HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

Table 1 HP XP7 Performance Advisor utilities (continued)
DescriptionHP XP7 Performance Advisor tools
graphical representation of the performance metrics of
different components, such as the ports, LDEVs, RAID
groups, CPU, continuous access journals, and the DKC for
a specified duration.
In addition, HP XPSketch also provides a graphical
representation of the MP blade utilization metrics for the
XP7 disk arrays.
The performance metrics of these components are stored
in a comma separated file (.csv) provided by HP XPWatch
that can be opened in HP XPSketch. From these graphical
representations, you can analyze the performance trend,
identify bottlenecks or problems, and take the necessary
corrective actions.
HP XPInfo is a command-line utility provided with HP XP7
Performance Advisor. It is used to obtain information about
the LUNs exposed to the XP and the XP7 disk arrays.
HP XPInfo
The CLUI is a command-line user interface that monitors
the performance of XP, P9500 and XP7 disk arrays. It
CLUI
enables you to set alarms and configure host information
using commands and scripts. The CLUI also provides shell
scripts for most commands. HP recommends that you use
these scripts to access commands.
Upgrade work flow
To upgrade HP XP7 Performance Advisor and the host agents, complete the following steps:
1. Complete the prerequisites to upgrade HP XP7 Performance Advisor.
2. Upgrade HP XP7 Performance Advisor on a management station.
3. Verify that HP XP7 Performance Advisor services have started and you are able to login using
your credentials.
4. Verify that the License Status section displays the same license information for the monitored
disk arrays as was displayed before the upgrade. If any of the existing licenses had expired
before the upgrade was initiated, generate and add new licenses in HP XP7 Performance
Advisor to continue monitoring those disk arrays.
5. Verify the HP XP7 Performance Advisor functionality for historic data by plotting charts, and
see if you are able to view the previous set of collections.
6. Complete the prerequisites to upgrade the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents.
7. Upgrade the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents on the respective hosts.
8. Verify that the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agent services have started and you are able
to view host agent details in the HP XP7 Performance Advisor GUI.
9. Verify that you are able to perform configuration and performance data collections using the
upgraded version of HP XP7 Performance Advisor.
In addition to an installation checklist, HP XP7 Performance Advisor also provides an upgrade
checklist that guides you through the upgrade process. Before proceeding with the upgrade, ensure
that you have completed the appropriate prerequisites and tasks mentioned in the checklist. For
more information, see “Upgrade checklist for HP XP7 Performance Advisor” (page 99).
“HP XP7 Performance Advisor upgrade work flow” (page 11) provides a high level understanding
on how to upgrade to the latest version of HP XP7 Performance Advisor.
10 Overview of HP XP7 Performance Advisor