Overview
Live Optics supports the profiling of competitive hardware storage arrays including Hitachi. Using the Live Optics collector, configuration and performance data is captured, analyzed and compiled into a Project.
This document outlines the process to produce a Hitachi array storage profile.
Quick-Start Directions
- Download the Live Optics Collector(Windows .NET version)
- Launch Live Optics Collector
- Click Get Started
- Click “Yes, I agree” to accept the End User License Agreement (prompted only on first execution)
- Click “Yes, this is me” after verifying your identity is correct (prompted only on first execution)
- Select Storage from the left menu
- Select Hitachi
- Select the type of data you would like to collect – Config & Performance or Config Only
- Select the folder that contains:
- Config & Performance -AllConf.csv, Port_dat and LDEVEachOfCU_dat
- Config only - AllConf.csv
- The folder will be displayed with the number of files it contains
- Click Next
- Select Upload my data to the portal automatically or upload later (generates SIOKIT file)
- If upload automatically was selected, enter the project name to be created, click Next
- If upload later was selected, enter the file name and directory to save the SIOKIT file
- The files are being packaged up, if upload automatically was selected, the data will be sent to the Live Optics portal
- An option to create a SIOKIT for backup is provided, this can be skipped or the file can be created at this time
- 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
- Click Quit to exit the application
Detailed Instructions
Download and run the Live Optics Windows Collector Software
- There are two methods to download the collector software:
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- From the email you received from your systems consultant inviting you to Live Optics by clicking the Download Collector link.
- From the Live Optics portal, select Collectors from the left menu, then Download Collector. For more information on how to download a Live Optics collector, please see knowledge base article Download the Live Optics Collector
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NOTE: the collector can run on any host with IP connectivity to the storage array being profiled
Start Profile Selection Process
- Select Storage from the Category list and select Hitachi from the list of storage assets.
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
The 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. See knowledge base article Uploading SIOKIT file in the Live Optics collector
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.