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55 Analyzing Dell PS Series Storage with SAN Headquarters | TR1050
A SAN Headquarters tips and techniques
Several practices are helpful for day to day monitoring of the PS Series environment with SAN HQ. The following tips
are for reference.
A.1 Creating SAN HQ archives
Over time, SAN HQ automatically compresses the time for each interval to save log space. Archives are one way to
capture the more granular interval periods. For instance creating an archive each month to capture the busiest month-
end processing allows the data to be reviewed offline using the un-compressed interval. This may also be automated
through a command (SANHQClient.exe) to provide an archive that can be scheduled through Windows Task Scheduler.
See the Dell EqualLogic SAN Headquarters Installation and User’s Guide for more information.
A.2 Enable SAN HQ SupportAssist
SupportAssist allows Dell support personnel to provide intelligent, proactive support for the PS Series storage. In
addition, SAN HQ archives may be loaded directly to SupportAssist for further analysis when needed.
A.3 Create reports to review performance, capacity and configuration trends.
SAN HQ has many reports available to show the average performance, capacity, alerts, configuration and advanced
software status such as replication. These reports may be run manually through the GUI or using the command-line
interface (SANHQClient.exe) and scheduled through Windows Task Scheduler. See the Dell EqualLogic SAN
Headquarters Installation and User’s Guide for more information.