Creating a workload profile Volume performance advisor tasks Creating like profiles

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:

  1. Double click the Multiple Device Manager icon in the Task pane of the IBM Director. The Multiple Device Manager menu opens.
  2. Double click Manage Performances. The Manage Performance menu opens.
  3. 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.
  4. Click Create. The Specify Volumes Page of the Create From Volumes Wizard opens.
  5. 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
  6. Click Add to add the volumes to the Selected volumes table.
  7. 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.

  8. Select a from time using the From time spinner in the Peak activity information box.
  9. Select a to date using the To date spinner in the Peak activity information box.
  10. Select a to time using the To Time spinner in the Peak activity information box.
  11. Click Next. The Review Page panel opens.
  12. Review your previous entries or selections. If you want to make changes, click Back. If not continue to step13.
  13. Enter a name for the new workload profile in the Name field.
  14. Optionally enter a description for the new workload profile in the Description field.
  15. Click Next (or Finish).
Result

The wizard panel closes and the new workload profile is created.

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