HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.4 User Guide (T1789-96328, April 2012)

Dashboard statistics .......................................................................................................... 127
Component levels in the Statistics section ...................................................................... 128
Dashboard statistics and threshold metrics ..................................................................... 129
Dashboard busiest consumers ............................................................................................ 131
Dashboard charts ............................................................................................................. 133
High watermark in dashboard charts .................................................................................. 135
7 Configuring alarms and managing events ......................................... 137
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 137
Configuring alarms and viewing alarms history .................................................................... 137
Selecting components and metrics ............................................................................................. 138
Configuring notification and monitoring settings .......................................................................... 140
Filtering records based on metrics and alarm status ............................................................... 141
Setting threshold level ....................................................................................................... 142
Configuring alarm notifications .......................................................................................... 143
Establishing scripts for alarms ............................................................................................ 145
Enabling or disabling alarms ............................................................................................. 146
Applying a template ......................................................................................................... 147
Deleting records in the Alarms table ................................................................................... 148
Searching for components ........................................................................................................ 149
Managing alarms history ......................................................................................................... 150
Understanding alarms history ............................................................................................ 150
Viewing alarm history records ............................................................................................ 151
Filtering records in Alarms History table .............................................................................. 153
Alarm History filters .................................................................................................... 154
Viewing performance graphs for components ....................................................................... 155
Viewing events ....................................................................................................................... 157
Filtering event records ....................................................................................................... 158
Deleting event records ...................................................................................................... 159
8 Managing the P9000 Performance Advisor database ......................... 161
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 161
Database Manager screen ....................................................................................................... 162
Configuring database size ....................................................................................................... 163
Automatically increasing database size ............................................................................... 163
Manually increasing database size ..................................................................................... 164
Purging data .......................................................................................................................... 165
Manually purging data ..................................................................................................... 165
Purging data for XP or P9000 disk array ...................................................................... 166
Purging older data ..................................................................................................... 166
Automatically purging data ............................................................................................... 167
Creating and viewing Export DB CSV files ................................................................................. 168
Export DB CSV files .......................................................................................................... 168
Creating Export DB CSV files ............................................................................................. 172
Importing data to MS Excel ............................................................................................... 176
Viewing Export DB CSV files .............................................................................................. 176
Deleting Export DB reports and schedules ..................................................................... 178
Archiving data ....................................................................................................................... 178
Importing data ....................................................................................................................... 181
Deleting logs for archival and import activities ............................................................................ 184
Migrating data to another management station .......................................................................... 184
Space requirements .......................................................................................................... 186
Migrating data using the Backup utility ............................................................................... 186
Saving or restoring data from the Windows command line .................................................... 187
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