HP XP7 PA Software User Guide

Tasks you can perform under the Configuration Collection tab
• “Collecting configuration data” (page 52)
• “Scheduling configuration data collection” (page 54)
One-time configuration data collection
Prerequisites
Ensure that the following prerequisites are met before you start the configuration data collection
for the XP and the XP7 disk arrays. These prerequisites are common for both the one-time and
scheduled configuration data collection:
• Start the configuration data collection only when a command device is created on an XP
or an XP7 disk array. For more information on creating command devices, refer to the HP
XP7 Performance Advisor Software Installation Guide.
• If multiple SLPRs are configured in an XP disk array, select the command device in the SLPR0.
However, if you select a command device in the SLPR1 or SLPR2, the configuration information
associated with the SLPR0 cannot be accessed due to security implementations.
NOTE:
◦ SLPR does not exist in the P9500 and XP7 disk arrays. So, the above-mentioned point
is not applicable for the P9500 and XP7 disk arrays.
◦ The outband mode of configuration data collection allows HP XP7 Performance
Advisor to directly collect data from the XP or XP7 disk array through the array SVP.
To perform a one-time configuration data collection:
1. Click Monitoring+Array View in the left pane.
The Array View screen appears.
2. Click the Configuration Collection tab. The Configuration Collection table displays the list
of command device records for all the XP and the XP7 disk arrays that are monitored by
HP XP7 Performance Advisor.
3. Select the command device record corresponding to the XP/XP7 disk array for which
you want to collect the configuration data.
Alternatively, click an XP or an XP7 disk array icon displayed above the Configuration
Collection tab to view the corresponding set of records highlighted in the Configuration
Collection table. The existing set of records are automatically sorted to display the command
devices that belong to the selected XP or XP7 disk array at the beginning of the
Configuration Collection table.
4. Retain the Collection Period as One Time (default selection).
52 Collecting configuration and performance data