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

XP array health ................................................................................................................ 107
Dashboard statistics .......................................................................................................... 109
Knowing resource level in Statistics section .................................................................... 110
Dashboard categories and threshold metrics ................................................................. 111
Dashboard busiest LDEVs information ................................................................................. 112
Dashboard charts ............................................................................................................. 115
High watermark in dashboard charts .................................................................................. 116
8 Configuring alarms and managing events ......................................... 119
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 119
Configuring alarms and viewing alarms history .................................................................... 119
Selecting resources and metrics ................................................................................................ 121
Configuring notification and monitoring settings .......................................................................... 123
Filtering records in Alarms table ......................................................................................... 123
Filtering records based on resources ............................................................................. 124
Filtering records based on metrics and alarm status ........................................................ 124
Setting threshold and dispatch levels ................................................................................... 125
Configuring alarm notifications .......................................................................................... 127
Establishing scripts for alarms ............................................................................................ 129
Enabling or disabling alarms ............................................................................................. 130
Applying a template ......................................................................................................... 131
Deleting records in the Alarms table ................................................................................... 133
Searching for resources in resource selection tree ........................................................................ 133
Managing alarms history ......................................................................................................... 134
Understanding alarms history ............................................................................................ 135
Viewing alarm history records ............................................................................................ 136
Filtering records in Alarms History table .............................................................................. 138
Filtering based on resources ........................................................................................ 138
Filtering based on Alarm History filters .......................................................................... 139
Alarm History filters .................................................................................................... 140
Forecasting THP pools utilization ........................................................................................ 142
Viewing performance graphs for resources .......................................................................... 143
Viewing events ....................................................................................................................... 144
Filtering event records ....................................................................................................... 145
Deleting event records ...................................................................................................... 146
9 Managing the XP Performance Advisor database ............................... 147
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 147
Database Manager screen ....................................................................................................... 148
Configuring database size ....................................................................................................... 149
Automatically increasing database size ............................................................................... 149
Manually increasing database size ..................................................................................... 150
Purging data .......................................................................................................................... 151
Manually purging data ..................................................................................................... 151
Purging XP array specific data ..................................................................................... 152
Purging older data ..................................................................................................... 152
Automatically purging data ............................................................................................... 153
Creating and viewing Export DB CSV files ................................................................................. 154
Creating Export DB CSV files ............................................................................................. 154
Importing data to MS Excel ............................................................................................... 158
Viewing Export DB CSV files .............................................................................................. 158
Deleting Export DB reports and schedules ..................................................................... 160
Archiving data ....................................................................................................................... 160
Importing data ....................................................................................................................... 163
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