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

Host Groups navigation path ....................................................................................... 234
Ext-RAID Groups navigation path ................................................................................. 236
Drive types navigation path ......................................................................................... 237
Custom groups navigation path ................................................................................... 239
Searching for resources ..................................................................................................... 241
Viewing charts ................................................................................................................. 242
Using chart controls .......................................................................................................... 244
Adding new chart windows ........................................................................................ 244
Saving charts as PDF files ........................................................................................... 245
Saving favorite charts ................................................................................................. 245
Loading favorite charts ............................................................................................... 247
Creating reports for favorite charts ............................................................................... 248
Printing charts ........................................................................................................... 250
Forecasting utilization ................................................................................................. 250
Using date and time filters .......................................................................................... 251
Using chart Styles ...................................................................................................... 252
Zooming in on charts ................................................................................................. 254
Rearranging or moving chart windows ......................................................................... 256
Removing chart windows ............................................................................................ 256
12 Using reports ............................................................................... 257
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 257
Reports screen ........................................................................................................................ 259
Generating, saving, or scheduling reports .................................................................................. 260
Providing common report details ........................................................................................ 261
Generating or saving reports ............................................................................................. 263
Scheduling reports ........................................................................................................... 264
Creating report for busiest LDEVs and RAID groups ..................................................................... 265
Creating an All report ............................................................................................................. 266
Creating an LDEV Activity report ............................................................................................... 267
Viewing reports ...................................................................................................................... 268
Deleting reports ...................................................................................................................... 269
Virtualization for reports .......................................................................................................... 269
Enabling email notifications ..................................................................................................... 270
Editing report schedules ........................................................................................................... 270
Deleting report schedules ......................................................................................................... 271
Understanding report records ................................................................................................... 271
Understanding report schedule records ...................................................................................... 271
Logging report details and exceptions ....................................................................................... 272
13 Using Performance Estimator for XP arrays ....................................... 273
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 273
Supported disk types for performance estimation .................................................................. 274
Supported disk sizes for performance estimation .................................................................. 274
Understanding PET data .................................................................................................... 274
Estimating performance for XP24000 and XP12000 type arrays ................................................... 274
14 Troubleshooting issues for resources associated with applications ....... 277
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 277
Troubleshooting screen ...................................................................................................... 285
Associating applications and viewing resources performance data ......................................... 278
Associating applications with hosts ........................................................................................... 278
Removing association between application and hosts .................................................................. 282
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