Hello-
Thank you for your question. To answer the concern about agent installation, as the Delphix Engine is an Appliance, there is no installation of additional software permitted on the platform.
When there are concerns about the CPU utilization on an Engine, we generally recommend the onboard Performance Analytics be leveraged to review the CPU utilization from VM perspective.
https://docs.delphix.com/docs/configuration/performance-analytics-management/performance-analytics/performance-analytics-tool-overviewThis tool will provide details on the VMs measured CPU utilization. Often, the VM measured utilization is not the the same as that observed from the hypervisor, and frequently the CPU will not be a point of constraint unless there is significant sustained throughput, or other constraints on the VM.
That said, often the perceived CPU utilization from hypervisor actually doesn't align with the utilization from VM perspective. We have a KB document that speak to this:
https://support.delphix.com/Delphix_Virtualization_Engine/Platforms/VMWare_and_Delphix_CPU_Utilization_Discrepancy_Explained_(KBA1019)If there is any perceived issue believed to be related to CPU or other VM performance, and the recommended and required CPU and memory reservations are addressed:
https://docs.delphix.com/docs/deployment/deployment-for-vmwareIt may be best to open a Support case for further investigation. The performance of a VDB is a complex matter, as it also can be affected by network or other resource constraints, such as backing storage, and as such a thorough investigation by Delphix Support or Services is the ideal method to determine any opportunities for improvement.
As an aside, we also offer Splunk and SNMP integration options which can provide more granular metrics and reporting on the VM resources.
https://docs.delphix.com/docs/configuration/monitoring-and-log-management/splunk-integrationhttps://docs.delphix.com/docs/configuration/monitoring-and-log-management/configuring-snmpI hope this addresses your concern; please let us know if you have any other questions or feedback.
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Sean Nothdurft
Senior Principal Technical Support Engineer
Delphix
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-04-2020 01:41:56 AM
From: spezialist spezialist
Subject: Installing the lpar2rrd agent on Delphix-5.11 x86_64 VMware appliance?
Dear community,
We are currently testing Delphix-5.11 x86_64 VMware appliance and are very concerned that CPU load is almost __always__ 100% (see attachment). As a result, we have a very low overall performance of the application. So to find out the reasons for that in detail, we would like to install the lpar2rrd agent for Solaris x86 according to the detailed instruction https://www.lpar2rrd.com/Solaris-sparc-x86-performance-monitoring-install.php?5.2#SOLARIS . Is it possible, for example using the default 'sysadmin' account? Or is it only possible to use the 'root' account?
I would be very grateful for your help.
Very thanks for the support.
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spezialist spezialist
Delphix Community Members
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