HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 68)

1. You can select a different Fixed Interval in the drop down selector, or you can change to
an Absolute Interval by clicking the radio button to the left of this interval selection.
The user interface pauses momentarily to reset the screen fields.
2. Set the beginning and end dates for the interval that you want to view.
3. Click OK to apply the new interval to the graph and table data.
The screen displays the new interval and data.
Procedure 5-19 To manipulate the graphic display of utilization data
1. Optionally, use the pan right (> or >>) and pan left (< or << ) buttons to view earlier historic
data (pan left) or forecast activity (pan right beyond the current date).
The screen repaints with the new date interval resulting from the pan action. A pale blue
background in the graph indicates the area in the graph where activity is forecast based on
historic data and user-selected settings.
2. Optionally, turn off the bandwidth capacity indicator by deselecting the Show Capacity
radio button. (Visible on network and disk I/O utilization metric viewers.)
The screen repaints with the dashed blue capacity indicator line removed.
3. Optionally, turn off the resource allocation indicator by deselecting the Show Allocation
radio button. (Visible on CPU and memory utilization metric viewers.)
The screen repaints with the dashed blue allocation indicator line removed.
4. Optionally, turn on the Show Invalid Data selection to see the points that have been dropped
from the display and analysis (if any).
5. Optionally, turn on the Show Observed Data selection to see actual observed activity
collected from a real system.
6. Optionally, turn on the Show Simulated Data selection to see representational activity
based on data collected from a real system.
7. Optionally, use the Profile Editor to set the data time frame and click Validate or Invalidate
to set the status of the date range.
Changes made here will be reflected in the graphic and Interval Metric Summary table.
8. When finished viewing the graph and table data for a scenario system or workload, click
the Go back to .... link to return to your original starting point in the Edit Scenario screens.
For information on accessing special editors from a profile viewer, see “Accessing the forecast
model for a workload or system” (page 81) .
Procedure 5-20 To switch to alternate utilization resource metrics
You can cause a profile viewer to display any of the utilization resource metrics provided by
Capacity Advisor.
• Click the radio button to the left of the metric that you want to view.
The user interface pauses momentarily to reset the screen display to the new metric, updating
both the utilization graphic and the Interval Metric Summary table.
Using the report wizard
Capacity Advisor reports provide valuable summaries and details from data collected from
managed systems. Reports can be generated that describe:
• resource utilization for CPU, memory, network I/O, disk I/O, and power consumption for
real systems (historic usage) and for systems within a scenario (simulated usage), and
including trends in usage over a period of time.
• candidates for system consolidation
• cost allocation by resource
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