HP StorageWorks P9000 Application Performance Extender Software User Guide (5697-0984, September 2012)

Proactive License Tracking .......................................................................................................... 31
Permanent License ..................................................................................................................... 32
Meter Based Term license .......................................................................................................... 32
Meter based Term license requirement .................................................................................. 33
Meter based Term license activation and consumption ............................................................ 34
Generating licenses at the HPAC license key website ..................................................................... 39
Installing licenses ...................................................................................................................... 40
Viewing license details .............................................................................................................. 41
Exceeding Permanent licensed capacity and grace period ............................................................. 41
Exceeding Meter based Term licensed capacity and grace period ................................................... 42
Violating licensed capacity ........................................................................................................ 45
Removing licenses ..................................................................................................................... 45
4 P9000 Application Performance Extender user interface layout .............. 47
Common tasks .......................................................................................................................... 49
5 Using P9000 Application Performance Extender .................................. 51
Discovering hosts and collecting configuration data ....................................................................... 52
Data Collection screen ........................................................................................................ 52
Adding ESX server ............................................................................................................. 53
Updating ESX Password ...................................................................................................... 54
Collecting configuration data ............................................................................................... 54
Specifying controller and command device settings ....................................................................... 55
Controller Settings screen .................................................................................................... 55
Specifying controller settings ................................................................................................ 57
Specifying command device settings ..................................................................................... 57
Specifying DLOM settings .......................................................................................................... 59
DLOM Settings screen ......................................................................................................... 59
Enabling DLOM settings ...................................................................................................... 61
Managing Service Level Objectives ............................................................................................. 63
SLO Settings screen ........................................................................................................... 63
Creating SLO profiles .......................................................................................................... 66
Updating SLO profiles ......................................................................................................... 66
Assigning SLO profiles to arrays ........................................................................................... 67
Removing SLO profiles ........................................................................................................ 67
Scheduling SLO profiles ...................................................................................................... 67
Creating a schedule ..................................................................................................... 67
Updating schedules ..................................................................................................... 69
Removing schedules ..................................................................................................... 69
Managing workloads ................................................................................................................ 69
Workload settings screen .................................................................................................... 69
Creating workloads ............................................................................................................ 71
Updating workloads ........................................................................................................... 72
Removing workloads ........................................................................................................... 72
Filtering workload records ................................................................................................... 72
Specifying workload settings in a cluster environment .............................................................. 73
Viewing utilization graphs .......................................................................................................... 73
MPB graphs screen ............................................................................................................. 73
Viewing and generating MPB graphs .................................................................................... 74
Monitoring workload performance .............................................................................................. 75
Workload graphs screen ..................................................................................................... 75
Viewing and generating workload graphs ............................................................................. 76
Specifying performance data collection interval ...................................................................... 77
Specifying array alias ......................................................................................................... 78
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