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

Ext-RG(s) navigation path ............................................................................................ 291
Drive types navigation path ......................................................................................... 292
Custom groups navigation path ................................................................................... 293
Searching for components ................................................................................................. 295
Viewing charts ................................................................................................................. 296
Viewing top 20 consumers of an MP blade ......................................................................... 300
Viewing MP blade utilization by processing types ................................................................. 301
Viewing aggregate data for metrics .................................................................................... 303
Using chart controls and settings ........................................................................................ 304
Adding new chart windows ........................................................................................ 305
Saving charts as PDF files ........................................................................................... 305
Saving favorite charts ................................................................................................. 306
Loading favorite charts ............................................................................................... 307
Creating reports for favorite charts ............................................................................... 308
Printing charts ........................................................................................................... 310
Changing the Chart Work Area layout ......................................................................... 310
Viewing current LDEV assignments for an MP blade ........................................................ 311
Forecasting utilization ................................................................................................. 312
Using date and time filters .......................................................................................... 314
Using chart Styles ...................................................................................................... 314
Zooming in on charts ................................................................................................. 316
Rearranging or moving chart windows ......................................................................... 319
Removing chart windows ............................................................................................ 320
11 Using reports ............................................................................... 321
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 321
Types of reports ...................................................................................................................... 321
Create/Schedule Reports screen ............................................................................................... 326
Generating, saving, or scheduling reports .................................................................................. 327
Providing common report details ........................................................................................ 327
Generating or saving reports ............................................................................................. 329
Scheduling reports ........................................................................................................... 330
Creating report for busiest LDEVs and RAID groups ..................................................................... 332
Creating an LDEV Activity report ............................................................................................... 333
Creating report to view the most utilized RAID Groups ................................................................. 334
Viewing reports ...................................................................................................................... 335
Deleting reports ...................................................................................................................... 336
Virtualization for reports .......................................................................................................... 336
Enabling email notifications ..................................................................................................... 336
Editing report schedules ........................................................................................................... 337
Deleting report schedules ......................................................................................................... 337
Understanding report records ................................................................................................... 338
Understanding report schedule records ...................................................................................... 338
Logging report details and exceptions ....................................................................................... 339
12 Using Performance Estimator for XP and P9000 disk arrays ............... 341
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 341
Supported disk types for performance estimation .................................................................. 342
Supported disk sizes for performance estimation .................................................................. 342
Understanding Performance Estimator data .......................................................................... 342
Estimating performance for XP12000 Disk Arrays ....................................................................... 342
Estimating performance for XP24000 or P9500 Disk Array .......................................................... 344
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