed nodes: 9617CMS: 9618If you need to change these ports, add the following

Securing gWLM communications...31Securing databas

######################################################################### (C) Copyright 2004-2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.## gWLM Con

NOTE: If a vpar is borrowing cores from other vpars when it loses contact with its SRD, thoseborrowed cores might be separated from the SRD. If the vp

3. If the problem persists, check the files /var/opt/gwlm/gwlmagent.log.0 and /var/opt/gwlm/gwlmcmsd.log.0 for additional diagnostic messages.“SRD Com

NOTE: If the gWLM CMS and agent disagree about whether an SRD is deployed or undeployed,you can use the --force option with the gwlm deploy or gwlm un

Nesting partitionsgWLM allows you to form SRDs consisting of various compartment types. This ability providesflexibility in dividing your complex. For

Changing the gWLM resource allocation intervalThe frequency of gWLM’s changes in the CPU resource allocations is an attribute of the SRDs.Once you cre

those processes are. If the processes are on only two cores, the utilization is 50% (2/4). With theprocesses distributed across all four cores though,

1. For each host in the management LAN that you want to manage in an SRD:a. Edit the /etc/opt/gwlm/conf/gwlmagent.properties file to include the follo

• A corporate LAN/WAN via one network interface card and IP address• A second, private internal network and private IP address for communicating with

c. Verify that /etc/hosts has the same name configured for the address. Note that thefirst name should be the fully qualified domain name, and any ali

Host name aliases are not supported...59Making a configurat

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6 Support and other resourcesThis chapter contains support information and the available resources for the HP Insight GlobalWorkload Manager software

NOTE: HP cannot provide product support through these email addresses. To obtain productsupport, see “Contacting HP” (page 51).For a forum with other

Book Title Title of a book or other document.Linked Title Title that is a hyperlink to a book or other document.http://www.hp.com A website address th

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A Compatibility with agentsThe gWLM A.6.0.0.* CMS runs on HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11), HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23), HP-UX 11iv3 (B.11.31), and Microsoft Windows

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B Global Workload Manager A.6.0.0.* Known issuesThis appendix contains the limitations and known issues for the Global Workload Manager(gWLM) A.6.0.0.

If you receive this message:• Inspect the /var/opt/gwlm/gwlmagent.log.0 files on the indicated managed nodesfor error messages.• If partitions have be

Host name aliases are not supportedHost name aliases are not supported by gWLM. Only canonical DNS host names (fully qualifieddomain names) are suppor

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Only workloads with managed siblings can be added to SRDs with nested partitionsUsing the gWLM command-line interface, you cannot add a workload to an

the placement rules, which are explained in the online help topic "pset / fss group tips" in thesection "Precedence of placement techni

Documentation or minor issuesThe following are minor issues for Global Workload Manager.Cell-Local processors and iCAP environmentUsing cell-local pro

For HP-UX 11i v1, use version B.11.11.01.03.01.01 or later.For HP-UX 11i v2 on HP 9000 servers, use version B.11.23.01.03.01.01 or later.For HP-UX 11i

Workaround Undeploy the SRD using the --force option with the gwlm undeploy command,and restart gwlmagent on the managed node.SRD deployment times out

Starting management of monitored workloads with pset compartmentsIf you attempt to manage a set of monitored workloads by applying a policy and managi

Missing historical data (gWLM CMS daemon/service restarted)You might have blank sections of a historic report for a workload, or you might see the fol

IndexAadvisory mode, 17advisory mode to managed mode change, 22automatic restart gWLM managed nodes in SRD, 40Ccommunication ports, 39compartment, 8co

SRDadd comparment or GiCAP group member, 24automatic restart of gWLM managed nodes, 40communication issue, 42manually clearing, 42node failed to rejoi

1 OverviewThis document presents an overview of the techniques and tools available for using HP InsightGlobal Workload Manager software for Integrity

• Integration with HP-UX Security Containment• Integration with netgroup user lists• Integration with HP System Management Homepage (SMH)Concepts and

Shared Resource Domain (SRD) A collection of compartments that can share systemresources. The compartments can be npars, vpars, virtualmachines, psets