Dynamic Multi-Pathing 8.0.1 Administrator's Guide - Windows

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (8.0.1)
Platform: Windows
  1. Understanding DMPW
    1.  
      DMP overview
    2.  
      Major features of Dynamic Multi-Pathing
    3. How DMP works
      1. How DMP monitors I/O on paths
        1.  
          Path failover mechanism
      2.  
        Load balancing
      3.  
        DMP in a clustered environment
    4.  
      Multiple paths to disk arrays
    5.  
      Device discovery
  2. Setting up DMPW
    1.  
      Active/Active and Active/Passive settings
    2. Active/Active and Active/Passive settings in a cluster environment
      1.  
        DMP DSMs
      2.  
        SCSI-3 PGR technology
      3.  
        Enabling SCSI-3 PGR
    3. Add and remove paths
      1.  
        Adding a path
      2.  
        Removing a path
    4. Specify load balancing settings and the primary path
      1.  
        Specifying load balancing settings for an array
      2.  
        Specifying load balancing settings for a disk
      3.  
        Specifying the primary path for an array or disk
    5. Configuring DSMs without storage connection
      1.  
        Specify DSM settings without storage connection
  3. Administering DMPW
    1.  
      About administering DMP
    2. DMP DSMs menus
      1.  
        Displaying the menu for arrays
      2.  
        Commands for arrays
      3.  
        Displaying the menu for disks
      4.  
        Commands for paths of a disk
      5.  
        Statistics monitoring
      6.  
        Clear performance statistics
      7.  
        Device settings
      8.  
        Set primary path
      9.  
        Properties
    3. View array, disk, and path status
      1.  
        Array status
      2.  
        Device status
      3.  
        Path status
    4. vxdmpadm
      1.  
        vxdmpadm dsminfo
      2.  
        vxdmpadm arrayinfo
      3.  
        vxdmpadm deviceinfo
      4.  
        vxdmpadm pathinfo
      5.  
        vxdmpadm arrayperf
      6.  
        vxdmpadm deviceperf
      7.  
        vxdmpadm pathperf
      8.  
        vxdmpadm allperf
      9.  
        vxdmpadm iostat
      10.  
        vxdmpadm cleardeviceperf
      11.  
        vxdmpadm cleararrayperf
      12.  
        vxdmpadm clearallperf
      13.  
        vxdmpadm setdsmscsi3
      14.  
        vxdmpadm setarrayscsi3
      15.  
        vxdmpadm setattr dsm
      16.  
        vxdmpadm setattr array
      17.  
        vxdmpadm setattr device
      18.  
        vxdmpadm setattr path
      19.  
        vxdmpadm set isislog
      20.  
        vxdmpadm rescan
      21.  
        vxdmpadm disk list
      22.  
        vxdmpadm getdsmattrib
      23.  
        vxdmpadm getmpioparam
      24.  
        vxdmpadm setmpioparam
  4. Performance tuning
    1.  
      Specifying control timer settings for an array
  5. Troubleshooting
    1. Resolving DMP issues
      1.  
        When a DMP license is no longer valid
      2.  
        When an unknown disk group appears in a DMP environment
    2. Using status information
      1.  
        Path status
      2.  
        Path states
  6. Glossary
    1.  
      Dynamic Multi-Pathing glossary

vxdmpadm allperf

vxdmpadm allperf

This command displays performance information of the paths for all devices.

For devices, this includes the following:

  • Name of the counter

  • Path name

  • Device name

  • Array name

  • Counter-value

For path summaries, this includes the following:

  • Name of the counter

  • Path name

  • Array name

  • Counter-value