Quick post on how to export custom data from DataFabric Manager Performance Advisor.
NetApp Management Console gives a convenient access to the Performance Advisor data and graphs for a comprehensive analysis of NetApp performance. But NMC only shows graphs and doesn’t give access to the exact numbers. But there is a way to export them for further analysis from the dfm cli:
> dfm perf data retrieve -o filer_name -C disk:disk_busy -b “2013-05-23 12:00:00” -e “2013-05-23 17:00:00” -s 3600 -x TimeIndexed > C:\Temp\dfm_export.txt
Default sample rate for the performance data is 15 minutes. It means that you will get 20 lines of data for a 5 hour period. You can specify the data sample rate in seconds by using ‘-s’ key. Particular performance counter is specified by ‘-C’ key. To list all the available counters run:
> dfm perf export counter list
Data is exported in a list format, if you want it to look more like a spreadsheet, use ‘-x TimeIndexed’. And that’s all for now.
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