HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

Figure 19 Configuration Data Collection
5. Select the Collection Schedule as hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. By default, the collection
is scheduled weekly, every sunday at 00:00 hours.
6. If you selected an XP disk array and outband mode of configuration data collection:
• Manually enter the SVP IP address in the SVP IP Address text box and proceed to next
step to initiate the configuration data collection.
If you already registered the XP disk array SVP with the respective management station,
the corresponding SVP IP address is displayed in the SVP IP Address text box. For more
information, see the section on 'Registering the XP,P9000 or XP7 disk array SVP IP address
in HP XP7 Performance Advisor' in HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software User Guide.
If you selected an XP7 disk array and outband mode of configuration data collection:
• The corresponding SVP IP address and RWC user name and password are displayed in
the respective text boxes, if you already saved these credentials in HP XP7 Performance
Advisor for the selected XP7 disk array. For more information, see the section on
'Registering the XP, P9000 or XP7 disk array SVP IP address in HP XP7 Performance
Advisor' in HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software User Guide.
◦ If you have privileges to read the disk array configuration (minimum required - Storage
Admin role with View privilege), select the Authentication Enabled check box and
then proceed to next step to initiate the configuration collection. This authentication
is required to collect configuration data of the disk array. Before enabling
authentication, ensure that you first save the credentials in the Settings+Register SVP
IP/Save SVP Credentials section.
◦ If you do not want to enable the authentication, proceed to next step to initiate the
configuration collection. If the SVP IP address is not saved earlier, you can manually
enter the SVP IP address.
If authentication is required and you do not enable it, the configuration data collection will
fail.
7. Click Submit.
HP XP7 Performance Advisor collects configuration data for the XP, P9000 or the XP7 disk array
through the selected command device. The Collection Status displays , which indicates that the
collection is in progress. Hover the pointing device over the status icon to know the status, which
is displayed as a tool tip. The selected schedule type and frequency appear under Frequency.
After the configuration data is collected for the specified frequency, the Collection Status displays
, and the Last Collection displays the updated time stamp when HP XP7 Performance Advisor
completes receiving the latest configuration data. The latest configuration data is automatically
updated in HP XP7 Performance Advisor. If there are new components that you want to monitor,
94 Using HP XP7 Performance Advisor