Creating a workload profile
Perform this task to create a workload
profile from candidate volumes for an IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage
Server (ESS).
Steps
Perform the following steps to create a workload profile
from candidate volumes:
- Double click the Multiple Device Manager icon in
the Task pane of the IBM Director. The Multiple Device Manager menu opens.
- Double click Manage Performances. The Manage Performance
menu opens.
- Drag the Manage Workload Profiles icon from the Task pane to the Group
Contents pane of the IBM Director. Drop the icon on an ESS. The Manage workload
profile panel opens.
- Click Create. The Specify Volumes Page of the Create
From Volumes Wizard opens.
- Select one or more volumes as the base for the new workload profile from
the Available volumes list, or click Select all to select
all the available volumes.
The following information about the volumes
is displayed:
- Volume ID
- Device ID of associated storage subsystem
- Storage type (RAID level)
- Volume type AS/400 or Standard)
- Volume Size
- Click Add to add the volumes to the Selected volumes
table.
- Select a from date using the From date spinner in the Peak activity information
box.
The from date must be after the start of performance data collection
task.
- Select a from time using the From time spinner in the Peak activity information
box.
- Select a to date using the To date spinner in the Peak activity information
box.
- Select a to time using the To Time spinner in the Peak activity information
box.
- Click Next. The Review Page panel opens.
- Review your previous entries or selections. If you want to make changes,
click Back. If not continue to step13.
-
Enter a name for the new workload profile in the Name
field.
- Optionally enter a description for the new workload profile in the Description
field.
- Click Next (or Finish).
Result
The wizard panel closes and the new workload profile is created.
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