Validating ESS access and invoking the performance advisor Volume performance advisor tasks Adding devices to a performance data collection task

Perform this task to validate user access to a selected IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) and to invoke the Volume performance advisor wizard.

Context

You need access to the selected ESS so you can specify information for the Volume performance advisor. The Volume performance advisor uses historical performance information to advise you about where volumes should be created.

Steps

Perform the following steps to validate user access to a selected ESS and to invoke the Volume performance advisor wizard:

  1. Drag the Volume Performance Advisor Task icon from the Task pane of the IBM Director and drop it on an ESS in the Group Contents pane of the IBM Director. The ESS user validation panel opens.
  2. Select an ESS from the Device table.
  3. Type a valid user name in the ESS Specialist username field.
  4. Type a valid password for the user name in the ESS Specialist password field.
  5. Retype the exact same password in the Confirm password field.
  6. Type a port number for the ESS in the ESS Specialist port field.
  7. Click Apply to set the user name, password, and port information.
  8. Click OK to validate the ESS Specialist user name and port and to invoke the Volume performance advisor wizard.
Result

The Specify settings page of the Volume performance advisor wizard opens.

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