Administrator Guide

View Growth Data for a Storage Type
Use the Growth tab in the Storage Types view to display historical growth data for a storage type.
Steps
1. Connect to a Data Collector, and select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane of Unisphere Central.
2. From the STORAGE menu, click Storage Types.
The Storage Types view is displayed.
3. Select a storage type from the Storage Type pane.
The Tiers tab is displayed in the bottom pane.
4. Click the Growth tab in the bottom pane.
By default, the last week of growth data is displayed.
5. To change the period of growth data that is displayed, select a different time period from the Display drop-down menu.
• Last Day – Displays the past 24 hours of growth data.
• Last 3 Days – Displays the past 72 hours of growth data.
• Last 5 Days – Displays the past 120 hours of growth data.
• Last Week – Displays the past 7 days of growth data.
• Last Month – Displays growth data for the past month.
• Custom – Displays options that allow you to specify the start time and the end time of the growth data to display.
Export I/O Usage Data
You can export I/O usage data for systems, volumes, servers, ports, disks, controllers, storage profiles, and QoS profiles.
Steps
1. If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane of Unisphere
Central.
2. From the MONITORING menu, click Performance.
The Performance view is displayed.
3. Click the IO Charts tab and click the tab that contains the I/O usage data to export.
4. Click Export IO Usage.
The Export IO Usage Data dialog box opens.
5. Select the output file type from the Output Type drop-down menu:
• Comma Separated Values (CSV)
• HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
• Portable Document Format (PDF)
• Microsoft Excel Format
6. Select the storage objects with the I/O usage data to export from the IO Usage Options area.
7. Click OK.
Exporting Usage and Monitoring Data
You can export Storage Usage and Monitoring data to CSV, Text, Excel, HTML, XML, or PDF.
Export Storage Usage Data for a Single Storage Center
You can export storage usage data for an individual Storage Center and the volumes, and servers associated with the Storage Center.
Steps
1. If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane of Unisphere
Central.
2. In the Storage Center Summary view, click (More Actions) and then select Export Storage Usage.
Viewing Storage Center Information
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