Monitoring Parameters - HP Xw460c - ProLiant - Blade Workstation User Manual

To enable logging for virtual machine guests:
1. From the HP SIM console toolbar, select Options Performance Management Pack
Options Configuration. The Monitoring Administration page appears in a new window.
2. Select the Server tab. Servers or virtual machine hosts and virtual machine guests available for
monitoring appear in the list.
3. Select the virtual machine guest for which to change monitoring parameters. To select all the items listed
on the page, select the checkbox at the top of the column.
4. Select the monitoring parameters (Monitor, Alert, and Log) for the virtual machine guests.
5. Click Apply. The changes made to the monitoring status of the server are updated.
Selected virtual machine guests begin a new monitoring session with the updated parameters and terminate
any current monitoring session.
Data for virtual machine hosts and virtual machine guests is only logged to the PMP database after logging
is selected and parameters are applied. Logging of virtual machine guests is not independent of the connected
virtual machine hosts. For example, data cannot be logged for a virtual machine guest if not also logged
for the connected virtual machine host.
IMPORTANT:
for the associated virtual machine host.
NOTE: The sample rate, log days, and number of samples cannot be set for the virtual machine guests.
These values are the same as those of the virtual machine host.

Monitoring parameters

PMP monitoring can operate in four modes:
1. Monitor - This mode enables server status monitoring, updating information that HP SIM and PMP
display. Analysis information and debug performance issues can be viewed using the Online Analysis
tool.
2. Monitor & Alert - This mode, in addition to the capabilities enabled with Monitor, sends alerts to HP SIM
when the status of a server changes.
3. Monitor, Log, & Alert - This mode, in addition to the capabilities enabled with Monitor & Alert, stores
detailed performance information in the PMP database for later reporting or playback, using the Offline
Analysis tool.
4. Monitor & Log - This mode enables monitoring of servers and stores the performance information in the
PMP database for playback later.
When monitoring begins for a server, the alert and log status in the table reflect that the Alert and Log options
are chosen. When the monitoring ends, the table shows the previous state of Alert and Log status. The
following figure illustrates the details.
70 Monitoring and controlling servers
To monitor, alert, and log virtual machine guests, enable the monitor, alert, and log parameters