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

Settings > Custom Groups
“Managing custom groups” on page 103
Manage custom groups, where you create, view, modify, or delete
the custom groups
Settings > Data Grid Update
“Managing fabricated LDEV records” on page 110
Manage the fabricated LDEV records, where you modify or delete
the incomplete LDEV records, and also replicate settings across the
LDEV records
Settings > Security
“Managing P9000 Performance Advisor user
profiles” on page 115
Manage P9000 Performance Advisor users profiles, where you create,
modify or delete the user profiles, and view their group properties
IMPORTANT:
You must log on to P9000 Performance Advisor as an administrator or a user with administrator
privileges to perform the above-mentioned tasks. However, the administrator privileges are not required
to manage the custom groups and the fabricated LDEV records.
You can also configure the following specific settings:
• Set the threshold limits (Settings > Threshold Settings) and monitor the overall usage of the XP and
the P9000 disk arrays on the Dashboard screen. For more information on setting thresholds, see
“Configuring dashboard threshold settings” on page 122.
• Set the duration that P9000 Performance Advisor uses to predict the average read and write re-
sponse time of the LDEVs. For more information, see “Setting the duration to predict the LDEV re-
sponse time” on page 100.
• Configure email notification settings to receive notifications from the HP StorageWorks P9000
Performance Advisor Monitor service, which periodically monitors the statuses of the P9000 Per-
formance Advisor services. For more information, see Configuring SMTP parameters on page 102.
Configuring email and SNMP settings
You can configure P9000 Performance Advisor to dispatch email notification when the following
events occur:
• Reports are generated on schedule
• Performance of components cross the set threshold limits
• Performance of components drop below the set threshold limits for the first time
• Performance data collection fails
The settings that you specify for P9000 Performance Advisor to dispatch the email notifications
comprises of the following:
• Providing the source SMTP server IP address or host name and the port address
• Specifying the source email address for the alarms and reports notifications, and the data collection
failure notifications
• Specifying a separate destination email addresses for the alarms, reports, and the data collection
failure notifications
• Specifying a community name (Public or Private) for the SNMP server
• Specifying separate subject lines for the report email notifications, P9000 Alarms email notifications,
and the data collection failure notifications
• Specifying an appropriate title for the Good Information alarm email notifications
Configuring common settings for P9000 Performance Advisor92