HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software - Manual (Page 29)

Performance Control XP user guide 29
2 Performance Control Export Tool
This user guide provides additional instructions for using the Export Tool.
This user guide makes the following assumptions:
• The user has a background in data processing and understands XP disk arrays and their basic
functions.
• The user is familiar with Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console.
• The user has read and understands the HP StorageWorks Command View XP User Guide for XP Disk
Arrays or the HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console User Guide for the specific disk array.
• The user is familiar with the operating system (for example, Windows ® and Solaris) and web browser
software (for example, Internet Explorer and Netscape ® ) on the system hosting the Command View XP
or XP Remote Web Console software.
Overview of Auto LUN XP
Auto LUN XP lets you monitor and tune disk array performance. Its major components are:
• Auto LUN XP
• HP Performance Control XP (henceforth, referred to as PFC)
Auto LUN XP lets you obtain usage statistics about physical hard disk drives, logical volumes, processors,
or other resources in your disk array. Auto LUN XP also lets you obtain statistics about workloads on disk
drives and traffic between hosts and the disk array. The Auto LUN XP pane displays a line graph that
indicates changes in the usage rates, workloads, or traffic. You can view information in the pane, analyze
trends in disk I/Os, and detect peak I/O time. If the system performance is low, you can use information in
the pane to detect bottlenecks in the system.
Auto LUN XP lets you balance the workload among hard disk drives, logical volumes, and processors in
order to remove bottlenecks from your system. If Auto LUN XP indicates that a large number of I/O
operations are made to some hard disk drives, you can use Auto LUN XP to distribute workloads to other
disk drives.
For more information about Auto LUN XP, see the HP StorageWorks LUN Configuration and Security
Manager XP User Guide for the specific disk arrays. For more information about Performance Control XP,
see ” Performance Control XP ” on page 11.
Exporting monitoring data to files
Use the Export Tool to export monitoring data (statistics) displayed in the Auto LUN XP pane to text files.
You can also use the Export Tool to export monitoring data on remote copy operations performed by
Continuous Access XP, TrueCopy for z/OS ® , Continuous Access XP Journal, and Universal Replicator for
z/OS. Once you have exported the monitoring data to text files, you can import it into word processor
documents. You can also import the monitoring data into spreadsheet or database software for analysis.
NOTE: You cannot use the Export Tool to export monitoring data on remote copy operations performed
by Continuous Access XP Journal and Universal Replicator for z/OS, which is displayed in the CA Monitor
and URz Monitor panes.