Collecting data for business services, applications, and service pools


For analyzing and managing the capacity of your business services, applications, and systems, you must first import their data in the Capacity Optimization database. This data is processed and displayed in the views where you can monitor your systems to identify capacity-related risks and issues. The data consists of a service model and metrics to measure the system performance. The service model contains the mapping between business services, applications, and the systems in your cloud and on premises environments. 

You can configure your systems to add one more layer in the service model called service pools and analyze the capacity at the service pool level. For information about service pools, see Business-services-applications-and-service-pools

To collect data for business services, applications, and service pools, do the following tasks:

  1. Prepare your systems in the on cloud and on premises environments.
  2. Configure and run the ETLs to import data.
  3. Configure the settings for creating service pools.
  4. View the hierarchy and verify the collected data. 

Step 1: Prepare your systems in the on cloud and on premises environments.

Complete these tasks to prepare your on cloud and on premises systems for data collection:

Step 2: Configure and run the ETLs to import data.

Configure and run the out-of-the-box ETLs to import infrastructure data and view the hierarchy of business services, applications (optional), and computer systems.

Step 3: Configure the settings for service pools.

You can configure the settings to specify the domains for which you want to create service pools. When you save these settings, the service pools are created and indicators are computed.

For more information, see Configuring-the-business-services-view-settings.

Step 4: View the hierarchy and verify the collected data.

In the Workspace, verify the hierarchy and the collected metrics:

  • Business services are organized under a domain.
  • (optional) Applications are organized under business services.
  • Service pools are created for the selected domains and displayed in the Service Pools folder, and the systems are organized under the service pools.

The following table explains how the service pool naming changes based on the tags.

Scenario

Organization in your environment

Hierarchy displayed in the Workspace

Example

You have tagged all the systems.


Business services and systems

Business services > service pools > systems

(The service pools are placed under the business services and named based on the tag values.)

The following tag is added to your systems:

AppTier=WEB_SERVER

The service pool named WEB_SERVER_Pool is created and all the systems are placed under this service pool:

service_pool_no_app_all_tag.png

Business services, applications, and systems

Business services > applications > service pools > systems

(The service pools are placed under the applications and named based on the tag values.)

The AppTier tag with "DB" value is added to some systems and with the "WEB" value to the remaining systems. The following hierarchy is displayed:

service_pool_app_all_tags.png

You have not tagged any of the systems or selected the tag type in the Settings page

Business services and systems

Business services > service pools > systems

(The service pools are placed under the business services and named based on the corresponding business service names.)

service_pool_no_app_no_tag.png

Business services, applications, and systems

Business services > applications > service pools > systems

(The service pools are placed under the applications and named based on the corresponding application names.)

service_pool_application_no_tag.png

You have tagged some of the systems.

Business services and systems

Business services > service pools > systems

(The service pools are placed under the business services. The service pools for the tagged systems are named as per the tags. The service pools for untagged systems are named based on the corresponding business service names.)

The following tag is added to some of the systems:

AppTier=WEB_SERVER

The systems with this tag are placed under the WEB_SERVER_Pool folder and the remaining untagged system is placed under the service pool that is named as per the business service.

service_pool_no_app_some_tag.png

Business services, applications, and systems

Business services > applications > service pools > systems

(The service pools are placed under the applications. The service pools for the tagged systems are named as per the tags. The service pools for untagged systems are named based on the corresponding application names.)

The AppTier tag with the "DB" value is added to some systems and with the "WEB" value to other systems. This tag is not added to the remaining systems. The following hierarchy is displayed:

service_pool_app_some_tags.png

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