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HP StorageWorks
XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User
Guide
Abstract
This user's guide describes and provides instructions for using the Performance Monitor software.
Part Number: T5214-96088
Eleventh edition: October 2010

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  • Page 1 HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide Abstract This user's guide describes and provides instructions for using the Performance Monitor software. Part Number: T5214-96088 Eleventh edition: October 2010...
  • Page 2 U.S. Government under vendor's standard commercial license. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Viewing Workload Statistics on LU Paths ................48 WWN Tab of the Performance Monitor Window ................49 Monitoring Options Window ..................... 52 Other Windows ........................55 5 Performance Monitor Operations ............57 Overview of Performance Monitor Operations ................57 XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 4 Start Monitoring ......................... 57 View the Monitoring Results ....................59 Starting and Stopping Storage System Monitoring ..............60 Monitoring Resources in the Storage System ................. 61 Viewing Usage Statistics about Parity Groups ................. 61 Viewing Usage Statistics about Volumes in Parity Groups ............63 Viewing Usage Statistics about External Volume Groups ............
  • Page 5 Causes of Invalid Monitoring Data .................... 158 7 Troubleshooting ................161 Troubleshooting Performance Monitor ..................161 Troubleshooting the Export Tool ....................162 Calling HP Technical Support ....................166 8 Support and Other Resources ............167 XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 6 Related Documentation ......................167 Conventions for Storage Capacity Values ................... 167 HP Technical Support ......................168 Subscription Service ........................ 168 HP Websites .......................... 168 Documentation Feedback ......................168 Glossary ..................169 Index ....................171...
  • Page 7 Example of DRR Usage Rates Displayed in the List ............72 Selecting an Item to be Displayed in the Graph (Shortrange) ........73 Examples of Write Pending Rate and Cache Usage Rate Displayed ....... 74 Examples of Usage Statistics Displayed in the List ............76 XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 8 I/O Rates for Disks ....................78 Transfer Rates for Disks .................... 81 I/O Rates for Ports ....................84 Transfer Rates for Ports ..................... 87 I/O Rates for LU Paths ..................... 90 Transfer Rates for LU Paths ..................91 I/O Rates for Host Bus Adapters (WWN Tab) ............94 Transfer Rates for Host Bus Adapters (WWN Tab) ............
  • Page 9 Universal Replicator for Mainframe (At Volumes Controlled by a Particular CU) ..... 115 Files with Statistics about Volumes in Parity Groups, External Volume Groups, or V-VOL Groups (At Volumes Controlled by a Particular CU) ........... 117 XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 10 Errors Which Export Tool Retry the Processing ............126 Estimate of Time Required for Exporting Files ............127 Termination Codes that the Export Tool Returns ............127 Subcommand List ....................128 Syntax Descriptions ....................130 Operands of the group Subcommand and Saved Monitoring Data ......135 Monitoring Items To Which the longrange Subcommand Can be Applied ....

  • Page 11: Overview Of Performance Monitor

    To correctly display the performance statistics of a parity group and a LUSE volume, specify the following: All volumes that belong to the parity group as the monitoring targets. All volumes that make up the LUSE volume as the monitoring targets. Figure 1 illustrates and simplifies the performance management process. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 12 Overview of Performance Monitor...

  • Page 13: Performance Management Process Flow Diagram

    Figure 1 Performance Management Process Flow Diagram HP StorageWorks XP Auto LUN Software lets you balance workload among hard disk drives, volumes (LUs) and processors to remove bottlenecks from your system. If Performance Monitor indicates that a lot of I/Os are made to some hard disk drives, you can use XP Auto LUN to distribute workloads to other disk drives.
  • Page 14 Overview of Performance Monitor...

  • Page 15: About Performance Monitor

    To use Performance Monitor, you must use the WWW client computer to log on to the SVP. When you are logged on, the HP StorageWorks Remote Web Console program, which is a Java application program, automatically downloads the applet the to the WWW client computer. You can perform Performance Monitor operations in the Remote Web Console window.

  • Page 16: Understanding Statistical Storage Ranges

    When you display usage statistics about resources, you can select the displayed range. For more information on using XP Auto LUN, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Auto LUN Software User Guide.

  • Page 17: Volume Usage Statistics

    Groups” on page 63. External Volume Group Usage Statistics If the storage system is connected to an external storage system by HP StorageWorks XP External Storage Software, Performance Monitor can also monitor the usage conditions on external hard disk drives.

  • Page 18: External Volume Usage Statistics

    XP20000 Disk Array because the XP20000 Disk Array has only one pair of DKA. If you are using an XP20000 Disk Array and you want to know usage rates of DKPs, you must check the usage rate of each parity group. For details on how to view usage statistics about disk adapters and disk processors, see “Viewing Usage Stat-...

  • Page 19: Migrating Volumes In Xp24000 Disk Arrays When The Disk Processor Usage Rate Is

    Migrate volumes from parity groups with the following DKP70-1KU IDs to another parity group: DKP71-1KU DKA-1KU DKP72-1KU DKP73-1KU 16-X Migrate volumes from parity groups with the following DKP64-1LL IDs to another parity group: DKP65-1LL DKA-1LL DKP66-1LL DKP67-1LL 17-X XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 20 Cluster Disk Adapter Disk Processor Migrating Volumes in an XP24000 Disk Array Migrate volumes from parity groups with the following DKP74-1KL IDs to another parity group: DKP75-1KL DKA-1KL 10-X DKP76-1KL DKP77-1KL 18-X Migrate volumes from parity groups with the following IDs to another parity group: DKPC0-2MU DKPC1-2MU...

  • Page 21: Drr Processor Usage Statistics

    DKP usage values vary only slightly, or for cases in which overall DRR usage values are relatively high. XP Auto LUN is designed for use with obvious cases of high or unbalanced DKP usage. For more information on using XP Auto LUN, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Auto LUN Software User Guide.

  • Page 22: Access Path Usage Statistics

    Access Path Usage Statistics An access path is a path through which data and commands are transferred within a storage system. In a storage system, channel adapters control data transfer between hosts and the cache memory. Disk adapters control data transfer between the cache memory and hard disk drives. Data transfer does not occur between channel adapters and disk adapters.

  • Page 23: Port Traffic Statistics

    Paths” on page 88. You will be unable to view workload statistics that expired a specific storing period because such statistics are erased from the storage system. The storing period of statistics is only short range (between XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 24: Traffic Between Hbas And Storage System Ports

    8 hours to 15 days) and that changes depending on the collecting interval specified by the user. For details on the storing period of statistics, see “Understanding Statistical Storage Ranges” on page 16. The traffic statistics reported for an LU is aggregated across all LU paths defined for an LU. I/O rate is the sum of I/Os across all LU paths defined for an LU.

  • Page 25: Interoperability With Other Products

    Powering off the storage system If you power off the storage system during monitoring, monitoring stops only while the storage system is powered off. When you power on the storage system again, Performance Monitor cannot XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 26 V-VOLs. For this reason, the pool volumes are not displayed in LDEV tab. Viewing the WWN tab To start monitoring traffic between host bus adapters and storage system ports, you must make settings before starting monitoring. For details, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Performance Control User Guide. Displaying monitoring data In lists of the Auto LUN window contents, a hyphen (-) might be displayed in monitoring data columns.

  • Page 27: Preparing For Performance Monitor Operations

    Performance management operations require the Remote Web Console program, which is downloaded to your WWW client computer. Your WWW client computer must be connected to the storage system via LAN. Browser settings are also required on your WWW client computer. For details, see HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Remote Web Console User Guide.

  • Page 28: Performance Monitor Limitations

    For more information on using XP Auto LUN, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Auto LUN Software User Guide. This section explains the permission-driven limitations of Performance Monitor and the Export Tool. Performance Monitor Limitations The Performance Monitor functions, which are limited when you logged in as a storage partition...

  • Page 29: Export Tool Limitations

    The monitoring data about remote copy operations performed by XP Continuous Access, TrueCopy for Mainframe, XP Continuous Access Journal, and Universal Replicator for Mainframe cannot be exported. A storage partition administrator cannot use the set command to start or stop monitoring, or change the gathering interval. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 30 Preparing for Performance Monitor Operations...

  • Page 31: Using The Performance Monitor Windows

    Web Console main window, Performance Monitor starts and the Auto LUN window is active. The Auto LUN window includes the Physical tab, where you can view usage rates for parity groups, volumes, channel processors, disk processors, etc. In addition, when you use XP External Storage to XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 32: Physical Tab Of The Auto Lun Window

    (storage system other than HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Disk Array) to the internal volumes, you can view usage conditions of volumes in the external storage system (that is, external volumes) and the groups of external volumes.
  • Page 33 In the Monitoring Data area, the list on the upper right specifies the type of statistics to be displayed in the window. When the Physical tab is active, the list contains only one List entry (that is, Usage). XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 34 Group folder are IDs of parity groups or external volume groups. An ID beginning with E indicates that the group is an external volume group. A volume existing in an external storage system and mapped to a volume in the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Disk Array by using XP External Storage is called an external volume.
  • Page 35 Use XP Auto LUN to optimize hard disk drive performance. For more information Plan on using XP Auto LUN, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Auto LUN Software User Guide. Displays a line graph that illustrates changes in usage statistics. The graph can display Draw up to eight lines simultaneously.

  • Page 36: Long-Range Storage

    When longrange is selected, the Auto LUN button is activated. The system administrator can start XP Auto LUN to migrate volumes for balancing workloads based on the monitoring results displayed in the Auto LUN window. For more information on using XP Auto LUN, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Auto LUN Software User Guide.

  • Page 37: Short-Range Storage

    “Viewing Usage Statistics about External Volumes in External Volume Groups” on page 67. You cannot view the ratio of HP StorageWorks XP Business Copy Software processing and so on to all processing, and the usage statistics about cache memory. For details on the ratio of XP...

  • Page 38: The Ldev Tab Of The Performance Monitor Window

    Figure 9 The LDEV Tab of the Performance Monitor Window When the LDEV tab is active, the Auto LUN window contains the following information: Item Description Current monitoring status: Enable: Performance Monitor is monitoring the storage system Monitoring Switch Disable: The storage system is not being monitored. Current interval of collecting statistics in short range monitoring.
  • Page 39 The From and To boxes are unavailable if the monitoring data (that is, obtained statistics) is not stored in the storage system. The Real Time option is grayed out when the LDEV tab is active. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 40 When HP StorageWorks XP Snapshot Software is used, the IDs of V-VOL groups begin with V. When HP StorageWorks XP Thin Provisioning Software is used, the IDs of V-VOL groups begin with X. Therefore, if a folder number ends with the letter V or X, such as Box V1 or Box X1, it contains V-VOL groups.
  • Page 41 Figure 11). If you select Detail and then click Draw, the graph displays detailed statistics as explained Table 4. The information in the graph depends on the item selected in the list on the right. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 42: Selecting An Item To Be Displayed In The Graph (Ldev Tab)

    Figure 10 Selecting an Item to be Displayed in the Graph (LDEV Tab) Table 3 Items You Can Select in the List and the Types of Statistics (LDEV Tab) Item selected in the Meaning Type of statistics list I/O rate Transfer rate The I/O rate.

  • Page 43: Port-Lun Tab Of The Auto Lun Window

    The statistics about traffics of ports connected to mainframe host groups cannot be obtained. For details on how to use this window, see “Monitoring Ports” on page 82 and “Monitoring LU Paths” on page 88. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 44: The Port-Lun Tab Of The Auto Lun Window

    Figure 12 The Port-LUN tab of the Auto LUN Window When the Port-LUN tab is active, the Auto LUN window contains the following information: Item Description Current monitoring status: Enable: Performance Monitor is monitoring the storage system. Monitoring Switch Disable: The system is not being monitored. Current interval of collecting statistics.
  • Page 45 For example, if the gathering interval is 1 minute and you select 90 from the list, the graph displays statistics obtained in the last 90 minutes (multiplying 1 minute by 90 times). XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 46 ) appears. When you select LUN, the list on the right lists LU paths. For details about LUN security, host groups, and LU paths, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 LUN Manager User Guide. Statistics (for example, I/O rates, transfer rates, or average response time) about the port selected in the tree.

  • Page 47: Viewing Port Workload Statistics

    For the period of 7:59 to 8:00, the maximum workload on CL1-A is 300 IO/s. The average workload on CL1-A is 200 IO/s. The minimum workload on CL1-A is 100 IO/s (see the graph on the right). XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 48: Viewing Workload Statistics On Lu Paths

    For the period of 9:59 to 10:00, the maximum workload on CL1-A is 400 IO/s. The average workload on CL1-A is 300 IO/s. The minimum workload on CL1-A is 200 IO/s (see the graph on the right). When Detail is deselected, only one line appears in the graph. This line is equivalent to the line Ave.

  • Page 49: Wwn Tab Of The Performance Monitor Window

    When the WWN tab is active, the Auto LUN window contains the following information: Item Description Current monitoring status: Enable: Performance Monitor is monitoring the storage system. Monitoring Switch Disable: The system is not being monitored. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 50 Item Description Current interval of collecting statistics. If the number of CUs to be monitored is 64 or less, the value is between 1 and 15 appears as a gathering interval by minutes. For example, if 1 min. is displayed, the Gathering Interval information obtained every one minute is updated in the list and the graph.
  • Page 51 Ports” on page 92. Starts the XP Performance Control program product if XP Performance Control is enabled. For details on XP Performance Control, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Performance Control User Guide. The PFC button is deactivated in real-time mode. To start XP Performance Control, activate the From and To boxes and release Performance Monitor from real-time mode.

  • Page 52: Monitoring Options Window

    Figure 16 Chart Y Axis Rate List, Detail Check Box, and the List to Select the Item to be Displayed (Port-LUN tab) Monitoring Options Window When you click Go, Auto LUN / Perf Ctl / Perf Mon and then Auto LUN on the menu bar of the Remote Web Console main window, Performance Monitor starts.

  • Page 53: Monitoring Options Window Of Performance Monitor

    If you click this button, all parity groups are listed in the PG list. If a large-sized PG Selection Sup- configuration is being used, it may take long time to gather the PG list. port XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 54: Relationship Between The Display Of A Cell And The Cu Status In The Cu Table

    Item Description A list of IDs of the parity groups that can be monitored. Each cell displayed in the list is accompanied by an icon . Click PG on the header to sort the parity groups by ID. PG list If you click the cell for an individual parity group, the CUs that belong to that parity group are displayed in the CU table on the right.

  • Page 55: Other Windows

    This window displays the information about remote copy operation of XP Continuous Access. The contents in this window are the same as those of the Usage Monitor window of XP Continuous Access. For details on the contents in this window, see HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Continuous Access Software User Guide.
  • Page 56 This window displays the information about remote copy operation of XP Continuous Access Journal. The contents in this window are the same as those of the Usage Monitor window of XP Continuous Access Journal. For details on the contents in this window, see HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Continuous Access Journal Software User Guide.

  • Page 57: Performance Monitor Operations

    LUSE volume as the monitoring targets. To display performance statistics for a parity group to be displayed in the LDEV tab, you must specify all volumes that belong to the parity group as the monitoring target. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 58: Monitoring Options Window Of Performance Monitor

    Figure 18 Monitoring Options Window of Performance Monitor To start monitoring, select Enable for the Current Status option in Monitoring Switch, and specify the Gathering Interval option to set the interval for collecting information. Next, select or release the CUs to be monitored in Monitoring Target area.

  • Page 59: View The Monitoring Results

    To view the monitoring results in real time, select the Real Time option which is included in the Monitoring Term area of the Auto LUN window. The information in the window will be updated at the specified gathering interval (every 1 to 15 minutes). XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 60: Starting And Stopping Storage System Monitoring

    Note that you cannot view the monitoring results displayed in the Physical tab and the LDEV tab in real time. Starting and Stopping Storage System Monitoring To monitor the storage system, start Performance Monitor at first and then start obtaining statistics. You can also stop the monitoring from Performance Monitor.

  • Page 61: Monitoring Resources In The Storage System

    “Auto LUN Window, Physical Tab” on page 31). If an exclamation mark (!) is displayed before a usage rate, the reported parity group usage rate is likely to be inaccurate, because the configuration has changed (for example, volumes XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 62: Example Of Parity Group Usage Rates Displayed In The List

    XP Auto LUN or XP Business Copy, or formatted by Virtual LVI or Open Volume Management). For more information on using XP Auto LUN, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Auto LUN Software User Guide. If a plus mark (+) is displayed before a usage rate 0, such as +0, the usage rate is not com- pletely 0 but less than 1.

  • Page 63: Viewing Usage Statistics About Volumes In Parity Groups

    CLPR: This column indicates numbers and names of cache logical partitions (CLPRs) corresponding to each parity group in the format CLPR-number:CLPR-name. For details on CLPRs, see HP Storage- Works XP24000/XP20000 Disk/Cache Partition User Guide. Viewing Usage Statistics about Volumes in Parity Groups Performance Monitor monitors volumes in parity groups and displays statistics about the average and the maximum usage rate in a specified period.

  • Page 64: Examples Of Volume Usage Rates Displayed

    XP Auto LUN or XP Business Copy, or formatted by Virtual LVI or Open Volume Management). For more information on using XP Auto LUN, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Auto LUN Software User Guide . If a plus mark (+) is displayed before a usage rate 0, such as +0, the usage rate is not com- pletely 0 but less than 1.
  • Page 65 ShadowImage for Mainframe XP Business Copy HP StorageWorks XP for FlashCopy Mirroring Software HP StorageWorks XP for FlashCopy Mirroring V2 Software XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 66: Viewing Usage Statistics About External Volume Groups

    XP Auto LUN (For more information on using XP Auto LUN, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Auto LUN Software User Guide) XP Snapshot The Ave. (Total) column displays the average percentage of processing of the above programs in the specified period.

  • Page 67: Viewing Usage Statistics About External Volumes In External Volume Groups

    CLPR: This column indicates numbers and names of CLPRs corresponding to each external volume group in the format CLPR-number:CLPR-name. For details on CLPRs, see HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Disk/Cache Partition User Guide. Viewing Usage Statistics about External Volumes in External Volume Groups Performance Monitor monitors external volumes in external volume groups and displays the usage statistics of external volumes.

  • Page 68: Example Of External Volume Usage Rates Displayed

    CLPR: This column indicates numbers and names of CLPRs corresponding to each external volume group which the external volume belongs to, in the format CLPR-number:CLPR-name. For details on CLPRs, see HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Disk/Cache Partition User Guide. Performance Monitor Operations...

  • Page 69: Viewing Usage Statistics About Channel Processors (Chps)

    The range of monitoring and the gathering interval affects the time period represented by a graduation on the horizontal axis. Figure 24 Example of Channel Processors Usage Rates Displayed The list displays the following items: XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 70: Viewing Usage Statistics About Disk Processors (Dkps)

    : When the green checkmark icon is displayed on the left of a channel processor, the graph illustrates changes in usage rate for the channel processor. ID: This column displays ID numbers for channel processors. Usage: The Ave. (Total) column displays the average usage rate in the specified period. The Max.

  • Page 71: Viewing Usage Statistics About Data Recovery And Reconstruction Processors (Drrs)

    Monitor recalculates usage rates and updates information in the list. To change the date and time in From and To boxes, use the arrow buttons and the sliders (for details, see “Auto LUN Window, Physical Tab” on page 31). XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 72: Viewing Write Pending And Cache Memory Usage Statistics

    To display a graph that illustrates changes in usage rate for DRRs, select the desired DRRs in the list and then click Draw. NOTE: The range of monitoring and the gathering interval affects the time period represented by a graduation on the horizontal axis. Figure 26 Example of DRR Usage Rates Displayed in the List The list displays the following items: : When the green checkmark icon...

  • Page 73: Selecting An Item To Be Displayed In The Graph (Shortrange)

    Draw first. Figure 27 Selecting an Item to be Displayed in the Graph (Shortrange) Examples of write pending rate displayed in the lists are shown below: XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 74: Viewing Usage Statistics About Access Paths

    CLPR: This column indicates numbers and names of cache logical partitions (CLPRs) in the format CLPR-number:CLPR-name. For details on CLPRs, see HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Disk/Cache Partition User Guide.
  • Page 75 To display a graph that illustrates changes in usage statistics about paths, select the desired paths in the list and then click Draw. NOTE: The range of monitoring and the gathering interval affects the time period represented by a graduation on the horizontal axis. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 76: Monitoring Hard Disk Drives

    Paths between adapters and cache switches: Paths between adapters and shared memories: Paths between cache switches and cache memory: Figure 29 Examples of Usage Statistics Displayed in the List : When the green checkmark icon is displayed on the left of the access path, the graph il- lustrates changes in usage rate for the access path.

  • Page 77: Viewing I/O Rates For Disks

    To display a graph to find out how the I/O rate has been changed, take the following steps; In the list, select the parity groups, the external volume groups, or the volumes that you want. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 78: I/O Rates For Disks

    Use the list at the right side of the list to select the type of information that you want to view in the graph. For details on the information that can be displayed, see Table 3 on page 42. Click Draw. A graph appears below the list.

  • Page 79: Viewing Transfer Rates For Disks

    CLPR: This column indicates numbers and names of CLPRs corresponding to each parity group, external volume group, or volume in the format CLPR-number:CLPR-name. For details on CLPRs, see HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Disk/Cache Partition User Guide. Viewing Transfer Rates for Disks Performance Monitor audits hard disk drives and measures transfer rates (that is, the size of data transferred in one second).
  • Page 80 Ensure that the Auto LUN window is displayed. Click the LDEV tab. The tree displays a list of parity groups and external volume groups. Select MB/s from the list on the right side of the window. In the tree, do one of the following: To view the transfer rate for each parity group and external volume group, select the Subsystem folder or a Box folder.

  • Page 81: Transfer Rates For Disks

    PG: Indicates the parity group ID or the external volume group ID. If the ID starts with the letter E, the group is an external volume group. LDEV: Indicates the volume ID. If the ID ends with the symbol #, the volume is a an external volume. Emulation: Indicates the emulation type. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 82: Monitoring Ports

    CLPR: This column indicates numbers and names of CLPRs corresponding to each parity group, external volume group, or volume in the format CLPR-number:CLPR-name. For details on CLPRs, see HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Disk/Cache Partition User Guide. Monitoring Ports Performance Monitor monitors ports on the storage system and measures I/O rates (that is, the number of I/Os per second) and transfer rates (that is, the size of data transferred per second).
  • Page 83 Chart Y Axis Rate list. For example, if the largest value in the list is 200 and the value in Chart Y Axis Rate is 100, you should select a value larger than 200 from Chart Y Axis Rate. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 84: I/O Rates For Ports

    I/O rate for ports (When the Subsystem folder is selected): I/O rate for ports (When the Target folder is selected): I/O rate for ports (When the Initiator/External folder is selected): I/O rate for host bus adapters connected to a specified port (When a port (for example, ) is selected): I/O rates for host bus adapters in a host group...

  • Page 85: Viewing Transfer Rates For Ports

    XP Performance Control appear. If you select a host group icon in the tree, nicknames defined by LUN Manager appear. HP recommends that you specify the same name for an XP Performance Control name and a nickname for convenience of host bus adapter management.
  • Page 86 For details on the Real Time option and the From option, see “Viewing Port Workload Statist- ics” on page 47. In the tree, select the Target folder or the Initiator/External folder. The list on the right displays transfer rates for the ports on the storage system. If you click the Target folder, the tree displays a list of ports on the storage system.

  • Page 87: Transfer Rates For Ports

    Performance Control Name: XP Performance Control names of the host bus adapters. Use XP Per- formance Control to assign an XP Performance Control name to each host bus adapter so that you can easily identify each host bus adapters in the Performance Control windows. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 88: Viewing Details About The I/O And Transfer Rates

    XP Performance Control appear. If you select a host group icon in the tree, nicknames defined by LUN Manager appear. HP recommends that you specify the same name for an XP Performance Control name and a nickname for convenience of host bus adapter management.

  • Page 89: Viewing Lu Path I/O Rates

    To view more detailed information in the graph, select the Detail check box at the lower right of the list. The graph contents change as described in Table 5 on page 48. NOTE: If more than one row is selected in the list, you cannot select the Detail check box. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 90: Viewing Lu Path Transfer Rates

    Figure 34 I/O Rates for LU Paths NOTE: If the CU is not the monitoring target, all items in the row are displayed in italics. To monitor those items, specify the CU as the monitoring target by using the Monitoring Option window. The list displays the following: : When the green check box icon is displayed on the left of an item, the graph displays...

  • Page 91: Transfer Rates For Lu Paths

    Emulation: Indicates emulation types. Paths: Indicates the number of LU paths (that is, paths to volumes). Current: Indicates the current transfer rate. Ave.: Indicates the average transfer rate for the specified period. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 92: Monitoring Paths Between Host Bus Adapters And Ports

    I/O rates and transfer rates between host bus HBAs and ports. Before taking the steps described in the following sections, you need to perform following operations: Perform an XP Performance Control operation (see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Performance Control User Guide).
  • Page 93 Performance Monitor. When many-to-many connections are established between HBAs and ports, you should make sure that all the traffic between HBAs and ports is monitored. For details on the measures when a WWN is displayed in red, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Performance Control User Guide .

  • Page 94: Viewing Transfer Rates Between Hbas

    I/O rate at host bus adapters (Displayed when an XP Performance Control group or Not Grouped is selected): I/O rate at each XP Performance Control group (Displayed when the Subsystem folder is selected): I/O rate at each port connected to a specified host bus adapter (Displayed when a host bus adapter is selected): Figure 36 I/O Rates for Host Bus Adapters (WWN Tab) The list displays the following:...
  • Page 95 To display a graph to find out how the transfer rate has been changing, select one or more XP Performance Control groups, WWNs, or ports in the list, and click Draw. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 96: Transfer Rates For Host Bus Adapters (Wwn Tab)

    HBAs and ports, you should make sure that all the traffic between HBAs and ports is monitored. For details on the measures when a WWN is displayed in red, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Performance Control User Guide .
  • Page 97 This column displays a hyphen (-) if the I/O rate is 0 (zero). Attribute: Priority of each host bus adapter (HBA). Prio. indicates a high-priority HBA (a prioritized WWN). Non-Prio. indicates a low-priority HBA (a non-prioritized WWN). XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 98 Performance Monitor Operations...

  • Page 99: Using The Export Tool

    13, page 105 Statistics about XP Performance Control groups Table 14, page 106 WWN tab in the Auto LUN Statistics about host bus adapters belonging to XP Performance window Table 15, page 106 Control groups XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 100: Files With Statistics About Resource Usage And Write Pending Rates

    Usage rates for XP Business Copy volumes in a PHY_Short_LDEV_SI_x-y.csv parity group in short range If external storage volumes are mapped to the volume groups of XP 24000 or XP20000 disk PhyExG_dat.ZIP PHY_ExG_Response.csv arrays, this file includes the average response time for volume groups including external storage volumes (milliseconds).
  • Page 101 ZIP File CSV File Data Saved in the File If external storage volumes are mapped to the volume groups of XP 24000 or XP20000 disk PHY_ExG_Trans.csv arrays, this file includes the amount of transferred data for volume groups including external storage volumes (KB/sec).

  • Page 102: Files With Statistics About Parity Groups, External Volume Groups Or V-Vol Groups

    ZIP File CSV File Data Saved in the File Usage rates for access paths between channel adapters and the shared memory in short range PHY_Short_MPA_SMA.csv Usage rates for access paths between disk adapters and the shared memory in short range Usage rates for access paths between cache PHY_Long_CSW_CMA.csv switches and cache memories in long range...

  • Page 103: Files With Statistics About Volumes In Parity / External Volume Groups, Or In V-Vol

    The size of data transferred per second (The LDEV_TransRate.ZIP LDEV_TransRate_x-y.csv unit is KB/sec) LDEV_Read_IOPS.ZIP LDEV_Read_IOPS_x-y.csv The number of read operations per second The number of sequential read operations LDEV_Seq_Read_IOPS.ZIP LDEV_Seq_Read_IOPS_x-y.csv per second The number of random read operations per LDEV_Rnd_Read_IOPS.ZIP LDEV_Rnd_Read_IOPS_x-y.csv second XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 104 ZIP File CSV File Data Saved in the File The number of read operations in LDEV_CFW_Read_IOPS.ZIP LDEV_CFW_Read_IOPS_x-y.csv cache-fast-write mode per second LDEV_Write_IOPS.ZIP LDEV_Write_IOPS_x-y.csv The number of write operations per second The number of sequential write operations LDEV_Seq_Write_IOPS.ZIP LDEV_Seq_Write_IOPS_x-y.csv per second The number of random write operations per LDEV_Rnd_Write_IOPS.ZIP LDEV_Rnd_Write_IOPS_x-y.csv...

  • Page 105: Files With Statistics About Ports

    Table 13 Files with Statistics about Volumes (LUs) ZIP File CSV File Data Saved in the File LU_IOPS.csv The number of read and write operations per second LU_dat.ZIP LU_TransRate.csv The size of data transferred per second (The unit is KB/sec) XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 106: Files With Statistics About Xp Performance Control Groups

    ZIP File CSV File Data Saved in the File LU_Seq_Read_IOPS.csv The number of sequential read operations per second LU_Rnd_Read_IOPS.csv The number of random read operations per second LU_Seq_Write_IOPS.csv The number of sequential write operations per second LU_Rnd_Write_IOPS.csv The number of random write operations per second LU_Seq_Read_Hit.csv The read hit ratio in sequential access mode LU_Rnd_Read_Hit.csv...
  • Page 107 NOTE: The letters xx in CSV filenames indicate the name of an XP Performance Control group. If files are exported to a Windows computer, CSV filenames may end with numbers (for example, PPCGWWN_mygroup_IOPS-1.csv and PPCGWWN_MyGroup_IOPS-2.csv). XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 108: Files With Statistics About Remote Copy Operations By Xp Continuous Access And Truecopy For Mainframe (In The Whole Volumes)

    Table 16 Files with Statistics about Remote Copy Operations by XP Continuous Access and TrueCopy for Mainframe (In the Whole Volumes) ZIP File CSV File Data Saved in the File The following data in the whole storage system are saved: The usage rate for sidefile cache The total number of remote I/Os (read and write operations) The total number of remote write I/Os...
  • Page 109 The number of remaining recordsets when the RCLU_Remained_Recordset.csv schedule is completed The number of job activations of consistency RCLU_Scheduling_Attempt.csv manager The percentage of completion of copy operations RCLU_Pair_Synchronized.csv (that is, number of synchronized pairs / total number of pairs) XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 110: Files With Statistics About Remote Copy Operations By Xp Continuous Access And Truecopy For Mainframe (At Volumes Controlled By A Particular Cu)

    ZIP File CSV File Data Saved in the File The number of tracks that have not yet been RCLU_Out_of_Tracks.csv copied by the initial copy or resync copy operation Table 18 Files with Statistics about Remote Copy Operations by XP Continuous Access and TrueCopy for Mainframe (At Volumes Controlled by a Particular CU) ZIP File CSV File...
  • Page 111 The number of restore RCLDEV_Restore_Copy_RIO.ZIP RCLDEV_Restore_Copy_RIO_xx.csv copy remote I/Os The number of hits of RCLDEV_Restore_Copy_Hit.ZIP RCLDEV_Restore_Copy_Hit_xx.csv restore copy remote I/Os The number RCLDEV_Asynchronous_RIO.ZIP RCLDEV_Asynchronous_RIO_xx.csv asynchronous update copy remote I/Os The number RCLDEV_Recordset.ZIP RCLDEV_Recordset_xx.csv asynchronous recordsets XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 112 ZIP File CSV File Data Saved in the File The average transfer rate (kB/sec) for RCLDEV_Asynchronous_Copy_Transfer.ZIP RCLDEV_Asynchronous_Copy_Transfer_xx.csv asynchronous update copy remote I/Os The average response time (millisecond) RCLDEV_Asynchronous_Copy_Response.ZIP RCLDEV_Asynchronous_Copy_Response_xx.csv asynchronous update copy at volumes The number RCLDEV_Scheduling_Recordset.ZIP RCLDEV_Scheduling_Recordset_xx.csv of scheduled recordsets The number of recordsets...

  • Page 113: Files With Statistics About Remote Copy Operations By Xp Continuous Access And Truecopy For Mainframe (At Clpr)

    The number of journals at the secondary storage system The average transfer rate for journals in the secondary storage system (The unit is KB/sec) The remote I/O average response time on the second- ary storage system (The unit is millisecond) XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 114: Files With Statistics About Remote Copy Operations By Xp Continuous Access Journal And Universal Replicator For Mainframe (At Journal Groups)

    Table 21 Files with Statistics about Remote Copy Operations by XP Continuous Access Journal and Universal Replicator for Mainframe (At Journal Groups) ZIP File CSV File Data Saved in the File URJNL_dat.ZIP URJNL_Write_Record.csv The number of write I/Os per second The amount of data that are written per URJNL_Write_Transfer.csv second (The unit is KB/sec)

  • Page 115: Files With Statistics About Remote Copy Operations By Xp Continuous Access Journal And Universal Replicator For Mainframe (For Each Volume (Lu))

    The number of write I/Os per URLDEV_Write_Record.ZIP URLDEV_Write_Record_xx.csv second The number of write hit records URLDEV_Write_Hit.ZIP URLDEV_Write_Hit_xx.csv per second The amount of data that are URLDEV_Read_Transfer.ZIP URLDEV_Read_Transfer_xx.csv read per second (The unit is KB/sec) XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 116 ZIP File CSV File Data Saved in the File The amount of data that are URLDEV_Write_Transfer.ZIP URLDEV_Write_Transfer_xx.csv written per second (The unit is KB/sec) The initial copy hit rate (The unit URLDEV_Initial_Copy_Hit.ZIP URLDEV_Initial_Copy_Hit_xx.csv is percent) The average transfer rate for URLDEV_Initial_Copy_Transfer.ZIP URLDEV_Initial_Copy_Transfer_xx.csv initial copy operations (The unit...

  • Page 117: Files With Statistics About Volumes In Parity Groups, External Volume Groups, Or V-Vol Groups (At Volumes Controlled By A Particular Cu)

    The number of data transfer operations from LDEV_C2D_Trans.ZIP LDEV_C2D_Transxx.csv cache memories and hard disk drives (that is, volumes) The number of data transfer operations from LDEV_D2CS_Trans.ZIP LDEV_D2CS_Transxx.csv hard disk drives (that is, volumes) to cache memories in sequential access mode XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 118: Preparing For Using The Export Tool

    Console. If your Windows or UNIX computer is unable to run Remote Web Console, your computer is unable to run the Export Tool. For detailed information about computers that can run Remote Web Console, see HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Remote Web Console User Guide. Java Runtime Environment (JRE) To use the Export Tool, you must install Java Runtime Environment on your Windows or UNIX computer.

  • Page 119: Installing The Export Tool On A Windows Computer

    Export Tool are limited. For details, see “Using the Export Tool” on page 120. For detailed information about how to create a user ID, see HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Remote Web Console User Guide. The Export Tool program The Export Tool is contained in CD-ROM Disc 2, which is named Host PP.

  • Page 120: Using The Export Tool

    Decompress export.tar on your computer. The Export Tool is installed. Also, a new directory named export is created. NOTE: The export directory contains a couple of files, which include runWin.bat. It is recom- mended that you delete runWin.bat because this file is no longer needed. The Export Tool program is a Java class file and is located in the export/lib directory.
  • Page 121 But you can direct to export monitoring data stored in long range when you specify some of the operands. The script group PhyPG Long in Figure 38 specifies to export usage statistics about parity groups in long range. Also, the script group RemoteCopy specifies to export statistics about XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 122 remote copy operations by XP Continuous Access and TrueCopy for Mainframe in short range. You can describe multiple lines of the group command to export multiple monitoring items at the same time. For detailed information about the group command, see “group Subcommand”...

  • Page 123: Preparing A Batch File

    (or the IP address) and the port number of the proxy host. For example, if the host name is Jupiter and the port number is 8080, the resulting command script as shown in Figure XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 124: Scripts In Batch Files (When Specifying The Host Name Of A Proxy Host)

    Batch file for Windows computers (runWin.bat) Java -classpath "./lib/JSanExport.jar;./lib/JSanRmiServer.jar" -Dhttp.proxyHost=Jupiter -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080 -Dmd.command=command.txt -Dmd.logpath=log sanproject.getmondat.RJMdMain pause Batch file for UNIX computers (runUnix.bat) #! /bin/sh Java -classpath "./lib/JSanExport.jar:./lib/JSanRmiServer.jar" -Dhttp.proxyHost=Jupiter -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080 -Dmd.command=command.txt -Dmd.logpath=log sanproject.getmondat.RJMdMain Figure 40 Scripts in Batch Files (When Specifying the Host Name of a Proxy Host) symbol indicates the end of a command line.

  • Page 125: Running The Export Tool

    If export processing does not finish through three retries or if an internal error occurs other than those Table 25, the Export Tool does not retry the processing. In this case, you need to quit the command prompt and then run the Export Tool again. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 126: Errors Which Export Tool Retry The Processing

    You can change the maximum number of retries by using the retry command. For detailed information about the retry command, see “retry Subcommand” on page 131. Table 25 Errors Which Export Tool Retry the Processing Error Message ID Cause of Error 0001 4001 An error occurred during SVP processing.

  • Page 127: Estimate Of Time Required For Exporting Files

    The Export Tool finished successfully. An error occurred when the set command (see “set Subcommand” on page 154) executed, because an attempt to switch to Modify mode failed. Some other user might have been logged on in Modify mode. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 128: Command Reference

    Termination Meaning Code Either one of the following two errors occurred: A command file has been corrupted or could not be read. An error occurred when a command was parsed. An error occurred due to more than one reason. One of the reasons is that an attempt to switch to Modify mode failed when the set command (see “set Subcommand”...

  • Page 129: Command Syntax

    Indicates one or more operands that can be omitted. If two or more operands are enclosed by these square brackets and are delimited by vertical bars (|), you can select one of the operands. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 130: Examples Of Comments

    Convention Description Indicates that you must select one operand from the operands enclosed by the braces. Two or more operands are enclosed by the braces and are delimited by vertical bars (|). Indicates that a previously used operand can be repeated. Table 29 Syntax Descriptions Syntax The Syntax Indicates that You Can Write the Following Script...

  • Page 131: Svpip Subcommand

    By default, the interval between one retry and the next retry is two minutes. You can change the interval by using the retry command. The retry command must execute before the login command executes. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 132: Operands

    Operands Operand Description Specifies the interval between retries in minutes. m is a value within the range of 1 to 59. time=m If this operand is omitted, the interval between retries is two minutes. Specifies the maximum number of retries. If n is 0, the number of retries is unlimited.

  • Page 133: Operands

    Long Range indicates those of the monitoring data stored in long range. When you run the Export Tool, you can export the monitoring data within these periods into files. If you use the XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 134: Group Subcommand

    shortrange or longrange command additionally, you can narrow the term of data to be exported (see “shortrange Subcommand” on page 148 or “longrange Subcommand” on page 150). From indicates the starting time for collecting monitoring data. To indicates the ending time for collecting monitoring data.

  • Page 135: Description

    Usage statistics about access PhyCSW paths, write pending rate, and PhyCSW_dat.ZIP cache LDEV tab in Statistics about parity groups, Table the Auto external volume groups, or PG_dat.ZIP 9, page 102 V-VOL groups window XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 136: Groups

    Operand Window Monitoring Data Saved in Saved ZIP File of Per- the File formance Monitor Statistics about volumes in parity groups, in external Table LDEV LDEV_XXXXX.ZIP volume groups, or in V-VOL 10, page 103 groups Table Port Statistics about ports Port_dat.ZIP 11, page 105 Port-LUN...
  • Page 137 If an operand is used more than one time in a command file, the last operand takes effect. In the example below, the first group command does not take effect, but the second group command takes effect: group PortWWN CL1-A:CL1-B group PortWWN CL2-A:CL2-B XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 138: Operands

    Operands Operand Description Use this operand when you want to export statistics about parity group usage rates, which are displayed in the Physical tab of the Auto LUN window. When statistics are exported to a ZIP file, the file name will be PhyPG_dat.ZIP. For details on the statistics exported by this operand, see Table 8 on page 100.
  • Page 139 15 days. If you specify Long, the exported file will contain statistics in long range for up to three months (that is, up to 93 days). If neither Short nor Long is specified, statistics both in the short range and long range will be exported. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 140 Operand Description Use this operand when you want to export the following statistics, which are displayed in the Physical tab of the Auto LUN window: Usage rates of access paths between channel adapters and cache memories Usage rates of access paths between disk adapters and cache memories Usage rates of access paths between channel adapters and the shared memory Usage rates of access paths between disk adapters and the shared memory Usage rates of access paths between cache switches and cache memories...
  • Page 141 For example, you can specify Port CL1-C:CL2-A, but you cannot specify Port CL2-A:CL1-C. Also, you can specify Port CL3-a:CL3-c, but you cannot specify Port CL3-c:CL3-a. If port-name is not specified, the monitoring data of all the ports will be exported. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 142 Operand Description Use this operand when you want to export statistics about host bus adapters (WWNs) connected to ports, which are displayed in the Port-LUN tab of the Auto LUN window. When statistics are exported in a ZIP file, the file name will be PortWWN_dat.ZIP.
  • Page 143 Mainframe in the whole storage system. When statistics are exported to a ZIP file, the file name will be RemoteCopy_dat.ZIP. For details on the statistics exported by this operand, see Table 16 on page 108. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 144 Operand Description Use this operand when you want to export statistics about remote copy operations which are displayed in the Continuous Access Monitor window and the TC MF Monitor window. By using this operand, you can export monitoring data about remote copy operations performed by XP Continuous Access and TrueCopy for Mainframe at each LU path.
  • Page 145 JNL-group-id value on the right of the colon. For example, you can specify URJNL 00:05, but you cannot specify URJNL 05:00. If JNL-group-id is not specified, the monitoring data of all the journal volumes will be exported. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 146 Operand Description Use this operand when you want to export statistics about remote copy operations which are displayed in the Continuous Access Journal Monitor window and the UR MF Monitor window. By using this operand, you can export monitoring data about remote copy operations performed by XP Continuous Access Journal and Universal Replicator for Mainframe at each LU path.

  • Page 147: Example

    The following example exports statistics about the external volume groups E1-1 to E1-5: group PG E1-1:E1-5 The following example exports statistics about the parity group 1-3 and other parity groups whose ID is smaller than 1-3 (for example, 1-1 and 1-2): XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 148: Shortrange Subcommand

    group LDEV :1-3 The following example exports statistics about LU paths for the host group (host storage domain) ID 01 for the port CL1-A: group LU CL1-A.01:CL1-A.01 shortrange Subcommand Syntax shortrange [[yyyyMMddhhmm][{+|-}hhmm]:[yyyyMMddhhmm][{+|-}hhmm]] Description The shortrange command enables you to specify a term of monitoring data to be exported into files. Use this command when you want to narrow the export-target term within the stored data.

  • Page 149: Example

    :200601011730 The Export Tool saves monitoring data within the range of Jan. 1, 0:00-17:30. shortrange +0001: The Export Tool saves monitoring data within the range of Jan. 1, 0:01 to Jan. 2, 00:00. shortrange -0001: XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 150: Longrange Subcommand

    The Export Tool saves monitoring data within the range of Jan. 1, 23:59 to Jan. 2, 00:00. shortrange :+0001 The Export Tool saves monitoring data within the range of Jan. 1, 0:00-00:01. shortrange :-0001 The Export Tool saves monitoring data within the range of Jan. 1, 0:00-23:59. shortrange +0101:-0101 The Export Tool saves monitoring data within the range of Jan.

  • Page 151: Operands

    200601010013:200601010048, the specified value is regarded as 200601010000:200601010100. Example The examples below assume that: The starting time for collecting monitoring data is Jan. 1, 2006, 00:00. The ending time for collecting monitoring data is Jan. 2, 2006, 00:00. longrange 200601010930:2004601011730 XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 152: Outpath Subcommand

    The Export Tool saves monitoring data within the range of Jan. 1, 9:30-17:30. longrange 200601010930: The Export Tool saves monitoring data within the range of Jan. 1, 9:30 to Jan. 2, 00:00. longrange :200601011730 The Export Tool saves monitoring data within the range of Jan. 1, 0:00-17:30. longrange +000015: The Export Tool saves monitoring data within the range of Jan.

  • Page 153: Operands

    Does not compress data in ZIP files and saves data in CSV files. The three operands below specify whether to overwrite or delete an existing file or directory when the Export Tool saves files. If none of these operands is specified, ask is assumed. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 154: Example

    Operand Description Displays a message that asks whether to delete existing files or directories. clear Deletes existing files and directories and then saves monitoring data in files. noclear Overwrites existing files and directories. Example The following example saves monitoring data in CSV files, not in ZIP files: option nocompress apply Subcommand Syntax...

  • Page 155: Operands

    158.214.135.57 login expusr passwd show group Port shortrange 200604010850:200604010910 apply set switch=off The following command file starts monitoring remote copy operations. The sampling time interval is 10 minutes: svpip 158.214.135.57 login expusr passwd set switch=10 XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 156: Help Subcommand

    help Subcommand Syntax help Description The help command displays the online help for commands. To view the online help, It is recommended that you create a batch file and a command file that are exclusively used for displaying the online help. For detailed information, see Example below. Example In this example, a command file (cmdHelp.txt) and a batch file (runHelp.bat) are created in the C:\export directory in a Windows computer:...

  • Page 157: Operands

    The following example assumes that the computer running the Export Tool communicates with the SVP via a proxy host. In this example, the host name of the proxy host is Jupiter, and the port name of the proxy host is 8080: Java -classpath "./lib/JSanExport.jar;./lib/JSanRmiServer.jar" -Dhttp.proxyHost=Jupiter XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 158: Causes Of Invalid Monitoring Data

    -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080 -Xmx536870912 -Dmd.command=command.txt -Dmd.logpath=log sanproject.getmondat.RJMdMain In the following example, a log file named export.log will be created in the log directory below the current directory when the Export Tool executes: Java -classpath "./lib/JSanExport.jar;./lib/JSanRmiServer.jar" -Xmx536870912 -Dmd.command=command.txt -Dmd.logfile=export.log -Dmd.logpath=log sanproject.getmondat.RJMdMain symbol indicates the end of a command line. Causes of Invalid Monitoring Data If the value of monitoring data in CSV files is less than 0 (zero), consider the following causes: Table 32 Causes of invalid monitoring data...
  • Page 159 Reason — If you added the CU during monitoring, specified longrange as the the CSV file includes "-7". gathering interval, and collected monitoring data, the value "-7" is displayed as the monitoring data before the CU was added. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 160 Using the Export Tool...

  • Page 161: Troubleshooting

    HBA and some of the ports are not monitored by Performance Monitor. When many-to-many connections are established between HBAs and ports, you should make sure that all the traffic between HBAs and ports is monitored. For details on the measures, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Performance Control User Guide.

  • Page 162: Troubleshooting The Export Tool

    Troubleshooting the Export Tool Table 33 explains possible problems with the Export Tool and probable solutions to the problems. Table 33 Troubleshooting the Export Tool Possible Problems Probable Causes and Recommended Action The path to the Java Virtual Machine (Java.exe) might not be defined in the PATH environment variable.

  • Page 163: Messages Issued By The Export Tool

    An illegal character is used. Please use legal characters. Invalid length: token The length is invalid. Specify a value that has a correct length. Invalid range: range The specified range is invalid. Specify the correct range. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 164 Performance Monitor, XP Continuous Access, TrueCopy for Mainframe, XP Continuous Access Journal, and Universal Replicator for Mainframe. An error occurs at the RMI server. For detailed information, see RMI server error (part-code, HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Remote Web Console error-number) Error Codes. Troubleshooting...
  • Page 165 To cancel the specified action, press the <n> key. The retry command is written in an incorrect position in the Specify the following command before command file. login command: retry Write the retry command before the login command. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

  • Page 166: Calling Hp Technical Support

    Upgrade the export tool to match the export tool version with the SVP version. Calling HP Technical Support If you need to call HP technical support, provide as much information about the problem as possible, including: The circumstances surrounding the error or failure.

  • Page 167: Support And Other Resources

    In the Storage section, click Storage Software and then select a product. Conventions for Storage Capacity Values HP XP storage systems use the following values to calculate physical storage capacity values (hard disk drives): 1 KB (kilobyte) = 1,000 bytes...

  • Page 168: Hp Technical Support

    Operating system type and revision level Detailed questions Subscription Service HP recommends that you register your product at the Subscriber’s Choice for Business website: http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates After registering, you will receive email notification of product enhancements, new driver versions, firmware updates, and other product resources.

  • Page 169: Glossary

    OPEN-9). The number of resulting LDEVs depends on the selected emulation mode. The term LDEV is also known as term volume. Logical unit. Logical unit number. Nonvolatile storage. P-DEV Physical device. P-VOL Primary volume. Shared memory. SMPL Simplex. XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...
  • Page 170 Secondary or remote volume. The copy volume that receives the data from the primary volume. Service processor. A notebook computer built into the disk array. The SVP provides a direct interface to the disk array and used only by the HP service representative. Hitachi TrueCopy™ for Mainframe.

  • Page 171: Index

    (HBA), 24, 49, write pending rate, technical support, XP Performance Control name, 85, 87, 94, I/O rate, 22, 23, nickname, 85, parity group, Performance Monitor system requirements, XP24000/XP20000 Performance Monitor User Guide...

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