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3PAR System Reporter 2.8 User’s Guide Revision Notice Oractcl Copyright and License Page Page Page Preamble Page Page No Warranty Table of Contents Installation, Configuration, Update, and Removal Xii Xiii Removing the System Reporter Components Xiv Creating Custom Reports Working with Excel Charts Xvi Interpreting Report Metrics Xvii Web Queries Xviii Xix Performance Reports Using Adaptive Optimization Database Schema Xxi Troubleshooting Xxii Xxiii Xxiv Audience User Interfaces Related Documentation For information about… Read the… Organization Advisories Typographical ConventionsTypeface Meaning Example ABCDabcd Overview and Features About 3PAR System Reporter Configuring System Reporter Policy Settings Choosing a Method for Accessing Reports Creating Customized Reports Report Name Description Report Metrics Cross Reference Node Cache Performance Formatting Reports for Presentation Customizing the Reporting Format Accessing Report Data using Web QueriesGenerating Email Alerts Using the Database Schema to Build Custom Reports Analyzing and Optimizing Storage Utilization Installation, Configuration, Update, and Removal Before You Begin System Reporter CD Contents Apache2.2.14 Installer.exeSetup.exe Win32-x86-openssl System Requirements System Component Minimum Requirement InServ Storage Server System Requirements Using the System Reporter Sizing Spreadsheet System Reporter Sizing Spreadsheet Using the System Reporter Sizing Spreadsheet System Reporter Components InServ Storage Server and User Interface Components System Reporter Components Installing the System Reporter Components Installing the System Reporter Components Section Installing the Web Server Choosing the Appropriate Database Installing the Database ServerSQLite MySQL Oracle Installing and Setting Up the MySQL Database Optional Comment SQLite MySQL Oracle Installing MySQL Server Configuring the MySQL Database Select Multifunctional Database then click Next Setting the maxallowedpacket parameter Maxallowedpacket=32M Creating MySQL Users and Schema Mysql -u root -p Start the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant Setting Up the Oracle Database OptionalCreating an Oracle database Creating the Oracle Users for System Reporter Creating the Oracle Net Service Installing or Upgrading System Reporter Tools on Windows Installing or Upgrading the System Reporter Tools3PAR System Reporter Installer window opens Installing or Upgrading the System Reporter Tools Installing or Upgrading the System Reporter Tools Installing or Upgrading the System Reporter Tools Installing System Reporter Tools on Linux Rpm --install sampleloop-2.8-1.i386.rpm Etc/init.d/sampleloop start Adding InServ Systems 3PAR System Reporter window appears Verifying Installation Setting File Permissions OptionalClick Submit Query Installing the Excel Client Optional About Apache Http Server Authorization and Access Control Directory cgi-bin/3par-rpts AuthType Basic Removing the System Reporter Components Removing the System Reporter Tools on Windows Removing the System Reporter Tools on Linux Removing the MySQL Database Optional Drop user cliuser drop user webuser Accessing the Main System Reporter Interface Getting Started Connection Dialog Box System Reporter Main Menu Window System Reporter Main Window Getting Help Simple Selection List Using the Object Selection ControlsFiltered Multi-Selection Control Accessing the Optional Excel Client Starting the System Reporter Excel Client Setting the Security Level for Excel Setting the Security for Excel Security Warning for Enabling Macros in Excell Setting the Security Level Setting the Security Level for Excel Macro Security Alert for Excel Click Trust Center Click Trust Center Settings Trust Center Screen Connecting to the Web Server from the Excel Client Connection Parameters dialog box appears Figure Changing the Excel Client Server and Resetting the Workbook Resetting the Workbook Accessing the Excel Client Query LogChanging the Web Server Deleting Menu Sheets Deleting Data SheetsDeleting Excel Sheets Deleting the Query Log Saving and Exiting the Excel Client 10.Security Alerts Multiple Issues Accessing and Creating Reports Accessing Quick Reports Quick Reports Window Accessing Scheduled Reports Scheduled Reports Window Creating Custom Reports Building the Report Menu Custom Reports Window Sample Resolution Report Common Performance Metrics on page 6.11 for Select Systems Option Purpose Select Domains Generating the Report Report Menu for Daily Vlun Performance Creating Custom Reports Creating Custom Reports Query Results Controls Available by Report Report Selection Time Selection ReportObject Selection 3PAR System Reporter User’s Guide Report Selection Format Selection Report Type Purpose Versus Time Standard Report TypesAt Time Histogram At Report Type Purpose HistogramTime Versus Time Report Example Versus Time with Compare=System Report Example Group By SystemHost At Time Report Example Histogram Versus Time Report Example Select Summary Columns 10.Histogram At Time Report Example Select Peak CompareGroup By Pdid System Reporter Order By Order by the CPG that the LD belongs to High Bucket Low BucketSum End Buckets Begin/At Time Time SelectionReload After mins End Time Count Select PDIDs Object SelectionInclude Chunklets Select Cage IDs Select Disk Types Select Disk Speed Include PDs in States Select Usr CPGs Select Snp CPGs Select CPGs Select LDs Select RAID Types Select LD Usage Select VVs Select Prov Types CTRL+CLICK Select VV Types Select Ports nsp Select Port Types Select Hosts Select Nodes Select To Nodes Select Queues Format Selection Web interface onlyReport Information Chart Types 11.Example of a Table Stacked Bars Stacked Vert Bars Stacked Area Lines Bars Vert Bars Chart Y Pixels Chart X PixelsTime Labels Time Format Select Space Unit Choosing a Chart Type Working with Excel ChartsChoose Change Chart Type Refreshing Charts 18.Change Chart Type Menu for the Excel Client External Data Range Properties dialog box appears 19.Data Range Properties Shortcut Menu Retaining Charts 20.External Data Range Properties Dialog Box Exporting Executable Reports Adding Custom Columns to a Data Sheet Customizing Excel Reports =H53+J53+K53 Creating a Custom Chart=IFN530,H53/N53*100,0 Working with Excel Charts Saving Customized Settings Chart Interpreting Report Metrics Summary Report Metric Description Summary Report Metrics 3PAR System Reporter User’s Guide Metric Description Space Reports PD Space Reports Usage Type Description Spare, Unused, Failed LD Space ReportsTotals VV Space Reports VV Space Report Metrics 3PAR System Reporter User’s Guide Performance Reports Common Performance Metrics 3PAR System Reporter User’s Guide VV Cache Performance Reports Node Cache Performance Reports CPU Performance Reports Adaptive Optimization Reports Link Performance Reports Configuring the System Reporter Policy Settings Accessing the System Reporter Policies CLI password files Configuring Sampling PoliciesPolicy Default Full path to directory containing InForm Etc/clipwdir on Linux Compacting Databases See Compacting Databases on Editing Sampling Policies Connection Dialog Box Adding, Removing and Re-Configuring InServ Storage Systems Removing a Storage Server Adding a Storage ServerVerifying Addition of a Storage Server Click Remove InServ Re-Configuring a Storage Server Sampling 3PAR System Reporter Policies window appears Configuring Rules for Email AlertsAdding an Alert Rule Click Add Alert Changing an Alert Rule Removing an Alert Rule Click Remove Alert Alert Rule ParametersData Table Data Table Description Resolution System Resolution DescriptionMetric Metrics Description Data Tables Averaged over the sample Direction Limit Value Condition Example of an Alert RuleLimit Count Condition Value Scheduling Reports Scheduledreports/report directory/report name/YYYYMMDDHH Choose the Scheduled Reports tab Adding a Scheduled ReportClick Add Scheduled Report Changing a Scheduled Report Removing a Scheduled Report Configuring Adaptive Optimization About File Permissions Modifying the Apache Http Server Configuration Files Modifying the Apache Http Server Configuration Files Web Queries About Web Queries Data Format Version Report System Reporter Version Report Category About Reports and OptionsReport Options Option=value Daily CompareExample Hourly Values ProvType HostVVType LDUsage Comparesel Totalspace InterruptsCtxtsws Rawspace Statpd PdspaceVvspace Statld Refresh CharttabChart Both Stackedvbars CharttypeStackedbars Stackedarea Graphy GraphxValue Tableformat GraphlegposBottom Right Alllabels Excel Timeform Begintsecs Endtsecs Tsecs Groupby PortNode Groupby=System Orderby Order results by Virtual Volume VV Type Bandwidth Service TimeIOPs IO Size Intr TotalAccessesIdle Ctxt Histbegin Ldspaceunit MiB 220 bytes PdspaceunitExamples GB 109 bytes Vvspaceunit Chunklets Selcageid All cage IDs Selchunks Nrmavaildrty Selchunkls=NRMAVAILCLEAN Selchunkls=NRMAVAILCLEAN&selchunks=SPRAVAILCLEAN Selsnpcpg SelcpgSelusrcpg Seldisktype All Disk Types SeldiskspeedAll Disk Speeds ALL Domains SeldomainDomainname ALL Hosts SelhostDomain2 Hostname All LDs SelldSellduse Ldname Selnode Log All Nodes SelnspAll Ports Selpdid ALL PDIDs All PD States SelpdstateSelporttype Valid Selraidtype Selraidtype=1&selraidtype=5 SelsysSelraidtype= All Systems Selvv Selvvtype Selprovtype Report Types Pdspacetime SummaryPdspacegroup Ldspacetime Ldspacegroup Vvspacegroup VvspacetimePdperftime Pdperfgroup Pdsvthist Portperftime PdsvthistvstimePortperfgroup Ldperftime PortsvthistPortsvthistvstime Compare=System Ldsvthist LdperfgroupLdsvthistvstime Vlunperfgroup VlunperftimeVlunsvthist Vvcmptime VlunsvthistvstimeVvcmpgroup Cpuperftime Cpuperfgroup Vvtier RegiodensityRegmoves Regiondensity example Vvtier example Options Available by ReportReport Option M M Report Option Histsvtpd M M M M M M Objects Present Reports Http//localhost/cgi-bin/3par-rpts Using tableformat=excel Without using tableformat=excel Objectspresent&objectpres= ldname on Report Table values Objectpres= cageid Sampletimes on Output Objectpres= cpgnameObjectspresent&objectpres=cageid Objectpres= diskspeed Objectspresent&objectpres=cpgname Objectspresent&objectpres=diskspeed Objectpres= disktypeObjectspresent&objectpres=disktype Objectpres= hostname Objectpres= domainnameObjectspresent&objectpres=domainname Objectpres= ldname Objectspresent&objectpres=hostname Objectpres=node Objectspresent&objectpres=ldname Objectpres=pdid Objectspresent&objectpres=node Objectpres=port Objectspresent&objectpres=pdid Objectpres= system Objectspresent&objectpres=port Objectpres= vvname Objectspresent&objectpres=system usingObjectspresent&objectpres=vvname Objectpres= vvnamenosnap Objectspresent&objectpres=vvnamenosnap Objecctpres= porttype Objectspresent&objectpres=porttype Sampletimes Time string with format yyyy-mm-dd hhmmss Objects Present Reports Objects Present Reports Using Adaptive Optimization Overview Overview Selecting an InServ for Adaptive Optimization Configuring Adaptive Optimization Adaptive Optimization Configuration Main Window Tier Definition CPG Name and GiB Configuring Adaptive Optimization Configuring Adaptive Optimization Schedule Measurement Hours Add Adaptive Optimization Configuration window appears Adaptive Optimization ModeAdding an Adaptive Optimization Configuration Adaptive Optimization Active Changing an Adaptive Optimization Configuration Change Adaptive Optimization Configuration window appears Removing an Adaptive Optimization Configuration Region IO Density Report Region IO Density with Adaptive Optimization Region IO Density without Adaptive Optimization VV Tiers Report Adaptive Optimization Space Moved Report Space Moved Report Showvvcpg CLI extension Cli% source showvvcpg.tcl CPG Showvvcpg CLI extension Using The Database Schema 10.1 10.2 Administrative TablesTable Versions and Naming Conventions Policy Table 10.3 Sampleinserv Table 10.4 System Table Alertconfig Table 10.5 10.6 Datatable value 10.7 Scheduledreport Table 10.8 10.9 Adprovconfig TableScheduledreportlog Table 10.10 10.11 Adprovlog Table 10.12 Ldrgmoves Table 10.13 10.14 Sample Data and Inventory TablesRecentsample Table 10.15 Pdspace Table 10.16 10.17 10.18 Pdspaceinv Table 10.19 Ldspace Table 10.20 10.21 Ldspaceinv Table 10.22 Vvspace Table 10.23 10.24 10.25 Vvspaceinv Table 10.26 10.27 Cpgspace Table 10.28 10.29 Cpgspaceinv Table 10.30 Common Performance Table Columns 10.31 10.32 10.33 10.34 Calculating Common Performance Metrics 10.35Metric SQL Expression 10.36 Service Time Histogram BucketsIO Size Histogram Buckets 10.37 Statpd Table 10.38 10.39 Statpdinv Table 10.40 Statld Table 10.41 Statldinv Table 10.42 Statport Table 10.43 Statportinv Table 10.44 10.45 Statvlun Table 10.46 Statvluninv Table 10.47 Statvvcmp Table 10.48 Statvvcmpinv Table 10.49Sysuid 10.50 Statcpu Table 10.51 Null CPU Statcpuinv Table 10.52Statlink Table 10.53 10.54 Statlinkinv Table 10.55 Statldrg Table 10.56 Statldrgtimeinv Table Perftimeinv Table 10.57Spacetimeinv Table 10.58 Troubleshooting Overview 11.1 11.2 Troubleshooting the Sampling ComponentsSampling Component Log Files InServ Sampling Errors Installation Configuration11.3 Errors incurred by the inservsample process Troubleshooting Adaptive Optimization ComponentsSampler Service/Daemon Errors Errors incurred by the CLI sampler process Troubleshooting the Excel Client Troubleshooting the Web Server Components11.5 Extracting Data from the Database with sysbck 11.6 11.7 Examples of Using sysbck for Various Databases 11.8 11.9 From MySQL to Oracle 11.10 11.11 11.12 Dumping the Entire DatabaseDumping the Entire SQLite Database 11.13 Dumping the Entire MySQL Database 11.14 Index IX.1 IX.2 IX.3 IX.4 IX.5 IX.6 RH.1 Release level Revision summary Configuration, Update, and Removal RH.2 RH.3 RH.4 RH.5 RH.6 RH.7 RH.8