topic Performance Advisor - how do you tell when a counter is a label counter? in Active IQ Unified Manager Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Performance-Advisor-how-do-you-tell-when-a-counter-is-a-label-counter/m-p/55419#M11533 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>Please follow the answer of your questions:</P><P>1. What is meant by the term label counter in regards to Performance Advisor?</P><P></P><P>Labels give more granular information about counters. A label is an additional prefix added after a Performance Advisor counter name to specify an operation related that counter. Labels with counters are of the form: countername:label1:label2 For one-dimensional arrays only label1 is used while for two-dimensional arrays, label2 is also used. Some 2-dimensional counters, are: </P><UL><LI>perf:perf:cpu_disk_util_matrix.0 - &lt;10%.0 - &lt;10%:0 </LI><LI>perf:perf:cpu_disk_util_matrix.0 - &lt;10%.10 - &lt;20%:0 </LI><LI>perf:perf:cpu_disk_util_matrix.0 - &lt;10%.20 - &lt;30%:0 </LI><LI>perf:perf:cpu_disk_util_matrix.0 - &lt;10%.30 - &lt;40%:0 </LI><LI>perf:perf:cpu_disk_util_matrix.0 - &lt;10%.40 - &lt;50%:0 </LI></UL><P></P><P>2. What process or command can you use to determine which counters are label counters?</P><P></P><P>Use this dfm command to get the information of label counter</P><P>$ dfm perf counter list&nbsp; &lt;storage_system id&gt;:&lt;object_type&gt;:*:*:*:*</P><P>For example in my dfm server, the host id of the storage system is 94 so I have executed the following command to get the label info for the object type "processor".</P><P></P><P>$dfm perf counter list 94:processor:*:*:*:*</P><P>Object&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Instance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Counter&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Label1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Label2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Unit&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Priv</P><P>-------&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---------&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --------&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -------&nbsp;&nbsp; -------&nbsp;&nbsp; -----&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -----</P><P>processor processor1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; processor_busy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; percent&nbsp;&nbsp; basic</P><P>processor processor1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; processor_elapsed_time&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; none&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; basic</P><P>processor processor0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; processor_busy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; percent&nbsp;&nbsp; basic</P><P>processor processor0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; processor_elapsed_time&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; none&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; basic</P><P></P><P>Here processor object type does not have any applicable label counter, that's why it does not print label info.</P><P>You can specify the countername also here in this cli like</P><P>$dfm perf counter list 94:processor:processor_busy:*:*:*</P><P></P><P>For better usage of this dfm CLI, execute the command</P><P>$ dfm perf counter list help</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:02:21 GMT bipulm 2011-08-04T04:02:21Z Performance Advisor - how do you tell when a counter is a label counter? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Performance-Advisor-how-do-you-tell-when-a-counter-is-a-label-counter/m-p/55416#M11532 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This question is in reference to the following thread: <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.netapp.com/message/47302#47302" target="_blank">http://communities.netapp.com/message/47302#47302</A></P><P>From the prior discussion the main conclusion was that thresholds could not be set on some counters (especially, it would seem, diag mode counters) because they are label counters.</P><P></P><OL start="1"><LI>What is meant by the term label counter in regards to Performance Advisor?</LI><LI>What process or command can you use to determine which counters are label counters?</LI></OL></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:48:46 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Performance-Advisor-how-do-you-tell-when-a-counter-is-a-label-counter/m-p/55416#M11532 RichardSopp 2025-06-05T06:48:46Z Performance Advisor - how do you tell when a counter is a label counter? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Performance-Advisor-how-do-you-tell-when-a-counter-is-a-label-counter/m-p/55419#M11533 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>Please follow the answer of your questions:</P><P>1. What is meant by the term label counter in regards to Performance Advisor?</P><P></P><P>Labels give more granular information about counters. A label is an additional prefix added after a Performance Advisor counter name to specify an operation related that counter. Labels with counters are of the form: countername:label1:label2 For one-dimensional arrays only label1 is used while for two-dimensional arrays, label2 is also used. Some 2-dimensional counters, are: </P><UL><LI>perf:perf:cpu_disk_util_matrix.0 - &lt;10%.0 - &lt;10%:0 </LI><LI>perf:perf:cpu_disk_util_matrix.0 - &lt;10%.10 - &lt;20%:0 </LI><LI>perf:perf:cpu_disk_util_matrix.0 - &lt;10%.20 - &lt;30%:0 </LI><LI>perf:perf:cpu_disk_util_matrix.0 - &lt;10%.30 - &lt;40%:0 </LI><LI>perf:perf:cpu_disk_util_matrix.0 - &lt;10%.40 - &lt;50%:0 </LI></UL><P></P><P>2. What process or command can you use to determine which counters are label counters?</P><P></P><P>Use this dfm command to get the information of label counter</P><P>$ dfm perf counter list&nbsp; &lt;storage_system id&gt;:&lt;object_type&gt;:*:*:*:*</P><P>For example in my dfm server, the host id of the storage system is 94 so I have executed the following command to get the label info for the object type "processor".</P><P></P><P>$dfm perf counter list 94:processor:*:*:*:*</P><P>Object&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Instance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Counter&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Label1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Label2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Unit&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Priv</P><P>-------&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---------&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --------&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -------&nbsp;&nbsp; -------&nbsp;&nbsp; -----&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -----</P><P>processor processor1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; processor_busy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; percent&nbsp;&nbsp; basic</P><P>processor processor1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; processor_elapsed_time&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; none&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; basic</P><P>processor processor0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; processor_busy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; percent&nbsp;&nbsp; basic</P><P>processor processor0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; processor_elapsed_time&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; none&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; basic</P><P></P><P>Here processor object type does not have any applicable label counter, that's why it does not print label info.</P><P>You can specify the countername also here in this cli like</P><P>$dfm perf counter list 94:processor:processor_busy:*:*:*</P><P></P><P>For better usage of this dfm CLI, execute the command</P><P>$ dfm perf counter list help</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:02:21 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Performance-Advisor-how-do-you-tell-when-a-counter-is-a-label-counter/m-p/55419#M11533 bipulm 2011-08-04T04:02:21Z