HPE XP7 Automation Director User manual

HPE XP7 Performance Advisor Software
7.1 User Guide
Part Number: T1789-96447e
Published: October 2017
Edition: 6
Abstract
This guide is intended for HPE XP7 Performance Advisor software administrators, users, and
HPE service providers. This document describes how to collect, monitor, and manage
configuration, performance and utilization details of XP/P9500/XP7 storage systems using the
HPE XP7 Performance Advisor software. For the latest release information on this product,
see the HPE XP7 Performance Advisor Software Release Notes.

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Revision history
Document part
number
Edition Publication date Version Edition Notes
T1789-96447 1 May 2017 7.1 Initial publication
T1789-96447a 2 May 2017 7.1 Enhanced the
Collections chapter
T1789-96447b 3 July 2017 7.1 Updated Export
Database CSV
files section for
host group
information.
T1789-96447c 4 July 2017 7.1 Updated Overview
dashboard chapter
with Compaction
ratio definition.
T1789-96447d 5 August 2017 7.1 Updated the
Contents section.
T1789-96447e 6 October 2017 7.1 Updated the
response time
definition.

Contents
Introduction to HPE XP7 Performance Advisor................................. 11
Overview..................................................................................................................................... 11
Getting started with PA.........................................................................13
Start PA.......................................................................................................................................13
Log out of PA...............................................................................................................................13
Launch PA from other Storage products.....................................................................................13
About launching PA from HPE XP7 Tiered Storage Manager..........................................13
View performance graphs for LDEVs.................................................................... 14
View performance graphs for RAID Groups..........................................................15
Navigating the PA graphical user interface........................................ 17
About the graphical user interface.............................................................................................. 17
Main menu and Banner...............................................................................................................17
Main menu........................................................................................................................17
Icon descriptions.............................................................................................................. 21
Session menu...................................................................................................................21
Help sidebar..................................................................................................................... 21
Filters and Filter sidebar..............................................................................................................22
Interpreting charts in dashboards............................................................................................... 23
Status and severity icons............................................................................................................ 24
About Panes............................................................................................................................... 24
Component screen details............................................................................................... 25
Monitor associated components...................................................................................... 26
About Charts............................................................................................................................... 26
Charts screen elements................................................................................................... 28
Plot charts........................................................................................................................ 30
View 50th, 90th and 95th percentile value in charts.........................................................32
About Real-time monitoring........................................................................................................ 32
Start/Stop real-time performance data collection............................................................. 34
About trending and forecasting................................................................................................... 35
Plot trending graphs......................................................................................................... 36
Plot forecasting graphs.................................................................................................... 36
Save charts as PDF or CSV files................................................................................................ 37
Save template charts.................................................................................................................. 38
Email charts as PDF/CSV...........................................................................................................38
Zoom in on data points across performance graphs...................................................................39
Rearrange or move chart windows............................................................................................. 40
PA Licenses........................................................................................... 42
About licenses.............................................................................................................................42
About Instant-on license on HPE XP7 PA installation......................................................43
Instant-on license activation.................................................................................. 44
Instant-on license expiration..................................................................................44
Grace period expiration......................................................................................... 45
About HPE XP7 PA licenses............................................................................................ 46
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Permanent licenses...............................................................................................46
Meter Based Term licenses................................................................................... 47
Aggregate license status..................................................................................................54
Exceeding permanent licensed capacity and grace period.........................................................55
Exceeding meter-based term licensed capacity and grace period............................................. 56
Violating licensed capacity..........................................................................................................59
License screen details................................................................................................................ 59
Generate licenses at the HPEAC license key website................................................................60
Add licenses.....................................................................................................................62
View status for individual licenses...............................................................................................63
View license history.....................................................................................................................66
Remove licenses.........................................................................................................................67
Overview dashboard.............................................................................70
Overview dashboard screen details............................................................................................71
Add, remove and rearrange widgets...........................................................................................76
Reset the widgets ...................................................................................................................... 77
Configure threshold value........................................................................................................... 77
Add new licenses........................................................................................................................ 77
Component dashboard.........................................................................78
Component dashboard screen details........................................................................................ 79
Continuous Access dashboard........................................................... 81
Continuous Access dashboard screen details............................................................................ 82
Performance dashboard.......................................................................83
Performance dashboard screen details ..................................................................................... 84
Arrays.....................................................................................................87
About Arrays............................................................................................................................... 87
Array screen details.................................................................................................................... 87
Viewing other components in the array ......................................................................................87
Collection Schedules............................................................................89
About Collections........................................................................................................................ 89
About communicating with host agents...................................................................................... 90
Request host agent updates............................................................................................ 90
Remove host agent information....................................................................................... 91
About configuration data collections........................................................................................... 91
Collections screen details................................................................................................ 92
Prerequisites.................................................................................................................... 94
Start one-time configuration data collection..................................................................... 95
Create/Edit recurring configuration data collection.......................................................... 96
Configuration collection schedule screen details............................................................. 97
Delete configuration data collection schedules.............................................................. 100
About performance data collections..........................................................................................100
Create performance data collection schedules.............................................................. 102
Enable performance collection schedules for automatic updates.................................. 105
Start performance data collection in case of a disk failure.............................................106
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View performance data collection schedules................................................................. 106
Edit performance data collection schedules...................................................................106
Stop performance data collection schedules................................................................. 107
Delete performance data collection schedules ............................................................. 107
PA Settings.......................................................................................... 108
About PA Settings..................................................................................................................... 108
PA Settings screen details........................................................................................................ 109
About saving and registering SVP Credentials..........................................................................111
Save/Register SVP credentials in PA.............................................................................112
About Email Settings.................................................................................................................113
Configure SMTP server settings.....................................................................................114
Configure alarm email settings.......................................................................................114
Configure reports email settings.....................................................................................115
Configure data collection email settings.........................................................................115
Configure SNMP settings............................................................................................... 116
Configure PA Monitor Settings....................................................................................... 116
Manually configure database size.............................................................................................117
About User Settings.................................................................................................................. 117
Set the severity level for events......................................................................................118
Set the time zone for management station.....................................................................119
Set the duration to predict the LDEV response time...................................................... 119
Set alias name for arrays.......................................................................................................... 119
Manage forecast settings..........................................................................................................120
Update real-time database........................................................................................................120
Receive email notifications when PA services fail.....................................................................121
Threshold settings.............................................................................. 124
About Threshold settings.......................................................................................................... 124
Threshold settings screen details for XP and P9500/XP7 disk arrays......................................124
Edit threshold duration.............................................................................................................. 130
Set threshold limits for XP and XP7 disk arrays....................................................................... 131
Alerts.................................................................................................... 134
About Alerts.............................................................................................................................. 134
Alerts screen details..................................................................................................................135
Set alarms.................................................................................................................................136
Set threshold level.................................................................................................................... 138
Enable or disable alarms.......................................................................................................... 139
Filter records based on metrics and alarm status..................................................................... 139
Set alarm notifications...............................................................................................................140
Establish scripts for alarms....................................................................................................... 141
Delete alarm records.................................................................................................................142
Event Log.............................................................................................143
About Event Log....................................................................................................................... 143
Event Log screen details...........................................................................................................143
View event logs.........................................................................................................................144
Filter event records................................................................................................................... 144
Delete event records.................................................................................................................145
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Purge /Archive.....................................................................................146
About PA database................................................................................................................... 146
About Purge.............................................................................................................................. 147
Manually purge data.......................................................................................................149
About Archive............................................................................................................................150
Archive data................................................................................................................... 151
Import archived data to the same management station............................................................153
Import archived data to another management station.............................................................. 154
Migrate data to another management station........................................................................... 154
Space requirements....................................................................................................... 156
Migrate data using the Backup utility............................................................................. 157
Save or restore data from the Windows command line................................................. 158
Alarm History.......................................................................................160
About Alarm History.................................................................................................................. 160
Alarm History screen details..................................................................................................... 161
Filter records in Alarms History table........................................................................................ 164
Ports..................................................................................................... 166
About Ports............................................................................................................................... 166
Ports screen details.................................................................................................................. 167
Host Groups........................................................................................ 169
About Host Groups................................................................................................................... 169
Host Groups screen details.......................................................................................................170
Processors...........................................................................................172
About Processors......................................................................................................................172
Processors screen details.........................................................................................................173
View top 20 consumers of an MP blade....................................................................................175
View MP Blade Utilization by processing types........................................................................ 177
Cache................................................................................................... 180
About Cache............................................................................................................................. 180
Cache screen details................................................................................................................ 181
LDEVs...................................................................................................182
About LDEVs............................................................................................................................ 182
LDEVs screen details................................................................................................................183
RAID Groups........................................................................................186
About RAID Groups.................................................................................................................. 186
RAID Groups screen details..................................................................................................... 187
Summary view..................................................................................... 190
About Summary view................................................................................................................ 190
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Plot summary view on Chart Work Area................................................................................... 191
View Array Summary................................................................................................................ 192
View Array Performance........................................................................................................... 193
View Port summary...................................................................................................................194
View RAID Group summary......................................................................................................195
View Top10 – Frontend IO........................................................................................................ 197
View Top 10 Backend IO...........................................................................................................198
View MP Blade utilization summary for XP7 disk arrays...........................................................200
View pools summary for P9500/XP7 disk arrays...................................................................... 202
View Continuous Access summary...........................................................................................208
View LDEV summary................................................................................................................ 215
Query and sort LDEV data............................................................................................. 216
Configuring column settings...........................................................................................218
Components and metrics in the LDEV Column Settings list............................... 220
View replication data for LDEVs..........................................................................224
Export LDEV data................................................................................................225
View RAID Group information............................................................................. 225
Continuous Access Journal Detail View..............................................................225
View ThP Pool Occupancy information............................................................... 226
View port information...........................................................................................227
View SLPR information........................................................................................227
View CLPR information....................................................................................... 228
View CHA summary..................................................................................................................228
View DKA summary.................................................................................................................. 231
View CHA Info...........................................................................................................................232
View DKA Info...........................................................................................................................234
About Custom Groups.............................................................................................................. 235
Create custom groups....................................................................................................236
View Custom Groups..................................................................................................... 237
Modify custom groups.................................................................................................... 239
Delete LDEVs/Custom Groups...................................................................................... 239
Thin Provisioning and Smart Pools.................................................. 241
About Thin Provisioning and Smart Pools................................................................................ 241
Thin Provisioning and Smart Pools screen details....................................................................241
Continuous Access.............................................................................245
About Continuous Access.........................................................................................................245
Continuous Access screen details............................................................................................ 246
Journals............................................................................................... 248
About Journals.......................................................................................................................... 248
Journals screen details............................................................................................................. 248
Virtual Storage Machine..................................................................... 251
About Virtual Storage Machine................................................................................................. 251
VSM/Resource Group screen details........................................................................................251
View component report summary............................................................................................. 259
Business Copy.................................................................................... 260
About Business Copy................................................................................................................260
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Business copy screen details ...................................................................................................260
Reports.................................................................................................262
About Reports........................................................................................................................... 262
Types of reports........................................................................................................................ 264
About RAID Group Utilization report.............................................................................. 270
About Continuous Access Journals report..................................................................... 270
About LDEV IO report.................................................................................................... 270
Create an LDEV IO report................................................................................... 271
About LDEV Activity report.............................................................................................271
Create an LDEV Activity report........................................................................... 272
Reports screen details.............................................................................................................. 272
Generate and save one-time reports........................................................................................ 274
Schedule reports.......................................................................................................................275
Report schedule examples....................................................................................................... 277
View reports.............................................................................................................................. 278
Delete reports........................................................................................................................... 278
Enable email notifications......................................................................................................... 278
Delete report schedules............................................................................................................ 278
Virtualization for reports............................................................................................................ 279
Log report details and exceptions............................................................................................. 279
Export Database..................................................................................280
About Export Database.............................................................................................................280
Export DB screen details.......................................................................................................... 281
Create Export DB CSV files...................................................................................................... 281
Import data to MS Excel............................................................................................................285
View Export DB CSV files.............................................................................................. 286
View Export DB CSV files......................................................................................................... 287
Export DB CSV files..................................................................................................................288
Delete Export DB reports and schedules..................................................................................292
Templates.............................................................................................293
About templates........................................................................................................................ 293
Reuse/Apply a template............................................................................................................293
Modify or delete a chart template..............................................................................................294
Custom Groups................................................................................... 295
Users.................................................................................................... 296
About Users.............................................................................................................................. 296
Create user records.................................................................................................................. 296
Change password..................................................................................................................... 297
Delete user records...................................................................................................................297
View group properties............................................................................................................... 297
Support and other resources.............................................................299
Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support....................................................................... 299
Accessing updates....................................................................................................................299
Websites................................................................................................................................... 300
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Customer self repair..................................................................................................................300
Remote support........................................................................................................................ 300
Document feedback ................................................................................................................. 301
Logical partitions................................................................................ 302
Storage management logical partitions (SLPRs)...................................................................... 302
Cache logical partitions (CLPRs).............................................................................................. 303
Sample reports.................................................................................... 304
Array performance report..........................................................................................................304
Total I/O Rate report.......................................................................................................305
Total I/O Rate by hour of day report............................................................................... 306
Total I/O Rate Detail report.............................................................................................306
Read/Write Ratio report..................................................................................................307
Read/Write Ratio by hour of day report..........................................................................308
Read/Write Detail report.................................................................................................308
Max/Min Frontend Port IOPS report...............................................................................309
Max/Min Frontend Port MB/s report............................................................................... 310
LDEV IO report..........................................................................................................................310
Total Backend I/O Rate First Top 8 LDEVs report.......................................................... 311
Total Backend I/O Rate First Top 8 RAID Groups report................................................312
Total Frontend I/O Rate First Top 8 LDEVs report......................................................... 313
Total Frontend I/O Rate First Top 8 RAID Groups/Pools report..................................... 313
RAID Group Utilization Report.................................................................................................. 314
Cache utilization report............................................................................................................. 315
Cache Utilization report..................................................................................................315
Cache Write Pending report...........................................................................................315
Percentage Read Hits report..........................................................................................316
Total Backend Transfer report........................................................................................ 316
Total Backend Transfer by Hour of the Day report......................................................... 317
Cache Side File Utilization report...................................................................................317
ACP utilization report................................................................................................................ 319
ACP Utilization report.....................................................................................................319
ACP Utilization by Hour of the Day report......................................................................320
CHIP utilization report............................................................................................................... 321
CHIP Utilization report....................................................................................................321
CHIP Utilization by Hour of the Day report.....................................................................321
CHIP Processor Utilization report...................................................................................322
ThP Pool Occupancy report......................................................................................................323
Snapshot Pool Occupancy report............................................................................................. 323
Continuous Access Journal Group utilization report................................................................. 323
LDEV Activity report..................................................................................................................324
Export Database report.............................................................................................................326
All report....................................................................................................................................326
MP blade utilization report........................................................................................................ 327
Average utilization of an MP Blade........................................................................................... 327
MP Blade Utilization by top resources...................................................................................... 327
MP Blade Utilization by the processing types........................................................................... 328
Metric Category, metrics, and descriptions......................................329
Metrics and descriptions........................................................................................................... 329
Real-time metrics...................................................................................................................... 350
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Forecasting performance................................................................... 353
Glossary...............................................................................................354
A................................................................................................................................................354
C................................................................................................................................................354
D................................................................................................................................................356
E................................................................................................................................................356
F................................................................................................................................................357
G............................................................................................................................................... 357
H................................................................................................................................................357
I................................................................................................................................................. 357
L................................................................................................................................................ 358
M............................................................................................................................................... 358
O............................................................................................................................................... 358
P................................................................................................................................................358
R................................................................................................................................................359
S................................................................................................................................................360
V................................................................................................................................................361
T................................................................................................................................................361
W...............................................................................................................................................362
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Introduction to HPE XP7 Performance Advisor
Overview
HPE XP7 Performance Advisor software (PA) collects, monitors, and displays the performance of XP and
XP7 disk arrays. The software enables you to identify performance bottlenecks by collecting historical
data and presenting this for immediate investigation using charts and reports. It also enables you to
compare the performance data of individual components such as Ports, RAID, Groups, LDEVs, and
Processors.
PA is a web-based application which includes the following resources:
Resource Benefits
Centralized management station A centralized approach to monitoring and managing arrays
enables to reduce the cost of operations and effort.
Distributed host agents Enables sharing of interface with third-party tools for easy
management of your storage and data center.
Browser-based interface Aims for easy user adoption.
Command-line presentation client Easy to manage and use for advance-level users.
Data communication between the above-mentioned resources is achieved through Internet-based
protocols that eliminate geographical limitations to software resource distribution.
HPE XP7 PA software: Major features
• Monitor the health status of managed arrays consolidated at SAN level.
• Collect and compare data about physical components of disk arrays, and flag the critical array
components.
• Monitor large array configuration (PA can monitor up to 64k or 65536 LDEVs).
• Create custom groups to monitor specific LDEVs, and view a graphical representation of its
performance.
• Dispatch email notifications, SNMP traps, and run scripts for batch files when metrics cross defined
thresholds.
• Generate reports and event logs on the overall performance of an XP or an XP7 disk array or on
individual components in these arrays.
• Review a log of events that are triggered within PA.
HPE XP7 PA software: Key benefits
• Easy visualization of configuration and performance data via charts and graphs.
• Quick access to associated components for effective and thorough troubleshooting for performance
bottlenecks.
• Configure and manage the extensive historical database.
• Displays details on pool savings in terms of compression, dedupe, FMD Gen2 compression.
Introduction to HPE XP7 Performance Advisor 11

• Coexist with other products such as HPE XP7 Command View AE and HPE XP7 TSM by sharing the
PA management station, and save on floor space.
• PA also provides XPWatch, a troubleshooting tool that helps you to troubleshoot performance issues
of XP and XP7 Storage systems.
• Launch PA from other products.
P9000 disk arrays are also included as part of XP disk arrays
12 Introduction to HPE XP7 Performance Advisor

Getting started with PA
I want to ...
•Start PA on page 13
•Log out of PA on page 13
•Launch PA from other Storage products
on page 13
Learn more
About launching PA from HPE XP7 Tiered Storage
Manager on page 13
Start PA
Procedure
1. Launch the application from the shortcut icon created on the Management Station. The PA login page
appears.
2. To log in into PA, type your user name and password, and click Login. The overview dashboard
screen appears upon logging in. PA supports five types of authentication. For more information, see
HPE XP7 Performance Advisor Software Installation Guide.
Log out of PA
Procedure
1. In the HPE XP7 Performance Advisor main menu, click the Session icon.
The Session sidebar appears.
2. Click Logout.
For detailed information on system and browser requirements, see HPE XP7 Performance Advisor
Software OS Support Matrix.
For information about installing, upgrading, and modifying this product, see HPE XP7 Performance
Advisor Software Installation Guide.
Launch PA from other Storage products
About launching PA from HPE XP7 Tiered Storage Manager
HPE XP7 Tiered Storage Manager is used to perform migration, where the data stored on predefined set
of volumes is moved to another set of volumes with the same characteristics. Thus, archiving data and
freeing up the current volume for use by other applications.
There can be situations where data residing on LDEVs in the XP disk arrays is not frequently accessed.
Such data can be moved to a lower performing tier. The LDEVs that are experiencing high I/Os should be
moved to a higher performing tier, or to a lower utilized RAID Group within the same tier to balance
performance. To identify the set of LDEVs for data migration, use PA where you can view the usage data
for the LDEVs and the related RAID Groups in the form of charts. PA displays charts for the selected
LDEVs, for the specified metric category, metric, and duration. You can analyze the charts to know the
Getting started with PA 13

LDEVs and the related RAID Groups that have less frequently used data. The charts displayed show the
read/write and the I/Os for the selected LDEVs and their associated RAID Groups. Further, based on the
data projected, you can decide on the data that needs to be migrated to lesser used volumes. Use HPE
XP7 Tiered Storage Manager to move data from the source volumes to other target volumes that satisfy
the performance (Service Level Objectives) for that data. This is especially useful in cases where the
performance required for the volumes changes with the passage of time.
IMPORTANT:
Launch PA from HPE XP7 Tiered Storage Manager to view the usage data of the LDEVs and the
related RAID Groups only for the XP, P9500, and XP7 disk arrays.
You can launch PA from HPE XP7 Tiered Storage Manager v7.6.1-00 onwards. Once launched, the
charts for the LDEVs are displayed in the PA GUI for all the XP disk arrays that PA supports. For more
information, see the manuals set provided for the HPE XP7 Tiered Storage Manager Software the HPE
Manuals page. You can launch PA for the Migration Group volumes and the Storage Tier volumes, and
also in the Create Migration Task operation to facilitate selection of source and target volumes.
IMPORTANT:
• The locations of the PA management station and other parameters are defined in the HPE XP7
Tiered Storage Manager hppa.properties file. For more information, see the HPE XP7
Tiered Storage Manager Software Administrator Guide.
• If you have already logged in to PA using the specified management station address, the PA
login screen is not displayed. Instead, the PA screen is displayed, where you can select the
metric and the duration to view the graphs.
View performance graphs for LDEVs
Procedure
1. To access PA from HPE XP7 Tiered Storage Manager and view the charts for the LDEVs that belong
to a storage domain: On HPE XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Suite, click the Mobility tab to
view the list of the logical groups created. The logical groups contain the list of volumes which are
grouped logically to migrate.
2. From the list of logical groups, select the group for which you want view the performance graphs of the
associated LDEVs.
The logical groups and the volumes in the groups are displayed.
3. Click Logical Groups.
4. Click the logical group for which you want to analyze performance.
All the LDEVs that belong to the selected migration group are displayed under the Volumes tab.
5. Under the Volume tab, select the LDEV records for which you want to view their usage and I/O details.
6. Click Analyze Performance.
The PA login page is displayed.
7. Enter your user name, password, and click Login.
By default, the LDEVs component screen displays, and you can plot the performance graphs for the
selected LDEVs, monitor the associated components .
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NOTE: Once you login, the current session is valid for 24 hours.
You can also use the other PA screens to perform tasks, such as generating reports and viewing events.
For more information on the functionality and related procedures, see the individual chapters in this guide.
View performance graphs for RAID Groups
Procedure
1. To access PA from HPE XP7 Tiered Storage Manager and view the charts for the RAID Groups that
belong to a storage domain, On HPE XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Suite, click the Mobility
tab to view the list of the THP pools created for each array.
2. From the list of THP pool, select the THP pools for which you want to plot data for the parity groups
from which the THP pool is created.
3. Click the Parity Groups tab.
4. Under the Parity Groups tab, select the RAID Group records for which you want to view their usage
and I/O details.
5. Click Analyze Performance.
The PA login page is displayed.
6. Enter your user name, password, and click Login.
By default, the RAID Groups component screen is displayed. From the master pane, select the RG
records that you want to plot.
View performance graphs for RAID Groups 15

Use the Actions menu in the detail pane to add more metrics in the Chart View.
NOTE: Once you login, the current session is valid for 24 hours.
16 Getting started with PA

Navigating the PA graphical user interface
I want to ...
•Plot charts on page 30
•Rearrange or move chart windows on
page 40
Learn more
•Status and severity icons on page 24
•Session menu on page 21
•About Panes on page 24
•About Charts on page 26
About the graphical user interface
The graphical user interface for PA comprises of various levels of screens. This multilevel approach
enables you to easily identify the performance bottlenecks and start drilling into the resource instances
that might need your prompt attention. The Overview dashboard shows the consolidated performance
data at overall storage level for arrays being managed by PA. From the Overview dashboard, you can
navigate to the other levels of dashboards. Using the dashboard levels of views, you can further drill
down to the respective component screens and associated screens, and identify and troubleshoot
performances issues.
The PA features are broadly grouped under the main menu bar. At any point of time, you can navigate
from one screen to any other screen using the main menu.
Main menu and Banner
The main menu and banner area include the main menu for selecting screens, a search box, sidebars for
activities and help, and a session menu.
Main menu
The main menu is the primary method for navigating to resources and performing actions. The main
menu is categorized as follows:
•Dashboards–Provides a quick view of the key performance status and general health of the arrays
that PA monitors.
•Components–Provides a detailed view of the configuration and performance details of all the physical
components on an array.
•Features– Provides a detailed view of the configuration and performance details of all the features
displayed in the figure below.
•Configurations–Enables to issue configuration and performance collection, set threshold values for
components and features, configure alarms, manage license and common PA settings.
•Reports–Enables you to manage reports and PA database.
Navigating the PA graphical user interface 17

•General–Enables you to manage Event Log, purge and archive data, alarm history, view custom
groups and templates.
•Security–Enables to manage PA users.
Figure 1: Expanded main menu
The main menu provides access to resources; each resource screen contains an Actions menu.
Table 1: Main menu screens breakup
Menu Menu item Description
Dashboards Overview Provides a high level overview of multiple arrays that are
managed by PA. For more information, see Overview
dashboard on page 70.
Component Displays status at an individual array level. For more
information, see Component dashboard on page 78.
Performance Displays status at an individual component level. For more
information, see Performance dashboard on page 83.
Continuous
Access
Displays the overall details of Continuous Access feature in XP7
disk arrays. For more information, see Continuous Access
dashboard on page 81.
Capacity Displays the physical total capacity and Pool capacity efficiency
at an array level . For more information, see #unique_26
Components Arrays Displays the component usage details of all the arrays that PA
monitors during specified threshold time interval. For more
information, see Arrays on page 87
Ports Displays the configuration, performance and utilization details
for disk ports that are configured on the specified array at a
given threshold duration, and the array components that are
associated with ports. For more information, see About Ports
on page 166.
Table Continued
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Menu Menu item Description
Host Groups Displays the configuration details, and performance and
utilization graphs for individual host group records, and its
associated components. For more information, see About Host
Groups on page 169.
Processors Displays the configuration details, and performance and
utilization graphs for individual Processors, and its associated
components. For more information, see About Processors on
page 172.
Cache Displays the configuration details, and performance and
utilization graphs for individual CLPRs, and its associated
components. For more information, see About Cache on page
180.
LDEVs Displays the configuration details, and performance and
utilization graphs for a list of LDEVs configured on the XP/XP7
disk array for a specified threshold duration, and the
components that are associated with LDEVs. For more
information, see About LDEVs on page 182.
RAID Groups Displays the configuration, performance and utilization
information for a list of RAID groups, and its associated
components that are configured on the specified disk array. For
more information, see About RAID Groups on page 186.
Summary View Displays the summary of all components for an array. For more
information, see Summary view on page 190.
Features THP/SMART Pools Displays the configuration details, and performance and
utilization graphs for individual ThP/Smart Pools records and its
associated components. For more information, see Thin
Provisioning and Smart Pools on page 241.
Continuous
Access
Provides the configuration details, and performance on the pair
status of the primary and secondary volumes. For more
information, see Continuous Access on page 245.
Journals Displays the configuration details, and performance and
utilization graphs for individual journal records, and components
associated with it. For more information, see About Journals.
VSM/Resource
Group
Displays all the discovered resources in the array and provides
a framework that manages the virtual IDs. Resource groups
helps in preventing the risk of data leakage or data destruction
by another storage administrator in another resource group.
PA monitors the resources such as LDEVs, RGs, ports and host
groups that are assigned to a resource group in an XP7 array.
For more information, see Virtual Storage Machine on page
251
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Menu Menu item Description
Business Copy HPE XP7 Business Copy uses local mirroring technology to
create and maintain a full copy of a data volume within the XP7
array.
PA monitors the BC system on an ongoing basis to keep track of
pairs and volumes and their current and past conditions. For
more information, see Business Copy on page 260.
Configurations Collections Enables you to manage performance and configuration
collections for all the arrays managed by PA. For more
information, see About Collections on page 89.
PA Settings Displays options or settings to manage email, register SVP
credentials, configure PA database, and manage user settings.
For more information, see About PA Settings on page 108.
Threshold
Settings
Provides options to configure and edit threshold values for
metrics. Its also allows you to configure, enable or disable
alarms. For more information, see About Threshold settings
on page 124.
Alerts Enabled you to activate alarms on components. For more
information, see About Alerts.
License Provides information on all the license keys installed on PA. This
screen also allows you to manage PA licenses. For more
information, see PA Licenses on page 42.
Reports Reports Provides visual representation of the performance trend of
components for a particular threshold duration. For more
information, see About Reports on page 262.
Export DB Displays options to export performance and utilization data
into .csv files, schedule export activity. For more information,
see About Export Database on page 280.
General Event Log Displays events that are generated in response to various
activities that you perform in the PA application. For more
information, see About Event Log on page 143.
Purge / Archive Provides options to automatically or manually purge the data
from the PA database. For more information, see About Purge
on page 147, About Archive on page 150.
Alarm History Displays the history of alarms for components, if the alarms are
already configured and enabled on them. For more information,
see About Alarm History.
Templates Enables you to save various components and metrics that you
frequently monitor as template charts. For more information, see
About Templates .
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