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Contents

Edition Manufacturing Part Number B8311-90004 E0900 Legal Notices Contents Using HP WebQoS Customizing and Using HP OpenView with HP WebQoS Installing and Using HP LocalDirector Controller Contents Contents Printing History Page Understanding HP WebQoS Chapter Role and Beneﬁts of HP WebQoS Role and Beneﬁts of HP WebQoS Service WebQoS Concepts Capacity Protection Request ClassiﬁcationsSessions Policy Based Service Level Objectives SLOs and Thresholds WebQoS in Your Environment How WebQoS Fits Into Your EnvironmentHow WebQoS Fits Into Your Environment WebQoS Components WebQoS Request Service ControlAgent SCA Control Request and Management Data Flow Request and Management Data Flow How WebQoS Fits Into Your Environment Chapter Installing HP WebQoS Installing HP WebQoS Conﬁguring HP WebQoS WebQoS Administrator’s Task Flow Conﬁguring HP WebQoS Conﬁguring HP WebQoS Modifying Conﬁguration Files Before Start-Up Enabling Network Type of ServiceModifying Conﬁguration Files Before Start-Up Intos Flag Modifying WebQoS Global Conﬁguration SCA and Web Server Parameters MonitorResponseTimeWeight Default 50% SCA Parameters Denial of Service Parameters SCO Parameters Logging and Tracing Parameters Error URL Encoding Parameters Conﬁguring Your Web Server Conﬁguring Your Web ServerZeus Web Server Conﬁguring Zeus Web Server Parameters Conﬁguring Your Web Server IP-Based Virtual Servers IPlanet Web Server Subservers Running the WebQoS setup Script Running the WebQoS setup Script Running setup -r Opt/webqos/install/setup -r Conﬁguring WebQoS from the Management User Interface Conﬁguring WebQoS from the Management User Interface WebQoS Login Dialog Box Starting the WebQoS Management User Interface Window Area Description Management User Interface ViewUnderstanding the Management User Interface Conﬁguring HP WebQoS Adding a System Add System Conﬁguration Description Dialog Box Adding a Service Add Service Conﬁguration Description Dialog Box To Conﬁgure Service Statistics Logging Add Service Conﬁguration Statistics Dialog Box To Conﬁgure Service Level Objectives for the Service Add a Service Conﬁguration SLO Dialog Box Add Service Level Objectives Dialog Box To Specify Service-Wide Corrective Actions for SLOs Add Corrective Actions Dialog Box Modifying Service-Wide Corrective Actions 10 Edit Service Conﬁguration Dialog Box 11 Service Corrective Action Conﬁguration Defer Dialog Box Conﬁguring WebQoS from the Management User Interface You must enter either the URL of the website for example Service Corrective Action Redirect dialog box 13 Service Corrective Action Conﬁguration Reject Dialog Box Adding a Site To Identify the Site To Identify the Web Server for the Site 15 Add Site Conﬁguration Web Server Dialog Box Prioritizing Requests to the Site 16 Edit Site Conﬁguration Classiﬁcation Rules Dialog Box 17 Add Request Classiﬁcations Rules Dialog Box Setting Site Service Level Objectives 18 Add Site Conﬁguration SLOs Dialog Box 19 Add Service Level Objectives Dialog Box To Specify Corrective Actions for Site SLOs 20Add Corrective Actions Dialog Box Adding Site Threshold Policies 21 Edit Site Conﬁguration Threshold Policies Dialog Box 22 Add Thresholds Dialog Box To Specify Corrective Actions for Threshold Policies 23Add Corrective Actions Dialog Box Conﬁguring Advanced Features for the Site Modifying Session Timeouts 24 Edit Site Conﬁguration Advanced Dialog Box 25 Site Advanced Session Timeouts Dialog Box Assigning Web Server Request Queues 26 Site Advanced Web Server Queue Management Dialog Box Modifying Web Server Accept Threads 27 Site Advanced Accept Threads Dialog Box Specifying Site-Wide Corrective Actions To Defer Site-Wide Corrective Actions To Redirect Site-Wide Corrective Actions 29 Site Corrective Action Conﬁguration Redirect Dialog Box To Reject Site-Wide Corrective Actions 30 Site Corrective Action Conﬁguration Reject Dialog Box Enabling Site Statistics Logging 31 Site Statistics Logging Dialog Box Verifying Your Conﬁguration Verifying Your Conﬁguration Using HP WebQoS Navigating the Services/Systems View Navigating the Services/Systems View Editing a Site Conﬁguration To Edit the Site Type and Service NameEditing a System Conﬁguration To Edit the Site’s Request Classiﬁcation Rules To Edit the Site’s SLOs Editing a Site Conﬁguration To Edit a Site’s Threshold Policies Editing a Site Conﬁguration To Apply Your Conﬁguration Changes Threads to take effect Copying a System or Site Copying a System or Site Deleting a System, Service, or Site Deleting a System, Service, or Site Monitoring SLOs and the History Log Understanding the Service Level Objectives ViewService Level Objectives View Monitoring SLOs and the History Log Monitoring SLOs and the History Log Understanding the History Log View History Log View Monitoring SLOs and the History Log Filtering SLOs and Thresholds Filtering SLOs and Thresholds 100 Chapter Chapter 101 Filtering the History LogFiltering the History Log 102 Chapter Displaying Site Statistics Displaying Site StatisticsViewing SLO Related Statistics Chapter 103 Site Performance Statistics SLO Related Statistics 104 Chapter Viewing Site Session Control Statistics Chapter 105 Site Session Control Statistics Screen 106 Chapter Displaying Service Performance Statistics Displaying Service Performance StatisticsViewing Service SLO Related Statistics Chapter 107 Service Performance Statistics SLO Related Statistics 108 Chapter Viewing Service Session Control Statistics Chapter 109 Service Session Control Statistics 110 Chapter Viewing Defer Related Statistics for the Service Chapter 111 11 Defer Statistics for the Service 112 Chapter 12 Detailed Defer Statistics for the Service Chapter 113 Changing the Password Changing the PasswordConnecting to Another Management Station 114 Chapter Troubleshooting TroubleshootingError Messages Viewable From the Management User Interface Shared Memory Pages 116 Chapter Chapter 117 Error Messages Viewable From the Terminal WindowLogging and Tracing 118 Chapter Chapter 119 Troubleshooting 120 Chapter OpenView with HP WebQoS Chapter 121 Customizing and Using HP OpenView with HP WebQoS 122 Chapter Data Flow of WebQoS to HP OpenView Chapter 123 Installing and Conﬁguring the WebQoS System 124 Chapter Installing and Conﬁguring the Service Reporter System Chapter 125 Viewing WebQoS Reports in Service Reporter 126 Chapter Chapter 127 Logging WebQoS Site Data Installing, Conﬁguring and Using PerfViewInstalling, Conﬁguring and Using PerfView 128 Chapter Logging WebQoS Service Data Chapter 129 Viewing Graphs in PerfView 130 Chapter TIP Chapter 131 Data Flow of WebQoS to HP OpenView IT/Operations Installing and Conﬁguring HP OpenView IT/OperationsInstalling and Conﬁguring HP OpenView IT/Operations 132 Chapter Chapter 133 Installing the TemplatesGetting a Quick Start Customizing the ITO Templates 134 Chapter After editing Chapter 135 Managing the WebQoS System 136 Chapter Chapter 137 Troubleshooting WebQoS Processes on HP-UXError Messages If Problems Occur But There Are No Error Messages 138 Chapter LocalDirector Controller Chapter 139 HP LocalDirector Controller What is HP LocalDirector Controller?What is HP LocalDirector Controller? 140 Chapter Installing HP LocalDirector Controller Installing HP LocalDirector ControllerInstalling the Software Conﬁguring Cisco LocalDirector 142 Chapter Conﬁguring HP LocalDirector ControllerConﬁguring HP LocalDirector Controller HP LDControl Chapter 143 144 Chapter Installing and Using HP LocalDirector ControllerConﬁguring the HP LDControl Server Conﬁguring the HP LDControl Daemon Chapter 145 146 Chapter HP LDControl Service Conﬁguration ScreenHP LDControl Daemon Conﬁgurable Parameters Chapter 147 148 Chapter Starting and Stopping the HP LDControl DaemonHP LDControl Start/Stop Daemon Conﬁguring a System with More than One LAN Card Troubleshooting the HP LD ControllerGeneral Troubleshooting HP LDControl Cannot Find Cisco’s LocalDirector 150 Chapter HP LDControl Daemon Error Log Messages and ActionsHP LDControl Daemon Error Action Message Chapter 151 Ps -efagrep ldcagt 152 Chapter Chapter 153 Conﬁguring HP LocalDirector Controller 154 Chapter Policy and Rule Descriptions Appendix a 155 156 Appendix a Request Classiﬁcation RulesRequest Classiﬁcation Rules Appendix a 157 Policies Set in WebQoS Service Level Objectives for SitePolicies Set in WebQoS 158 Appendix a Appendix a 159 Service Level Objectives for the ServiceThreshold Policies 160 Appendix a Corrective Actions for SLO and Threshold Policy Violations Appendix a 161 Customizing the Reject and Defer Web Pages 162 Appendix a Figure A-1 Default Defer Appendix a 163 Figure A-2 Example of Custom Defer Page with Link 164 Appendix a Appendix a 165 Figure A-3 Example of Custom Defer Page with Popup Dialog 166 Appendix a Appendix a 167 Policies Set in WebQoS 168 Appendix a HP OpenView IT/Operations ITO Alarms Appendix B 169 ITO Alarms Based on WebQoS Process Monitoring IT/Operations AlarmsITO Alarms Based on WebQoS Events IT/Operations Alarms ITO Alarms Based on WebQoS Statistic Crossing a Threshold Appendix B 171 172 Appendix B WebQoS Statistic Variable Names for ITO Threshold Templates Appendix B 173 WebQoS Statistic Variable Names for ITO Threshold Templates 174 Appendix B Glossary 175 176 Service Level Objective SLO 177 178 Index 179 180 181 182