HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor v6.0 Software Troubleshooting and FAQs Guide

Table 5 Limiting the amount of disk array history records per transfer from the web server
...%HPSS_HOME%\pa\properties\
serverparameters.properties
File
This parameter is read the first time a request is sent to
scroll through a range of disk array data.
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This limits the amount of records the web server can send
to the client and prevents a large amount of data from
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being dragged across the network at one time. To view a
large amount of records, manually adjust the begin and
end times on the web browser, and request the records
from the web server.
Use the following to keep an XML data request that covers
a large amount of time, data records from tying up a servlet
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with a large transfer and causing out-of-memory errors.
The client can make requests for more data, because it has
a count of records that are available and can specify which
record to start with for the next transfer.
DiskArrayPerfHistoryMaxRecordTransfer=1000
Table 6 User’s database backup and restore
When it is necessary to perform a backup of the HP XP
P9000 Performance Advisor users and groups data, and
restore it later.
When necessary
User’s database backup and restore.
To backup the data, select Start+Programs+HP Storage
Works+XP Performance Advisor+Backup Utility.
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To restore the data, select Start+Programs+HP Storage
Works+XP Performance Advisor+Restore.
When you perform a backup or restore operation, the HP
XP P9000 Performance Advisor service is automatically
stopped. After the backup or restore completes, you need
to manually start the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor
services (select Start+Programs+HP Storage Works+XP
Performance Advisor+Start services).
Table 7 Configuring the alarm dispatch engine on the web server
...%HPSS_HOME%\pa\properties\
serverparameters.properties
File
These parameters are read whenever an alarm dispatch
engine is started. An alarm dispatch engine comprises
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various threads, and it is attached to a servlet. The servlet
alarm tallies can be viewed in a web browser at:
http://<servername>/servlet/com.hp.xpsl.alarms.AlarmDis
patchServlet
This is mentioned here as a convenience and is not
supported because its purpose is for development and
debugging. The fields presented to the web browser are
used in the dispatch engine's bookkeeping, and do not
necessarily correspond to alarms that are sent to a
particular destination.
Nevertheless, it serves as a window for monitoring and
general status purposes. See the Event History window for
a more useful display. Send suggestions on how you would
like to see this feature improved to better serve your needs.
Only the first two parameters are relevant to customer-site
usage. The two default timeout values are greater than the
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normal error-sensing time that is actually necessary. These
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