Performance dashboard

Performance dashboard provides health and performance information for the IBM® storage resources.

About this task

Performance information presented in the dashboard is collected for a time period defined by the vcops_push_interval parameter in the vcops_config.ini file (the default time period is 5 minutes). This period can be changed, as explained in Adjusting system update interval.

Procedure

To display performance information:

  1. In the Virtual Machines pane of the Performance dashboard, locate a relevant virtual machine and select it.
  2. In the Storage System and vCenter Relationships pane, select an object, which performance you intend to monitor.
    Figure 1. Virtual Machines and XIV and vCenter Relations panes
    This screen capture shows the Virtual Machines and XIV and vCenter Relations panes.

    The HEALTH TREE pane displays the selected element and its relation to other storage resources in an hierarchical manner.
    Figure 2. HEALTH TREE pane
    This screen capture shows the HEALTH TREE pane.
  3. In the HEALTH TREE pane, select a resource element to display all relevant performance metrics in the METRIC SELECTOR pane. Different metric types are available for different resource elements, as detailed in Performance metrics.
  4. Select a metrics of an element to display its metric graph in the METRIC GRAPH pane.
    Figure 3. METRIC SELECTOR and METRIC GRAPH panes of the Performance dashboard
    This screen capture shows the METRIC SELECTOR and METRIC GRAPH panes of the Performance dashboard.