5 monitoring operations in a san environment – HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software User Manual

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About logical groups .......................................................................................................... 45
Prerequisites for creating a logical group
............................................................................... 45
Creating logical groups ...................................................................................................... 46
Viewing logical group reports
.............................................................................................. 46
Editing logical groups
......................................................................................................... 46
Performing operations from a logical group
.......................................................................... 46

Managing storage tiers ............................................................................................................. 47

About tier-based storage management .................................................................................. 47
Creating tiers
..................................................................................................................... 47
Prerequisites for allocating volumes from a tier ....................................................................... 48
Allocating volumes from a tier
.............................................................................................. 48
Expanding a tier
................................................................................................................ 48

Labeling volumes ...................................................................................................................... 49

About volume labels ........................................................................................................... 49
Editing a volume label
........................................................................................................ 49
Using volume labels to locate volumes to perform tasks
........................................................... 49

5 Monitoring operations in a SAN environment ...................................... 51

Viewing information summaries .................................................................................................. 51

About the dashboard .......................................................................................................... 51
Accessing the dashboard
.................................................................................................... 51
Customizing the dashboard ................................................................................................. 52
About the storage systems tree
............................................................................................. 52
Viewing current storage system information ............................................................................ 53
About the hosts tree
............................................................................................................ 53
Viewing current host information
........................................................................................... 53
About checking system status in the global monitoring area
..................................................... 53
Setting data retention for task status indicators ....................................................................... 54

Managing alerts ....................................................................................................................... 54

About alerts ....................................................................................................................... 54
Confirming an alert
............................................................................................................ 54

Searching resources .................................................................................................................. 54

About searching storage resources ....................................................................................... 54
Searching storage resources ................................................................................................ 55
Saving search conditions
..................................................................................................... 55

Generating resource reports ....................................................................................................... 56

About generating reports .................................................................................................... 56
Differences in output between P9000 Command View AE Software v7.x and earlier versions
....... 56
Exporting host lists to a CSV file ........................................................................................... 66
Exporting logical group information to a CSV file ................................................................... 67
Exporting search results to a CSV file
.................................................................................... 67
Exporting access control information for resources to a CSV file
................................................ 67

Optimizing storage ................................................................................................................... 67

About optimizing storage .................................................................................................... 67

6 Setting up P9000 Command View AE Software ................................... 69

Configuring your browser to access ............................................................................................ 69

About configuring browser settings ....................................................................................... 69
Disabling pop-up blocking
................................................................................................... 69
Setting security options for Internet Explorer ........................................................................... 70
Configuring proxy settings ................................................................................................... 71
Configuring log output settings ............................................................................................. 72
Configuring Java Web Start settings when multiple JRE versions are installed
............................. 72
Clearing the cache when upgrading P9000 Command View AE Software
................................. 72

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