Exporting data

The Export option exports the Performance dashboard data metrics that are collected for the specified time. You can export the Performance dashboard data metrics that are displayed in the dashboard into a folder on your local system.

About this task

You can export data metrics in two ways. To export data metrics for one or more servers, complete the following steps:

From the HMC dashboard:
1. In the navigation pane, click System resources.
2. Click Systems. The Systems page is displayed.
3. Select a system of which you want to export the performance data.
4. Click Performance > Export performance data.
5. The Export performance data page opens.
6. Select the feed type by which you want to export the performance data.
  Note: When you select the feed type as By source, multiple data files that contain overall resource level data are exported for each managed system, logical partition, and Virtual I/O Server (VIOS). When you select the feed type as By tier, the maximum tier level is calculated based on the time duration that is specified in start time stamp and end time stamp, and the data for corresponding level is exported.
7. Select the export format as either JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) or comma-separated values (CSV).
8. Click the calendar icon to choose the start date and end date.
  Note: By default, the time stamp in the Start date field is set to 4 hours before the current time, and the current time is set as the time stamp in the End date field. You can choose to export data for this duration. Otherwise, to specify a specific time interval, you must enter the time within the Performance dashboard data retention period, which is 180 days by default. The time stamp of the last data export is displayed in gray.
9. Click Export.
10. The exported data is saved in the downloads folder based on your browser setting.

From the Performance dashboard:
Note: For more information about accessing the Performance dashboard, see Accessing the Performance dashboard.
1. In the HMC dashboard home page, click Performance dashboard in the left navigation pane. The Systems page is displayed.
2. Select a system from the available list and click Launch.
3. In the Performance dashboard, click System dashboard from the left navigation pane.
4. In the System dashboard page, click Export. The Export performance data page is displayed.
5. Select the feed type by which you want to export the performance data.
  Performance data metrics have the following rollup or aggregation frequency and retention period.
  - Tier 0 level - The aggregation frequency is 30 seconds and the retention period is 2 hours.
  - Tier 1 level - The aggregation frequency is 5 minutes and the retention period is 24 hours.
  - Tier 2 level - The aggregation frequency is 2 hours and the retention period is 7 days.
  - Tier 3 level - The aggregation frequency is 24 hours and the retention period is 180 days.
  Note: When you select the feed type as By source, multiple data files that contain overall resource level data are exported for each managed system, logical partition, and Virtual I/O Server (VIOS). When you select the feed type as By tier, the maximum tier level is calculated based on the time duration that is specified in the start time stamp and end time stamp, and the data for corresponding level is exported.
6. Select the export format as either JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) or comma-separated values (CSV).
7. Click the calendar icon to choose the Start date and End date.
  Note: By default, the time stamp in the Start date is set to 4 hours before the current time, and the current time is set as the time stamp in the End date. You can choose to export data for this duration. Otherwise, to specify a specific time interval, you must enter the time within the Performance dashboard data retention period, which is 180 days by default. The time stamp of the last data export is displayed in gray.
8. Click Export.
9. The exported data is saved in the downloads folder depending on your browser setting.