pi helps solve nt server performance issues and network incidents
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PI Helps Solve NT Server Performance Issues and Network Incidents. Or The PI’s Have It. Project Started. October 1999 - Formal Project Started Goals Capture NT Server Performance Data In PI. Capture Network Performance Data In PI. Tools A development PI Server (from Dow Corning) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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PI Helps Solve NT Server Performance Issues and
Network Incidents
Or
The PI’s Have It.
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April 3, 2000 Dow Corning Corp.
Project Started October 1999 - Formal Project Started Goals
Capture NT Server Performance Data In PI. Capture Network Performance Data In PI.
Tools A development PI Server (from Dow Corning) A development PI License (from OSI Software) Multiple copies of PI Perfmon Interface (from OSI
Software) A development NetScout License (from NetScout
Systems Inc.)
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April 3, 2000 Dow Corning Corp.
What NT Performance Data Is Being Captured in PI?
NT Performance Counters through the PI Perfmon interface.
We have had it running since May 17, 1999 in an un-official use as an aid to Jon Peterson
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April 3, 2000 Dow Corning Corp.
Early FindingsMemory on our PI Servers was eroding.
PI Trend Available. PI Batch was the main problem.
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PI-Batch ProcessMemory Leak
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April 3, 2000 Dow Corning Corp.
Early FindingsMemory on our PI Servers was eroding.
PI Trend Available. PI Batch was the main problem.
PI 3.2.357.8 came out with a fix for PI Batch. (Good Job Jon.)
PINetManager had a leak.
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PINetMgr had a leak.
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April 3, 2000 Dow Corning Corp.
Early FindingsMemory on our PI Servers was eroding.
PI Trend Available. PI Batch was the main problem.
PI 3.2.357.8 came out with a fix for PI Batch.
PINetManager had a leak.PI 3.2.357.17 fixed the leak.
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Later FindingsPI 3.2.357.17 when run on NT 4.0 SP5
also fixed a leak in PIArchss.
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April 3, 2000 Dow Corning Corp.
PIArchss Process Before SP5
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April 3, 2000 Dow Corning Corp.
Later FindingsPI 3.2.357.17 when run on NT 4.0 SP5
also fixed a leak in PIArchss.Ensign Agents (another tool used in
Dow Corning) can go nuts and lock up one of our NT MSSQL Servers
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April 3, 2000 Dow Corning Corp.
Ensign Agents
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April 3, 2000 Dow Corning Corp.
Later FindingsPI 3.2.357.17 when run on NT 4.0 SP5
also fixed a leak in PIArchss.Ensign Agents (another tool used in
Dow Corning) can go nuts and lock up one of our NT MSSQL Servers
Exchange Server Lost it’s STORE process.
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April 3, 2000 Dow Corning Corp.
Exchange Server
Notice the LOSS then change of STORE process from Exchange
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April 3, 2000 Dow Corning Corp.
NT SystemsCurrently Being Watched! PI Server MSSQL Servers Exele's – EdictVB Server FOXBoro's NT version (Our Control System
Support Group is thrilled.) Intellution SCADA servers (Our Control
System Support Group is thrilled.) Automatic Data Collection ADC Server Exchange Servers
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April 3, 2000 Dow Corning Corp.
Locations Being MonitoredMidland – Michigan USABarry Wales - UKChiba - Japan
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April 3, 2000 Dow Corning Corp.
What Network Data Is Being Captured In PI? Started in October 1999. NetScout can be configured to use MSSQL. We added two tables to the MSSQL to create
an association between NetScout counters and PI Tags.
Basic Network data is captured from our Global WAN.
We are using 1 minute summarized data from NetScout.
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Impact of Network on Exchange Server
Exchange Server ->
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Network Benefits of PI DataSpotted several instances of Over
Utilization (Can almost predict instances of Network outages for users.)
Helped to determine a Baseline to determine the need for purchased band width and line speed. ($ can be found here.)
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In Summary We helped OSI touch up some of it's code. We spotted some troublesome software from
other vendors. We help to trouble shoot NT Server issues
and outages. We help to baseline our Global Network. We saved some $.
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How Did We Do It?PI Tag Configurations for PI PerfmonPI Perfmon InterfaceSQL Server Use for NetScoutPI Tag Configurations for NetScoutLessons Learned
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Lessons Learned 1 Run PI Perfmon on the server it is monitoring.
This uses the PIAPI and Buffering to push the data to a PI Server.
Trying to PULL data uses to much network bandwidth.
Trying to PULL data leaves you vulnerable to Network Outages.
Remember we are doing this across a wide area network.
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Lessons Learned 2Really think through the compression
and exception deviation percentages. Memory usage varies a LOT. CPU usage varies Even More. Regression Analysis ProcessBook Addin
can save you a lot of stats time.
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Lessons Learned 3 You CAN use SPC tools on an NT Server
Process. NT Server Process should run acceptablely under
the rules of SPC. You can find out what impacts you and sends you
out of control. Alarming based on Out Of Control can be done. Alarming based on Process Conditions is also
possible.
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Lessons Learned 4OSI Believes in Continuous
Improvement. PI Batch Improvement PI NetMgr Process PI Archss Process
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Lessons Learned 5When It comes to Network Stats, It is
hard to tell when you have enough. NetScout Probes Offers a lot of data. At
this point Dow Corning is only capturing the tip of the iceberg.
OSI is working with NetSout to get at much more of the data.
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April 3, 2000 Dow Corning Corp.
Lessons Learned 6Watch Data in Long and Short Views.
Some items have data that takes weeks to develope.
Some items are best seen in the second they occur.
Only a long term historian can give you this long and short view of events.
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Get the Data Have Some Fun