o Contents o Trademark Information o Conventions Used in Help o Overview of POLYCENTER Capacity Planner o Product Version October 31, 1996Trademark Information
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2 POLYCENTER Capacity Planner Component Flow and Steps
4.2 Network/System Configuration Panel
4.3 Network Configuration Panel
4.4 Performing Tasks in the Main Panel
4.4.2 Integrating Data
4.4.3 Drawing a Configuration
4.4.4 Characterizing the Workload
4.4.5 Performing What-If Analyses
4.4.6 Reporting
4.6 Integrate Data Push Button
4.7 Draw Configuration Push Button
4.8 Workload Analysis Push Button
4.10 Report Push Buttons
4.11 Table Push Button
4.12 Graph Push Button
5.2.2 Data Integrator Menu Item
5.2.3 Workload Analysis Menu Item
5.2.4 Performance Model Menu Item
5.2.5 Table Report Writer Menu Item
5.2.6 Graph Report Writer Menu Item
5.3.2 Statistics... Menu Item
5.3.3 Model... Menu Item
5.3.4 Report... Menu Item
5.3.5 Benchmark... Menu Item
5.3.6 Cpu Models... Menu Item
5.3.7 Find Disk Menu Item
5.3.8 Hot Devices... Menu Item
5.3.9 Save Options Menu Item
5.3.10 Restore Options Menu Item
5.3.11 Save Named Options Menu Item
5.3.12 Restore Named Options Menu Item
5.4.2 Add System Scope Menu Item
5.4.3 Delete System Scope Menu Item
6.1.2 Save As... Menu Item
6.1.3 Clear Menu Item
6.1.4 Read Menu Item
9 Supported Benchmark Information Dialog Box
10 Supported CPU Models Information Dialog Box
11 NameDiskServer or Find Disk Dialog Box
13.1.2 UNIX Data Collection Overview
13.2.2 Individual Nodes Attributes Panel
13.4 Performing Tasks in the Data Collector Window
13.4.2 Specifying VMS Options
13.4.3 Selecting VMS Nodes
13.4.4 Setting Parameters for Individual OpenVMS Nodes
13.4.5 Specifying UNIX options
13.4.6 Starting the Data Collector
13.4.7 Ending Data Collection
13.6 End Time Field
13.7 Directory Field
13.8 Batch Suffix Field
13.10 Log File Field
13.11 Start DC Push Button
13.12 Select Push Button
13.13 File Menu
14.2 Unselected List Box
14.3 Input Field
14.4 Add Push Button
14.5 Remove Push Button
15.2 System type Field
15.3 Batch Queue Field
15.4 Event Buffers Field
16.1.2 UNIX Data Integration Overview
16.2.2 PATHWORKS Data Dialog Box
16.2.3 Processing Options Panel
16.3.2 Data Input Panel
16.5 Data Output Panel
16.6 Performing Tasks in the Data Integrator Window
16.6.1.2 Specifying Time Periods Automatically
16.6.3 Specifying Processing Options (OpenVMS)
16.6.4 Defining the DECps Database Directory (OpenVMS)
16.6.5 Specifying Data Types for UNIX
16.6.6 Specifying Hostname (UNIX)
16.6.7 Specifying Data Integrator Output Files
16.6.8 Starting the Data Integrator
16.8.2 Pathworks... Menu Item (OpenVMS)
16.8.3 Extract Date/Time from Data File Menu Item
16.10 End Time Menu Buttons
16.11 Graph Time Period Push Button
16.12 Report File... Push Button
16.13 Merg Data... Push Button
16.14 Start DI Push Button
16.15 DECps Data...Push Button (OpenVMS)
16.16 Event Monitor Data... Push Button (OpenVMS)
16.17 By Process Toggle Button (OpenVMS)
16.18 By Process, By Image Toggle Button (OpenVMS)
16.19 Percent I-Stack to Merge Slider (OpenVMS)
16.20 Percent Busy Wait to Merge Slider (OpenVMS)
16.21 Fullsail Archive Push Button (UNIX)
16.22 OpenAviator Archive Push Button (UNIX)
16.23 Hostname Field
16.24 Accounting Push Button (UNIX)
16.25 Snapshot Push Button (UNIX)
16.26 Select .cpd Push Button (UNIX)
18.2 Cache Data... Push Button (OpenVMS)
18.3 Workload Data... Push Button (OpenVMS)
19.2 View Menu
19.3 View Entire Time Period Push Button
19.4 Update Selection Time Period Push Button
20.2 Network/System Configuration Panel
20.3 Network Configuration Panel
20.4 Performing Tasks in the Workload Analysis Panel
20.4.2 Reading Data
20.4.3 Modifying Data
20.4.4 Building and Validating a Model
20.4.5 Generating Reports
20.8 Modify Push Button
20.10 What-Ifs Push Button
20.11 Report Push Buttons
20.12 Table Push Button
20.13 Graph Push Button
20.14 Classifying the Workload
20.15 Calibrating the Model
21.1.2 Importing Class Definitions
21.1.3 Adding Classes or Subclasses
21.1.4 Saving Class Definitions
21.1.5 Deleting Classes or Subclasses
21.1.6 Defining or Changing Classes and Subclasses
21.1.7 Using Default Classes or Subclasses
21.1.8 Adding PATHWORKS Classes
21.1.9 Specifying the List of Classes or Subclasses
21.1.10 Reordering the Class or Subclass List
21.3 Class List Field
21.4 Current Class Field
21.5 Subclass List Field
21.7 File Menu
21.7.2 Import Class Definitions Menu Item
21.7.3 Save Class Definitions Menu Item
21.8.2 Delete Menu Item
21.8.3 Define... Menu Item
21.9.2 Class/Subclass List Menu Item
21.9.3 Reorder List Menu Item
21.9.4 Add Pathworks Menu Item
21.9.5 OpenVMS Defaults Menu Item
21.9.6 Digital UNIX Defaults Menu Item
22.2 Unselected Classes
22.3 Selected Subclasses
24 Define Subclasses Dialog Box
24.2 Subclass Name Field
24.3 Selected List Field
24.5 Input Field
24.6 Add Push Button
24.7 Remove Push Button
25.2 File Menu
25.3.2 Define Migration... Menu Item
25.5 Response Limit Field
25.8 OpenVMS Filters
25.9 UNIX Filters
26.3 Input Field
26.4 Add Push Button
26.5 Remove Push Button
29 Workload Data Import Dialog Box
29.2 Selecting a Domain for Imported Files
29.6 File Menu
29.6.2 Apply Menu Item
29.6.3 Filter Menu Item
29.9 Current Domain Field
29.10 Files Read Panel
32 Edit Assigned Class Dialog Box
32.1.2 Print... Menu Item
32.3 Modify Menu
33.1.2 Print... Menu Item
33.1.3 Apply Menu Item
34.3 Modify Menu
35.1.2 Print... Menu Item
35.3 Node Menu
36.2 Network/System Configuration Panel
36.3 Network Configuration Panel
36.4 Performing Tasks in the What-Ifs Panel
36.4.2 Modifying the Model
36.4.3 Modifying Modeling Parameters
36.4.4 Producing a Saturation Report
36.4.5 Producing an Analytical Model
36.4.6 Generating Reports
36.6 Data Import Export Push Button
36.7 Workload Analysis Push Button
36.8 Modify Push Button
36.9 Modify Params Push Button
36.10 Saturation Analysis Push Button
36.11 Performance Prediction Push Button
36.12 Report Push Buttons
36.13 Table Push Button
36.14 Graph Push Button
36.15 Changing the Model
36.16 Performing Modeling Functions
37.2 Writing a Base File
37.3 File Menu
37.3.2 Filter Menu Item
39.1.2 Adding/Subtracting Users from the Graph Window
39.1.3 Adding/Subtracting Users from the Table
39.3 Balancing Users
39.3.2 Balancing Users from the Table
39.4.2 Apply Menu Item
39.4.3 Cancel Menu Item
39.4.4 Close Menu Item
39.7 Nodes Field
39.8 Workloads Field
39.9 Workload Operations
39.10 Transpose Data
39.11 View Table
39.12 Draw Graph Push Button
40.1.2 Apply Menu Item
40.1.3 Close Menu Item
40.2.2 Add Value... Menu Item
40.2.3 Sub Percent... Menu Item
40.2.4 Sub Value... Menu Item
40.2.5 Balance Menu Item
41.1.2 Entering Disk Metrics
41.2.2 Print... Menu Item
41.2.3 Apply Menu Item
41.2.4 Cancel Menu Item
41.2.5 Close Menu Item
41.3.2 Table Menu Item
41.4.2 Balance View Menu Item
41.5.2 Graph Data Menu Item and Graph Options Buttons
41.5.3 Log Messages Menu Item
41.7 Workloads Field
43.2 Compound Growth
43.3 File Menu
43.3.2 Cancel Menu Item
43.3.3 Close Menu Item
44.2 Display Metrics Button in Configuration Panel
44.3 Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel
44.3.1.2 Moving Icons
44.3.1.3 Resizing Icons
44.3.1.4 Connecting Components in the Configuration Panel
44.3.1.5 Disconnecting Components in the Configuration Panel
44.3.1.6 Deleting Components from the Configuration Panel
44.3.3 Detailing Configurations
44.3.4 Configuring Disks and Disksets in the I/O Window
44.3.4.2 Adding New Members to a Diskset
44.3.4.3 Displaying Members of a Diskset
44.3.4.4 Removing Members From a Diskset
44.3.4.5 Moving a Disk to Another Server
44.3.4.6 Moving Diskload to Another Disk
44.3.4.7 Displaying the disk master
44.3.4.8 Changing the disk type
46 Device Statistics Dialog Box
46.2 CPU Statistics
46.3 Server Statistics
46.5 Disk Statistics
46.6 Adapter Statistics
46.7 PcClient Statistics
46.8 CPU Types
46.9 Disk Types
46.10 B/Router Types
46.11 Bus Types
46.12 CI adapter Types
46.13 NI Adapter Types
46.14 DSSI Adapter Types
46.15 FDDI Adapter Types
46.16 SCSI Adapter Types
46.17 Token Ring Types
46.18 HSC Server Types
46.19 Disk Server Types
49.2 Options Menu
49.3.2 Add Io Scope Menu Item
49.3.3 Delete Io Scope Menu Item
51 I/O Window
51.2 Options Menu
53.1.2 Viewing Table Reports In New Windows
53.1.3 Writing Table Reports
53.1.4 Customizing Table Reports
53.1.5 Saving Table Reports
53.1.6 Saving Table Reports in Named Files
53.1.7 Reading Files into the Table Report Writer Window
53.2.2 Save As... Menu Item
53.2.3 Read Menu Item
53.2.4 Update Menu Item
53.3.2 Measured Report Item
53.3.3 Model Report Menu Item
53.3.4 Validation Menu Item
53.5 Write Push Button
55 Included Components Dialog Box
55.2 Measured Report Components
55.4 Validation Report Components
56.1.2 Viewing Graph Reports In New Windows
56.1.3 Printing Graph Reports
56.1.4 Customizing Graph Reports
56.1.5 Saving Graph Reports in Named Files
56.1.6 Reading Files into the Graph Report Writer Window
56.2.2 Open... Menu Item
56.2.3 Save As... Menu Item
56.2.4 Print Menu Item
56.7 Nodes Field
56.8 Workloads Field
58 Print Properties Dialog Box
59 Graph Properties Dialog Box
60 Select Datastyles Dialog Box
61 Print Postscript Dialog Box
62.2 Directories
62.3 Files
62.4 Selection Field
65 Close
66 Reset
67 Cancel
68 Exit
69 Data Menu
70 Node Menu
72 Add/Subract/Move Amount Dialog Box
72.2 Percentage
72.3 Actual
73.3 On Context Menu Item
73.4 On Window Menu Item
73.6 On Version Menu Item
73.7 Glossary Menu Item
74.1.2 Modifing Class/Subclasses disabled
74.1.3 Error opening file name
74.1.4 Error reading filename
74.1.5 Error writing filename
74.1.6 No context sensitive help available for this component
74.1.7 Cannot find label name
74.1.8 Cannot allocate n bytes
74.1.9 Cannot re-allocate n bytes
74.2.2 Submit data collection to batch for node nodename
74.2.3 Data Collector is not installed
74.3.2 Reset Data Integrator options to defaults
74.3.3 Invalid time range
74.3.4 No data found in specified time interval
74.4.2 No nodes defined
74.4.3 Node name not found
74.4.4 name already exists
74.4.5 Object name already exists
74.4.6 Service time can not be less than the minumum for the disk
74.4.7 variable name must be type
74.4.8 Invalid number found in database database file
74.4.9 device type tag not found in database database
74.4.10 Duplicate name name found in database database
74.4.11 Tag must be defined first in database name
74.4.12 Default adapter type not found
74.4.13 Class name is unknown
74.4.14 Cannot expand number of classes
74.4.15 Illegal variable in .CLAS file
74.4.16 User number n is out of range
74.4.17 MERG file is undefined
74.4.18 User number already assigned to class name
74.4.19 Unknown CPU type
74.4.20 Unknown Brouter type
74.4.21 Unknown Bus type
74.4.22 Unknown CI Adapter
74.4.23 Unknown NI Adapter
74.4.24 Unknown FDDI Adapter
74.4.25 Unknown SCSI Adapter
74.4.26 Unknown DSSI Adapter
74.4.27 Unknown token ring
74.4.28 Unknown disk type
74.4.29 Unknown disk server
74.4.30 Unknown operating system
74.4.31 Invalid MERG data version, MERG Version V5.1 expected
74.4.32 Invalid ALPHA migration name
74.4.33 No software servers have been defined
74.4.34 Node name has already been read
74.4.35 No classes defined
74.4.36 No subclasses defined
74.4.37 No data has been read
74.4.38 Invalid UIC format
74.4.39 No disks found
74.4.40 No base model
74.4.41 Base model has already been built
74.4.42 No MERG file has been read
74.4.43 Defining subclasses has been disabled
74.4.44 No Image data in the reduced file
74.4.45 Cannot find class class name
74.4.46 Cannot find subclass subclass name
74.4.47 Cannot find software server name
74.4.48 Cannot find disk name
74.4.49 Cannot find node name
74.4.50 No node has been selected
74.4.51 Error adding object : name
74.4.52 Measurement period less then 15 minutes
74.5.2 Network data has alreay been read
74.5.3 Merging with Base model not supported
74.5.4 User profile data not found
74.5.5 Unsupported interconnection configuration
74.5.6 object type object name is deleted from the configuration.
74.5.7 object type object name is added to the configuration.
74.5.8 Adapter name is deleted from node nodename.
74.5.9 Invalid Zoom: Can only zoom into a Node or HSC.
74.5.10 Object not added into the configuration
74.5.11 Cannot delete node nodenamefrom configuration
74.5.12 Cannot add node to configuration
74.5.13 Cannot delete bus, there are servers on it
74.5.14 Can not add scope if system window is there
74.5.15 Can not add scope when I/O window is there
74.5.16 Can not add scope if there are more than 5 HSCs"
74.5.17 Invalid network configuration
74.5.18 Cannot disconnect name1 from name2. There is load routed through it
74.5.19 Cannot delete name. There is load routed through it.
74.5.20 Cannot disconnect object1 from object2. Server server name has load. 74.5.21 Cannot delete name. It has # users on it.
74.5.22 object1 and object2 cannot have multiple connections.
74.5.23 Cannot find connection between object1 and object2
74.5.24 object1 and object2 cannot be connected
74.5.25 Server name cannot be deleted. It has at least one or more disks with load
74.5.26 Disk name cannot be deleted. It has load from node nodename
74.5.27 Disk name cannot be deleted
74.5.28 Disk name has workload
74.5.29 Disk name is not a master volume
74.5.30 Disk name and diskname are not of same types
74.5.31 Can only change diskset type of master volume
74.5.32 Invalid diskset type
74.5.33 Cannot change diskset type of master to NONE
74.6.2 Convergence Problem: TREAT RESULTS WITH CAUTION
74.6.3 Run Analytical or Saturation Model first
74.6.4 Configuration has been edited
74.6.5 Cannot change from 0 arrival rate
74.6.6 Unknown .BASE file version
G.2 C
G.3 D
G.5 M
G.6 N . . . O
G.7 P
G.8 Q
G.9 R
G.10 S
G.11 T
G.12 U
G.13 W