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

The End Time for this schedule shows 11.01.2008 09:00:00, which means the last report that XP
Performance Advisor generates is on 1st November 2008 at 09:00 hours. This is because, while
creating the schedule, the number of times it should repeat was entered as 2 in the Occurrence
box, which implies that this schedule repeat only twice before it is automatically deleted.
Hence, in addition to 1st October 2008, XP Performance Advisor also execute the schedule on
1st November 2008.
• Example 3: The Schedule Time for a schedule shows 09.10.2008 00:15:02, which means that the
schedule is created on 10th September 2008 at 00:15:02 hours. The Occurrence for this schedule
shows Daily at 19:00 hrs, which means XP Performance Advisor is supposed to generate a report
daily at 19:00 hours. Hence, the schedule is active and a report is generated only the day after
9th September 2008, on 10th September 2008 at 19:00 hours.
The End Time for this schedule shows 09.10.2008 19:00:00, which means that the last report that
XP Performance Advisor generates is on 10th September 2008 at 19:00 hours. This is because,
while creating the schedule, the number of times it should repeat was entered as 1 in the Occurrence
box, which implies that this schedule execute only once before it is automatically deleted.
• Example 4: The Schedule Time for a schedule shows 09.09.2008 19:35:06, which means that the
schedule is created on 9th September 2008 at 19:35:06 hours. The Occurrence for this schedule
shows The Second Thursday of Every Month at 00:00 hrs, which means XP Performance Advisor
is supposed to generate a report on the second Thursday of every month at 00:00 hours. Hence,
the schedule is active and a report is generated on 11th September 2008 at 00:00 hours.
The End Time for this schedule shows 12.11.2008 00:00:00, which means the last report that XP
Performance Advisor generates is on 11th December 2008 at 00:00 hours. This is because, while
creating the schedule, the number of times it should repeat was entered as 4 in the Occurrence
box, which implies that this schedule repeat only four times before it is automatically deleted.
Hence, in addition to 11th September 2008, XP Performance Advisor also executes the schedule
on 9th October, 13th November, and 11th December 2008.
Logging report details and exceptions
When a report is generated, manually or through the schedule, report details and exceptions are
logged in the pa.log and Log4J API files respectively. By default, only error conditions are logged.
To set the level of tracing:
1. Stop the XP Performance Advisor service from Start —> Programs —> HP StorageWorks —>
Stop services.
2. Navigate to the location <install directory>:\hpss\pa\tomcat\webapps\pa\WEB-INF\ and
open the Log4J.properties file using a text editor.
3. Uncomment the line log4j.rootLogger=ALL, DEFAULT_CONSOLE, DEFAULT_LOG,
DEFAULT_SOCKET under Debug Mode by removing the # and save the changes.
4. Restart the XP Performance Advisor service from Start —> Programs —> HP StorageWorks —>
Restart services.
You can access the pa.log file from the location: <install directory>:\HPSS\pa\tomcat\
log\
Using reports272