HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.5 Install Guide (T1789-96339, February 2013)

Collecting configuration data
You can create a one-time configuration data collection or schedule it on a periodic basis. The
procedure described here is for scheduling a configuration data collection.
IMPORTANT:
• Select only one command device from an XP or a P9000 disk array to perform the configuration
data collection for that array.
• When a configuration data collection is in progress for an XP or a P9000 disk array, do not
initiate another configuration data collection for that array.
• The outband mode of configuration data collection is only supported for the P9500 Disk Array
and the XP10000, XP12000, XP20000, and XP24000 Disk Arrays.
With every outband mode of configuration data collection for an XP or a P9000 disk array,
HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor gets the latest internal raw disk capacity of that XP disk
array or the latest usable capacity of that P9500 disk array. These values are updated under
Array Capacity (TB) on the License screen. So, it is necessary that the SVP in the XP or the
P9000 disk array be online, accessible, not locked by any other user, or under maintenance.
• The internal raw disk capacity of a non P9500 disk array obtained through the inband mode
of configuration data collection is not accurate when compared to the value displayed by the
Remote Web Console. It might lead to license violations. If you want to view the accurate
internal raw disk capacity of a non P9500 disk array, HP recommends that you collect the
configuration data using the outband mode.
For a P9500 disk array, both the inband and the outband mode of configuration data collection
provide the accurate usable capacity (same as displayed by Remote Web Console).
To schedule a configuration data collection:
1. Click Monitoring+Array View in the left pane.
2. Click the Configuration Collection tab on the Array View screen.
3. In the Configuration Collection table, select the command device record corresponding to the
XP or the P9000 disk array for which you want to collect the configuration data.
Alternatively, click an XP or a P9000 disk array icon in the Available Arrays section to view
the corresponding set of records highlighted under the Configuration Collection tab. The existing
set of records are automatically sorted to display the command devices that belong to the
selected XP or the P9000 disk array at the beginning of the Configuration Collection table.
4. Select Collection Period as Recurring.
NOTE: To collect configuration data once, select One Time as the collection period.
“Configuration Data Collection” (page 96) shows scheduling configuration data collection
for 53036, which belongs to the P9500 Disk Array type.
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