Document Outline

• HP XP P9000 Performance for Open and Mainframe Systems User Guide
• Contents
• 1 Performance overview
  • Performance Monitor overview
  • Performance Control overview
    • Performance of high-priority hosts
    • Upper-limit control
    • Threshold control
  • Cache Residency overview
    • Prestaging data in cache
    • Priority mode (read data only)
    • Bind mode (read and write data)
• 2 About performance monitoring
  • Monitoring storage system resources
  • Placing data in cache
  • Prestaging specific data
  • Priority mode
  • Bind mode
• 3 Interoperability of Performance Monitor and other products
  • Cautions and restrictions for monitoring
  • Cautions and restrictions for usage statistics
  • Using Performance Control
  • WWN monitoring data
  • Microprogram replacement
  • Changing the time setting of SVP
  • Using Performance Control
• 4 Monitoring WWNs
  • Viewing the WWNs that are being monitored
  • Adding new WWNs to monitor
  • Removing WWNs to monitor
  • Adding WWNs to ports
  • Editing the WWN nickname
  • Connecting WWNs to ports
  • Deleting unused WWNs from monitoring targets
• 5 Monitoring CUs
  • Displaying CUs to monitor
  • Adding or removing CUs to monitor
  • Confirming the status of CUs to monitor
• 6 Monitoring operation
  • Performing monitoring operations
  • Starting monitoring
  • Stopping monitoring
• 7 Setting statistical storage ranges
  • About statistical storage ranges
    • Viewing statistics
  • Setting the storing period of statistics
• 8 Working with graphs
  • Basic operation
  • Objects that can be displayed in graphs
  • Usage rates of MPs
  • Usage rate of a data recovery and reconstruction processor
  • Usage rate of cache memory
  • Write pending statistics
  • Access paths usage statistics
  • Throughput of storage system
  • Size of data transferred
  • Response times
  • Cache hit rates
  • Back-end performance
  • Hard disk drive usage statistics
  • Hard disk drive access rates
  • Business Copy usage statistics
  • Detailed information of resources on top 20 usage rates
• 9 Changing display of graphs
  • Graph operation
  • Changing displayed items
  • Changing a display period
  • Adding a new graph
  • Deleting graph panel
• 10 Performance Control operations
  • Overview of Performance Control operations
  • If one-to-one connections link HBAs and ports
  • If many-to-many connections link HBAs and ports
  • Port tab operations
    • Analyzing traffic statistics
    • Setting priority for ports on the storage system
    • Setting upper-limit values to traffic at non-prioritized ports
    • Setting a threshold
  • WWN tab operations
    • Monitoring all traffic between HBAs and ports
      • Excluding traffic between a host bus adapter and a port from the monitoring target
    • Analyzing traffic statistics
    • Setting priority for host bus adapters
    • Setting upper-limit values for non-prioritized WWNs
    • Setting a threshold
    • Changing the PFC name of a host bus adapter
    • Registering a replacement host bus adapter
    • Grouping host bus adapters
      • Containing multiple HBAs in an PFC group
      • Deleting an HBA from an PFC group
      • Switching priority of an PFC group
      • Setting an upper-limit value to HBAs in an PFC group
      • Renaming an PFC group
      • Deleting an PFC group
• 11 Estimating cache size
  • About cache size
  • Calculating cache size for open systems
  • Calculating cache size for mainframe systems
  • Cache Residency cache areas
  • Cache Residency system specifications
• 12 Managing resident cache
  • Cache Residency rules, restrictions, and guidelines
  • Launching Cache Residency
  • Viewing Cache Residency information
  • Placing specific data into Cache Residency cache
  • Placing LDEVs into Cache Residency cache
  • Releasing specific data from Cache Residency cache
  • Releasing LDEVs from Cache Residency cache
  • Changing mode after Cache Residency is registered in cache
• 13 Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting resources
• 14 Support and other resources
  • Contacting HP
    • Subscription service
    • Documentation feedback
  • Related information
    • HP websites
  • Conventions for storage capacity values
  • Typographic conventions
• A Export Tool
  • About the Export Tool
  • Installing the Export Tool
    • System requirements
    • Installing the Export Tool on a Windows system
    • Installing the Export Tool on a UNIX system
  • Using the Export Tool
    • Preparing a command file
    • Preparing a batch file
    • Running the Export Tool
      • File formats
      • Processing time
      • Termination code
      • Log files
      • Error handling
  • Export Tool command reference
    • Export Tool command syntax
      • Conventions
      • Syntax descriptions
      • Writing a script in the command file
      • Viewing the online Help for subcommands
    • Subcommand list
    • svpip
    • retry
    • login
    • show
    • group
    • Short-range
    • long-range
    • outpath
    • option
    • apply
    • set
    • help
    • Java
  • Exported files
    • Monitoring data exported by the Export Tool
    • Resource usage and write-pending rate statistics
    • Parity groups, external volume groups, or V-VOL groups statistics
    • Volumes in parity/external volume groups or V-VOL groups statistics
    • Volumes in parity groups, external volume groups, or V-VOL groups (at volumes controlled by a particular CU)
    • Port statistics
    • Host bus adapters connected to ports statistics
    • Volumes (LU) statistics
    • All host bus adapters connected to ports
    • MP blades
    • Remote copy operations by Cnt Ac-S/Cnt Ac-S Z (whole volumes)
    • Remote copy operations by Cnt Ac-S and Cnt Ac-S Z (for each volume (LU))
    • Remote copy by Cnt Ac-S and Cnt Ac-S Z (volumes controlled by a particular CU)
    • Remote copy by Cnt Ac-J and Cnt Ac-J Z (whole volumes)
    • Remote copy by Cnt Ac-J and Cnt Ac-J Z (at journals)
    • Remote copy by Cnt Ac-J and Cnt Ac-J Z (for each volume (LU))
    • Remote copy by Cnt Ac-J and Cnt Ac-J Z (at volumes controlled by a particular CU)
  • Causes of Invalid Monitoring Data
  • Troubleshooting the Export Tool
    • Messages issued by the Export tool
• B Performance Monitor GUI reference
  • Performance Monitor main window
  • Edit Monitoring Switch wizard
    • Edit Monitoring Switch window
    • Confirm window
  • Monitor Performance window
  • Edit CU Monitor Mode wizard
    • Edit CU Monitor Mode window
    • Confirm window
  • View CU Matrix window
  • Select by Parity Groups window
  • Parity Group Properties window
  • Edit WWN wizard
    • Edit WWN window
    • Confirm window
  • Edit WWN Monitor Mode wizard
    • Edit WWN Monitor Mode window
    • Confirm window
  • Delete Unused WWNs window
  • Add New Monitored WWNs wizard
    • Add New Monitored WWNs window
    • Confirm window
  • Add to Ports wizard
    • Add to Ports window
    • Confirm window
  • Monitor window
  • MP Properties window
  • Edit Time Range window
  • Edit Performance Objects window
  • Add Graph window
  • Wizard buttons
  • Navigation buttons
• C Performance Control GUI reference
  • Performance Control window
  • Port tab of the Performance Control main window
  • WWN tab of the Performance Control main window
• D Cache Residency GUI reference
  • Cache Residency window
  • Multi Set dialog box
  • Multi Release dialog box
• Glossary
• Index