BMC - TrueSight Capacity Optimization Gateway VIS files parser

This topic describes how to configure and use the BMC - TrueSight Capacity Optimization Gateway VIS files parser. This ETL loads daily performance and configuration data from a running Capacity Optimization Gateway Server instance. It can also be used for loading recovery data from a running Capacity Optimization Gateway VIS files parser server instance.

Note

  • You can automatically create BMC - TrueSight Capacity Optimization Gateway VIS files parser(s) from Gateway Manager. Select the Auto create ETLs to populate data from this gateway server option when you add a Gateway Server. For more information, see Adding a gateway server.

  • If you run the Gateway VIS File Parser ETL on the server that runs on RHEL 7 and where the TrueSight Capacity Optimization is installed, you must install the perl-HTTP-Message package on the server. Otherwise, the Gateway VIS File Parser ETL fails with an error.

This topic contains the following sections:


To integrate TrueSight Capacity Optimization using VIS files parser

Note

If your imported data includes workloads, you can optionally activate the hierarchy rule to create aggregated workloads. For more information, see Activating the Aggregated Workload hierarchy.

Integration steps

To integrate TrueSight Capacity Optimization with the Gateway Server File Parser, perform the following task:

  1. Navigate to Administration > ETL & SYSTEM TASKS > ETL tasks.
  2. In the ETL tasks page, click Add > Add ETL under the Last run tab.

  3. In the Add ETL page, set values for the following properties under each expandable tab.

    Note

    Basic properties are displayed by default in the Add ETL page. These are the most common properties that you can set for an ETL, and it is acceptable to leave the default selections for each as is.

    Basic properties

    Note

    To view or configure Advanced properties, click Advanced. You do not need to set or modify these properties unless you want to change the way the ETL works. These properties are for advanced users and scenarios only.

    Advanced properties

  4. Click Save.
    You return to the Last run tab under the ETL tasks page.
  5. Validate the results in simulation mode: In the ETL tasks table under ETL tasks > Last run, locate your ETL (ETL task name), click run_etl.png to run the ETL.
    After you run the ETL, the Last exit column in the ETL tasks table will display one of the following values:
    • OK: The ETL executed without any error in simulation mode.
    • WARNING: The ETL execution returned some warnings in simulation mode. Check the ETL log.
    • ERROR: The ETL execution returned errors and was unsuccessful. Edit the active Run configuration and try again.
  6. Switch the ETL to production mode: To do this, perform the following task:
    1. In the ETL tasks table under ETL tasks > Last run, click the ETL under the Name column.
    2. In the Run configurations table in the ETL details page, click edit icon.png to edit the active run configuration.
    3. In the Edit run configuration page, navigate to the Run configuration expandable tab and set Execute in simulation mode to No.
    4. Click Save.
  7. Locate the ETL in the ETL tasks table and click run_etl.png to Run it, or schedule an ETL run.
    After you run the ETL, or schedule the ETL for a run, it will extract the data form the source and transfer it to the TrueSight Capacity Optimization database.

Supported platforms and available metrics

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Vendor/OS

Supported virtualization technologies

Available metrics (PDF)

Available metrics (Excel)

Standalone

Standalone

 

 

 

 

All_metrics

IBM

PowerVM DLPAR/SPLPAR, WPAR

HP

IVM, nPar/vPar

RHEV

Linux KVM

Microsoft

Hyper-V

Oracle

Solaris LDOM, Zone, DSD, Oracle VM

Xen

Open source, Citrix

Virtual

Virtual Node

Lookup information



Entity relationship

For VMware platform

Parent entity

Child entity

Relationship

Cluster

Host

VHC_CONTAINS_VH

Cluster

Virtual machine

 VHC_CONTAINS_GM

Cluster

Data store

VHC_USES_DS

Cluster

Resource pool

VHC_CONTAINS_RP

Host            

Virtual machine

VH_CONTAINS_GM

Host

Data store

VH_USES_DS

Host                      

Resource pool

VH_CONTAINS_RP

Data store

Virtual machine

DS_CONTAINS_GM

Resource pool

Virtual machine

RP_CONTAINS_GM

Physical pool

Shared pool

RP_CONTAINS_RP

For AIX platform

Parent entity

Child entity

Relationship

Power VM hosts        

Virtual machine

VH_CONTAINS_GM

Power VM hosts

Physical pool

VH_CONTAINS_RP

Physical pool

Shared pool

RP_CONTAINS_RP

Pool

Virtual machine

RP_CONTAINS_GM

Power VM hosts

wpar

VH_CONTAINS_WPAR

Wpar logical hosts 

wpar

GM_CONTAINS_WPAR

For Solaris platform

Parent entity

Child entity

Relationship

Host

Virtual machine

VH_CONTAINS_GM

Physical host

Zone

VH_CONTAINS_ZN

Zone logical host

Zone

GM_CONTAINS_ZN

For HP IVM  platform

Parent entity

Child entity

Relationship

Host

Virtual machine

VH_CONTAINS_GM

Physical host

npar containg vPar

VH_CONTAINS_NPAR

nPar

npar containing vpar

NPAR_CONTAINS_VPAR

For HyperV platform

Parent entity

Child entity

Relationship

Cluster

Host

VHC_CONTAINS_VH

Cluster

Virtual machine

VHC_CONTAINS_GM

Host

Virtual machine

VH_CONTAINS_GM

For XEN platform

Parent entity

Child entity

Relationship

Host

Virtual machine

VH_CONTAINS_GM

For KVM platform

Parent entity

Child entity

Relationship

Host

Virtual machine

VH_CONTAINS_GM

Host

Data store

VH_USES_DS

Data store

Virtual machine

DS_CONTAINS_GM

For workload

Parent entity

Child entity

Relationship

Systems

Workload

CONTAINS_WORKLOAD

For information about data recovery, see the following topics:

 

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