Creating a line graph

Ops Center Analyzer User Guide
Version
11.0.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-99ANA002-06

Plot a line graph to visualize the data patterns over time. You can plot line graphs for one or more data series.

  • Only a system account user can create public reports that are accessible by all users. Public reports can only be edited or deleted by a system account user.
  • Users with admin or modify permissions can only create reports for private access. Private reports can be edited or deleted by the users who create them.

This example shows how to create a custom report by using the report template. You will create a line graph report for monitoring the used capacity and free capacity of Hitachi Dynamic Tiering (HDT) pools for VSP G series storage systems.

  1. From the Dashboard tab, click Dashboard Settings.
  2. In the Dashboard Settings window, click Create Report.
  3. In the Create Report window, either enter a query or select a report template for creating reports.
  4. Browse through the report templates listed in the Copy From list. Hover over the report names in the list to view details such as report name, description, size, query, target time period, and other details which help you select an appropriate template.
  5. From Copy From list, select [Line]Capacity of Drive Types by Storage System (HDT).
    The report attributes such as name, description, type, size, query statement, and time period of analysis are autofilled with predefined values from the selected template. The query statement associated with the report template is autofilled in the Query text box. Edit the predefined values to customize your report.


    The Create Report window includes all the predefined report paremeter values including the report query..

    The sample query for creating a line graph for monitoring the capacity of HDT pools of raidstorage systems is as follows: 
    raidStorage  [=modelName rx .*] [=serialNumber rx .*]  [@All_ThinFree rx b .*]   {inputCounters=raidPoolTier.tierFreeCapacity, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@All_ThinUsed rx b .*]   {inputCounters=raidPoolTier.tierUsedCapacity, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@All_ThinTotal rx b .*]  {inputCounters=raidPoolTier.tierTotalCapacityMB, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=MB}  [@Flash_ThinFree rx b .*] {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx FMC|FMD|SSD].tierFreeCapacity, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@Flash_ThinUsed rx b .*] {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx FMC|FMD|SSD].tierUsedCapacity, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@Flash_ThinTotal rx b .*]{inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx FMC|FMD|SSD].tierTotalCapacityMB, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=MB}  [@HDD_ThinFree rx b .*]   {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx SAS|SATA].tierFreeCapacity, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@HDD_ThinUsed rx b .*]   {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx SAS|SATA].tierUsedCapacity, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@HDD_ThinTotal rx b .*]  {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx SAS|SATA].tierTotalCapacityMB, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=MB}  [@FMC_ThinFree rx b .*]   {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx FMC].tierFreeCapacity, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@FMC_ThinUsed rx b .*]   {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx FMC].tierUsedCapacity, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@FMC_ThinTotal rx b .*]  {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx FMC].tierTotalCapacityMB, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=MB}  [@FMD_ThinFree rx b .*]   {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx FMD].tierFreeCapacity,  resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@FMD_ThinUsed rx b .*]   {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx FMD].tierUsedCapacity,  resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@FMD_ThinTotal rx b .*]  {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx FMD].tierTotalCapacityMB, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=MB}  [@SSD_ThinFree rx b .*]   {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx SSD].tierFreeCapacity,  resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@SSD_ThinUsed rx b .*]   {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx SSD].tierUsedCapacity,  resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@SSD_ThinTotal rx b .*]  {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx SSD].tierTotalCapacityMB, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=MB}  [@SAS_ThinFree rx b .*]   {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx SAS].tierFreeCapacity,  resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@SAS_ThinUsed rx b .*]   {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx SAS].tierUsedCapacity,  resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@SAS_ThinTotal rx b .*]  {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx SAS].tierTotalCapacityMB, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=MB}  [@SATA_ThinFree rx b .*]  {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx SATA].tierFreeCapacity,  resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@SATA_ThinUsed rx b .*]  {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx SATA].tierUsedCapacity,  resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@SATA_ThinTotal rx b .*] {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx SATA].tierTotalCapacityMB, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=MB}  [@External_ThinFree rx b .*]  {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx External].tierFreeCapacity,  resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@External_ThinUsed rx b .*]  {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx External].tierUsedCapacity,  resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@External_ThinTotal rx b .*] {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx External].tierTotalCapacityMB, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=MB}  [@Mixed_ThinFree rx b .*]  {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx Mixed].tierFreeCapacity,  resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@Mixed_ThinUsed rx b .*]  {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx Mixed].tierUsedCapacity,  resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=GB}  [@Mixed_ThinTotal rx b .*] {inputCounters=raidPoolTier[=tierType rx Mixed].tierTotalCapacityMB, resourceRollupOp=SUM,outputUnit=MB}
  6. Click Set Report Definitions to add graph data and legend entries.
    The query results display the key metrics for monitoring the enterprise-wide HDT total pool capacity, used capacity, and free capacity details.

    After you add the query to the Create a Report window, the window displays the available key metrics that match the query.
  7. In the Graph Data tab, select the key metrics to represent on the left and right axes.
    1. Select the performance metric for the left-axis. Select raidstorage.All_ThinUsed to represent used capacity of the HDT pool on the left-axis. Specify a display name, and from the Axis list, select Left.
    2. Select the performance metric for the right-axis. Select raidstorage.All_ThinFree to represent free capacity of the HDT pool on the right-axis. Specify a display name, and from the Axis list, select Right.
  8. Enter the axis labels:
    • Left Axis: Thin Free
    • Right Axis: Thin Used
  9. In the Legend tab, select the legend entries to appear in the graph.
  10. To review the graph data, layout, legend entries, and other details before publishing, click Preview.
  11. To preview the original size of the graph, click Size Preview.

    The system displays your new report so that you can preview it.
  12. Click OK.
    The new report appears on your dashboard.