HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM)

Special Note

This is a very fast paced and intensive one-day hands-on course. It assumes student has a solid working knowledge of Work Load Manager and Resource Manager concepts -per course prerequisites outlined below.

Course overview

Prerequisites

• HP-UX System Administration I (H3064S) or equivalent HP-UX administration experience
• Strongly recommend  (U5447S) course or  equivalent working knowledge of WLM/PRM concepts.
• Appreciation of HP Virtual Server Environment and HP VSE Overview

Audience

• HP-UX System Administrators and System Managers
• HP-UX performance, work-load and resource managers

Ways to save

Course objectives

• Understand what gWLM does
• Learn to use gWLM
• Understand advanced gWLM topics
• Learn gWLM command line tools
• Learn troubleshooting techniques
• Develop Best Practices
• Plan and Provision your work loads

Next steps

• Attend the appropriate HP VSE courses from the following curriculum path: http://www.hp.com/education/currpath/hp-ux_vse.html

Benefits to you

• Match system resources to demand
• Plan and provision your work loads

Course outline

Module 1 - Overview

• What is gWLM
• Benefits of gWLM
• gWLM Interfaces
• gWLM Terms
• gWLM Management Model
• nPartitions
• Sharing CPUs across npars
• HP-UX Virtual Partiotns
• Virtual Machines
• Processor Sets and FSS groups
• FSS Shares Example
• PSET Example
• gWLM High-Level Architecture
• gWLM Central Management Station
• gWLM Agent Architecture
• How gWLM allocates CPU
• How gWLM controllers work

Module 2 - Using gWLM

• Installing/Upgrading to HP SIM 5.0
• Upgrading gWLM from 1.1.x to 2.0
• Installing gWLM Agents
• Setting Aside Space for Historical Data
• Backing up the gWLM Database
• Configuring User Authorizations
• Starting gWLM
• System View
• Workload View
• gWLM Home Page
• gWLM Wizard
• What is and SRD
• What Types of Policies are Available
• Supported Policy Combinations
• Choosing a Policy Type
• Arbitration for OwnBorrow Policies
• Arbitration for Utilization and Custom Policies
• Policy Configuration Validation
• Common gWLM Administration Tasks
• Changing from Advisory to Managed Mode
• Applying User or Application Records
• Modifying a Policy
• Creating New Policies
• Changing a Policy for a Workload
• Changing the gWLM Allocation Interval
• Adding npar, vpar, VM, pset, fss to an SRD
• Stop Managing a Workload
• Stop Managing an SRD
• View Summaries and Policy Status
• gWLM Real-time Reports
• gWLM Historical Reports

Module 3 - Advanced Topics and Command Line Interface

• Creating Custom Policies
• gwlmsend
• gwlmplace
• Setting gWLM Properties
• Securing gWLM Communications
• Controlling gWLM Startup Behavior
• Viewing HP SIM Events
• Events Related to Automatic Restart
• Monitoring gWLM from the Command Line
• gwlmreport
• Status Information from gWLM
• Checking Software Licenses

Module 4 - Troubleshooting

• Managing from a diffeent CMS
• Graphing or Wizard Issues
• GUI Errors
• Java Exceptions
• CMS Issues
• Managed Node ISsues
• Useful COmmands
• Networking Issues
• CMS and Agent Out of Sync
• gWLM and High Availability

Module 5 - Best Practices

• gWLM Tips
• Know your system and Workloads
• Runaway Processes
• Monitoring Logfiles
• Enabling Event Notification
• Starting gWLM Agents on Reboot

Module 6 - Planning and Provisioning

• Planning a gWLM Implementation
• Utilization Targets
• Determining Utilization Targets
• Utilization Target Hedroom
• User interactive Workloads
• Batch Workloads
• Service Contracts
• Assumptions on Provisioning
• Classifying Workloads
• Service Levels
• Errors in Business Forecasting