Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

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1 [Type text] Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide Axibase Corporation Stevens Creek Blvd Cupertino, CA USA phone Software Version: 206 Date: August 31, 2010

2 Legal Notices Warranty Axibase Corporation makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this document, including, but not limited, to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Axibase shall not be held liable for errors contained herein or direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. Copyright Notice Copyright 2010 Axibase Corporation No part of this document may be copied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Axibase Corporation. The information contained in this material is subject to change without notice. Trademark Notices Axibase is a registered U.S. trademark of Axibase Corporation. IBM is a registered trademark of the IBM Corporation. Microsoft and Excel are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of the Open Group. Windows and MS Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Tivoli is a U.S. trademark of the IBM Corporation. Trademarked names are used throughout this guide. Since we state we are using the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement of the trademark, we will omit placing a trademark symbol in every occurrence of a trademarked name. 2 Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

3 Table of Contents 1. Generate daily CPU usage chart with breakdown by system, user, wait I/O for a UNIX server View CPU usage by individual processes on Windows/Unix/Linux server Export real and swap memory usage data for a Linux server into PDF and CSV Create a custom dashboard containing CPU, Memory, Disk I/O and Wait Locks for a database server Generate a list of servers that are running out of memory in the Windows Production group? Create a report showing CPU usage for multiple servers on the same chart? Subscribe to a weekly report on particular servers Generate a chart showing network throughput on a Linux server in kilobytes instead of bytes View a real-time CPU usage of a logical partition (AIX agent) View a catalog of active Tivoli situations (rules) that are enabled for a server Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

4 1. Generate daily CPU usage chart with breakdown by system, user, wait I/O for a UNIX server 1. Click on the Designer tab in the main menu. Use the controls on the left to follow the steps below. 2. Select or type in the hostname of the server in the first Server:Agent drop down. 3. Select Unix OS agent in the second Server:Agent drop down. 4. In the Table:Attribute list choose the System table which contains CPU usage attributes. 5. Hold [Ctrl] and select multiple attributes: System CPU, User CPU, Wait I/O in the Table:Attribute drop down to display these values on one chart. 6. Using the Interval controls, specify the duration of the time interval. Select 1 in the first drop down, select Day in the second drop down. 7. Click Submit. 4 Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

5 Optional: 8. Click on the Calendar icon under Submit button to specify custom interval end and time filter. 9. In the main Calendar date selector, use arrows and to select the desired year and month respectively. Click on the date, hour, and minute fields to set a particular time of day. Click on the Now button to reset the calendar to the current date and time. For example, to create a chart from 18 August, :15 till 19 August, :15, specify 19 August, :15 in the calendar. 10. Configure time filter in the first Calendar drop down as Peak Shift/Off-Peak Shift to exclude nonbusiness/business hours if you need or set All days value to show the chart over all hours. References: Axibase Enterprise Reporter User Guide, Section Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

6 2. View CPU usage by individual processes on Windows/Unix/Linux server. 1. Click on the Designer tab in the main menu. Use the controls on the left to follow the steps below. 2. Select or type in the hostname of the server in the first Server:Agent drop down. 3. Select Windows OS agent in the second Server:Agent drop down. You can choose other agent, then get appropriate settings which are configured in steps 4-6 in the Table 2-1 for each agent type. 4. In the Table: Attribute drop down choose the Process table (or the Process summarization table). 5. Select the %Processor Time attribute in the Table: Attribute list. 6. In the Instance controls choose the Process Name value in the first control and make multiple such Instance values as axibase_wd, System and vmware-vmx (or other required process names) in the second control. 7. Using the Interval controls, specify the duration of the time interval. Select 1 in the first drop down, select Day in the second drop down. 8. Click Submit. 6 Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

7 Table 2-1: Settings for CPU Top processes view Agent Table Attribute Instance Instance value Windows OS Process %Processor Time Process name axibase_wd, System, vmwarevmx Unix OS Process CPU % Command /gnomenetstatus-applet, /java, /mixer_applet2 Linux OS Process Busy CPU % Process Command Name java, X, cinfo References: Axibase Enterprise Reporter User Guide, Section Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

8 3. Export real and swap memory usage data for a Linux server into PDF and CSV 1. Click on the Designer tab. 2. Create the report as described in question 1: In Server:Agent controls select Linux server and the Linux OS agent; In Table:Attribute controls choose the VM Stats table and hold [Ctrl] to select Real Memory %Used and Swap %Used attributes at the same time. Set desired time interval, for which the report will be generated, using the Interval controls. Click Submit. 3. Click on the Export to PDF icon under the Submit button to export report data into the PDF format. 4. Enter a custom report Title in the popup window. Set Add Header control to the Yes/No value to include/exclude display of server configuration properties in the report (server, agent, table, attributes and etc.). Select the Yes/No value in the Add Statistics drop down to include/exclude a table with summary statistics. 5. Click the Submit button in the window. The real and swap memory usage data will be exported as a chart. Click the Close button to close the window. 8 Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

9 Export result data to the CSV format by clicking on the Export to CSV icon under the Submit button. The real and swap memory usage data will be presented as a comma separated (CSV) file that can be opened in Microsoft Excel and in any text editor. References: Axibase Enterprise Reporter User Guide, Section Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

10 4. Create a custom dashboard containing CPU, Memory, Disk I/O and Wait Locks for a database server 1. Click on the Designer tab in the top menu. 2. In the first Server:Agent drop down select a server for which you want to generate the report. 3. Select table/attribute/instance as specified in Table 3-1 below and follow the process outlined in question 1 to create each type of report. Table 3-1: Attributes Report Agent Table Attribute Instance Instance value CPU Windows OS Processor %Processor Time Processor _Total Memory Windows OS Memory Available Kilobytes, Total Memory Kilobytes - - Disk I/O Windows OS Logical Disk (hourly) Avg Disk Read Bytes/Sec, Avg Disk Write Bytes/Sec Disk Name _Total Wait Locks DB2 Database Database Lock Waits Database Name WAREHOUS 4. Click Submit to generate the report. 5. Move the mouse over the Top Queries icon in the right upper corner of the screen and click on the Add to Dashboard link. 6. Enter the name of the report (query) and click OK. The report chart appears in the personal Dashboard. 10 Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

11 7. Return to the Designer to create other reports for the Dashboard (follow instructions above). 8. Click on the Dashboard tab in the top menu and select Default in the Dashboard drop down to see all custom reports. The Dashboard control is placed in the right upper corner of the screen. The Default value displays the personal Dashboard. References: Axibase Enterprise Reporter User Guide, Section 4.1 Axibase Enterprise Reporter User Guide, Section Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

12 5. Generate a list of servers that are running out of memory in the Windows Production group? Follow these steps: 1. Select the Profiler tab in the top menu. 2. Choose the Windows Production group in the Group control. 3. Check that the Templates link was activated. 4. Click on the Interval icon / / / / / to show only daily/weekly /monthly/quarterly/ yearly/all templates in the Templates list to quick search the required template. 5. In the Templates list select daily NT: Memory Available % (D) template. This template determines the percent of bytes of real memory available over the day. 6. In the Metric drop down select the metric for displaying and sorting servers. Choose the Last Value metric to show the last recorded value of available memory. 7. Select the Rank value in the Format drop down to presents the report as the list of windows Production servers ordered by Available Memory, %. 8. Identify the Threshold value for the chosen template which is specified in the header of the report. In the example below, the threshold is equal to 30%. 12 Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

13 9. Enter filter expression last< 30 in the Filter text box and click Enter. The report will include only servers that have Memory Available % violations. 10. Set Rank controls to define the order of servers ranking by the appropriate attribute value which is calculated by the specified metric (Bottom value specifies the descending order, Top value - ascending order) and the count of first servers, which will be displayed in the report. For example, select Bottom and 10 values to get no more than first 10 servers with least current Memory Available % values. Figure 4-1: The report with the list of servers that are running out of memory in the Windows Production group. References: Axibase Enterprise Reporter User Guide, Section Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

14 6. Create a report showing CPU usage for multiple servers on the same chart? 1. Click on the Profiler tab in the main menu. 2. In the Templates list select daily NT: CPU Usage (D) template. This template allows you to view the percentage of elapsed time that a processor has been busy executing non-idle threads over the day. 3. In the Format drop down select Multi-server. 4. Select one or multiple servers. 5. In the Interval controls set the duration of the time interval, for which you want to generate the report. By default, the interval is set to the same value as the interval of the selected template. 6. Optionally, modify the end of the time selection interval using the Calendar control as described in question Click Submit. 14 Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

15 References: Axibase Enterprise Reporter User Guide, Section Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

16 7. Subscribe to a weekly report on particular servers 1. Click on the Servers tab in the main menu. 2. Select any server on the Server list. 3. Click on the Host report subscriptions icon in the tools menu above the reports. 4. If you didn t configure your address in the account settings, you will see the appropriate message. Click on the provided link and enter a valid address in the field. 5. If your address is set the Host Report Subscriptions controls will be enabled. In the Report type drop down select the Weekly value. Weekly reports are ed at 04:00 each Monday. This report will consist of all weekly charts for the specified servers. 6. In the second drop down select the group that includes required servers. The All item defines all servers. 7. In the right list below the drop down make one or multiple selections of servers which reports should be sent. 8. Click the button to add selected servers to the report. To delete servers from the subscription report select the servers in the left list box and click the button. 9. Click Submit. 16 Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

17 10. Click the Check button to test your configuration. References: Axibase Enterprise Reporter User Guide, Section Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

18 8. Generate a chart showing network throughput on a Linux server in kilobytes instead of bytes Note: access Warehouse Query Console requires appropriate permissions. 1. Click on the Designer tab in the top menu. 2. In the Server: Agent controls select the required server and choose Linux OS agent. 3. Configure other controls as described in question1 using settings specified below. Table 7-1: Reports settings Report/Settings Table Attribute Instance Instance value Network throughput Network (hourly) Avg Bytes Received/Sec, Avg Bytes Transmitted/Sec Interface IP Address Click Submit to generate the chart on the right side of controls. 5. Click on the SQL Query icon under Submit button or on the Query Console icon in the upper left corner of the chart area. When the Console launches, it will be pre populated with the current SQL query and results from the database. 18 Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

19 6. Divide attributes AVG_Bytes_Received_per_sec and AVG_Bytes_Transmitted_per_sec (defined in bytes) by 1024 in the SQL query to generate attributes values in kilobytes instead of bytes. 7. Click Submit. 8. To view the chart using the modified metrics click on the Chart icon below the query text box. The new Chart Properties window will appear. 9. Enter the name of the report in the Chart Title field and fill other setting of chart view as you need. 10. Click Submit. Figure 7-1: Network throughput on a Linux server in kilobytes. 19 Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

20 References: Axibase Enterprise Reporter User Guide, Section Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

21 9. View a real-time CPU usage of a logical partition (AIX agent) 1. Click on the Servers tab in the top menu. 2. Select the AIX Premium group in the Group drop down and select the required logical partition in the Server list. 3. Click on the Real-time charts icon in the right upper corner of the screen. 1. In the top drop down select the Logical Partition table. 2. In the Attributes list select the Physical CPU Units Used attribute. 3. Set a sampling interval in the Interval drop down (15 seconds by default). The label Polling appears if the real-time data is available. Some agents such as AIX Premium and UNIX OS agents implement agent-side caching, so you may see less frequent changes on the graph irrespective of the sampling interval. 21 Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

22 References: Axibase Enterprise Reporter User Guide, Section 4.2 Axibase Enterprise Reporter User Guide, Section 4.5 Axibase Enterprise Reporter User Guide, Section Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide

23 10. View a catalog of active Tivoli situations (rules) that are enabled for a server 1. Click on the Navigator tab in the top menu. 2. In the Navigator tree choose the group, which contains the server and expand it. Click on the server icon. The server s menu is displayed on the right bottom side of the Navigator panel. 3. Click on the Catalog tab. The table displays a list of situations grouped by agents installed on the server. 4. Set the Show Stopped Situations drop down to No to display only active situations. 5. Set the threshold of situation severity in the Severity drop down to show all situations with the severity above or equal this specified value. Select the Normal value to display Normal, Warning and Critical situations. References: Axibase Enterprise Reporter User Guide, Section Axibase Enterprise Reporter Getting Started Guide