Setting The Storing Period For The Monitoring Data; Starting Monitoring - HPE XP7 User Manual

Setting the storing period for the monitoring data

Before you start the monitoring function, you must set the storing period, short-range or long-range,
for the monitoring data. Short-range data can be collected for up to 15 days, and long-range data
can be collected for up to six months (186 days).
Prerequisites
Required role: Storage Administrator (Performance Management)
Procedure
1. Open the Performance Monitor window.
In Command View Advanced Edition:
1. On the Resources tab, expand the Storage Systems tree.
2. Right-click the target storage system.
3. Select Performance Monitor.
In Remote Web Console:
1. Select Analytics in Explorer, and select Performance Monitor in the tree to open the
Performance Monitor window.
2. On the Performance Monitor window click Monitor Performance to open the Monitor
Performance window.
3. On the Monitor Performance window select Long-Range or Short-Range in the Data
Range as the periods (ranges) for collecting and storing statistics.
4. Select Set Range or Use Real Time in the Time Range as the periods (ranges) for displaying
statistics.
If Long-Range is selected, you can specify only Set Range. If Short-Range is selected, you
can select Set Range or Use Real Time.
5. Click Apply to apply the settings to the storage system.
Related topics
"Performance Monitor main window" (page 159)
"Monitor Performance window" (page 163)

Starting monitoring

After you have set the storing period for the monitoring data (short-range or long-range), you can
start the monitoring function.
CAUTION:
are deleted. If you want to keep the previous monitoring statistics, first export the desired data
using Export Tool and then restart monitoring.
14 Performance Monitor operations
When you start monitoring a storage system, all of its previous monitoring statistics