Starting and stopping performance monitors

To start or stop performance monitors for storage systems and switches, use the Performance Monitors page in the GUI.

To start or stop performance monitors, you must have Administrator privileges.

You can start or stop performance monitors for multiple resources at the same time.

Restriction: A successful probe must be completed on the resource before a performance monitor can start. If a successful probe is not run, you cannot start the performance monitor for the resource.

In the menu bar in the GUI, go to Home > Performance Monitors.
Click the Performance Monitors tab.
Locate the performance monitors that you want to start or stop.
Select the performance monitor rows and click Actions > Start or Actions > Stop.

Performance monitors are started or stopped for all the resources that meet the criteria. For example, you select two storage systems, Storage_System_a and Storage_System_b. Performance monitors are enabled for the storage systems and both resources are probed. A performance monitor is running for Storage_System_a but not for Storage_System_b. The performance monitor is started for Storage_System_b when you select Start. Storage_System_a is not affected by the action because a performance monitor is already running for the resource.

Starting or stopping a performance monitor has the following effects:

Start: Starting a performance monitor starts the immediate collection of data from the monitored resource. The status of the performance monitor changes to Running.
Stop: Stopping a performance monitor stops the collection of performance data from the resource. If a performance monitor is running, it stops. Performance data is not collected from the resource until you restart the performance monitor. The status of the performance monitor changes to Canceled.

To check the progress of the performance monitor, you can complete the following actions on the Performance Monitors page:

View information such as the status of the performance monitor and the percentage of data collections that succeeded during the most recent 24 hours when the performance monitor was active.
Right-click the performance monitor row, and select Open Logs. You can view detailed informational, warning, and error messages that are related to the performance monitor. Use this information to troubleshoot any errors that might occur when the performance monitor runs.