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

Scheduling configuration data collection ............................................................................... 62
Configuration collection schedules ................................................................................. 66
Deleting configuration data collection schedules ..................................................................... 67
Collecting performance data ...................................................................................................... 68
Creating performance data collection schedules ..................................................................... 70
Enabling performance collection schedules for automatic updates ...................................... 75
Starting performance data collection in case of a disk failure ............................................ 77
Viewing performance data collection schedules ...................................................................... 77
Editing performance data collection schedules ....................................................................... 78
Stopping performance data collection schedules .................................................................... 78
Restarting performance data collection schedules ................................................................... 79
Deleting performance data collection schedules ..................................................................... 79
Setting the java heap size values .......................................................................................... 80
Setting the heap size for management station .................................................................. 80
Setting the heap size values for Windows and Unix host agents ......................................... 81
5 Collecting real-time performance data from XP and P9000 disk arrays .... 83
Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 83
RealTimeChart screen ................................................................................................................ 84
Starting real-time performance data collection .............................................................................. 85
Stopping real-time performance data collection ............................................................................ 89
6 Configuring common settings for P9000 Performance Advisor ................ 91
Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 91
Configuring email and SNMP settings ......................................................................................... 92
Providing user-friendly names for XP and P9000 disk arrays ........................................................... 96
Registering the XP or P9000 disk array SVP IP address in P9000 Performance Advisor ...................... 96
Setting the severity level for events ............................................................................................... 98
Setting time zone for management station .................................................................................... 99
Setting the duration to predict the LDEV response time ................................................................. 100
Receiving email notifications when P9000 Performance Advisor services fail ................................... 100
Managing custom groups ........................................................................................................ 103
Creating custom groups .................................................................................................... 104
Using custom group filters ........................................................................................... 105
Significance of creating custom groups ................................................................................ 105
Viewing custom group configurations .................................................................................. 106
Modifying custom groups .................................................................................................. 108
Editing custom groups ................................................................................................ 108
Deleting custom groups .............................................................................................. 109
Managing fabricated LDEV records ........................................................................................... 110
Viewing Data Grid Update screen ...................................................................................... 110
Querying for fabricated LDEV records ................................................................................. 111
Modifying fabricated LDEV records ..................................................................................... 112
Editing fabricated LDEV records ................................................................................... 112
Deleting fabricated LDEV records ................................................................................. 113
Using template ................................................................................................................. 114
Managing P9000 Performance Advisor user profiles ................................................................... 115
Creating and editing user profiles ....................................................................................... 115
Creating a user record ............................................................................................... 115
Changing password ................................................................................................... 116
Deleting a user record ................................................................................................ 116
Viewing group properties .................................................................................................. 117
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