XPWatch and XPSketch Reference guide for HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor

5 Introduction to HP XP P9000Sketch
This section gives an overview of HP XP P9000Sketch.
Overview
HP XP P9000Sketch is a tool provided by HP to enable you to view the performance metrics of
different components of an XP or a P9000 disk array in a graphical format. The performance
metrics obtained on monitoring the selected XP or the P9000 disk array’s host groups, ports, LDEVs,
RAID, CPU, and DKC Groups including the array level metrics for a specified duration are stored
in seven comma-separated files (.csv files) that are generated, one file for each component.
The .csv files generated using HP XP P9000Watch in the Interactive mode can be opened in HP
XP P9000Sketch to view a graphical representation of the data.
You must load the .csv file in HP XP P9000Sketch, which transforms the metrics into various data
points on the graph. You can also select multiple metrics and view the values plotted on the graph.
Using these graphical representations, you can analyze the performance trend, identify bottlenecks
or problems, and take the necessary corrective actions.
NOTE: HP XP P9000Sketch does not support the .csv files generated using HP XP P9000Watch
in the CLI mode.
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