Administrator Guide

Combine Usage Data into One Chart
You can combine IO usage data into a single chart with multiple Y axes.
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the IO Usage or Charting tab.
3. Select the Combine Charts check box to combine the IO usage data into a single chart with multiple Y axes.
Scale Usage Data in a Chart
You can change the scale for MB/Sec, IO/Sec, and Latency.
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the IO Usage or Charting tab.
3. Select the check box of the usage metric to scale.
• To scale the MB/Sec metric, select the Set MB/Sec Scale check box.
• To scale the IO/Sec metric, select the Set IO/Sec Scale check box.
• To scale the latency metric, select the Set Latency Scale check box.
4. Enter a value in the selected usage metric eld to scale the Y axis.
5. Press Enter. The data in the chart scales to t the new Y axis.
Select the Usage Data to Display in a Chart
You can show or hide usage data for a chart.
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the IO Usage or Charting tab.
3. Select a Storage Center or storage object from the IO Usage or Charting navigation pane.
4. Select the check boxes of the usage metrics to display in the chart and clear the check boxes of the usage metrics to not
display in the chart.
NOTE: Reducing the number of usage metrics to display reduces the time required to update the IO Chart tab.
Congure the Storage Center Data Gathering Schedule
You can congure the intervals at which Storage Manager gathers IO Usage, Replication Usage, and Storage Usage data from
managed Storage Centers.
1. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit Data Collector Settings. The Edit Data Collector Settings dialog
box appears.
2. Click the Schedules tab.
3. Click Edit. The Schedules dialog box opens.
4. Congure the data collection schedules, in the Storage Center Report Gathering Settings area, by performing the following
steps:
• To change how often IO usage data is collected, select a dierent period of time from the IO Usage drop-down menu.
• To change how often replication usage data is collected, select a dierent period of time from the Replication Usage drop-
down menu.
• To change how often storage usage data is collected, select a dierent period of time from the Storage Usage drop-down
menu.
If Daily is selected from the Storage Usage drop-down menu, the time of day that storage usage data is collected can be
selected from the Storage Usage Time drop-down menu.
5. Click OK.
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