Sightline Power Agent for Stratus VOS Systems Version 6.5.46.X Release Notes

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Sightline Power Agent for Stratus VOS Systems Version 6.5.46.x Release Notes

Contents

Introduction ...... 1 Power Agent Software Compatibility ...... 2 Installation and Upgrade Procedures ...... 2 Version 6.5.46.3 (June 2014) ...... 3 Version 6.5.46.2 (January 2014) ...... 4 Metric names ...... 4 Documentation ...... 7 Contacting the CAC ...... 8

Introduction

This document provides details about the new features and updates included in version 6.5.46.3 of the Sightline Power Agent for Stratus Virtual Operating System (VOS). This software is a component of the Sightline Performance Management Solution.

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Power Agent Software Compatibility

The following table shows which VOS versions are supported, and which Sightline version to use based on your hardware and TCP/IP type.

Sightline Version Hardware OS Levels TCP/IP Type

6.5.46.x ftServer V Series 17.x STCP

6.1.46.16 ftServer V Series 15.x, 16.x, 17 STCP

6.1.21.13 Continuum (All) 13.5 – 14.7 OS/TCP

6.1.21.12 Continuum (All) 14.2 – 14.7 STCP (Streams)

This release is compatible with the current versions Sightline Enterprise Data Manager (EDM) and Expert Advisor/Vision (EA/V) client software.

An SDK (Software Developers Kit) compatible with this version is also available.

Installation and Upgrade Procedures

The software can be delivered and installed in one of two ways:

 To install from a VOS product tape, use the install_new_release command.

 To install from an FTP bundled image, follow these steps:

1. FTP the software package for your VOS hardware platform from the appropriate FTP site. Be sure to transfer the software in binary mode (type=binary). Place the software in any directory you choose. Sightline will be installed into a subdirectory.

2. Create the Sightline directory:

create_dir Sightline

3. Unbundle the package. You will need to have the necessary command macros (unbundle.cm) and program modules (decode_vos_file.pm and gzip.pm) installed and their locations defined in your command library path using the add_library_path command. A description of bundle/unbundle and all the necessary files can be found on the Stratus public FTP site, ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/utility/README.txt.

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unbundle kit-name Sightline

4. Run the installation command macro (install_sl.cm) and follow the instructions.

change_current_dir Sightline install_sl

You will be asked to supply your AccessKey, data collection interval, data retention period, system name or IP address, and machine ShortID.

Note: Do not start the software at this point if you want to configure the analyze_system interface. Configure this interface by editing the analyze_system.conf file in Sightline>etc. Full instructions and examples are included in this file.

If you do not want the analyze_system interface, edit Sightline>bin>slagent.cm and set frtlasi to 0.

Start the software by going to the Sightline>bin directory and issuing the slagent start command.

Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.5

When upgrading from 6.1 to 6.5 just unbundle.cm the sl kit into the same director created for 6.1 and then change to that directory after the unbundle, then run ‘install_sl.cm’ and follow the onscreen instructions including the installation of SLAA. To install/configure ftScalable, change to the ‘bin’ directory and run ‘add_ftScalable.cm’..

Version 6.5.46.3 (June 2014)

Changes

 Improved XML Processing for ftScalable Interface Agent The ftScalable configuration information is now automatically stored within the ftScalable configuration file.

 Fixed Upgrade Issue on VOS Power Agent Corrected an issue where the Power Agent would not start up properly after performing an upgrade.

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Version 6.5.46.2 (January 2014)

New Features

 Improved installation for ftScalable interface agent The improved installation automatically modifies the agent.xml to run the ftScalable interface agent in a separate agentmgr process.

Changes

 Too many protomgr processes are launched when EAV is under load (22373)

When EAV is under load, it can cause many protomgr instances to launch on the power agent which consumes system resources. A safeguard has been added to protect against flooding a system with protomgrs. Servd now has the ability to limit the number of protomgrs it launches, based on MAX_PROTOMGR in the agent.xml, default is 20.

 Total memory values contain 0 after memory upgrade (#21284)

Mem Total Pages and Mem Free Pages overflow on large systems, they have been replaced with Mem Total kPages and Mem Free kPages, both now report Pages/1024.

 Install hangs when prevent_port_scan System setting is enabled (#22120)

The VOS Power Agent would not start if this flag was turned on. This has been corrected.

 Protomgr not starting after upgrading OS (#22127)

An error in the ftScalable code caused the protomgr not to start. This has been corrected.

Metric names

The following metrics are available from the Sightline Power Agent software for Stratus VOS. The names followed by brackets ( [] ) indicate array metrics. These have separate values for each CPU, disk, workload, and so on.

Interval CPU Logical Cpus CPU % System CPU ET CPU % User ---Module CPU Utilization--- CPU MUI ET CPU % Server

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CPU % Interrupts Disk Avg Res Time[] 500.000>1000.000[] CPU % User PF Disk Avg Serv Time[] Disk IOs/Sec CPU % System PF Disk Avg Queue Time[] 1000.000>2000.000[] CPU % Server PF Disk Avg Queue Length[] Disk Cmbd Queue ET[] CPU % Other Disk Degradation[] Disk Cmbd Res Time Secs[] CPU % Idle Disk Concurrency[] Disk Cmbd Completes/Sec[] CPU % Core Busy Disk Avg Rd Res Time[] Disk Cmbd Busy Time Secs CPU % Core Idle Disk Avg Rd Serv Time[] Disk Cmbd % Busy[] CPU System Secs Disk Avg Rd Queue Time[] Disk v4 % Busy[] CPU User Secs Disk Avg Wr Res Time[] CPU Server Secs Disk Avg Wr Serv Time[] ---Module Disk Info--- CPU Interrupts Secs Disk Avg Wr Queue Time[] Disk FSize MB[] CPU User PF Time Secs Disk Rd Wait Time Secs[] Disk FUsed MB[] CPU System PF Time Secs Disk Wr Wait Time Secs[] Disk PSize MB[] CPU Server PF Time Secs Disk Rd Busy Time Secs[] Disk PUsed MB[] CPU Other Time Secs Disk Wr Busy Time Secs[] Disk Size MB[] CPU Idle Secs Disk Rd Res Time Secs[] Disk Members[] CPU Core Secs Disk Wr Res Time Secs[] Disk Ioa Slot[] CPU Core Busy Secs Disk Rd Queue ET[] Disk Ioa Device[] CPU Core Idle Secs Disk Wr Queue ET[] Disk Ctrlr Slot[] CPU Completes/Sec Disk Rd % Busy[] Disk Drive Number[] CPU Interrupts/Sec Disk Rd Completes/Sec[] Disk Boot Partition[] CPU Busy Interrupt Disk Wr % Busy[] CPU Idle Interrupt Disk Wr Completes/Sec[] ---Module Path Meters--- CPU Idle Disk Reads/Sec[] Path % Busy[] CPU Queue Meters ET Disk Writes/Sec[] Path I/Os/Sec[] CPU Residence Time Secs Disk RSw/Sec[] Path Avg Res Time[] CPU Busy Time Secs Disk FErr/Sec[] Path Avg Serv Time[] CPU Wait Time Secs Disk DErr/Sec[] Path Avg Queue Time[] CPU % Residence Disk IOs/Sec Path Avg Queue Length[] CPU % Busy Disk User Reads/Sec Path Degradation[] CPU % Wait Disk User Writes/Sec Path Concurrency[] Disk Sys Reads/Sec Path Avg Rd Res Time[] ---Module Memory--- Disk Sys Writes/Sec Path Avg Rd Serv Time[] Mem User Page Faults/Sec Disk Svr Reads/Sec Path Avg Rd Queue Time[] Mem Sys Page Faults/Sec Disk Svr Writes/Sec Path Avg Wr Res Time[] Mem Svr Page Faults/Sec Disk IOs/Sec < 0.015[] Path Avg Wr Serv Time[] Mem Page Fault Gains/Sec Disk IOs/Sec 0.015>0.031[] Path Avg Wr Queue Time[] Mem Page Fault Losses/Sec Disk IOs/Sec 0.031>0.061[] Path Rd Wait Time Secs[] Mem Total Pages Disk IOs/Sec 0.061>0.122[] Path Wr Wait Time Secs[] Mem Free Pages Disk IOs/Sec 0.122>0.244[] Path Rd Busy Time Secs[] Mem Wired Pages Disk IOs/Sec 0.244>0.488[] Path Wr Busy Time Secs[] Mem System Pages Disk IOs/Sec 0.488>0.977[] Path Rd Res Time Secs[] Mem Cache Phys Pages Disk IOs/Sec 0.977>1.953[] Path Wr Res Time Secs[] Mem Cache Read Hits/Sec Disk IOs/Sec 1.953>3.906[] Path Num Open[] Mem Cache Read Misses/Sec Disk IOs/Sec 3.906>7.813[] Path Rd Queue ET[] Mem Cache Soiled/Sec Disk IOs/Sec 7.813>15.625[] Path Wr Queue ET[] Disk IOs/Sec 15.625>31.250[] Path Rd % Busy[] ---Module Disk Units--- Disk IOs/Sec 31.250>62.500[] Path Rd Completes/Sec[] Disk % Busy[] Disk IOs/Sec 62.500>125.000[] Path Wr % Busy[] Disk I/Os/Sec[] Disk IOs/Sec Path Wr Completes/Sec[] Disk % Qed[] 125.000>250.000[] Disk Analsys Wait (ms)[] Disk IOs/Sec ---Module Paging--- Disk IOs/Int[] 250.000>500.000[] Paging Free Pages Disk I/Os/Sec[] Disk IOs/Sec PagingTotal Pages

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Paging Used Pages TCP Max Connections Power Agent Uptime TCP Active Opens/Sec ---Module Processes--- TCP Passive Opens/Sec ---Time Zone--- Procs Count[] TCP Open Attempt Failures/Sec Time Zone Proc Trans/Sec TCP Estab Resets/Sec Time Zone Sign TCP Current Estab/Sec ---Module Network--- TCP Input Segments/Sec --- VOS CPU Expressions --- Line Speed[] TCP Output Segments/Sec Total CPU Utilization Input Frames/Sec[] TCP Segments Resent/Sec CPU Resident Msec/Completion Input Multicast Frames/Sec[] TCP Input Errors/Sec CPU Busy Msec/Completion Input KBytes/Sec[] TCP Output Resets/Sec CPU Wait Msec/Completion Output Frames/Sec[] UDP Active Conns CPU Pred Res Msec/Completion Output KBytes/Sec[] UDP Incomplete Headers/Sec CPU Wait-Busy Ratio Input Discards/Sec[] UDP Checksum Errors/Sec Output Discards/Sec[] UDP Bad Data Lengths/Sec --- VOS Mem Expressions --- Transmits after Multiple UDP In Datagrams/Sec Mem User Pages Retrys/Sec[] UDP No Ports/Sec Mem Unwired Pages Transmits after Single UDP In Errors/Sec Mem Unwired Used Pages Retry/Sec[] UDP Out Datagrams/Sec Mem System-Cache Pages Output Defers/Sec[] Memory % Free Failovers/Sec[] ---Module Workloads--- Cache Read Hit % TCP State Count[] Wkld % Cpu[] Cache Rd Hits+Misses/Sec IP Incomplete Headers/Sec Wkld PgFlt[] Page Fault Rate IP Checksum Errors/Sec Wkld % PgFlt Time[] Page File % Free IP Bad Data Lengths/Sec Wkld Reads[] IP Forwarding Wkld Writes[] ---VOS Disk Expressions --- IP Default TTL/Sec Wkld Total[] File Space % Free[] IP Received/Sec Wkld CPU Completes/Sec[] File Space Free MB[] IP In Header Errors/Sec Wkld CPU Queue ET[] dsu File I/ODisk Errors[] IP In Addr Errors/Sec Wkld CPU Residence Time[] IP Forwarded Datagrams/Sec Wkld CPU Busy Time[] ---VOS Wkld Expressions--- IP Input Unknown Protos/Sec Wkld CPU Wait Time[] Wkld Cache Read Hit %[] IP Input Discards/Sec Wkld CPU % Busy Time[] Wkld Cache Hits+Misses/Sec[] IP Input Delivers/Sec Wkld Disk Rd Completes/Sec[] Wkld Mem Usage[] IP Output Requests/Sec Wkld Disk Rd Queue ET[] IP Output Discards/Sec Wkld Disk Rd Res Time[] ---VOS AA --- IP Output No Routes/Sec Wkld Disk Rd Busy Time[] Disk-Busy[] IP Reassemble Timeouts/Sec Wkld Disk Rd Wait Time[] CPU-Waiting Exceeds Running IP Reassemble Requests/Sec Wkld Disk Rd % Busy Time[] Disk-Error(s) Detected[] IP Reassemble OKs/Sec Wkld Cache Read Hits[] CPU-Busy IP Reassemble Fails/Sec Wkld Cache Read Misses[] CPU-Too many Interrupts IP Fragments OKs/Sec Wkld Cache Soiled[] CPU-High Scheduler Overhead IP Fragments Failed/Sec Wkld Interrupts[] Memory-High Page Fault Rate IP Fragments Created/Sec Wkld Shared Memory[] Cache-Low Hit Rate IP Routing Discards/Sec Wkld Unshared Memory[] Disk-File Sys Free Space Low[] ICMP Input Msgs/Sec Disk Total I/Os/Sec Memory-Pagefile Space Low ICMP Input Errors/Sec Procs Total Memory-Low Free Space ICMP Output Msgs/Sec Total Procs ICMP Output Errors/Sec High Disk I/Os[] ftSCALABLE G1 METRICS TCP Active TCBs High Disk % Busy[] TCP Incomplete Headers/Sec ---VDisk Status--- TCP Checksum Errors/Sec ---Power Agent Info--- VDisk Status[] TCP Rto Algorithm Type Power Agent ElapsedTime[] TCP Min Retrans Timeout Power Agent SystemTime[] ---Disk Status--- TCP Max Retrans Timeout Power Agent UserTime[] Disk Status[]

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Disk Error[] VOL-Write Cache Hits[] PD-P1 Media Errors[] VOL-Write Cache Misses[] PD-P1 Non-media Errors[] ---Sensor Status--- VOL-Read Cache Hits[] PD-P1 Block Reassigns[] Sensor Status[] VOL-Read Cache Misses[] PD-P1 Bad Blocks[] Sensor Value[] VOL-Small Destage/sec[] PD-P2 Smart Count[] VOL-FS Write Destages/sec[] PD-P2 IO Timeouts[] ---Host Port Status--- VOL-Read Aheads/sec[] PD-P2 No Response[] HP Status[] VOL-Write Cache Space[] PD-P2_Spinup Retries[] VOL-Write Cache Pct[] PD-P2 Media Errors[] PD-P2 Non-media Errors[] ftSCALABLE G2 METRICS ---VDisk Statistics--- PD-P2_Block Reassigns[] VD-KB/sec[] PD-P2 Bad Blocks[] ---Controller Statistics--- VD-IOs/sec[] CTL-CPU Load[] VD-Reads/sec[] ---Disk Status--- CTL-Power On Time[] VD-Writes/sec[] Disk Status[] CTL-Write Cache Used[] VD-Read KB/sec[] Disk Error[] CTL-KB/sec[] VD-Write KB/sec[] CTL-IOs/sec[] ---Host Port Statistics--- CTL-Reads/sec[] ---VDisk Status--- HP-KB/sec[] CTL-Writes/sec[] VDisk Status[] HP-IOs/sec[] CTL-Read KB/sec[] HP-Reads/sec[] CTL-Write KB/sec[] ---Disk Statistics--- HP-Writes/sec[] PD-KB/sec[] HP-Read KB/sec[] ---Controller Status--- PD-IOs/sec[] HP-Write KB/sec[] CTL Status[] PD-Reads/sec[] HP-Queue Depth[] PD-Writes/sec[] ---Volume Statistics--- PD-Read KB/sec[] ---Sensor Status--- VOL-KB/sec[] PD-Write KB/sec[] Sensor Status[] VOL-IOs/sec[] PD-Queue Depth[] Sensor Value[] VOL-Reads/sec[] PD-P1 Smart Count[] VOL-Writes/sec[] PD-P1 IO Timeouts[] ---Host Port Status--- VOL-Read KB/sec[] PD-P1 No Response[] HP Status[] VOL-Write KB/sec[] PD-P1 Spinup Retries[]

Documentation

Documentation for this release consists of this software release bulletin and the following manuals:

 Sightline Power Agent for Stratus VOS Systems User's Guide

These documents can be ordered through the CAC and are available in Adobe Acrobat® .PDF format on the Sightline CD-ROM.

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Contacting the CAC

If you need assistance with your module, call the Customer Assistance Center (CAC).

Customers in North America can call the CAC at (800) 221-6588 or (800) 828-8513, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

All other customers can contact their nearest Stratus sales office, CAC office, or distributor. Refer to the cac_phones.doc file in the >system>doc directory for CAC phone numbers outside the U.S.

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