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

Starting performance data collection in case of a disk failure ............................................ 59
Viewing performance data collection schedules ...................................................................... 59
Editing performance data collection schedules ....................................................................... 59
Stopping performance data collection schedules .................................................................... 60
Restarting performance data collection schedules ................................................................... 61
Deleting performance data collection schedules ..................................................................... 61
Setting the heap size to view and collect data ........................................................................ 62
Setting the heap size for management station .................................................................. 62
Setting the heap size values for Windows and Unix host agents ......................................... 63
5 Collecting real-time performance data for XP arrays .............................. 65
Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 65
RealTimeChart screen ................................................................................................................ 66
Starting real-time performance data collection .............................................................................. 67
Stopping real-time performance data collection ............................................................................ 72
6 Configuring common settings for XP Performance Advisor ...................... 75
Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 75
Configuring email and SNMP settings ......................................................................................... 76
Providing user-friendly names for XP arrays ................................................................................... 80
Registering the XP array SVP IP address in XP Performance Advisor ................................................. 80
Setting the severity level for events ............................................................................................... 81
Setting time zone for management stations ................................................................................... 82
Setting the duration to predict the LDEV response time ................................................................... 83
Managing custom groups .......................................................................................................... 83
Creating custom groups ...................................................................................................... 84
Using custom group filters ............................................................................................. 85
Significance of creating custom groups .................................................................................. 85
Viewing custom group configurations .................................................................................... 86
Modifying custom groups .................................................................................................... 88
Editing custom groups .................................................................................................. 88
Deleting custom groups ................................................................................................ 89
Managing fabricated LDEV records ............................................................................................. 89
Viewing Data Grid Update screen ........................................................................................ 90
Querying for fabricated LDEV records ................................................................................... 90
Modifying fabricated LDEV records ....................................................................................... 91
Editing fabricated LDEV records ..................................................................................... 92
Deleting fabricated LDEV records ................................................................................... 93
Using template ................................................................................................................... 93
Managing XP Performance Advisor user profiles ........................................................................... 94
Creating and editing user profiles ......................................................................................... 94
Creating a user record ................................................................................................. 95
Changing password ..................................................................................................... 95
Deleting a user record .................................................................................................. 96
Viewing group properties .................................................................................................... 96
7 Monitoring the XP array performance ................................................. 99
Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 99
Configuring threshold limits and viewing dashboard ............................................................... 99
Setting performance threshold limits .......................................................................................... 102
Specifying LDEV settings ................................................................................................... 103
Performance threshold metrics ............................................................................................ 104
Viewing Dashboard ................................................................................................................ 105
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