HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Workload Test

This test monitors the overall performance of every Catalyst store attached to the target HPE StoreOnce appliance by reporting the health, network, and logical throughput of inbound and outbound jobs and storage on each store on the target appliance. This test helps administrators identify processing bottlenecks (if any) so that the bottleneck is cleared before users complain of slowdowns. This test also reveals the number of copy and data job sessions that are running on Catalyst stores. This way, the test helps you identify the workload in the stores and optimize it before it causes slowdowns.

Target of the test : HPE StoreOnce Backup 4.x

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every Catalyst store on the HPE StoreOnce Backup 4.x appliance being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameters Description

Test Period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The host for which the test is to be configured.

Port

The port at which the host is listening. By default, this is set to Null.

Username and Password

By default, the eG agent executes REST APIs on the target HPE StoreOnce Backup 4.x appliance to collect the required metrics. For the eG agent to execute the REST APIs, a special user with an Observer role is required. Specify the credentials of such a user in the Username and Password text boxes.

Confirm Password

Confirm the password by retyping it here.

Timeout Seconds

Specify the duration (in seconds) beyond which the test will timeout in this text box. The default value is 120 seconds.

DD Frequency

Refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 4:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against DD frequency.

Detailed Diagnosis

To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option.

The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:

  • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability
  • Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.
Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Health level

Indicates the health of this Catalyst store.

 

The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are tabulated below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Unknown 0
OK 1
Information 2
Warning 3
Critical 4

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values that indicate the current status of the Catalyst store. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the measure values as mentioned in the table above.

The detailed diagnosis of this measure provides the ID,Secure erase mode, Dedupe store ID, Store status, Created time, Modified time, SSL Certificate, Clone extent supported, Cloud store enabled, and Security mode.

Is encryption enabled?

Indicates whether encyption is enabled in this Catalyst store.

 

The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are tabulated below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Yes 1
No 0

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values that indicate whether encyption is enabled in the Catalyst store. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the measure values as mentioned in the table above.

Raw read write supported

Indicates whether or not this store support raw read write.

 

The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are tabulated below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Yes 1
No 0

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values that indicate whether or not this store support raw read write. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the measure values as mentioned in the table above.

Outbound copy jobs

Indicates the number of outbound copy jobs running on this store.

Number

If the data transfer is between two StoreOnce Systems, this is a StoreOnce Catalyst Copy job. For Copy jobs, the StoreOnce System is responsible for all data movement (although the process is initiated by the backup application software). For data jobs the backup application is responsible for the data movement. If the copy job numbers are high, copies will not fail. Copy activities happen under the control of the StoreOnce System and it will optimize the queuing and running of jobs based on the resources available.

Inbound copy jobs

Indicates the number of inbound copy jobs running on this store.

Number

 

Number of data jobs

Indicates the number of data jobs running on this store.

Number

If data is being moved between the StoreOnce System and a media or application server, this is a data job. If the Data job count starts getting high, the StoreOnce System is being loaded quite heavily. You may see jobs failing to start or running slowly (although the aggregate performance across the many jobs will still be high) due to insufficient resources being available.

Number of items

Indicates number of StoreOnce Catalyst items contained within this store.

Number

Backup data is held as “items” in a Catalyst store. The size and number of items are set in the data protection application.

Number of objects

Indicates the number of objects on this store.

Number

 

Inbound copy job network throughput

Inidcates the network throughput of inbound copy jobs on this store.

MB/Sec

 

Inbound copy job logical throughput

Indicates the logical throughput of inbound copy jobs on this store.

MB/Sec

 

Outbound copy job network throughput

Inidcates the network throughput of outbound copy jobs on this store.

MB/Sec

 

Outbound copy job logical throughput

Indicates the logical throughput of outbound copy jobs on this store.

MB/Sec

 

Inbound data job network throughput

Inidcates the network throughput of inbound data jobs on this store.

MB/Sec

 

Inbound data job logical throughput

Indicates the logical throughput of inbound data jobs on this store.

MB/Sec

 

Outbound data job network throughput

Inidcates the network throughput of outbound data jobs on this store.

MB/Sec

 

Outbound data job logical throughput

Indicates the logical throughput of outbound data jobs on this store.

MB/Sec

 

Outbound cloud network throughput

Indicates the rate at which data is transferred from the cloud to this store.

MB/Sec

 

Inbound cloud network throughput

Indicates the rate at which data is transferred from this store to the cloud.

MB/Sec

 

Average inbound copy job sessions

Indicates the average number of inbound copy job sessions running on this store.

Number

 

Average outbound copy job sessions

Indicates the average number of outbound copy job sessions running on this store.

Number

 

Average data job sessions

Indicates the average number of data job sessions running on this store.

Number

 

Total user data stored

Indicates the total amount of user data stored in this store.

TB

This is the amount of data that the user has backed up and reconciles with the logical data recorded on the backup application.

Dedupe ratio

Indicates the ratio of duplicate data against new data identified in the data job on this store.

Number

 

Total data stored in disk

Indicates the total amount of data stored in disk on this store.

TB

This measure indicates the physical disk space consumed, the actual size after deduplication.

Total data stored - cloud

Indicates the total amount of data stored in cloud on this store.

TB

 

Total data stored - local disk

Indicates the total amount of data stored in local disk on this store.

TB