HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.3 User and Troubleshooting Guide (T1789-96322, August 2011)

Launching P9000 Performance Advisor from P9000 Remote
Web Console
The HP Remote Web Console enables you to manage and optimize the P9000 storage systems. As
part of this process, you can launch P9000 Performance Advisor in context from P9000 Remote Web
Console to view the usage pattern of components for a longer duration and make provisioning
decisions. P9000 Performance Advisor displays usage data for the following components:
• Parity groups or RAID groups
• MP blade processors or MP blades
• Logical Devices or LDEVs
• Host groups
NOTE:
This section covers tasks that must be completed to launch P9000 Performance Advisor from P9000
Remote Web Console. For more information on Remote Web Console, see the product documentation.
The following workflow describes the tasks to launch P9000 Performance Advisor from P9000 Remote
Web Console:
1. Downloading the PA_Link_Launch_Configuration_Files.zip file from P9000
Performance Advisor and copying the contents of the zip file to the P9000 disk array SVP. The
zip file contains configuration files (.xml) to launch P9000 Performance Advisor from P9000
Remote Web Console.
For more information, see “Downloading and copying zip file contents to P9000 disk array
SVP” on page 374.
2. Updating the P9000 Performance Advisor management station IP address in the
appDefinition.xml file.
For more information, see “Updating the management station IP address and session
name” on page 375.
3. Establishing connection between P9000 Performance Advisor and P9000 Remote Web Console.
For more information, see “Establishing connection between P9000 Performance Advisor and
P9000 Remote Web Console” on page 376.
4. Logging into P9000 Remote Web Console and launch P9000 Performance Advisor.
For more information, see “Launching P9000 Performance Advisor” on page 377.
After launching P9000 Performance Advisor, you can view the usage data of MP blades, parity
groups, logical devices, and host groups.
Downloading and copying zip file contents to P9000 disk array SVP
1. On the title bar, click Support to navigate to the P9000 Performance Advisor Support screen.
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