P9000Watch and P9000Sketch Reference guide for HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor v5.3 (T1789-96325, August 2011)

5 Introduction to P9000Sketch
This section gives an overview of P9000Sketch.
Overview
P9000Sketch is a tool provided by HP to enable you to view the performance metrics of different
components of an XP or a P9000 disk array in a graphical format. The performance metrics obtained
on monitoring the selected XP or the P9000 disk array’s host groups, ports, LDEVs, RAID, CPU, and
DKC Groups including the array level metrics for a specified duration are stored in seven
comma-separated files (.csv files) that are generated, one file for each component.
The .csv files generated using P9000Watch in the Interactive mode can be opened in P9000Sketch
to view a graphical representation of the data.
You must load the .csv file in P9000Sketch, which transforms the metrics into various data points
on the graph. You can also select multiple metrics and view the values plotted on the graph. Using
these graphical representations, you can analyze the performance trend, identify bottlenecks or
problems, and take the necessary corrective actions.
NOTE:
P9000Sketch does not support the .csv files generated using P9000Watch in the CLI mode.
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