Hands-On Lab: Tune CA Performance Management for an Optimal Network Performance Management and Diagnostics Experience

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Hands-OnLab:TuneCAPerformanceManagementforanOptimalNetworkPerformanceManagementandDiagnosticsExperience

JonathanCaron- Director,SoftwareEngineering- CATechnologiesBernardClairmont- Sr.PrincipalConsultant- CATechnologies

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Abstract

Inthissessionyouwilllearnhowtofine-tuneCAPerformanceManagementtonotonlycollectwhat'sneededforfasteraccesstothedatathatmattersmosttoyouandyourcustomers,butalsofinetuneyourlegacyandnewSDN/NFVinfrastructureforatrulyoptimizedandagilenetworkintheApplicationEconomy.

BernardClairmontCATechnologiesSr.PrincipalConsultant

JonathanCaronCATechnologiesDirector,SoftwareEngineering


AgendaDISCOVERY

METRICFAMILYANDVENDORCERTIFICATIONS

METRICTUNINGTOREDUCESTORAGE

MONITORINGPROFILESANDPOLLINGINTERVALS

FUNWITHFILTERING– WHATTOCOLLECT

GROUPS/SITES– QUICKLYSEEWHAT’SBEENCOLLECTED

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SYSTEMHEALTHANDKEYMETRICS7


LabNetworkOverview

DockerContainers

PC DA

Vertica

DC

192.168.42.X/24 10.10.10.x/2410.10.20.x/24

192.168.1.10akaCAPM


LabAccessCAPerformanceManagement,CANetworkFlowAnalysis,CASpectrumVMs:§ DOD2– usilstun177§ DOD3– usilstun280§ DOD4– usilstun281§ DOD5– usilstun282§ DOD6– usilstun283§ DOD7– usilstun284§ DOD8– usilstun285§ DOD9– usilstun286§ DOD10– usilstun287

CAPerformanceCenter

§ http://usilstunXXX:8181

§ admin/admin

CASpectrum§ http://usilstunXXX:8080

§ spectrum/spectrum

CANetworkFlowAnalysis§ RDP:usilstunXXX:51011

§ Administrator/CAdemo123

SSH§ ssh root@usilstunXXX –p22010

§ Accesstocontainersusealiases

§ Type:pc,da,dc,spectrum


Discovery


SamplingYourInfrastructure– SmallDiscoveries

§ Discoverycanbeusedtosampleyourinfrastructureanddeterminethemetricfamiliesthataresupportedonyourdevices

§ Websitetohelpdetermineifthedeviceissupported– http://serviceassurance.ca.com/im

§ On-DemandCertsite– http://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-

online/product-content/recommended-reading/technical-document-index/ca-performance-management-on-demand-certifications.html


ManageYourSNMPProfiles§ OrderyourSNMPprofile

listwiththemostcommonatthetop

§ Onlybuild/keepprofilesyouneed

§ IfyoumustexposethecommunitystringinplaintextyouhavetoaddittoyourPerformanceCenterrole


ConfigureaDiscoveryProfile


ConfigureaDiscoveryProfile


MetricFamiliesandVendorCertifications


MetricFamilies – Acollectionofrelatedmetrics,oftenimpliesaspecificcomponenttypei.e.Interface,CPU,Disk

– Metricsarein“normalizedform,”themetricfamilydoesnotincludeanydetailonhowametriciscollected

– MetricsarereportedoninPerformanceCenterviews

– Metricsarepolled

– Baselines,min,max,95thpercentile,canbestoredformetrics(checkproductsettings)

– Tocollectdataforametricfamilyadevicemustsupportoneormoreofthevendorcertsthatbackit


MetricFamilies(MF)toVendorCert(VC)MappingIftheDataAggregatorisconfiguredtomonitorInterfaces

whenthediscoveryoccursitwillsearchthroughthelistof

VCsuntilitfindsonethatissupportedbythedevice.If,for

examplethedeviceisaJuniperthentheassociatedJuniper

InterfaceVCwillbeusedtobacktheInterfaceMF

InterfaceMF

VC VC VC VC VC

Starent Port JuniperHSI HSI Interface CiscoInterface


SampleMetricFamilytoVendorCertMapping

– TheJuniperHSIvendorcertmapsobjectsintheJUNIPER-MIBtothemetricsoftheinterfacemetricfamily

– NOTE:SomemetricsarenotsupportedbytheMIB

– Thereusuallyarelimitationsformonitoringdevices


MonitoringProfilesandPollingIntervals


MonitoringProfiles

MakecopiesofthebuiltinMPsandremovethedefaultcollectionsfromtheoutoftheboxMPs.Thisallowsgreatercontrol.


NeedforMetricsandPredictiveAnalyticsAcrosstheOrganization– EnsuringGreatEndUserExperiences

Dennis- ExecutivesandLOBOwners

Bill- NetworkTransformationTeam

Sally- NetworkPlanningTeam

• Makenetworkinvestmentdecisions• Trackthebusinessinitiativesand

success

• Evaluateandjustifynewtechnologies• Tracksuccessofimplementations• Determinenewwaytoleveragethe

existingnetworkinvestment

• Designanddeploybuild-outsandupgrades

• Tracksuccessofimplementations• Y.1731,IPSLA,QoS

• Trackutilization• Requestchangesandbuild-outsbasedon

predictions• BackhaulLinks/Augments/Metro-ERings

• Conductdeeptriage• Manageproblems• Setthresholdsandevents• IdentifyQoS issues,watchfordiscards

• Identifyanomalies,manageincidents/workarounds

• Proactivelyaddresstrendsand/orescalate

Cindy- CapacityManagementTeam

Rob- OperationsLevels1&2

Joe- OperationsLevels3&4Randy- Engineering


BuildCollectionstoControlMonitoring

§ Eachpersonalikelycaresaboutdifferentmetricsondifferentdevices

§ Foreachpersona,createseparatecollectionsandprofiles– Eachcollectionshouldcollectspecificitemsofinteresteitherdirectly,or

throughrules– Eachmonitoringprofilewillprovidegranularcontrolofthemetricstocollect


FunWithFiltering– WhatToCollect


UsingItem&MetricFiltering

§ Monitoringprofiledefinition

ComponentFilter

MetricFilter


UsingCollections§ Associatingcollectionstomonitoringprofiles

CollectionofDevicesofInterest

ProfilesAssociated


§ Auditingwhymetricsarecollectedonadevice

AuditingMonitoringofaDevice


§ Secondcollectionprofiles

AuditingMonitoringofaDevice


GroupsandSites– QuicklySeeWhat’sBeenCollected


UsingthePowerofCAPerformanceManagement

§ CAPerformanceManagementallowsforrulesthatallowforthedynamicgroupingofobjectstoensurecommonmonitoring

§ CAPerformanceManagementwillconsolidatealltheprofilesthatdefinetheneedsofdifferentusersforeachitem,andpollallthemetricsofinterestedforalltheusers

§ Ratherthangatheringallthemetricsavailableonalldevices,youcollectonlywhatisusefulforeachofyourusers,savingstorageandcollectioncosts


ReportingGroups

§ CAPerformanceManagementallowsforrulesthatallowforthedynamicgroupingofobjectstoautomategatheringitemsforauser

§ Groupscanberestrictedtospecificusersasneededtoensuresecurityortosimplifybusinessprocesses


SetUpGroups


SetUpGroupRules


Roles§ Rolesallowforthecustompresentationofdashboardsandgroups

§ Userolestohighlightthebusinessprocesses/workflowusersareexpectedtofollow


MetricTuningtoReduceStorage


MetricFiltering


TuningtheCollectedMetricsMoveeverythingtonotcollected

Selectexactlywhatyouneed

Usethesearchtoisolatemetrics


ComponentFiltering

Filteroptions:

– Operationalstatus

– Adminstatus

– Alias

– Description

– Name

– Speedin

– Speedout

– Type


SystemHealthandKeyMetrics


§ Simpleinputs– Itemcount– Typeofitems– Metrics– Dataretention

§ Systemsoutput– Nodecount– Storage– Memory

Sizer– OnlineToolforEstimatingHardwareResources


§ Keycounts– polleditemsandcalculatedmetricspersecond

Auditing– UsingSystemHealth


§ DataAggregatorETLProcessingTimes- TimetoPerformETLProcessing(Seconds)

§ DataAggregatorRIBQueryCalculationTimes- AverageTimetoProcess

§ DataAggregatorRateDataLoadingTimes- AverageTimetoLoadRateData

§ DataCollectorPollingStatistics- CalculatedMetricsperSecond– Average

§ DataCollectorPollingStatistics- PolledItemCount– Average

§ DataCollectorSystemStatistics- ApplicationThroughput– Average

§ PerformanceCenter- RIBResponseTime

§ PerformanceCenter- MySQLDB- DBAverageResponseTime

SomeoftheCAPerformanceManagementSystemHealthKPIs


SystemHealth– DataAggregator/DataCollectorHealth(OOB)


SystemHealth– DataAggregatorPolling(OOB)


SystemHealth– DataAggregatorQueries(OOB)


SystemHealth– DataAggregatorGeneralProcessing(OOB)


SystemHealth– DataAggregatorGeneralProcessing(OOB)


SystemHealth– DataAggregatorEventProcessing(OOB)


CAPerformanceManagementAPMMonitoringDashboards– Overview


CAPerformanceManagementAPMMonitoringDashboards– DataAggregatorOverview


CAPerformanceManagementAPMMonitoringDashboards– PerformanceCenter


CAPerformanceManagementAPMMonitoringDashboards– DataCollector


CAPerformanceManagementAPMMonitoringDashboards– ActiveMQ


CAPerformanceManagementAPMMonitoringDashboards– Vertica


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