Overview

Live Optics now supports the profiling of competitive hardware storage arrays, Hitachi is now available.

Using the Live Optics collector, configuration and performance data is captured, analyzed and compiled into a Project. Currently the output can be viewed from the XLSX and PPT (coming in June 2019).

This document outlines the process to produce a Hitachi array storage profile.

 

Quick-Start Directions

1. Download the Live Optics Collector(Windows .NET version)
2. Launch Live Optics Collector
3. Click Get Started
4. Click “Yes, I agree” to accept the End User License Agreement (prompted only on first execution)
5. Click “Yes, this is me” after verifying your identity is correct (prompted only on first execution)
6. Select Storage from the left menu
7. Select Hitachi
8. Select the type of data you would like to collect – Config & Performance or Config Only
9. Select the folder that contains:
   1. Config & Performance -AllConf.csv, Port_dat and LDEVEachOfCU_dat
   2. Config only - AllConf.csv
10. The folder will be displayed with the number of files it contains
11. Click Next
12. Select Upload my data to the portal automatically or upload later (generates .SIOKIT file)
13. If upload automatically was selected, enter the project name to be created, click Next
14. If upload later was selected, enter the file name and directory to save the .SIOKIT file
15. The files are being packaged up, if upload automatically was selected, the data will be sent to the Live Optics portal
16. An option to create a .SIOKIT for backup is provided, this can be skipped or the file can be created at this time
17. If upload later was selected, the .SIOKIT will need to be manually uploaded to the Live Optics portal. Use the collector to upload this .SIOKIT
18. Click Quit to exit the application

 

Detailed Instructions

Download the Live Optics Windows Collector Software

• From the Live Optics portal, Download Collectors can be selected from the left menu or from the radio button on the main screen

 

 

 

• • To perform storage array profiles, download the Windows collector

  NOTE: the Windows collector requires .NET 4.5 or greater to be installed on the host running the collector

  • Click the Download button to start the download. A file named LiveOptics.zip will be downloaded
  • Once the file download completes, extract the contents of the zip file to the host where the software will run. The Live Optics collector does not install like a typical Windows application.  Extracting the zip file is all that is needed to run the collector
  • NOTE: the collector can run on any host with IP connectivity to the storage array being profiled

 

Run the Live Optics Collector Software

• Navigate to the directory where the Live Optics collector software is downloaded
• Run LiveOpticsDotNet4_5

 

 

• Click the “Yes, I agree” button to accept the End User License Agreement

NOTE:  This question only appears the first time the collector software is run

 

 

• Confirm the name and company is correct and click “Yes, this is me”
• If the invitation to run Live Optics was from the Dell Systems Consultant, their information will also be listed

NOTE:  This question appears the first time the collector software is run

 

Start Profile Selection Process

• Select Storage from the list of Profile Types
• Select Hitachi from the list of storage array models

 

 

Select the type of data to upload  

• Select the type of data you would like to upload - Config & Performance or Collect Config Data only
  • This data was collected from the Native Hitachi toolset
• Once entered, click Next

 

 

Point the collector to the data

• The raw Hitachi data should reside on the host already
• Select the folder that contains:For config & performance
  • AllConf.csv, Port_dat and LDEVEachOfCU_dat
  • For Config only AllConf.csv

 

 

• The folder will display the number of files selected

Click Next

 

 

• Select the Method to Upload to the Live Optics Portal for Processing

  • Selecting the default, “Upload my collection data to the Live Optics web portal automatically” this is the recommended method. Once the collection is complete, the data is automatically upload to the Live Optics portal. Use this option when the host running the collector has Internet access
  • There is an option to upload later. This will save the configuration and performance data to an encrypted file, named [hostname]_Hitachi.siokit. The file is written to the same folder the collector was executed. Use this option when the host running the collector does not have Internet. Instructions for uploading the .siokit can be found at the end of these instructions
  • Once selected, click Next.

 

 

• Enter the name of the project that will be created in the Live Optics portal
• Click Next

 

 

 

 

 

Upload the data to the Live Optics portal

• Once the collection processed starts it will automatically uploaded to the web portal
• During the upload, a status bar indicates the progress.  The upload may take some time to complete depending on the speed of the Internet connection

 

 

• The collector will indicate when the upload has completed

 

Create a backup file of the data

• A choice will be provided to back up the project via a .SIOKIT. There is a choice to skip this option or create the backup file.
• Identify the file name and save location of this file

 

 

Process has completed successfully!

• Once the upload has completed. Click Quit to close the collector

 

 

• An email from Live Optics will be sent when the project is ready for viewing on the web portal

 

Uploading the .SIOKIT (applies only if the “upload later” was selected)

• The Live Optics collector software is used to upload the SIOKIT files using the Windows collector
• Copy the .siokit file along with the downloaded collector software (or download again) to a host with Internet access.
• Double-click on LiveOpticDotNet4_5.exe to start the collector.
• From the top menu bar, select Upload SIOKIT.

 

 

• • Click Browse for File

  Note: The file was written to the same folder the LiveOpticDotNet4_5.exe collector was executed. If uploading a backup .SIOKIT it will be located in the specified directory.

  • Select the .siokit file
  • Enter the name of the project that will be created in the Live Optics portal
  • Click Upload

 

 

• The files is uploaded to the web portal. During the upload, a status bar indicates the progress.  As storage array data can be quite large, the upload may take some time to complete depending on the speed of the Internet connection.

 

 

• The collector will indicate when the upload has completed
• Click Quit to close the collector
• An email from Live Optics will be sent when the project is ready for viewing on the web portal

 

View Project Results

• Log in to the Live Optics web portal (https://www.liveoptics.com)
• Recent projects are listed on the dashboard
• Select the project

 

• Click on the project page to view the output options. From here download the Config and/or Performance Excel file (XLXS), share the project with other Live Optics users or delete the project. PPT at the end of June 2019