How Do I Compare EMC Symmetrix

Performance Data Between

CommandCentral Storage and SymCLI
Article: HOWTO32630  |  Created: 2010-10-27  |  Updated: 2010-10-27
Article Type
How To

Product(s)
 CommandCentral Storage -> 5.0 -> 5.2
 CommandCentral Storage -> 5.0 -> 5.1
 CommandCentral Storage -> 5.0 -> 5.0 MP1

Environment
 SUN -> Solaris -> 9.0
 SUN -> Solaris -> 8.0
 SUN -> Solaris -> 10
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Languages
 English

In order to compare the performance metrics of Symmetrx (and DMX) arrays in

CCStorage we must first make sure the prerequisites are set correctly.

1. CommandCentral Storage collects monitoring data for Devices, Disks, Directors

(FA), and Ports only.
2. In CCStorage, The Device Configuration must have Enable Monitoring checked
for each array.

NOTE: Monitoring is NOT enabled by default for Symmetrix arrays in CommandCentral

Storage.

Now, we can compare how CCStorage presents the data from SymCLI.

NOTE:
 -          In CommandCental Storage, monitoring interval to collect Symmterix
performance data is 30 minutes. At the interval of 30 minutes, CommandCentral
Storage executes the SYMCLI commands and collects performance data.

-          i=60 and c=2 means that ‘symstat’ command display performance data for the
interval of 60 seconds.

Collectors for Symmetrix Devices

Collector Name SymCLI Command to Collect Data
Cache Read Hit Ratio symstat -i 60 -c 2 -sid <sid> -type backend
Cache Write Hit Ratio symstat -i 60 -c 2 -sid <sid> -type backend
Device Capacity symdev -sid <sid> list
I/O Read per Second symstat -i 60 -c 2 -sid <sid> -type backend
I/O Write per Second symstat -i 60 -c 2 -sid <sid> -type backend
KB Read per Second symstat -i 60 -c 2 -sid <sid> -type backend
KB Write per second symstat -i 60 -c 2 -sid <sid> -type backend
Percentage Sequential Reads symstat -i 60 -c 2 -sid <sid> -type backend

Collectors for Symmetrix Disks

Collector Name SymCLI Command to Collect Data
I/O Read per Second symstat -i 60 -c 2 -type DISK -sid <sid>  -disk ALL,ALL,ALL
I/O Write per Second symstat -i 60 -c 2 -type DISK -sid <sid>  -disk ALL,ALL,ALL
KB Read per Second symstat -i 60 -c 2 -type DISK -sid <sid>  -disk ALL,ALL,ALL
KB Write per Second symstat -i 60 -c 2 -type DISK -sid <sid>  -disk ALL,ALL,ALL

Collectors for Symmetrix Director (FA)

Collector Name
Cache Read Misses per Second
Prefetch Tracks per Second
Prefetch Tracks Used per Second
Prefetch Tracks Unused per Second
SymCLI Command to Collect Data
symstat -i 60 -c 2 -type cache -sid <sid> -dir ALL
symstat -i 60 -c 2 -type prefetch -sid <sid> -DA ALL
symstat -i 60 -c 2 -type prefetch -sid <sid> -DA ALL
symstat -i 60 -c 2 -type prefetch -sid <sid> -DA ALL

 
 Collectors for Symmetrix Ports
Collector Name SymCLI Command to Collect Data
Port Status symcfg -sid <sid> -SA ALL -port list
I/O per Second symstat -i 60 -c 2 -type port -sid <sid> -dir all -port all
KB per Second symstat -i 60 -c 2 -type port -sid <sid> -dir all -port all