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3PAR Vision v3.2

Decembre 2016

3PAR Vision User Guide

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Disclaimer

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for

AntemetA products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such

products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty.

AntemetA shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.



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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 3

1.1 Conventions ................................................................................................................................................................ 3

1.2 3PAR Vision ................................................................................................................................................................. 3

1.3 Related documents .................................................................................................................................................. 3

2. Installation.......................................................................................................................................................... 4

2.1 Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................................................... 4

2.1.1 OS support ........................................................................................................................................................................... 4

2.1.2 3PAR StoreServ OS support ......................................................................................................................................... 4

2.1.3 Hardware requirements ................................................................................................................................................. 4

2.1.4 Network Prerequisites ..................................................................................................................................................... 5

2.2 Installation ................................................................................................................................................................... 5

2.2.1 Opening 3PAR Vision ...................................................................................................................................................... 6

2.3 Configuration ............................................................................................................................................................. 7

2.3.1 Systems ................................................................................................................................................................................. 8

2.3.2 Settings ................................................................................................................................................................................. 9

2.3.4 Report .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10

2.3.5 Proxy ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

2.3.6 Layout .................................................................................................................................................................................. 11

2.4 Upgrade ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14

2.5 Uninstall ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14

3. Using 3PAR Vision ........................................................................................................................................ 15

3.1 Navigation ................................................................................................................................................................ 15

3.2 3PAR Vision Layout ............................................................................................................................................... 18

3.2.1 Capacity............................................................................................................................................................................... 18

3.2.2 Performance ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22

3.2.3 Adaptive optimization .................................................................................................................................................. 26

3.2.4 Real Time Graphs ............................................................................................................................................................ 28

3.2.5 New Charts ........................................................................................................................................................................ 31

4. Contact ............................................................................................................................................................. 37



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1. INTRODUCTION

This document provides the information needed to install and use 3PAR Vision v3.2.1.1

The latest version of this document can be found here:

https://www.3parvision.com/download/userguide.pdf

1.1 CONVENTIONS

The following conventions are used in this document:

Convention Meaning Example

Bold Bold lettering is used for interface

elements such as dialog box and button

labels.

In the Configuration window,

click on the Add… button located

in the Systems field.

“Between

quotation marks”

Quotation marks are used to frame file

names, paths, screen outputs, text you

have to enter, or specific terms.

These graphs allow checking

whether AO is performing as

expected and the data is properly

sorted between “cold” and

“warm” storage.

NOTE: Notes are used to stress the importance of

specific recommendations.

NOTE: This graph does not show

thin provisioning storage usage.

WARNING: [red

bold text]

Warnings followed by red bold text are

used to stress the importance of critical

recommendations. If such

recommendations are not followed, Vision

will not function.

WARNING: For each storage

array that Vision should

monitor, enter the SSH

connection information.

1.2 3PAR VISION

3PAR Vision is a monitoring software which gathers performance analysis data and synthetizes it into

easy-to-read and real-time graphs. Vision can connect to the StoreServ nodes via SSH.

1.3 RELATED DOCUMENTS

The following documents provide information on subjects related to 3PAR Vision:

HP SSMC User’s Guide.

HP 3PAR InFormOS Concept Guide.

https://www.3parvision.com/download/userguide.pdf



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2. INSTALLATION

This chapter describes the prerequisites and procedures necessary to install 3PAR Vision.

2.1 PREREQUISITES

All the prerequisites below must be met for 3PAR Vision to function properly.

2.1.1 OS SUPPORT

3PAR Vision requires that the .NET Framework 4.5 is installed on the monitoring computer.

3PAR Vision is compatible with Windows versions that support the .NET Framework 4.5. 3PAR Vision

has currently been tested with the following OS:

Windows 7 SP1

Windows 8 / 8.1

Windows 10

Windows 2008

Windows 2012

2.1.2 3PAR STORESERV OS SUPPORT

3PAR Vision release 3.0 does no longer support the connection to external System Reporter servers.

Therefore, 3PAR Vision only supports InFormOS versions 3.1.2 and higher with the SR-On-Nodes

feature.

3PAR Vision requires the System Reporter license to be activated on the targeted storage systems. The

System Reporter service should also be active on the controllers.

3PAR Vision requires to access the HP StoreServ arrays through SSH. A user with “browser” rights shall

be created within each StoreServ to be monitored by the 3PAR Vision software.

2.1.3 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

3PAR Vision requires the following machine specifications in order to run:

- 1 core for every 8 arrays monitored

- 1 GB of RAM for every 8 arrays monitored

- 1 GB of disk for every 16 arrays monitored

Those figures are relative to the default display of 3PAR Vision. Depending on how the graphs are

configured through the layout tool, more CPU or Memory resources might be needed for 3PAR Vision

to run properly. The 3PAR Vision software may also need more resources if large arrays are monitored

(>1000 Virtual Volumes).



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2.1.4 NETWORK PREREQUISITES

The installation of 3PAR Vision requires an internet connection. It will also later be used to update 3PAR

Vision. 3PAR Vision needs to connect using HTTPS to www.3parvision.com on destination port 443 for

the following needs:

- Automatic fetch of the licenses

- Automatic software update process

3PAR Vision does support downloading its updates through an authenticated proxy. Refer to the Proxy

chapter.

Please contact support to get the latest build of 3PAR Vision (ref Section 5 of this document) in case no

Internet connection is available.

3PAR Vision will connect directly to the StoreServ via an SSH connection through port TCP 22. The

software will connect three SSH sessions per array, one for each of the following charts:

- Historical graphs

- Real-time graphs

- Unusual events

2.2 INSTALLATION

The procedure to install 3PAR Vision is as follows:

1) Using a web browser, connect to the URL:

https://www.3parvision.com/download/3parvision.exe

2) Once the application has been downloaded, execute “3PAR Vision.exe” on the system. The 3PAR

Vision installer requires Administrative Rights on the system to install, as it creates files and

folders in the “Program Files” folder.

3) Follow the installer instructions.

4) If you have not launched the installer with Administrative Right to the system, the installer will

prompt you to authorize the software installation.

5) If the installation was successful, click the close button.

http://www.3parvision.com/





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2.2.1 OPENING 3PAR VISION

To launch the application, locate the application icon located by default in the start menu and on the

desktop of the system. Alternatively, you can browse your disk to the folder selected during the

installation process to locate the vision.exe file and double click it. By default 3PAR Vision installs at the

following location “C:\Program Files (x86)\AntemetA\3PAR Vision\”.

FIG 2-1 - SPLASH SCREEN



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2.3 CONFIGURATION

When started for the first time, 3PAR Vision will open the configuration window. The eight following

items can be seen:

Systems This field used to add and display the information pertaining to the connection to

System Reporter instances.

Current version The current version of 3PAR Vision is displayed in the top-right corner of the

configuration window.

DAL status This field displays the number of queries being resolved.

Settings This field is dedicated to settings pertaining to the 3PAR Vision interface.

Report 3PAR Vision can be configured to send email reports in this field.

Layout This button is used to access the additional Layout menu.

Proxy settings This button is used to access the additional proxy settings window.

The 3PAR Vision configuration panel will open automatically when launching the application if no

configuration was set. When using the software, the configuration panel can always be accessed using

the configuration icon on the top right corner of the application.

FIG 2-2 - CONFIGURATION PANEL



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2.3.1 SYSTEMS

The following buttons may be used to perform different actions on the systems registered in the settings

Add Add a new HP StoreServ array to be monitored.

Remove Remove a HP StoreServ array from monitoring.

Paste/Copy Paste/Copy to the clipboard the selected system line with all the settings.

Edit Edit a registered system within 3PAR Vision. This feature may be used to

change the password from a HP StoreServ array for instance.

The IP address of each array to be monitored must be entered in this field, along with the necessary

credentials. The procedure to add a system is as follows:

FIG 2-3 - ADD SYSTEM

1) In the Configuration window, click on the Add… button located in the Systems field.

2) The Add system window will pop up.

3) In the top field, enter the IP address or FQDN of the StoreServ storage array.

4) In the Credentials fields, enter the username of a “browser” user and password you would use

to connect to the StoreServ.

5) Click Connect to query the new system. 3PAR Vision will automatically try to connect to the

StoreServ array to fetch its serial number. If the license is registered in our system and you have

Internet access, it will be automatically retrieved.

6) Click OK to confirm.

In case of multiple systems to monitor, repeat this procedure until all systems are added.



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2.3.2 SETTINGS

The following settings can be modified:

Capacity threshold (%) If the total occupancy rate of the StoreServ storage array is currently over this

value, the background of all graphs displaying data related to occupancy rate

will turn to red. In addition, the exact time when the occupancy rate has gone

over the capacity threshold will be marked by a red point in the timeline.

Latency threshold (ms) If the total service time of the StoreServ storage array is currently over this

value, the background of all graphs displaying data related to service time will

turn to red. In addition, the exact time when the service time has gone over

the latency threshold will be marked by a red point in the timeline.

DateTime format The exact format of the date and time can be specified here. Each sequence of

identical letters matches a unit of time, which can be separated by any

punctuation symbols:

“MM”: month.

“dd” : day.

“yy” : year.

“HH” : hour.

“mm”: minute.

NOTE: This field is case sensitive.

Slideshow wait (secs): The wait period, in seconds, before 3PAR Vision enters slideshow mode. In

Slideshow mode, 3PAR Vision displays every graph in sequence.

Slideshow delay (secs): The delay before 3PAR Vision passes on to the next graph in slideshow mode.

Command timeout

(secs):

This will change how long Vision waits before giving up on each command.

This value should only be changed if advised by AntemetA support.

Theme (restart

needed):

3PAR Vision’s visual theme can be switched between “dark” and “light” using

this drop-down menu. Changing the theme will take effect after 3PAR Vision

has restarted.

Slideshow Checking this box will enable slideshow mode.

Windowed Checking this box will enable windowed mode. Leaving the box unchecked will

switch 3PAR Vision to full screen mode.

Enable logging This feature enables tracking cache completion. This should only be activated

when asked by AntemetA Support.



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2.3.4 REPORT

3PAR Vision can be configured to send email reports in this field. These reports contain snapshots of all

the graphs, taken at the exact moment the report was sent. The report itself is a Word docx document

displaying the graphs as seen in the 3PAR Vision interface. The report option requires a SMTP server

and a dedicated email account. In order to configure report dispatch, follow the procedure below:

1) In the SMTP Server field, enter the DNS name or IP address of the SMTP server in charge of

handling the dispatching of emails. You can tick the Enable SSL box if your server requires a

secured connection.

2) In the SMTP Port field, enter the port used for SMTP communication. By default, it should be

“25”.

3) In the Email Sender field, enter the email account set up to handle 3PAR Vision reports in the

following format: “[email protected]”.

Example: “[email protected]"

4) In the Password field, enter the password of the email account if your server requires an

authenticated connection from senders.

5) Use the Configure button to access the Schedule/Template settings.

6) Use the Set timer button to define when the next report will be sent.

7) The Next report time window will pop-up. Select the time, then the periodicity of the reports

and click OK.

8) The recipients’ addresses can be added by clicking the Add button.

9) The Add email report recipient window will pop-up. Enter the recipient email address and

click OK. Repeat this step until all intended recipients are added. If needed, addresses can be

removed from the list by selecting it and clicking Remove.

10) The Report configuration window will pop-up. Click on Edit to open the template in Microsoft

Word. If you don’t have Microsoft Word on the machine running Vision, you will have to edit

the template located in: “%APPDATA%\AntemetA\3PAR Vision\ReportTemplate.docx”. Click on

the Test button to create a report locally using the default or custom template. Click on the

Reset button to delete the custom template and use the default.

11) To test the report configuration, click on the Test email button. It will send a sample report to

all the email addresses listed under Recipient email address.

2.3.5 PROXY

The proxy can be set by clicking the Proxy Settings button.

mailto:[email protected]



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FIG 2-4 - PROXY SETTINGS

1) In the Address field enter the IP address of FQDN of the proxy.

2) In the Username field enter the user name for the authenticated proxy. Depending on the proxy

configuration, you may not need to specify the domain name for this entry.

3) In the Password field enter the password for authentication. This password will be hashed and

stored in a 3PAR Vision configuration file.

2.3.6 LAYOUT

Clicking the Layout button will bring up the Layout Configuration window.

FIG 2-5 - LAYOUT CONFIGURATION

The window is divided in two field. On the left-hand side, a tree view can be expanded to access and

edit the properties of tabs and the graphs they contain. On the right-hand side, a simulation of the

layout is visible, and evolves as it is being edited.

The tree view can be expanded by clicking the + symbols.

Right-clicking any item in the tree view will bring up a menu. Depending on what item has been right-

click, only certain lines will be accessible.



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FIG 2-6 – LAYOUT RIGHT-CLICK MENU

NAME CLICK ON USE

Add page Pages Clicking on Add page will create a new tab.

Rename page Any page Clicking on Rename page allows you to rename the tab.

Hide Page Any page Clicking on Hide Page will remove the page from the main Vision

interface but the page will still appear in the layout tool. Use this

feature if you don’t want to see the default tabs to appear again

after a 3PAR Vision upgrade.

Remove page Any page Clicking on Remove page allows you to delete the tab.

Add row Layout, Row Clicking on Add row will add a new row to the selected layout.

Remove row Layout, Row Clicking on Remove row will delete a row from the selected layout.

Add column Layout,

Colum

Clicking on Add column will add a new column to the selected

layout.

Remove column Layout,

Column

Clicking on Remove column will delete a column from the selected

layout.

Convert to Any Graph Clicking on Convert to will bring up an additional menu, which will

in turn allow to select what graph should this case display, or to turn

it into a grid, allowing for it to display more graphs.

Regarding the Convert to option, all the graphs listed are described in section 3.2. The Grid option

turns the space dedicated to a chart into a new 1 x 1 grid, which can be expanded by using the Add

row and Add column options. Any graph space in that grid may in turn be transformed into a grid.

Below is an example of an edited additional page.



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FIG 2-7 – EDITED LAYOUT EXAMPLE

In order to save the modification made to the layout, close the window by clicking the cross icon in

the top left corner. It will bring up the following window:

FIG 2-8 – CONFIRMATION

Click Yes. 3PAR Vision will need to be restarted for the changes to be taken into account.



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2.4 UPGRADE

Each time 3PAR Vision is launched, the process will try to check online if a new release of the software

is available. 3PAR Vision will check if your arrays have a valid support contract for the software to validate

the upgrade. If at least one array does not have a valid support contract Vision will not upgrade.

If a new upgrade is available 3PAR Vision will show the following message box:

FIG 2-9 – UPDATE AVAILABLE

Click Yes to upgrade your 3PAR Vision software. Clicking No will launch your current installed 3PAR

Vision software.

In case one of your array is not supported anymore you will get a message such as this.

FIG 2-10 – SUPPORT EXPIRED

During the upgrade, the layout of Vision is modified so the new charts can be show to the software

user. The layout is modified so the default tabs that were deleted appear again. If you wish not to see

the new tabs each time you upgrade, you should “Hide” the tabs you don’t want to see in the layout

tool.

2.5 UNINSTALL

The procedure to uninstall 3PAR Vision is as follows:

1) Go to the Control Panel and select Uninstall a program.

2) Select 3PAR Vision and click Uninstall.

3) If you are prompted if you are sure you want to uninstall 3PAR Vision, click Yes.

4) 3PAR Vision will require Administrative Rights on the system to be uninstalled.

3PAR Vision is now uninstalled from the system.



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3. USING 3PAR VISION

3.1 NAVIGATION

This icon is used to access the configuration menu; which options are described in section

2.3.

This icon is used to exit the 3PAR Vision application.

This icon is used to reset the zoom in a graph

This icon is used to toggle a graph in full screen

This icon is used to toggle out of full screen

3PAR Vision can be navigated using the mouse and keyboard. The following actions can be performed:

Left-click Left-clicking on a tab name will bring up that tab. It is also used in zoom mode to

press the arrow buttons.

Escape key Pressing the escape key will cancel full-window mode.

Pointing On line graphs, laying the cursor on a specific point in time will show data about it.

Selecting On line graphs, if the Zoom option is enabled, selecting a section of the graph will

zoom on it.

The Settings menu displays the options below. Changes made in this menu only affect the selected

graph. Not all options are available on all graphs.

System If several HP 3PAR StoreServ systems are configured to be monitored by 3PAR

Vision, you can select which one the selected graph should represent.

Resolution The granularity of the graph can be selected here:

High : Each point in the graph will correspond to a minute (in case of a

SSH connection to an StoreServ storage array).

Hourly : Each point in the graph corresponds to an hour.

Daily : Each point in the graph corresponds to a day.

Highlight It is possible to highlight specific days of the week in this menu, as follows:

None

Weekends

Weekdays

Mondays

Wednesdays

Fridays



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Zoom On line graphs, if the Zoom option is enabled, selecting a section of the graph will

zoom on it. An already zoomed in graph can be zoomed in even further. In order to

restore to default view, select the Clear zoom option at the bottom of the right-

click menu.

Metric On the Volume Performance graph, this option defines what performance metric

is used to rate the volumes.

Read IOPS : Number of read operations per seconds.

Write IOPS : Number of write operations per seconds.

Total IOPS : The sum of Read IOPS and Write IOPS.

Read KBytes/sec : Read bandwidth in KBytes/s.

Write KBytes/sec : Write bandwidth in KBytes/s.

Total KBytes/sec : The sum of Read KBytes/sec and Write KBytes/sec.

Read Svct ms : Average read latency in milliseconds.

Write Svct ms : Average write latency in milliseconds.

Read IOSz Kbytes : Average size of read operations in KBytes.

Write IOSz Kbytes : Average size of write operations in KBytes.

Total IOSz Kbytes : The average sizes of read and write operations in

KBytes.

Queue Length : Queue length at the sample time.

Avg Busy % : The percentage of time that the object is busy.

Statistics On certain line graphs, it is possible to display the average of all values as a line, as

well as the 95%ile line, which depicts the limit between the 5% highest values, and

the 95% lowest. The values compiled depend on the exact graph.

Disk type Depending on the type of graph, an option to filter the data by disk type may be

available. Disk types are as follows:

All

FC

NL

SSD

If the disk type selected isn’t installed in the array, then the graph will remain blank.

Port type Depending on the type of graph, an option to filter the data by port type may be

available. port types are as follows:

Host

Disk

If the port type selected isn’t used by the array, then the graph will remain blank.

Trend On the Raw capacity trend line graph, this option allows to extend the average

line in order to evaluate the use of raw capacity in the future. It can be set to the

following length of time:

3 months

6 months

1 year

2 years

3 years

Policy In the Adaptive Optimization graphs, this is the sub-menu in which you can select

what AO policy is shown.



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Display type The Virtual volume tiers graph allows to select between displaying percentage or

gigabytes.



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3.2 3PAR VISION LAYOUT

What is described in this section is the default layout of 3PAR Vision. It can be customized by using the

Layout configuration menu, as explained in section “Layout” 3PAR Vision graphs are presented within

those tabs:

Dashboard

Performances

Capacity

Remote copy

Adaptive optimization

Real-time

Unusual events

New Charts

3.2.1 CAPACITY

3PAR Vision comprises several capacity oriented charts. Those are meant to help the storage

administrator report quickly on the past, current and future capacity usage for all the storage tiers within

the storage systems of the SAN.

3PAR Vision comprises the following capacity oriented charts:

Raw storage Data

Raw capacity trend

Consolidated capacity

Physical capacity by disk type

Volume capacity

These charts are retailed below.

RAW STORAGE DATA



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FIG 3-1 – RAW STORAGE USAGE

This graph shows the occupancy rate on the storage array, in general and by disk type. It is calculated

by counting and comparing free chunklets against Used and spare chunklets. The space in blue is used,

and the one in green is available for growth.

NOTE: This graph does not show thin provisioning storage usage.

RAW CAPACITY TREND

FIG 3-2 – RAW CAPACITY TREND

This graph shows a timeline of raw storage capacity usage. The Trend sub-menu can be accessed

through the settings menu (see section 3.1) to display a prediction of storage usage evolution in the

future. It can be set to the following length of time: 3 or 6 months, or 1, 2 or 3 years.



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CONSOLIDATED CAPACITY

FIG 3-3 – CONSOLIDATED CAPACITY

This graphs compares in a timeline, the storage capacity virtually allocated to hosts via 3PAR thin

provisioning, against what is physically present on the array, and what is currently used.

PHYSICAL CAPACITY BY DISK TYPE

FIG 3-4 – PHYSICAL CAPACITY BY DISK TYPE

This pyramid graph depicts how the storage capacity is distributed between disk types. It indicates how

much capacity is free on each tier and the number of disks composing the different tiers.



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VOLUME CAPACITY

FIG 3-5 – VOLUME CAPACITY

This graph shows the ten largest virtual volumes and their occupancy rate. It also shows the

deduplication gain and can be filtered.

Orientation Can change the bar orientation. This parameter can be Vertical or

Horizontal.

Filter VVs Filters VVs by name. The filter is displayed in the graph name.

Max volumes The number of volumes to display. The parameter can be 5, 10, 20, 30.

Order by This allows to sort volumes descending either by the Used Space or

Deduplication rate.



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3.2.2 PERFORMANCE

3PAR Vision integrates several graphs that allow to evaluate the storage systems performance. These

charts should help the storage administrator to evaluate quickly the past and current health of his

systems and the impact of new workloads.

FRONT END PERFORMANCE

FIG 3-6– FRONT END PERFORMANCE

This graph displays a timeline of the storage access performance on the frontend (host side) of the

controllers in terms of IO/s and bandwidth.

BACK END PERFORMANCE

FIG 3-7 – BACK END PERFORMANCE



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This graph displays a timeline of the backend (disk side) access performance on the storage array in

terms of IO/s and bandwidth.

VOLUME PERFORMANCE

FIG 3-8 – VOLUME PERFORMANCE

This graph rates the ten most used Virtual Volumes according to their performance in terms of IO per

second. By clicking the Settings crank you can select view other metrics such as the Qlength or the

Service Time on Read IO/s. Those metrics are described in chapter 3.1.

NOTE: It is possible to display more than ten volumes in this graph, but doing so requires a modification

of 3PAR Vision configuration files. Please contact 3PAR Vision support as detailed in chapter 4 for more

information.



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PORT PERFORMANCE

FIG 3-9 – PORT PERFORMANCE

This radar chart compares the performances of both front end and back and ports, and aims at helping

in identifying imbalances in the storage array configuration. Zooming on the graphs allows viewing

precise read and write IO/s balance for each port.

FRONT END SERVICE TIME

FIG 3-10 – FRONT END SERVICE TIME

This graph displays a timeline of latencies experienced on the front end of the array when accessing

virtual volumes.



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REMOTE COPY IOPS

FIG 3-11 – REMOTE COPY IOPS

This graph shows a timeline of remote copy performance in terms of IO per seconds.

REMOTE COPY BANDWIDTH

FIG 3-12 – REMOTE COPY BANDWIDTH

This graph shows a timeline of remote copy performance in terms of megabytes per seconds.



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3.2.3 ADAPTIVE OPTIMIZATION

These graphs focus on Adaptive Optimization metrics.

REGION SPACE DENSITY

FIG 3-13 – REGION SPACE DENSITY

The first three graphs on the tab share the same name, and show the same information with different

criteria:

Top left-hand corner Region space density comparison of percentages of total space.

Top right-hand corner Region space density comparison of actual storage space.

Left-hand middle line Region space density comparison of IO volume.

They depict the state of data repartition according to their “temperature”, which is the density of IOs on

a given gigabyte in a minute. The column at the left-hand side of the graph is the “coldest” region,

which experiences the less IO, and should be located on higher (i.e. slower) tiers, such as near line disks

and/or slower types of raid. The column at the right-hand side is the “warmest” region, where the density

of IOs is the highest, and should be located on the fastest disk and/or raid type.

These graphs allow checking whether AO is performing as expected and the data is properly sorted

between “cold” and “warm” storage.



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SPACE MOVED BETWEEN TIERS

FIG 3-14 – SPACE MOVED BETWEEN TIERS

This graph shows the actual capacity that has been moved by AO during the last 24 hours for each

policy created on the 3PAR System.

VIRTUAL VOLUME TIER

FIG 3-15 – VIRTUAL VOLUME TIERS

This graph shows the repartition of data between tiers on the X virtual volumes that have the highest

proportion of data written on SSD disks.



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3.2.4 REAL TIME GRAPHS

REAL TIME

FIG 3-16 – REAL TIME PERFORMANCE

This graph shows the top 10 volume IO/s on a given storage array. The volumes need to show more

than 50 IO/s to be represented in the graph. The colors are attributed per server so it is more visible to

see several volumes working on one given server.

The bars will show IO/s and latency in a box it the mouse is rolled over. Either the bars, the volumes in

the right pane or the hosts can be clicked in order to visualize a given asset.

In the settings pane of this graph, the following can be set:

Filter Filters VVs by name. The filter is displayed in the graph name.

Bar Count The number of bars to be displayed. The parameter can be 5, 10, 30, 60

Max Volumes The number of volumes to display. The parameter can be 5, 10,

Unlimited.

Color Scheme This indicates which colors will be chosen by the software to display

the different volumes. The parameter can be “Cyan to Magenta” or

“Full Spectrum”.

Refresh Period The delay between each bar populated. The parameter can be 1, 5, 10,

60.

If greater than one, the graph will average IO/s to display the bar for

the rate selected. i.e. if 10 is selected the IO performance of each

volume displayed will be averaged for the last 10 seconds.

In this graph, performance statistics are pulled with a delay of one second on the array. Although the

array may take more than one second to send the results, especially if numerous volumes and hosts are

present in the array. In this case 3PAR Vision will wait until the first command is complete before

throwing a new command to the array with a delay of one second.



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VOLUMES MAP

FIG 3-17 – VOLUME MAP

The Volumes Map displays the top 10 volumes active on a given array. The graph displays IO/s on the

x-axis, MB/s on the y-axis and latency through the size of each circle. Passing the mouse over each circle

will display the precise value of each stat as well as the host doing the IOs.

Filter Filters VVs by name. The filter is displayed in the graph name.

Color Scheme This indicates which colors will be chosen by the software to display

the different volumes. The parameter can be “Cyan to Magenta” or

“Full Spectrum”.

Refresh Period The delay between each bar populated. The parameter can be 1, 5, 10,

60.

If greater than one, the graph will average IO/s to display the bar for

the rate selected. i.e. if 10 is selected the IO performance of each

volume displayed will be averaged for the last 10 seconds.



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UNUSUAL EVENTS

FIG 3-18 – UNUSUAL EVENTS

This pane will display information for all connected arrays. It will throw events on the following items:

New 3PAR native alert (i.e. 3PAR physical disk capacity reaching the default 85% occupation

threshold)

Alert Source 3PAR: The alert is triggered by the array itself. These alerts are also

visible in the HP SSMC or with a “showalert” in the 3PAR CLI interface.

Vision: The alert is triggered by 3PAR Vision.

Source Array This pane displays alerts for all connected arrays. Hence the source

array that triggered the alert is stipulated within each message.

Message The alert message from either the StoreServ or Vision

Dismiss The dismiss button located at the right end of each alert acknowledges

the alert. Dismissed alerts can be called back by clicking on the “Show

hidden” button.

Show hidden Shows all the alerts that were dismissed since the last time Vision was

opened.

Dismiss all Clears all alerts from the Event Visualizer pane. Dismissed alerts can be

called back by clicking on the “Show hidden” button.

Alert severity The alerts severity in the 3PAR Vision Event Visualizer are equivalent to

the severity levels within the HP StoreServ interface:

- Critical: Critical or Fatal

- Major: Major or Degraded

- Minor: Minor

- Informational: All the other 3PAR alert types

This Unusual Events chart is refreshed every second for all the arrays included in 3PAR Vision.



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3.2.5 NEW CHARTS

3PAR Vision now has a specific tab to introduce new charts coming with the latest release of the

software. Not all features are introduced through this page and some features may have come in other

Tabs of the software.

DEFRAGMENTATION PROGRESS

This chart checks the real reserved and used space on your 3PAR storage array. There is no specific

parameter for this chart.

FIG 3-19 - DEFRAGMENTATION PROGRESS



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SERVICE LATENCY RECORD

FIG 3-20 – SERVICE LATENCY RECORD

This chart shows how well latency agrees with the expectations you had targeted. The latency threshold

is defined in the application global settings. There is no specific parameter for this chart.

FREE CAPACITY PER CPG

FIG 3-21 – CPG CAPACITY

This chart shows the free capacity per disk type for all used RAID types.

Disk type Disk types are as follows depending on the array configuration:

All

NL

FC 10K

FC 15K

SSD



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CPU LOAD HISTORY

FIG 3-22 – CPU LOAD HISTORY

This chart displays the CPU load history for a given array in terms of CPU% for System Time and User

Time. This chart is particularly important for arrays that leverage advanced features such as the File

Persona or deduplication.

Node Selection This parameter can be Total or a Node ID of the nodes present in the

storage array.

3.2.6 MORE CHARTS

CACHE HITS

FIG 3-23 – CACHE HITS

This chart shows the percentage of the data already present in the cache controllers and the flash cache

(AFC).

Data types This parameter lets you hide the lines that are not in use.



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R:W RATIO AND I/O SIZE

This graph displays the Read/Write ratio and the average I/O size.

FIG 3-24 – R:W RATIO AND I/O SIZE

Highlight It is possible to highlight specific days of the week in this menu, as follows:

None

Weekends

Weekdays

Mondays

Wednesdays

Fridays



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3.3 SCHEDULED REPORT

Vision can be used to generate off-screen reports. You need to setup the “Report” group in

the settings panel before using this feature (see: 2.3.4 – Report). All the settings are used when

generating an off-screen report;, if you removed or hid some charts from the “Layouter”, those

won’t appear in the final report.

MANUALLY

You need to call “Vision.exe” with the “/report” parameter from a command line or a shortcut.

Example: “C:\Program Files (x86)\AntemetA\3PAR Vision\Vision.exe' /report”

USING THE TASK SCHEDULER

Execute the “taskschd.msc” command, then click on “Create Task”. You should be prompted

by a window like this:

FIG 3-23 –CREATE TASK

Switch to the “Actions” tab and click on the “New…” button. Complete the “New Action”

window like so:



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FIG 3-24 –NEW ACTION



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4. CONTACT

3PAR Vision comes with a standard 5/7 next business day support agreement.

For all support related questions please contact [email protected]

For all sales related questions please contact [email protected]

Some specific support agreement may have been provided by your local reseller. In that case, please

contact your sales representative.



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