AIX PowerVM view


The AIX PowerVM view provides detailed information on PowerVM hosts, pools, partitions and saturation values in the AIX virtualization environment.

To access the AIX PowerVM view, in the navigation pane of Helix Capacity Optimization Dashboard, select Menu_big.png > Capacity > Views > Virtualization > AIX > PowerVM.

 


An example of the AIX PowerVM view

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For more information about the pages in this view, see the following topics:

Settings for AIX PowerVM view

You can use the Settings page to configure the settings for all pages in the AIX PowerVM view. To access this page, on the PowerVM view page, select Settings icons.png > Edit Settings.

Local settings

You can manage the local thresholds by configuring the Maps Settings and Other Settings.

Field

Description

Maps Settings

CPU Utilization %

Modify the required values for displaying the threshold values for the CPU utilization in the Maps page of the AIX PowerVM view:

  • In the Low Threshold box, edit the threshold value for CPU utilization in percentage. The entities with capacity starting from 0 to value below the value in this box are displayed in the shades of blue color.
  • In the Good Threshold box, edit the threshold value for CPU utilization in percentage. The entities with capacity starting from the value in the Low Threshold box to the value below the value in this box are displayed in the shades of green color.
  • In the Warn Threshold box, edit the threshold value for CPU utilization in percentage. The entities with capacity starting from the value in the Good Threshold box to the value below the value in this box are displayed in the shades of yellow color.
    The entities with capacity above the value in the Warn Threshold box are displayed in the shades of red color.

Memory Utilization %

Modify the required values for displaying the threshold values for the memory utilization in the Maps page of the AIX PowerVM view:

  • In the Low Threshold box, edit the threshold value for CPU utilization in percentage. The entities with capacity starting from 0 to value below the value in this box are displayed in the shades of blue color.
  • In the Good Threshold box, edit the threshold value for CPU utilization in percentage. The entities with capacity starting from the value in the Low Threshold box to the value below the value in this box are displayed in the shades of green color.
  • In the Warn Threshold box, edit the threshold value for CPU utilization in percentage. The entities with capacity starting from the value in the Good Threshold box to the value below the value in this box are displayed in the shades of yellow color.
    The entities with capacity above the value in the Warn Threshold box are displayed in the shades of red color.

Other Settings

Entitlement Utilization %

Modify the required value for displaying the threshold values for the entitlement utilization in the pages of the AIX PowerVM view:

  • In the Good threshold, edit the threshold value for CPU entitlement.
  • In the Warn threshold, edit the threshold value for CPU entitlement.

Show Benchmark Type

Edit the required Benchmark Type in the box. Use the subresource for resource BYBENCHMARK_VALUE.

Top/Bottoms Partition Rank - CPU Weight

Edit the required PowerVM CPU Weight. This factor is used to Rank VMs in the view.

Top/Bottoms Partition Rank -  Memory Weight

Edit the required PowerVM Memory Weight. This factor is used to Rank VMs in the view.

Top/Bottoms Partition Rank - Storage Weight

Edit the required PowerVM Storage Weight. This factor is used to Rank VMs in the view.

Data views

Displays the details when the view was last refreshed. Click Refresh views to refresh all PowerVM VM views. After you click this button, all PowerVM VM views are scheduled for materialization.

The option to Refresh views is available only if your user role has permissions to edit the view. For more details about permissions, see Configuring-user-roles-and-access-groups.


The Optimizer Thresholds link opens the Thresholds page in the Helix Capacity Optimization Console that enables you to view and manage the metric and indicator thresholds. For more information, see Configuring-and-managing-thresholds-for-metrics-and-indicators.

 

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