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

Choosing metrics ....................................................................................................... 270
Front-end navigation path ........................................................................................... 272
Cache navigation path ............................................................................................... 275
MP Blades navigation path ......................................................................................... 277
Back-end navigation path ............................................................................................ 278
THP Pool navigation path ............................................................................................ 283
Snapshot Pool navigation path .................................................................................... 285
Replication Volumes navigation path ............................................................................ 288
LUSE navigation path ................................................................................................. 290
Host Groups navigation path ....................................................................................... 292
Ext-RG(s) navigation path ............................................................................................ 294
Drive types navigation path ......................................................................................... 296
Custom groups navigation path ................................................................................... 298
Searching for components ................................................................................................. 300
Viewing charts ................................................................................................................. 301
Viewing top 20 consumers of an MP blade ......................................................................... 305
Viewing MP blade utilization by processing types ................................................................. 306
Viewing Aggregate Data for Metrics ................................................................................... 308
Using chart controls .......................................................................................................... 309
Adding new chart windows ........................................................................................ 310
Saving charts as PDF files ........................................................................................... 310
Saving favorite charts ................................................................................................. 311
Loading favorite charts ............................................................................................... 312
Creating reports for favorite charts ............................................................................... 313
Printing charts ........................................................................................................... 315
Changing the Chart Work Area layout ......................................................................... 315
Viewing current LDEV assignments for an MP blade ........................................................ 316
Forecasting utilization ................................................................................................. 317
Using date and time filters .......................................................................................... 319
Using chart Styles ...................................................................................................... 319
Zooming in on charts ................................................................................................. 321
Rearranging or moving chart windows ......................................................................... 323
Removing chart windows ............................................................................................ 324
12 Using reports ............................................................................... 325
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 325
Types of reports ...................................................................................................................... 325
Reports screen ........................................................................................................................ 330
Generating, saving, or scheduling reports .................................................................................. 331
Providing common report details ........................................................................................ 332
Generating or saving reports ............................................................................................. 334
Scheduling reports ........................................................................................................... 335
Creating report for busiest LDEVs and RAID groups ..................................................................... 337
Creating an LDEV Activity report ............................................................................................... 338
Creating report to view the most utilized RAID Groups ................................................................. 339
Viewing reports ...................................................................................................................... 340
Deleting reports ...................................................................................................................... 341
Virtualization for reports .......................................................................................................... 341
Enabling email notifications ..................................................................................................... 341
Editing report schedules ........................................................................................................... 342
Deleting report schedules ......................................................................................................... 342
Understanding report records ................................................................................................... 343
Understanding report schedule records ...................................................................................... 343
Logging report details and exceptions ....................................................................................... 344
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