Workload Assessment; Running A Workload Assessment Simulation; Using The Workload Assessment Templates - HP 12000 User Manual

Figure 37 SAN Health tab

Workload Assessment

The Workload Assessment tab features a workload assessment simulation to ensure that a planned
new backup will "fit" on the system with the existing backups before actually running the backup.
The simulation tests the physical capacity and logical capacity thresholds; it also tests the Fibre
Channel performance for each day of the week that runs an existing backup.
In addition, you can quickly see whether or not a particular library has notification alerts enabled
and the alert threshold values. A threshold is a percentage or ratio value that when reached triggers
the system to send a notification. For example, if you set the critical notification for the logical
capacity to 90, the system will send a critical notification when the logical capacity exceeds 90%
used. You can edit the notification alerts for specific libraries and for the entire VLS system on this
screen. See "Editing the Notification Alerts" (page

Running a Workload Assessment Simulation

1. Select the library of interest.
2. Select Assess Workload.
3. On the pop-up window, select OK to use a template or Cancel to enter all of the criteria values.
4. If you opted to use a template, select the template and then select Run Simulation. If you opted
not to use a template, enter the criteria values and then select Run Simulation.
You can add, edit, and delete templates; see
5. Enter the size of the full backup in GB at the top of the screen.
6. Select Run Simulation.
Scroll to the bottom of the screen, if necessary, to view the simulation results. Each tested
threshold receives either a green (threshold is fine) or red (threshold is exceeded) icon.

Using the Workload Assessment Templates

Deleting a workload assessment template:
1. Select the template from the template summary screen.
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Using the Workload Assessment Templates.