HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.5 User Guide (T1789-96337, Februrary 2013)

11 Using reports
This chapter discusses the following topics:
• “Generating, saving, or scheduling reports” (page 297)
• “Viewing a report” (page 305)
• “Viewing a schedule” (page 306)
• “Virtualization for reports” (page 306)
• “Logging report details and exceptions” (page 309)
Introduction
Reports provide history of performance data collected for a specified XP or a P9000 disk array,
where a visual representation of the performance trend of components is shown for a duration that
you specify. The performance data points are plotted for different metrics that help analyze the
performance of an XP or a P9000 disk array.
Reports can be a one-time activity, where you either generate and view a report, or save a copy
of the report for later reference.
• If you generate a report, you can only view a temporary copy of the report. You cannot retrieve
the report once it is closed. For more information, see “Generating, saving, or scheduling
reports” (page 297).
• If you save a report, it is available in the following location: Local_drive:\HPSS\pa\
tomcat\webapps\pa\export. By default, the Local_drive on the management station
refers to the C drive, where the Windows operating system is installed and the HPSS folder
is also copied to the C drive. For more information, see “Viewing a report” (page 305).
Reports can also be a scheduled activity, where data is collected periodically on a daily, weekly,
or monthly basis. For more information, see “Generating, saving, or scheduling reports” (page 297).
Types of reports
Reports in HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor provide a high level performance view of the XP
and P9000 disk arrays, and the utilization of individual components in these disk arrays. Each
report includes the 50th, 90th, and 95th percentile values as legends in the charts. Following are
the different reports that you can view in HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor. The Yes and No
given under For XP disk arrays and For P9000 disk arrays columns indicate whether that particular
report is displayed for the XP or the P9000 disk array:
For P9000 disk arraysFor XP disk arraysDescriptionReport types
YesYes
The Findings section provides
a brief summary on the status
The Array Performance report
provides the overall array
performance by measuring the
total I/Os, read and write I/Os
Array Performance
• The Findings section
provides a brief summary
on the status of the cache,
LDEVs, and the MP blades.
of the CHIPs, cache, ACP, and
the LDEVs.
on that array. The Array
Performance report comprises
of the following reports:
• The utilization summary of
the CHIP/CHA and
• Total I/O Rate
ACP/DKA MPs are not
displayed in the Array
• Total I/O Rate by hour of
day
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