Adding devices to a performance data collection task
Follow this procedure to add a
storage device to a performance data collection task.
Steps
Perform the following steps to add a storage device to a
performance data collection task:
- From the Director Task pane, click Multiple Device Manager.
- Click Manage performance .
- Invoke the Add device panel by one of the following methods:
- From a data collection task:
- Drag the Performance data collection icon from the Task pane to the Group
Contents pane of the IBM Director.
- Drop the icon on a storage device in the Group Contents pane. The Create
Performance Data Collection Task panel opens.
- Click Add. The Add devices panel opens.
- From a Volume Advisor task:
- Drag the Volume Advisor icon from the Task pane to the Group Contents
pane of the IBM Director.
- Drop the icon on a storage device in the Group Contents pane. The User
validation panel is displayed.
- Click Add device. The Add device panel opens.
- Select one or more devices to add to the performance data collection task
from the Available devices table.
This table is populated with the device
IDs and IP addresses of the MDM-supported storage devices that were not selected initially when you dropped the task icon on a storage device
in the Group Contents pane of the IBM Director.
 | Note: You can only
select a device type that is the same as the device type you selected during
the creation of this task. |
- Click OK to add the storage device or click Cancel to cancel the addition of the storage device. Either
action closes the panel.
Result
The selected storage device is now added to the Performance Data Collection
Task.