You can run an IBM Content Capacity Planner (previously
known as ‘Scout’) report to export the captured data to a comma-delimited
file that can be used as input to the IBM Content Capacity Planner
system configuration and output tool. You access a report from the
Reports view. Your IBM FileNet representative can give you more information
about the IBM Content Capacity Planner tool, which is used by field
service personnel for forecasting and planning system capacity requirements.
You might run an IBM Content Capacity Planner report if
you are planning to expand your IBM FileNet system. For example, you
might want to determine how many more processors you would need if
your work load increased by 40% in the next year. The IBM Content
Capacity Planner report gives a baseline measurement of your current
system configuration that field service personnel can input to the
IBM Content Capacity Planner tool to complete the projection.
The
process of running an IBM Content Capacity Planner report is similar
to the process of running a regular report. However, the IBM Content
Capacity Planner report uses a standard template, so you do not define
which metrics are collected and you do not use a report template.
Tip: If you are running the Dashboard on a different system
from the host that you are analyzing, Dashboard synchronizes the time,
regardless of time zones, for all of the Listeners within a cluster.
Specifying a collection interval makes the task of analyzing data
for an entire cluster easier because the times reported are the same
as the information produced and collected during a specific interval.
The interval setting that is defined in the Clusters view is ignored
by the Image Manager and Process Engine Listeners.
The interval is determined by the polling schedule that is set in
the configuration file perf_mon.script.
You run an IBM
Content Capacity Planner report from the Reports view.
- From the Reports view, click IBM Content Capacity
Planner. The IBM Content Capacity Planner report uses
a standard report template so you do not need to select a custom report
template.
- When the IBM Content Capacity Planner window
appears, select the Listener from which you
want the report to be run.
- On the right side, select the length of the report in hours
under Length in hours.
- Under To, select the end of the
time period for which to report the data. Use both the Length
in hours and To fields to restrict
the length of the report to focus on a specific time period.
- Under Output To, specify the path
and output file name of the generated report. You can also click the
ellipsis button to specify a location. The format of the generated
report is a comma-separated value (CSV) file, so an extension of .csv
is recommended. If you do not specify an extension for the report
you are generating, a default .csv extension is used for the reports.
- To generate the report, click Run.
The report is created and the IBM Content Capacity Planner dialog
box closes. If any errors occur, they are reported and the dialog
box remains on screen so you can fix the errors and try again.
You can use the finished report as input to the IBM Content
Capacity Planner tool, which can estimate your future system requirements,
which are based on the current configuration of your system.