About Archive - HPE XP7 User Manual

Purge data till field, the current date and time are considered for the purge. The date and time are to
be specified only when you select to purge data by date.
5. In the confirmation page, click OK to delete all the configuration and performance data collected in the
PA database for the chosen period of time.
If you want to view the specified array details again, request update from the host connected to that
array. Then, perform a configuration collection followed by performance collection for that array. For
more information, see Request host agent updates.

About Archive

You can archive performance data for XP/P9500/XP7 disk arrays from the PA, for a specified duration of
your choice. The performance data is exported as .dump and .csv files that are saved in the
DBArchiveDump folder at the following location on the management station: <XPPA_HOME>\pa
\tomcat\webapps\pa\DBArchiveDump\.
CAUTION:
• Do not modify the names of the .dump and .csv files created during the export activity. HPE
XP7 Performance Advisor uses these file names as reference to identify the data that needs to
be imported.
• Do not modify the default settings that is configured for the HPE XP7 Performance Advisor
database at the time of installation or upgrade.
• The data archival process must not be initiated when the auto purge is in progress.
• The manual purge must not be initiated when the data archival is in progress.
IMPORTANT:
• After the data is archived, it is permanently deleted from the PA database and the free disk
space is released back to the database. If you want to use the archived data for an XP or an XP7
disk array, import the corresponding dump folder.
Before importing data to XP or XP7 disk array on the management station, ensure configuration
collection is performed for a particular array, or perform a fresh configuration data collection. If
you want to take a backup of the PA database before archiving, use the Backup utility. For more
information, see Migrate data to another management station.
• You can import the archived data on to the same management station or another management
station. However, ensure that the version of PA installed on the target management station is
same as that installed on the source management station, from where the data is exported. For
more information on importing data, see About importing data .
• If you retain the current date and time for archiving the data, and the last collection date and time
is before the current date and time, PA considers the last collection date and time for archiving
the data. For example, if 2016–11–17 17:00:00 is the current date and time, and 2016–11–01
17:00:00 is the last collection time stamp, PA considers 2016–11–01 17:00:00 for archiving data.
About Importing data
You can import the archived data to another management station or back to the same management
station from where the data was initially exported. For more information, see Import archived data to the
same management station on page 153, Import archived data to another management station on
page 154
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