HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software v4.6 Install Guide (T1789-96096, July 2010)

2. From a command line, run the XPInfo –i, to display the list of all the command devices (see
Figure 4 on page 32).
Figure 4 XPInfo –i command
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3. Create a GUID on the command devices to perform data collection.
Complete the following steps:
a. Log in to the XP Performance Advisor host agent as an administrator or as a member of the
Administrators group.
b. Open the Computer Management console by clicking Start > Run > compmgmt.msc, and
press Enter.
c. Under Storage in the left pane, select Disk Management.
d. In the right pane, select a command device from the list of command devices displayed by
the XPInfo command (see Figure 4 on page 32).
e. Right-click the command device and select New Partition.
The New Partition Wizard appears.
f. Click Next.
g. Select Primary partition and click Next.
h. Specify the size of the partition in the Partition size in MB box, and click Next.
i. Click Mount in the following NTFS Folder, and click Browse. Select the Mount Point and click
Next.
j. Select Do not format this partition, and click Next.
k. Click Finish.
The selected command device is partitioned and is assigned a GUID. For information on
using Disk Management, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000/en-us.
4. Restart the XP Performance Advisor host agent services.
For example, <install directory>:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\xppa\
hostagent\sbin> xppa restart
5. On the management station, launch XP Performance Advisor and click Array View on the left
pane.
6. In the Array View screen, select the host agent record in the Host Information table, and click
Request Info.
7. After the Status column shows Received for the selected host agent record, click the Configuration
Collection or Performance Collection tab.
All the command devices on which the GUID is created are appended with GUID. The XP Per-
formance Advisor configuration and performance data collection through the command device
file names labeled with “(GUID)” string uses \\?\Volume {GUID}.
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