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

HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor collects configuration data for the XP or the P9000 disk array
through the selected command device. The Collection Status displays . 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 XP P9000 Performance Advisor completes receiving the latest configuration
data. The latest configuration data is automatically updated in HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor.
If there are new components that you want to monitor, enable the associated performance data
collection schedules to automatically collect data for the new components (RAID groups and ports).
For more information, see “Enabling performance collection schedules for automatic updates”
(page 65).
Clicking Reset restores the default settings.
Related Topics
• “Collecting configuration data” (page 52)
• “Deleting configuration data collection schedules” (page 58)
• “Performance data” (page 59)
• “Providing user-friendly names for XP and P9000 disk arrays” (page 76)
• “Registering the XP or P9000 disk array SVP IP address in HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor”
(page 77)
• “Filtering event records” (page 138)
• “Configuring email and SNMP settings” (page 73)
• “Starting real-time performance data collection” (page 319)
• “Viewing performance summary” (page 175)
• “Plotting charts” (page 233)
Configuration collection schedules
The following table describes the configuration collection schedules.
ExamplesDescriptionCollection
Schedule
If you create an hourly schedule
at 12:30 PM and set the schedule
If the collection schedule is selected as Hourly, the Hourly Schedule
list appears. Select the schedule frequency as 1 hour, 6 hours, or
12 hours.
Hourly
frequency as 1 hour, HP XP
The Start Time list is not enabled for the Hourly collection schedule.
P9000 Performance Advisor
executes the schedule only at
1:00 PM and collects data for the
next one hour. A new instance of
the schedule executes at 2:00 PM
again. This process repeats for
every 1 hour.
If the collection schedule is selected as Daily, provide the schedule
start time. Every time the schedule is executed, HP XP P9000
Daily
Performance Advisor collects the configuration data for the last 24
hours only.
If the collection schedule is selected as Weekly, the Day of the Week
list appears. Select the day and provide the schedule start time.
Weekly
Every time the schedule is executed, HP XP P9000 Performance
Advisor collects the configuration data for the last one week only.
If you select Sunday as the day
of the week, 2 as the week of the
If the collection schedule is selected as Monthly, the Monthly Schedule
appears with options for scheduling the collection on a particular
Monthly
month, and start time as 8:00date (Based on Date) or day (Based on Day) of a month. Every time
PM, HP XP P9000 Performance
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