HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software v4.6 User and Troubleshooting Guide (T1789-96094, June 2010)

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DescriptionScreen ele-

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This list displays the following options:

• Time posted (default selection): If this option is selected, the time stamps of when the records

are posted on the Alarm History screen are displayed. A record for a resource is first posted

on the Alarm History screen when the following conditions are met:

• Alarm is enabled on the resource.

• Performance data collection is in progress.

XP Performance Advisor pings the resource in the next data collection cycle to receive its

current performance value, and also posts a new record on the Alarm History screen. XP

Performance Advisor again posts a new record for the same resource and displays the

new time of posting under Time Posted when one of the following conditions is met:

• The alarm is disabled or there are no IO/s transactions happening on the resource.

• The performance of a resource rises or drops below the set threshold level.

• Time updated: If this option is selected, the time stamps when XP Performance Advisor last

collected the latest performance values for all the resources are displayed.

• Time dispatched: If this option is selected, the time stamps when XP Performance Advisor

dispatched the alarm notifications are displayed.

If a record is showing a blank entry for any of these time stamps, that particular record is

skipped during the filtering phase. Assuming that the IO/s transactions are not happening on

a particular resource, and the alarm is also disabled. In such a case, the Time Updated shows

a blank entry for that resource record. Hence, the record is skipped when you filter based on

Time Updated option.

Time Stamp

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This list displays the following options:

• All: This option is for viewing both the serious and the recovery alarms.

• Recovery: This option is for viewing records that are logged for alarm notifications dis-

patched after the performance of a resource dropped below the set threshold limit.

• Serious: This option is for viewing records that are logged for alarm notifications dispatched

when the performance of a resource rises beyond the set threshold limit. An alarm notific-

ation is dispatched only the first time when the performance of a resource goes beyond

the set threshold limits.

Alarm Type

Select the start and end time range for filtering the resource records, from the respective

calendars.

Start Time,

End Time

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