Document Outline

• Contents
  • Intended audience
  • Prerequisites
    • Firmware versions
      • Table 1 Recommended and minimum firmware versions
  • Related documentation
  • Document conventions and symbols
    • Table 2 Document conventions
  • HP technical support
  • Subscription service
    • Helpful web sites
• Performance Control XP
  • Optimal performance of high-priority hosts
  • Automatically disable upper limit control
  • Overview of Performance Control XP procedures
    • Procedure for one-to-one connections between HBAs and ports
      • Figure 1 Network A (one-to-one connections between HBAs and ports)
      • Figure 2 Priority specified in the Performance Control pane
      • Figure 3 Traffic at ports on network A
    • Procedure for many-to-many connections between HBAs and ports
      • Figure 4 Network B (many-to-many connections between HBAs and ports)
      • Figure 5 Specifying host bus adapters to be monitored
      • Figure 6 Priority specified in the Performance Control pane
      • Figure 7 Traffic at ports on network B
      • Figure 8 Setting upper limits
  • Notes on using Performance Control XP
    • Figure 9 Graphs indicating changes in port traffic
  • Performance Control XP restrictions
  • Using Performance Control XP
    • Starting Performance Control XP
    • Performance Control pane
      • Figure 10 Port tab in the Performance Control pane
      • Figure 11 WWN tab in the Performance Control pane
      • Pane contents
        • Top section
        • Tree section (WWN tab only)
        • Table section
        • Bottom section
        • Buttons
    • Managing traffic between HBAs and ports
      • Setting the priority of ports on disk arrays
      • Measuring traffic between host bus adapters and ports for many-to-many connections
        • Figure 12 Add WWN dialog box
      • Analyzing traffic statistics
      • Setting upper limit values for traffic at non-prioritized ports or WWNs
      • Setting thresholds
      • Changing PFC names of host bus adapters (many-to-many connections only)
        • Figure 13 Change WWN and PFC Name dialog box
      • Replacing host bus adapters (many-to-many connections only)
    • Grouping host bus adapters
      • Adding multiple HBAs to a PFC group
        • Figure 14 Add New PFC Group dialog box
      • Switching the priority of PFC groups
      • Setting upper limit values for HBAs in a PFC group
        • Figure 15 Change Upper Limit dialog box
      • Renaming PFC groups
        • Figure 16 Change PFC Group Name dialog box
      • Deleting PFC groups
  • Troubleshooting Auto LUN/Performance Control Base Monitor and Performance Control XP
• Performance Control Export Tool
  • Overview of Auto LUN XP
  • Exporting monitoring data to files
    • Figure 17 Sample text file
    • Files to be exported
      • Table 2 Auto LUN XP panes and monitoring data that can be saved by the Export Tool
      • Table 3 Files containing statistics about resource usage and write pending rates (continued)
      • Table 4 Files containing statistics about parity, external volume, and V-VOL groups
      • Table 5 Files containing statistics about logical volumes in parity, external volume, or V-VOL groups (continued)
      • Table 6 Files containing statistics about ports
      • Table 7 Files containing statistics about host bus adapters connected to ports
      • Table 8 Files containing statistics about LU paths
      • Table 9 Files containing statistics about SPM groups
      • Table 10 Files containing statistics about host bus adapters belonging to SPM groups
      • Table 11 Files containing statistics about remote copy operations by Continuous Access XP and TrueCopy for z/OS (in the whole disk array)
      • Table 12 Files containing statistics about remote copy operations by Continuous Access XP and TrueCopy for z/OS (at LU paths)
      • Table 13 Files containing statistics about remote copy operations by Continuous Access XP and TrueCopy for z/OS (at logical volumes controlled by a particular CU) (continued)
      • Table 14 Files containing statistics about remote copy operations by Continuous Access XP and TrueCopy for z/OS (at CLPR)
      • Table 15 Files containing statistics about remote copy operations by Continuous Access XP Journal and Universal Replicator for z/OS (in the whole disk array)
      • Table 16 Files containing statistics about remote copy operations by Continuous Access XP and Universal for z/OS (at journal groups)
      • Table 17 Files containing statistics about remote copy operations by Continuous Access XP Journal and Universal Replicator for z/OS (at LU paths)
      • Table 18 Files containing statistics about remote copy operations by Continuous Access XP Journal and Universal Replicator for z/OS (at logical volumes controlled by a particular CU)
    • Preparing for using the Export Tool
      • Requirements for using the Export Tool
      • Installing the Export Tool on a Windows computer
      • Installing the Export Tool on a UNIX computer
    • Using the Export Tool
      • Preparing a command file
        • Figure 18 Sample command file
      • Preparing a batch file
        • Figure 19 Scripts in batch files
        • Figure 20 Scripts in batch files (when specifying the host name of a proxy host)
        • Figure 21 Scripts in batch files (when specifying the IP address of a proxy host)
      • Running the Export Tool
        • Figure 22 An example of executing a batch file (on a Windows computer)
        • Figure 23 Sample command prompt outputs when the Export Tool runs
        • Notes
          • Table 19 Errors for which the Export Tool retries processing (continued)
          • Table 20 Estimate examples of time required for exporting files
          • Table 21 Termination codes that the Export Tool returns
          • Figure 24 Sample batch file including a reference to termination code
  • Command reference
    • Table 22 Subcommand list (continued)
    • Command syntax
      • Table 23 Syntax descriptions
      • Figure 25 Examples of comments
    • The svpip subcommand
      • Syntax
      • Description
      • Operands
      • Example
    • The retry subcommand
      • Syntax
      • Description
      • Operands
      • Example
    • The login subcommand
      • Syntax
      • Description
      • Operands
      • Example
    • The show subcommand
      • Syntax
      • Description
        • Figure 26 Information output by the show subcommand
    • The group subcommand
      • Syntax
      • Description
        • Table 24 Operands of the group subcommand and saved monitoring data (continued)
      • Operands
      • Example
    • The shortrange subcommand
      • Syntax
      • Description
      • Operands
        • Figure 27 The starting time and the ending time for collecting monitoring data
      • Example
    • The longrange subcommand
      • Syntax
      • Description
        • Table 25 Monitoring items to which the longrange subcommand can be applied
      • Operands
        • Figure 28 The starting time and the ending time for collecting monitoring data
      • Example
    • The outpath subcommand
      • Syntax
      • Description
      • Operands
      • Example
    • The option subcommand
      • Syntax
      • Description
      • Operands
      • Example
    • The apply subcommand
      • Syntax
      • Description
    • The set subcommand
      • Syntax
      • Description
      • Operands
      • Example
    • The help subcommand
      • Syntax
      • Description
      • Example
    • The java command for exporting data In files
      • Syntax
      • Description
      • Operands
      • Example
  • Troubleshooting the Export Tool
    • Table 26 Troubleshooting the Export Tool (continued)
    • Table 27 Messages to be issued by the Export Tool (continued)
  • Limitations for storage partition administrators
    • Limitations of Auto LUN XP
      • Table 28 Limitations for storage partition administrators (Auto LUN XP)
      • Figure 29 An example of a text file
    • Limitations of the Export Tool
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