Cisco Systems Visibility Manager 1.0 User Manual

Cisco Performance Visibility Manager 1.0 Technical Implementation Guide Corporate Headquarters Cisco Systems Inc. 170 West Tas

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 10 of 66 USAGE SCENARIOS After following the workflow of inst

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 11 of 66 e. Log into the Web application, configure the SPAN

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 12 of 66 To add a user, click Add and fill in the appropria

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 13 of 66 • ldap.auth.scheme=ssl • ldap.account.name=admin •

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 14 of 66 Cisco PVM allows the user to add an individual NAM a

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 15 of 66 set to be 50 ms. This might not be appropriate for y

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 16 of 66 5. Any problems encountered during the import proce

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 17 of 66 Note: 1. Remember to wait for at least one minute

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 18 of 66 NAM Type DSG: This type of DSG allows the user to

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 19 of 66 Usage Scenarios: Gather Statistics and Test Monitori

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Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 20 of 66 Step 1 (Contd) c. Type the Name d. Select the NAM

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 21 of 66 Step 2. Go to the Monitor tab and select the Appli

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 22 of 66 Step 3. If you find a protocol that is using exces

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 23 of 66 Step 4. You can also schedule these reports to be

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 24 of 66 Step 4. (Contd.) a. Scheduled reports are visible

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 25 of 66 Scenario 2: Proactive Monitoring Network engineers r

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 26 of 66 Step 1. (Contd.) c. Type a Name for the ART Group.

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 27 of 66 Step 2. Create a Threshold for the Application Resp

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 28 of 66 Step 2. (Contd.) d. Type the Name for the Threshol

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 29 of 66 Step 3. PVM will now start base-lining the Average

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Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 30 of 66 Step 3. (Contd.) c. PVM displays the details of th

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 31 of 66 Scenario 3: Troubleshooting You are base-lining your

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 32 of 66 Step 2. Verify the link utilization on the client B

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 33 of 66 Step 3. Using the PVM Single Sign-On feature, logo

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 34 of 66 Step 3. Using the PVM Single Sign-On feature, logon

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 35 of 66 Overview of PVM functionality You now have an unders

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 36 of 66 Clicking the right arrow or the green Monitor bar o

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 37 of 66 From the Parameters pane shown select the appropri

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 38 of 66 Datasource – This scheme allows the user to view tra

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 39 of 66 The “T” hyperlink provides a trend report which disp

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 4 of 66 INTRODUCTION The Cisco® Performance Visibility Man

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 40 of 66 Report Name Drill-Down Reports Available Overview

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 41 of 66 The menu pane on the left pane lists the reports su

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 42 of 66 Clicking the version number displays the report. Not

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 43 of 66 Note: 1. You can include multiple datasources from

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 44 of 66 Server Response Time (SRT) – Gives you the server si

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 45 of 66 Note: 1. Pre-filtering: Cisco PVM depends on traffi

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 46 of 66 From the Scheduled Reports menu subsection, you can

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 47 of 66 Select the type of statistics and the particular me

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 48 of 66 Baseline Period (Default is 1 day) – The amount of t

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 49 of 66 trapCommunity = public trapDestination = 172.16.11.1

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 5 of 66 NAM GUI Drill down Cisco PVM provides you the ability

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 50 of 66 Note: 1. NAM Alarms are obtained by Cisco PVM from

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 51 of 66 Cisco PVM Requirements and Sizing Cisco PVM is a ne

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 52 of 66 Cisco PVM supports a maximum of 200 NAM–2s, or the e

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 53 of 66 Note: 1. If the environment you are installing in

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 54 of 66 Remember to generate and install the SSL certificate

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 55 of 66 $su - oracle $export ORACLE_SID=cnam $sqlplus /nolog

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 56 of 66 restart. If Cisco PVM is manually stopped, it will h

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 57 of 66 Cisco PVM is a database intensive software applicati

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 58 of 66 $archive –p <tadwop password> -f <archive f

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 59 of 66 CONCLUSION This guide attempts to make the deploymen

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 6 of 66 DEPLOYMENT CONSIDERATIONS AND PLANNING Cisco PVM wor

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 60 of 66 APPENDIX Deployment Q&A Q. What login permissio

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 61 of 66 A. The installation software requires a minimum of 4

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 62 of 66 Q. Does Cisco PVM provide tracing capability? A. Th

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 63 of 66 Deployment Troubleshooting Symptom - During the Cis

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 64 of 66 Symptom - After successfully installing the Cisco PV

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 65 of 66 For More Information Release Notes for Cisco Perfo

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Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 7 of 66 5. Create the appropriate datasource groupings of NA

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 8 of 66 • Access Layer: Place Cisco NAMs at the access layer

Cisco Internal Use Only Copyright © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 9 of 66 Create the Datasource Groups (DSGs) in Cisco PVM Sinc