HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software Release Notes v4.
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Description The HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software (XP Performance Advisor) collects, monitors, and displays the performance data of your HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array. XP Performance Advisor collects in-depth performance data so that you can monitor the performance at the level of components such as Logical Device (LDEV), Client-Host Interface Processor (CHIP) or Channel Adapter (CHA), Array Control Processor (ACP) or Disk Adapter (DKA), and Disk Controller (DKC).
taskId=135&contentType=SupportManual&docIndexId=64179&prodSeriesId=64823&prodTypeId= 18964 In addition, the support matrix includes the supported Internet Explorer (IE) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions. IMPORTANT: You must install JRE before installing XP Performance Advisor and the host agents. The management station and host systems support only 32-bit (x86) JRE versions on the 64-bit Windows platforms. Languages XP Performance Advisor is available in the English language only.
• Help for every installation wizard dialog box: Direct access to the corresponding help file from the installation wizard dialog box. • Troubleshooting information on installation related issues: Issues and error messages related to installation are added to the HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software Installation Guide. • Automatic verification of Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0 or later: As a prerequisite check, the XP Performance Advisor installation wizard automatically verifies if Microsoft .
The utilization status of CHA, CLPR write pending, DKA, and RAID group are measured against the default or the threshold values you set on the Threshold Settings screen (Settings > Threshold Settings). Based on the resource utilization, the status icons are displayed for MP Util (%), Write Pending (%), DKA Util (%), and RG Util (%) on the Dashboard and Troubleshooting screens.
Validating SMTP and SNMP server settings in XP Performance Advisor You can validate the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP ) server settings by clicking Test SMTP on the Email Settings screen.
• The ThP Pool main category under Charts displays the associated DKAs in addition to the RAID Groups and their physical LDEVs, host groups and their virtual volumes. The following metrics are introduced to monitor a ThP pool's utilization: • Frontend Vs. Backend Hit Ratio: It is the ratio of the total frontend I/Os on a ThP pool versus the total backend tracks associated with a ThP pool.
The internal raw disk capacity received through the Inband mode of configuration data collection is not accurate when compared to the value shown by RWC, and might lead to license violations. HP recommends that you collect configuration data through the Inband mode only if the Outband mode of configuration data collection is not supported on that XP Disk Array, or the SVP on the XP Disk Array is not accessible. • If you are upgrading XP Performance Advisor v4.5 or v4.5.1 to v4.
In XP Performance Advisor v4.5.1, Outband was the only mode of configuration data collection for XP disk arrays of type XP24000, XP20000, XP12000, and XP10000, and registering their Service Processor (SVP) with the management station was mandatory to perform the configuration data collections. NOTE: If the SVP on the XP Disk Array is accessible and registered with your management station, HP recommends that you use the Outband mode of configuration data collection.
4. From the Control Panel in Windows, click Add/Remove Programs. 5. Remove the HP XP Performance Advisor Windows Host Agent from the list of installed programs. During removal of the Windows host agent, you will be prompted to remove the XP RMLIB functions. 6. Click Yes to continue removing XP RMLIB. If you are sure that the XP RMLIB functions are being shared by some other application, click No to retain the XP RMLIB components. 7.
performance graphs are plotted. For example, it takes about four minutes to plot the response time metric graphs for a day's data pertaining to 158 resources. Wait for XP Performance Advisor to plot the performance graphs completely before you switch to the next task. • If you want to print the charts that belong to the selected chart windows, use the File > Print on your IE browser window. • You can load only one favorite chart at a time.
1. Stop the XP Performance Advisor host agent services. a. Go to the Services dialog box. b. Right click HP XP Performance Advisor Hostagent. c. Click Stop in the pop-up window. 2. Copy the following jar files, sunpkcs11.jar, sunjce_provider.jar, and dnsns.jarcontents from %JAVA_HOME%\lib\ext to \xppa\ realtime. 3. Start the XP Performance Advisor host agent services. a. Go to the Services dialog box. b. Right click HP XP Performance Advisor Hostagent. c.
CAUTION: HP does not support coexistence of the following array management applications with XP Performance Advisor: • HP StorageWorks XP Command View (legacy) • HP Systems Insight Manager • XP RAID Manager • HP Storage Essentials Related documentation The documentation set for this release is available on the XP Performance Advisor DVD media. The latest manuals are available on the HP Manuals page. For more information, see http://www.hp.com/ support/manuals.
