HP Process Resource Manager (PRM) 4 Setting up PRM, 3 PRM configuration planning, 5 Using PRM with HP System Management Homepage (SMH)

How PRM manages applications..............................................................................................	31
How application processes are assigned to PRM groups at start-up...........................................	32
How PRM handles child processes ......................................................................................	32
Pattern matching for filenames.............................................................................................	32
Pattern matching for renamed application processes...............................................................	33
Precedence of PRM group assignments.................................................................................	34
3 PRM configuration planning ......................................................................	37
Using multiple configurations....................................................................................................	37
Selecting a configuration model...............................................................................................	37
Budget model configurations ..............................................................................................	37
Application priority model configurations .............................................................................	38
Identifying resource use ..........................................................................................................	40
Quick analysis ..................................................................................................................	40
Detailed analysis ..............................................................................................................	41
Using prmanalyze to quickly identify resource use.......................................................................	42
4 Setting up PRM .......................................................................................	45
Installing PRM .......................................................................................................................	45
Setting PRM to start automatically at reboot ...............................................................................	45
5 Using PRM with HP System Management Homepage (SMH)..........................	46
Quick start to using PRM’s SMH interface..................................................................................	46
6 Using PRM with HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM).......................................	48
What PRM tasks are available through SIM?..............................................................................	48
Monitor PRM Groups..........................................................................................................	48
Configure PRM Groups.......................................................................................................	48
Display Resource Usage.....................................................................................................	48
List Resource Availability.....................................................................................................	48
Configuring user authorizations................................................................................................	48
Role: PRM administrator......................................................................................................	49
Role: PRM operator............................................................................................................	49
Quick start to using PRM’s SIM interface....................................................................................	49
7 Configuring and enabling PRM on the command line....................................	51
Quick start to using PRM’s command-line interface......................................................................	51
Configuring PRM....................................................................................................................	52
The PRM configuration file...................................................................................................	52
Configuration tips and requirements.....................................................................................	53
Specifying PRM groups/controlling CPU resource use.............................................................	54
Reserved PRM groups....................................................................................................	54
Group/CPU record syntax..............................................................................................	55
Adding/modifying PRM groups and CPU allocations ........................................................	57
Capping CPU resource use.............................................................................................	58
Removing groups/CPU allocations..................................................................................	58
Controlling memory use......................................................................................................	59
Memory record syntax...................................................................................................	59
Private memory........................................................................................................	59
Shared memory.......................................................................................................	61
Adding/modifying private memory shares/caps ..............................................................	62

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