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what is the command in PA to increase the default buffers

emanuel
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Hello all

I need to increase Performance Advisor's ability to retain performance data from 5 days to 30 days or more on all default views.  I heard it is a CLI option, where can I set that option?

Thanks, Emanuel

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adaikkap
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Will give the details of current retention.

[root@lnx ~]# dfm perf data list
Counter Group             Host Name                                Sample Rate     Retention Period Max Records Used Space      Max Projected Space
------------------------- ---------------------------------------- --------------- ---------------- ---------- --------------- --------------------

Use dfm perf data modify to change the retention.

[root@lnx ~]# dfm perf datas modify help

NAME

    modify -- Modify the interval and collection details for a counter group

SYNOPSIS

    dfm perf data modify [ -f ] -G <counter-group-name> [ -o <host-name-or-id> ]

                [ -s <sample-rate> ] [ -r <retention-period> ]

DESCRIPTION

    Modify the interval and retention details for a counter group.

    Specify a positive number, optionally followed by a time period

    suffix to indicate seconds, minutes, hours, days, or weeks.

    The default time period suffix is seconds.

    'host-name-or-id' is mandatory for default counter groups.

    Use -f option to force the change of sample rate and

    retention period when the number of records for

    the view decreases.

[root@lnx ~]#

Regards

adai

emanuel
3,302 Views

Okay .. getting closer ... here is what I have found ( see below ) ... the 604800 is the 7 day collection period but I noticed that the used space is all different.  I do not need to bump all these up but now i have new questions

Looking at the list of counter groups, I can see that I would want to increase "system basic", "disk basic", "aggregate basic", "NFS basic", "volume basic", and "NIC basic".  I will be using the view in "View > Logical or Physical > controller > object" to dive down into a specific volume or disk to look at what the object was doing when a client side alarm goes off when it complains that our filers are slow.  This is a strict NFS environment, no SAN or CIFS or iSCSI.

When I look at the collection period, I can do the math to bump up the coverage to 30 days ... if I do this on each group, does the "Max Records" increase as well with the "Used Space"?  Is the Max Records something I can or need to modify?  Is the Used Space a reflection of how large the data has grown since it has been collecting?

If I increase the collection period which will increase the size on disk for storing the data, is there a way I can size?

[root@sjcfilermon01 ~]# dfm perf data list

Counter Group             Interval (secs) Collection Period (secs)  Max Records Used Space (bytes)

------------------------- --------------- ------------------------- ---------- --------------------

System Basic                           60                    604800      10080              3709952

Disk Basic                             60                    604800      10080           1307174912

Aggregate Basic                        60                    604800      10080             18225152

CPU Basic                              60                    604800      10080              4032512

Network Interface Basic                60                    604800      10080             28224512

NFS Basic                              60                    604800      10080              2419712

Target Basic                           60                    604800      10080                  512

LUN Basic                              60                    604800      10080                  512

Volume Basic                           60                    604800      10080            432392192

CIFS Basic                             60                    604800      10080              1129472

FCP Basic                              60                    604800      10080              1129472

iSCSI Basic                            60                    604800      10080              1129472

vFiler Basic                           60                    604800      10080                  512

System Archive                         60                  31536000     525600            278225976

CPU Archive                            60                  31536000     525600            636930616

Perf Archive                          600                  31536000      52560             27364324

QOS Basic                              60                    604800      10080                  512

Wafl Basic                             60                    604800      10080              4355072

Qtree Basic                            60                    604800      10080                  512

Aggregate Health Chart                 60                   2592000      43200              7309880

Data Volume Latency                    60                   2592000      43200             22686288

SJC Trunked Interfaces                 60                   2592000      43200              4537772

Protocol Latency                       60                   2592000      43200              7058516

CATY16 NFS volume                      60                   2592000      43200             19526784

CATY18 NFS Volume                      60                   2592000      43200             17798784

System Level IO Profile                60                   2592000      43200             18238112

adaikkap
3,301 Views

Max records is=Collection Period/Sampling interval.

In your case =604800/60=10080. This will change automatically when you change your collection period or sampling.

If you reduce any of these that might reduce the max records then you must you -f options in the perf data modify.

-f it forces the change of sample rate and       retention period when the number of records decrease

Used size is the currently used size.

Projected size is the max size to which this can grow with the current sampling and collection period. this field is available starting next release.

Regards

adai

emanuel
3,301 Views

Okay, I have increased them to 30 day increments on the NAS/NFS specific counters ( ignoring iSCSI and FCP SAN counters ).  I will check these next week to see if we keep longer than 7 days on default views.

[root@sjcfilermon01 ~]# dfm perf data list

Counter Group             Interval (secs) Collection Period (secs)  Max Records Used Space (bytes)

------------------------- --------------- ------------------------- ---------- --------------------

System Basic                           60                    604800      10080              3709952

Disk Basic                             60                    604800      10080           1307174912

Aggregate Basic                        60                    604800      10080             18225152

CPU Basic                              60                    604800      10080              4032512

Network Interface Basic                60                    604800      10080             28224512

NFS Basic                              60                    604800      10080              2419712

Target Basic                           60                    604800      10080                  512

LUN Basic                              60                    604800      10080                  512

Volume Basic                           60                    604800      10080            432392192

CIFS Basic                             60                    604800      10080              1129472

FCP Basic                              60                    604800      10080              1129472

iSCSI Basic                            60                    604800      10080              1129472

vFiler Basic                           60                    604800      10080                  512

System Archive                         60                  31536000     525600            278586556

CPU Archive                            60                  31536000     525600            637757184

Perf Archive                          600                  31536000      52560             27400500

QOS Basic                              60                    604800      10080                  512

Wafl Basic                             60                    604800      10080              4355072

Qtree Basic                            60                    604800      10080                  512

Aggregate Health Chart                 60                   2592000      43200              7353032

Data Volume Latency                    60                   2592000      43200             22820208

SJC Trunked Interfaces                 60                   2592000      43200              4564556

Protocol Latency                       60                   2592000      43200              7100248

CATY16 NFS volume                      60                   2592000      43200             19526784

CATY18 NFS Volume                      60                   2592000      43200             17798784

System Level IO Profile                60                   2592000      43200             18351348

[root@sjcfilermon01 ~]# dfm perf data modify "System Basic" collectionPeriod=2592000

Successfully modified the data collection parameters for the counter group.

[root@sjcfilermon01 ~]# dfm perf data modify "Disk Basic" collectionPeriod=2592000

Successfully modified the data collection parameters for the counter group.

[root@sjcfilermon01 ~]# dfm perf data modify "Aggregate Basic" collectionPeriod=2592000

Successfully modified the data collection parameters for the counter group.

[root@sjcfilermon01 ~]# dfm perf data modify "CPU Basic" collectionPeriod=2592000

Successfully modified the data collection parameters for the counter group.

[root@sjcfilermon01 ~]# dfm perf data modify "NFS Basic" collectionPeriod=2592000

Successfully modified the data collection parameters for the counter group.

[root@sjcfilermon01 ~]# dfm perf data modify "Volume Basic" collectionPeriod=2592000

Successfully modified the data collection parameters for the counter group.

[root@sjcfilermon01 ~]# dfm perf data modify "Network Interface Basic" collectionPeriod=2592000

Successfully modified the data collection parameters for the counter group.

[root@sjcfilermon01 ~]# dfm perf data list

Counter Group             Interval (secs) Collection Period (secs)  Max Records Used Space (bytes)

------------------------- --------------- ------------------------- ---------- --------------------

System Basic                           60                   2592000      43200              3711332

Disk Basic                             60                   2592000      43200           1307369496

Aggregate Basic                        60                   2592000      43200             18226508

CPU Basic                              60                   2592000      43200              4032776

Network Interface Basic                60                   2592000      43200             28224512

NFS Basic                              60                   2592000      43200              2419892

Target Basic                           60                    604800      10080                  512

LUN Basic                              60                    604800      10080                  512

Volume Basic                           60                   2592000      43200            432392192

CIFS Basic                             60                    604800      10080              1129472

FCP Basic                              60                    604800      10080              1129472

iSCSI Basic                            60                    604800      10080              1129472

vFiler Basic                           60                    604800      10080                  512

System Archive                         60                  31536000     525600            278607368

CPU Archive                            60                  31536000     525600            637802244

Perf Archive                          600                  31536000      52560             27402404

QOS Basic                              60                    604800      10080                  512

Wafl Basic                             60                    604800      10080              4355072

Qtree Basic                            60                    604800      10080                  512

Aggregate Health Chart                 60                   2592000      43200              7355584

Data Volume Latency                    60                   2592000      43200             22828128

SJC Trunked Interfaces                 60                   2592000      43200              4566104

Protocol Latency                       60                   2592000      43200              7102644

CATY16 NFS volume                      60                   2592000      43200             19526784

CATY18 NFS Volume                      60                   2592000      43200             17798784

System Level IO Profile                60                   2592000      43200             18357888

harish
3,301 Views

Retention periods are associated with counter groups. Data for the

default views are fetched from these counter groups. For example, there

is a counter group called "System Archive", whose data is shown in

"Storage System Summary View" default view. The command to manipulate

retention period (and sampling rate) of a counter group is "dfm perf

data modify".

Example:

To increase the retention period of "System Archive" counter group from

1 year to 2 years, the command would be

dfm perf data modify –f "System Archive" collectionPeriod="2 years"

"dfm perf data list" CLI can be used to list all the counter groups.

Regards

Harish

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