Creating a long-term statistics report for the TS7600 ProtecTIER Deduplication Solutions, V3.3.6

This task describes how to generate a long-term statistics report using ProtecTIER® Manager.

About this task

Create a long-term statistics report for the nodes in your system when you want to analyze your system statistics.

Procedure

  1. From the Systems Management view, choose Reports > Create long term statistics report. The Create long term statistics report window is displayed.
    Figure 1. Create long term statistics report window
    Create long term statistics report window
  2. From the Node selection pane, select a node from the Selected node: dropdown list, or select All for all of the nodes in the system.
  3. From the Profile selection pane, select a statistics profile from the Selected profile: dropdown list. The following options are available:
    Profile name Description

    All (for support)

    Collects all of the statistical data from the system. The report can be sent as a file to IBM Service for analysis.

    ProtecTIER VTL Statistics Report

    Displays statistics data for monitoring purposes.

    The following table displays the information included in the ProtecTIER Statistics report. Each record measures the data from the timestamp of the previous record to the timestamp of the current record.

    Contents of the ProtecTIER VTL Statistics Report:
    Column Description
    processId The ID number of the process.
    pollId The ID number of the poll sample.
    Timestamp The date and time of the sampling.
    SamplingTimeSeconds The duration, in seconds, between samples.
    nSamplesPerPoll The number of samples used for each poll.
    Physical Size of Repository (bytes) The physical size of the repository.
    Nominal Data Size (bytes) The amount of nominal data on the repository.
    Used Physical Space (bytes) The amount of space on the repository currently containing physical data.
    Allocable Space (bytes) The amount of free physical space on the repository that is available for new allocations.
    Non-Allocable Space (bytes) The amount of fragmented space on the repository that has to be defragmented to be available for new allocations.
    Average Write Throughput (bytes/sec) The average throughput of nominal data written to this node, in bytes/second.
    Average Number of Writing Streams The average amount of write streams on this node.
    Average Read Throughput (bytes/sec) The average throughput of nominal data read from this node, in bytes/second.
    Average Number of Reading Streams The average amount of read streams on this node.
    Nominal Deleted Size (bytes) The amount of nominal data deleted from the repository during the last poll.
    Average Delete Throughput (bytes/sec) The average throughput of nominal data that has been deleted.
    Average Delete Backlog Per Node (bytes) The average amount of nominal data backlog per node, in bytes, that still needs to be deleted from the repository.
    Factoring Ratio The ratio of the total amount of nominal data size over the used physical space.
    Number of Defraggers tasks Finished The number of defraggers tasks that have completed during this poll.
    Defraggers Defragmented Size Bytes (cluster wide) The amount of space freed up after defragmentation operations.
    Nominal Incoming Throughput Average (KB/sec) The average amount of incoming nominal throughput from the different sources replicating to this node.
    Physical Incoming Throughput Average (KB/sec) The average amount of incoming physical throughput from the different sources replicating to this node.
    Nominal Outgoing Throughput Average (KB/sec) The average amount of outgoing nominal throughput sent from this node to the destination(s).
    Physical Outgoing Throughput Average (KB/sec) The average amount of outgoing physical throughput sent from this node to the destination(s).
    Total Replication Backlog Average (bytes) The average of the total amount of nominal data in the queue pending replication.
    Replication Backlog Average Dest RID 0-3 (bytes) The average of the total amount of nominal data in the queue pending replication per destination repository ID.
    Profile name Description

    All (for support)

    Collects all of the statistical data from the system. The report can be sent as a file to IBM Service for analysis.

    ProtecTIER OST Statistics Report

    Displays statistics data for monitoring purposes.

    The following table displays the information included in the ProtecTIER Statistics report. Each record measures the data from the timestamp of the previous record to the timestamp of the current record.

    Contents of the ProtecTIER OST Statistics Report:
    Column Description
    processId The ID number of the process.
    pollId The ID number of the poll sample.
    Timestamp The date and time of the sampling.
    SamplingTimeSeconds The duration, in seconds, between samples.
    nSamplesPerPoll The number of samples used for each poll.
    Physical Size of Repository (bytes) The physical size of the repository.
    Nominal Data Size (bytes) The amount of nominal data on the repository.
    Used Physical Space (bytes) The amount of space on the repository currently containing physical data.
    Allocable Space (bytes) The amount of free physical space on the repository that is available for new allocations.
    Non-Allocable Space (bytes) The amount of fragmented space on the repository that has to be defragmented to be available for new allocations.
    Average Write Throughput (bytes/sec) The average throughput of nominal data written to this node, in bytes/second.
    Average Number of Writing Streams The average amount of write streams on this node.
    Average Read Throughput (bytes/sec) The average throughput of nominal data read from this node, in bytes/second.
    Average Number of Reading Streams The average amount of read streams on this node.
    Nominal Deleted Size (bytes) The amount of nominal data deleted from the repository during the last poll.
    Average Delete Throughput (bytes/sec) The average throughput of nominal data that has been deleted.
    Average Delete Backlog Per Node (bytes) The average amount of nominal data backlog per node, in bytes, that still needs to be deleted from the repository.
    Factoring Ratio The ratio of the total amount of nominal data size over the used physical space.
    Number of Defraggers tasks Finished The number of defraggers tasks that have completed during this poll.
    Defraggers Defragmented Size Bytes (cluster wide) The amount of space freed up after defragmentation operations.
    Nominal Incoming Throughput Average (KB/sec) The average amount of incoming nominal throughput from the different sources replicating to this node.
    Physical Incoming Throughput Average (KB/sec) The average amount of incoming physical throughput from the different sources replicating to this node.
    Nominal Outgoing Throughput Average (KB/sec) The average amount of outgoing nominal throughput sent from this node to the destination(s).
    Physical Outgoing Throughput Average (KB/sec) The average amount of outgoing physical throughput sent from this node to the destination(s).
    Total Replication Backlog Average (bytes) The average of the total amount of nominal data in the queue pending replication.
    Replication Backlog Average Dest RID 0-3 (bytes) The average of the total amount of nominal data in the queue pending replication per destination repository ID.
    Profile name Description

    All (for support)

    Collects all of the statistical data from the system. The report can be sent as a file to IBM Service for analysis.

    ProtecTIER FSI Statistics Report

    Displays statistics data for monitoring purposes.

    The following table displays the information included in the ProtecTIER Statistics report. Each record measures the data from the timestamp of the previous record to the timestamp of the current record.

    Contents of the ProtecTIER FSI Statistics Report:
    Column Description
    processId The ID number of the process.
    pollId The ID number of the poll sample.
    Timestamp The date and time of the sampling.
    SamplingTimeSeconds The duration, in seconds, between samples.
    nSamplesPerPoll The number of samples used for each poll.
    Physical Size of Repository (bytes) The physical size of the repository.
    Nominal Data Size (bytes) The amount of nominal data on the repository.
    Used Physical Space (bytes) The amount of space on the repository currently containing physical data.
    Allocable Space (bytes) The amount of free physical space on the repository that is available for new allocations.
    Non-Allocable Space (bytes) The amount of fragmented space on the repository that has to be defragmented to be available for new allocations.
    Average Write Throughput (bytes/sec) The average throughput of nominal data written to this node, in bytes/second.
    Average Number of Writing Streams The average amount of write streams on this node.
    Average Read Throughput (bytes/sec) The average throughput of nominal data read from this node, in bytes/second.
    Average Number of Reading Streams The average amount of read streams on this node.
    Nominal Deleted Size (bytes) The amount of nominal data deleted from the repository during the last poll.
    Average Delete Throughput (bytes/sec) The average throughput of nominal data that has been deleted.
    Average Delete Backlog Per Node (bytes) The average amount of nominal data backlog per node, in bytes, that still needs to be deleted from the repository.
    Factoring Ratio The ratio of the total amount of nominal data size over the used physical space.
    Number of Defraggers tasks Finished The number of defraggers tasks that have completed during this poll.
    Defraggers Defragmented Size Bytes (cluster wide) The amount of space freed up after defragmentation operations.
    Nominal Incoming Throughput Average (KB/sec) The average amount of incoming nominal throughput from the different sources replicating to this node.
    Physical Incoming Throughput Average (KB/sec) The average amount of incoming physical throughput from the different sources replicating to this node.
    Nominal Outgoing Throughput Average (KB/sec) The average amount of outgoing nominal throughput sent from this node to the destination(s).
    Physical Outgoing Throughput Average (KB/sec) The average amount of outgoing physical throughput sent from this node to the destination(s).
    Total Replication Backlog Average (bytes) The average of the total amount of nominal data in the queue pending replication.
    Replication Backlog Average Dest RID 0-3 (bytes) The average of the total amount of nominal data in the queue pending replication per destination repository ID.
  4. From the Dates range pane, select the start and end dates to filter the report data by date range.
  5. Click OK. The long term statistics report file is created on the ProtecTIER server and a standard save dialog box is displayed.
  6. Click Yes to download the report and save the file on the ProtecTIER Manager workstation.
Parent topic: Reporting for the TS7600 ProtecTIER Deduplication Solutions, V3.3.6
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