HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software User Manual

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4. HDLM Operation

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4.4 Using the Windows Administrative Tool (Performance) to Check

Path Information

The HDLM Performance Monitor uses the Windows administrative tool Performance

to display path information.
Note:

The function for checking path information using the Windows

administrative tool is not supported in a non-x86 edition of Windows Server

2003 or Windows Server 2008.

If an error occurs in the HDLM performance monitor, performance

information is not collected after the error. To restart the acquisition of

performance information, restart the host.

To add a counter that HDLM provides:
1.

Click Start, Settings, and then Control Panel. Double click Administrative

Tools., and then double click Performance.
The Performance window appears.

2.

Right-click the window showing the system monitor details, and then choose Add

Counters.
The Add Counters window appears.

3.

Select the performance object, counter, and instance.
In the Performance object drop-down list, select HDLM.
In the list box on the lower-left side of the window, select the counter you want to

monitor. To monitor all counters, select the All counters check box.

Table 4-1: List of Counters lists the counters you can select.
In the list box on the lower-right side of the window, select the instance you want

to monitor. To monitor all instances and the total number value, select the All

instances check box. Table 4-2: Selectable Items for Instances lists and

describes selectable items for the instances displayed in the list box.

4.

Click the Add button.
Monitoring of path information will start.
Table 4-1: List of Counters

Counter name

Description

Avg.Disk Bytes/

Transfer

The average number of bytes transferred between disks during one operation.

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