Import Archived Data To The Same Management Station - HPE XP7 User Manual

Import archived data to the same management station

IMPORTANT:
• After importing performance data for an array, ensure to initiate a fresh configuration data
collection for that array on the target management station, as the archival process only exports
the performance data. For example, if you import performance data for a disk array that is not
currently monitored by PA on the target management station, you cannot view its performance
data until a configuration collection is performed for that array.
When DB is exported using the PA Backup Utility, the entire performance data can still be viewed
even if the array is not managed by the MS whereas when data is imported using Archive Import
from PA GUI, the performance data for the array cannot be viewed until and unless a
configuration collection is issued for the array.
• If you initiate data import onto a target management station for overlapping date range and data
already exists in the management station's database, you are prompted to either archive or
purge the existing data and initiate the import process again. Consider the following example:
Performance data is archived twice for an array. The first set of performance data is archived for
the date range, 2016-01-01 12:10:00.109 TO 2016-04-01 09:10:00.109. The second
set of performance data archived for the date range, 2016-03-01 12:10:00.109 TO
2016-05-01 09:10:00.109. Then, the first set of data is imported to a target management
station. When you try to import the second set of data to the same target management station,
PA prompts you to either archive or purge the existing data, and then import the second set of
data again.
This is because, the performance data already exists in the PA database for the date range,
2016-03-01 12:10:00.109 TO 2016-04-01 09:10:00.109. So, first archive or purge
the existing performance data for the date range, 2016-03-01 12:10:00.109 TO 2016-04-01
09:10:00.109, and then import the second set of performance data again.
• After data is imported onto the target management station, you can only use the remaining TB-
Days of Meter based Term license that are available after the data is exported from the source
management station.
For example, if you installed 100TB-Days of Meter based Term license on the source
management station to monitor an additional usable capacity of 10TB for 10 days and 80TB-
Days are used before you exported the data, only 20TB-Days are available when data is
imported onto the target management station.
Procedure
1. From the HPE XP7 Performance Advisor main menu, select Purge/Archive.
2. In the Archive pane, click Import.
3. Based on the array for which you want to import its performance data, select the relevant file from the
Select the .dmp file drop-down list, and then click Ok.
4. In the confirmation page, click OK to initiate import of the archived data.
Click Import. Based on whether the import is for an array, PA does the following:
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