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Table 4 HP P6000 Performance Data Collector logging configuration file parameters
Description Parameter
Controls the tracking and logging of state changes. If set to yes, the
performance data logging must be enabled. Default is no.
Specifying any value other than yes will turn off logging.
state_logging
Controls the logging of performance metrics. Default is no.
Specifying any value other than yes will turn off logging.
perf_logging
Frequency at which state data is to be polled and logged in minutes).
Default is 60.
Minimum value for state polling interval is 30 minutes; maximum is 24
hours. state_interval
Frequency at which performance data is to be polled and logged (in
seconds). Default is 300.
Minimum value for polling interval is 30 seconds; maximum is 24 hours. perf_interval
Directory under which state and performance data will be logged. Use
/ instead of \ to separate directories (for example,
c:/all_logs/eva_logs
) .
Default log directory is performance_history under the current
directory. Log root directory must be present for logging; if the directory
does not exist, data will not be logged.
root
Maximum size of a log file in MB. Default is 50. Minimum value for log
file size is 1 MB. filesize
Number of days that logs need to be retained. Default is 3. Minimum
number of days is 1. numdays
Configuration recommendations
HP recommends the following maximum configuration for HP P6000 Performance Data Collector:
•
A maximum of 20 concurrent connections to the HP P6000 Performance Data Collector service,
where a connection is a successful communication channel that can be established between
the client and the HP P6000 Performance Data Collectorserver.
•
A maximum of 16 storage systems.
•
A maximum active I/O on approximately 4,000 virtual disks in parallel across the 16 storage
systems.
•
The polling interval for the HP P6000 Performance Data Collector service set to 60 seconds.
Connecting to HP P6000 Performance Data Collector remotely
Use the evaperf server command to configure the HP P6000 Performance Data Collector CLI
to communicate with a remote HP P6000 Performance Data Collector service:
evaperf server host port [username] [-usessl]
where:
is the hostname or IP address of the server running the HP P6000 Performance Data Collector
service. host
is the TCP port from which the HP P6000 Performance Data Collector data collection service will
receive an RPC request (default is 860). port
is the account username of a local or domain user that is a member of HP Storage Admins or HP
Storage Users group. This is required only if SSL is enabled. The user is prompted for a password. username
is the switch that will enable an open SSL connection. If SSL is enabled, the user account used
for logging in should belong to either the HP Storage Admins or HP Storage Users group. The usessl
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