Table Of Contents - IBM PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FOR POWER SYSTEMS - GRAPH REFERENCE DOCUMENT Reference

Table of Contents

Section 1: Intro to Performance Management for Power Systems ..................................... 1
Daily Updates.................................................................................................................. 2
Trending.......................................................................................................................... 2
Benefits of PM for Power Systems................................................................................. 2
System Management with More Flexibility ................................................................... 2
Explanation of Growth and Performance Issues in Non-Technical Terms .................... 2
Systems Management Process of PM for Power Systems.............................................. 3
The Performance Management Cycle......................................................................... 3
Automated Collection and Reporting ......................................................................... 3
Self Maintained Collection and Reporting ................................................................. 3
Minimal Data Storage Requirement ........................................................................... 3
Transmission Consistency / History ............................................................................... 4
Multiple Operating System Support ............................................................................... 5
Interface to the IBM Systems Workload Estimator........................................................ 6
Levels of Service............................................................................................................. 8
PM for Power Systems Summary Service (No Additional Charge)........................... 8
PM for Power Systems Full Service (Fee Service)..................................................... 8
Functions Available to both 'No Additional Charge' and 'Fee' Service.................... 9
IBM Hardware and Software Supported......................................................................... 9
Report Calculation Principles and Definitions ............................................................. 10
The Difference Between Average and Peak Average............................................... 10
The Manner in which Trends are Calculated............................................................ 10
Other Definitions ...................................................................................................... 11
Terms and Conditions ................................................................................................... 12
What am I agreeing to upon PM for Power Systems activation? ............................. 12
Data Collection ......................................................................................................... 12
Data Availability to IBM .......................................................................................... 12
Data Availability to Solution Providers and Business Partners................................ 12
Warranty/Liability..................................................................................................... 12
Additional Terms and Conditions............................................................................. 12
Accessing the PM for Power Systems Graphs.............................................................. 13
IBM Web ID and password ...................................................................................... 13
Registering the Partition to a 'Group'....................................................................... 13
Accessing the PM for Power Systems Website to View Graphs:............................. 13
IBM and Business Partner Access to Graphs ........................................................... 14
Selecting the Interactive or .PDF Icon to View Graphs............................................ 15
Authorizing IBM Business Partners to View Graphs ................................................... 16
What to do for Questions .............................................................................................. 18
Section 2: AIX Interactive Graphs.................................................................................... 19
Processor Graphs on AIX ............................................................................................. 20
Average Processor Utilization in %, per Day ........................................................... 20
Guidelines for Total Processor Utilization ............................................................... 21
Processor Utilization, by the Hour............................................................................ 22
Peak Processor Utilization, Total - with Trend Projections ..................................... 23