Cisco Systems 1 manual Cisco Performance Visibility Manager

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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Cisco Performance Visibility Manager 1.0

INTRODUCTION	4
DATA COLLECTION AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS	4
TRAFFIC ANALYSIS INCLUDING TOP-N ANALYSIS	4
ART MONITORING	4
HISTORICAL INFORMATION	4
REAL TIME AND TRENDING REPORTS	4
PROACTIVE MONITORING	4
NAM GUI DRILL DOWN	5
CISCOWORKS AND LDAP INTEGRATION	5
DEPLOYMENT CONSIDERATIONS AND PLANNING	6
STEPS IN THE PVM DEPLOYMENT PROCESS	6
Basic questions about the Problems to be addressed	7
Placing Cisco NAM in Your Network	7
Typical workflow for deploying Cisco PVM	8
Configure the NAMs in Your Network	8
Deploy PVM and add the NAMs in Cisco PVM	8
Create the Datasource Groups (DSGs) in Cisco PVM	9
Start monitoring your network using Cisco PVM	9
USAGE SCENARIOS	10
NAM SETUP	10
CISCO PVM INITIAL SETUP	11
USAGE SCENARIOS: GATHER STATISTICS AND TEST MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING	19
Scenario 1: Traffic Profiling	19
Scenario 2: Proactive Monitoring	25
Scenario 3: Troubleshooting	31
OVERVIEW OF PVM FUNCTIONALITY	35
Traffic Analysis using Cisco PVM	35
Application Response Time Analysis in Cisco PVM	42
Baselining and Alerts in Cisco PVM	46
CISCO PVM REQUIREMENTS AND SIZING	51
CISCO PVM INSTALLATION AND UNINSTALLATION	52
MAINTAINING AND TROUBLESHOOTING CISCO PVM	56
CONCLUSION	59
APPENDIX	60
DEPLOYMENT Q&A	60
DEPLOYMENT TROUBLESHOOTING	63
FOR MORE INFORMATION	65

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Contents Corporate Headquarters USA Cisco Performance Visibility Manager Historical Information Data Collection and Traffic AnalysisTraffic Analysis including Top-N Analysis ART MonitoringCiscoWorks and Ldap Integration NAM GUI Drill downSample Deployment Scenario PVM in LAN and WAN Placing Cisco NAM in Your Network Basic questions about the Problems to be addressedConfigure the NAMs in Your Network Typical workflow for deploying Cisco PVMDeploy PVM and add the NAMs in Cisco PVM Create the Datasource Groups DSGs in Cisco PVM Start monitoring your network using Cisco PVMUsage Scenarios NAM SetupCisco PVM Initial Setup User SetupUser Management through the GUI User management through Ldap Adding a NAM through the GUI Mapping Ldap users to PVM rolesCisco Internal Use Only Importing Multiple Devices Import File Formats DCR Export FileUser created CSV file Datasource Group DSG Creation Cisco Internal Use Only Scenario 1 Traffic Profiling Contd Cisco Internal Use Only Cisco Internal Use Only Cisco Internal Use Only Contd Create an ART Group that carries traffic you are interested Scenario 2 Proactive MonitoringContd Click the Setup tab Click the Thresholds menu item Click Add Contd Cisco Internal Use Only PVM displays the details of the threshold violation Scenario 3 Troubleshooting Click Refresh Verify the link utilization on the client Branch RouterClick Connect Cisco Internal Use Only Traffic Analysis using Cisco PVM Overview of PVM functionalityMonitoring Cisco Internal Use Only Aggregation Schemes Report Views Real-Time and Trend ChartsDrill-downs Reporting Report Name Drill-Down Reports AvailableCisco Internal Use Only Application Response Time Analysis in Cisco PVM Art SetupArt Reports Cisco Internal Use Only ART Report Archives Baselining and Alerts in Cisco PVM Cisco Internal Use Only Generating Snmp Traps Alerts in Cisco PVM Cisco Internal Use Only Minimum Client Requirements Hardware Cisco PVM Requirements and SizingMinimum Server Requirements Hardware SoftwareCisco PVM Installation and Uninstallation Maximum NAMs CPUsDisk Space Required Cd PVMINSTALLDIR/j2sdk142/bin Install ProcedureUninstall Procedure $su pvmadm $pvm stop Start and Stop ProcedureMaintaining and Troubleshooting Cisco PVM Troubleshooting Tips$su pvmadm Database ManagementPurging and retention period ArchivingImporting the archived files Gunzip -c archivefilenamecpio -icvB *switchConclusion Deployment Q&A AppendixCisco Internal Use Only Cisco Internal Use Only Deployment Troubleshooting Cisco Internal Use Only For More Information USA