P9000Watch and P9000Sketch Reference guide for HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor v5.2 (T1789-96319, May 2011)

Table 4 lists the Selection options available in the P9000Watch interface and their functions.
Table 4 Selection options
FunctionOptionCommand
To select all items in a given menu.Select Alla
To clear all the selected items in a given
menu.
Select Noner
Table 5 lists the Miscellaneous options available in the P9000Watch interface and their functions.
Table 5 Miscellaneous options
FunctionOptionCommand
To change the settings of P9000Watch.Settingss
To view the Nickname menu.Nickname Menux
Executing commands in CLI mode
NOTE:
1. If none of the below mentioned commands are provided, P9000Watch is executed in the Inter-
active mode.
2. A performance data collection interval of five seconds is recommended, if your XP or P9000
disk array has 2000 or lesser LDEVs. If the LDEVs configured are more than 2000, the time taken
to collect performance data increases accordingly.
Syntax conventions
Table 8 lists the symbols that are used to depict command syntax. This table supplements the conventions
described in Document conventions and symbols.
Table 6 Syntax conventions
MeaningSymbol
Indicates optional items.
For example, if this is given in the syntax [-f <filename>], then it implies that it is an optional
parameter and you can execute the command without this parameter.
[ ]
Indicates a value that you define.
For example, –s <array-serial number> will have the value –s 10090
< >
Separates mutually exclusive choices. Type one of the choices.
For example, –l <all|ldev-list> implies that you can either select all the LDEVs or you can
specifically list the LDEVs as –l 00:01,00:02
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You can execute the following commands to use P9000Watch in the CLI mode:
./xpwatch –c –s <array-serial number> -hg <host-groups> [-f <filename>] [-a <frequency for archiving
data>] -i <number of hours for execution>
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