Considerations for installing Gateway Server

Installing in a Microsoft virtual environment

For implementing Gateway Server in a Microsoft Hyper-V environment, install Perform Agent on the Microsoft Hyper-V server OS that represents the Host Server (parent partition).

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Installing in an AIX partitioned virtual environment

This section provides installation considerations for implementing Gateway Server in an AIX partitioned environment:

AIX hardware partitions

• You must install the Perform collector on a logical system partition running AIX to gather detailed workload information from the OS. This configuration ensures proper SMT identification and access to the metrics required to properly report on LPAR resource consumption.

• You must enable the appropriate security access from at least one logical partition to the Hardware Management Console (HMC), so that the collector can gather physical system configuration information.

• All SPLPARs within a frame must be processed in a single domain file, with at least one machine in that domain having the Physical Partition Configuration group for the frame.

• To collect Disk Statistics from the AIX partitions, the libperfstat level must be at ML1 for AIX 5.3. To enable this access to the HMC, complete the configuration steps described in Configuration requirements for using with an AIX partitioned system.

AIX workload partitions

• You must install Perform Agent in the global zone.

• You cannot install Perform Agent inside a non-global WPAR.

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Installing in a HP virtual environment

This section provides installation considerations for implementing Gateway Server in an HP environment:

HP-UX partition

You must install Perform Agent and the Perform collector on each partition to obtain detailed information about applications or workloads running in individual partitions.

HP Integrity VM system

To collect configuration data for all of the Integrity VMs, Perform Agent must be installed on the HP Integrity VM host computer.

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Installing in a Solaris virtual environment

This section provides installation considerations for implementing Gateway Server in an Oracle Solaris virtualization environment:

Solaris environment

• You must install Perform Agent in the global zone.

• You cannot install Perform Agent inside a Solaris non-global zone.

Solaris DSD environment

Gateway Server supports Solaris Dynamic System Domains as implemented on the SunFire architecture (SunFire 12K, 15K, 20K, and 25K) with a System Controller running System Management Services software version 1.3, 1.4.1 or later, under a limited support agreement. Because the SunFire architecture provides a variety of site-specific configurations, BMC will provide this support on a case-by-case basis with the specified customer.

Solaris LDOM environment

• Install the Perform Agent on the control LDOM, so that the collector can identify systems as LDOMs and collect configuration data about the LDOMs. The collector reports configuration and statistical data for only the resources assigned to the LDOM.

• Use LDOM Management software version 1.1 or later, to help correlate the activity of the LDOMs back to the servers on which they reside.

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