HP XP7 PA Software User Guide

Viewing Smart and ThP pools data for P9500/XP7 disk arrays...................................................197
Viewing continuous access data for XP and XP7 disk arrays.......................................................202
CA link status metrics.......................................................................................................205
Viewing 10 busiest LDEVs and Ports........................................................................................208
Viewing 10 busiest LDEVs and RAID groups.............................................................................209
Viewing RAID group summary................................................................................................210
Viewing port summary..........................................................................................................212
Viewing 90th and 95th percentile values for Continuous Access ports..........................................213
Viewing LDEV data...............................................................................................................214
Querying and sorting data................................................................................................215
Configuring column settings..............................................................................................218
Components and metrics in the LDEV Column Settings list.................................................219
Viewing replication data for LDEVs.....................................................................................222
Filtering LDEV records.......................................................................................................223
Exporting LDEV data........................................................................................................225
Viewing RAID group information........................................................................................225
Continuous Access Journal Detail View...............................................................................226
Viewing ThP Pool Occupancy information............................................................................226
Viewing port information...................................................................................................227
Viewing SLPR information..................................................................................................228
Viewing CLPR information.................................................................................................228
Viewing LDEV data in custom groups.......................................................................................228
10 Using charts.........................................................................................230
Introduction..........................................................................................................................230
Charts screen.......................................................................................................................230
Plotting charts......................................................................................................................234
Selecting components and metrics......................................................................................236
XP or XP7 disk arrays monitored by HP XP7 Performance Advisor......................................236
Custom Groups...........................................................................................................238
Choosing metrics........................................................................................................238
Front-end navigation path.............................................................................................239
Cache navigation path................................................................................................241
Chart screen selections for the XP7, P9500, XP24000, XP20000, XP12000, and XP10000
Disk Arrays............................................................................................................242
MP Blades navigation path...........................................................................................243
Back-end navigation path.............................................................................................244
Pools navigation path..................................................................................................247
Snapshot Pool navigation path......................................................................................251
Replication Volumes navigation path..............................................................................253
LUSE navigation path...................................................................................................255
Host Groups navigation path........................................................................................257
Ext-RG(s) navigation path.............................................................................................261
Drive types navigation path..........................................................................................262
Custom groups navigation path.....................................................................................265
Searching for components.................................................................................................266
Viewing charts.................................................................................................................269
Viewing top 20 consumers of an MP blade.........................................................................273
Viewing MP blade utilization by processing types.................................................................274
Viewing aggregate data for metrics....................................................................................276
Using chart controls and settings........................................................................................277
Adding new chart windows..........................................................................................277
Saving charts as PDF files.............................................................................................278
Saving favorite charts..................................................................................................278
Loading favorite charts.................................................................................................279
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