Volume History Snapshot Report


The Volume History Snapshot Report displays volume snapshot data for all volumes that are found in the single interval that is specified by the SNAPSHOT report option keyword.

Related topic

For a more complete description of the reports that can be generated from the PERF_VOL verb, see Volume-History-Report.

Data source

Performance data collector

Fields shown in Initial display

(VOLSER); (DATE); (STIME); DEVTYPE; DEVNUM; PERCBUSY; IOSSEC; RESPTIME; IOSQTIME; PENDTIME; DISCTIME; CONNTIME; DBDELAY; DPBDELAY; CBDELAY; RTIMEPER; SMSGROUP; READSEC; READPERC; READHITP; WRTESEC

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Important

Fields in parentheses are not displayed in all reports.

Report name verb

PERF_VOL

Member name

SRMBR032

See the Report option keywords and report matrix for performance reports  for a list of the report option keywords that are available on this report.

The following table presents a field list for the Volume History Snapshot Report.

Field list for the Volume History Snapshot Report

Column heading

Field name

Description

Busy %

PERCBUSY

The percentage of time the resource was busy.

Cache Act

CACHEACT

The cache fast write active indicator.

Cfw/sec

CFWIOSEC

The number of cache fast write operations issued per second.

Cfw Hit%

CFWHITP

The hit percentage for cache fast write operations.

Cfw%

CFWPERC

The percentage of I/Os that were cache fast writes.

Conn Time

CONNTIME

The average connect time in milliseconds.

CU Busy Delay

CBDELAY

The average control unit busy delay in milliseconds.

Dev Busy Delay

DBDELAY

The average device busy delay in milliseconds.

Dev Num

DEVNUM

The device number.

Dev Type

DEVTYPE

The type of device. This field might contain one of the following values:

  • 3380
  • 3390
  • 9345
  • UNKNOWN

DFW %

DFWPERC

The percentage of I/Os that were DASD fast writes.

DFW/sec

DFWIOSEC

The number of DASD fast write operations issued per second.

DFW Act

DFWACT

Device fast write active indicator.

DFW Hit%

DFWHITP

The hit percentage for DASD fast write operations.

Disc Time

DISCTIME

The average disconnect time in milliseconds.

DP Busy Delay

DPBDELAY

The average director port busy delay in milliseconds.

I/Os sec

IOSSEC

The number of I/O operations issued per second.

Intv Strt Date

DATE

The summarization interval starting date.

Intv Strt Time

STIME

The summarization interval starting time.

IOSQ time

IOSQTIME

The average IOS queuing time in milliseconds.

Norm Read %

NRMRPERC

The percentage of I/Os that were normal reads.

Norm Read Hit%

NORMRDHP

The hit percentage for normal read operations.

Norm Read/sec

NRIOSEC

The number of normal read operations issued per second.

Norm Write %

NRMWPERC

The percentage of I/Os that were normal writes.

Norm Write Hit %

NORMWRHP

The hit percentage of I/Os that were normal writes.

Norm Write/sec

NWIOSEC

The number of normal write operations issued per second.

Pend Time

PENDTIME

The average pending time in milliseconds.

Phy Vol Box

PVBOX

The box number of the physical volume this volume is associated with.

Phy Vol Dev

PVDEV

The device number of this volume’s associated physical volume.

Phy Vol Dir

PVDIR

The director number of the physical volume this volume is associated with.

Phy Vol Scsi

PVSCSI

The SCSI path number of the physical volume that this volume is associated with.

Read %

READPERC

The percentage of I/O operations that were reads.

Read Hit%

READHITP

The hit percentage of read operations.

Read/sec

READSEC

The number of read operations issued per second.

Resp Time

RESPTIME

The I/O response time reported in milliseconds.

Rsrv %

RTIMEPER

The percentage of time the device was marked as reserved.

Seq Read %

SEQRPERC

The percentage of I/Os that were sequential reads.

Seq Read Hit%

SEQRDHP

The hit percentage of I/Os that were sequential reads.

Seq Read/sec

SRIOSEC

The number of sequential read operations per second.

Seq Write %

SEQWPERC

The percentage of sequential read operations per second.

Seq Write Hit%

SEQWRHP

The hit percentage of I/Os that were sequential writes.

Seq Write/sec

SWIOSEC

The number of write operations issued per second.

SMS Group

SMSGROUP

The SMS storage group to which the volume belongs.

VolSer

VOLSER

The serial number of the volume containing the data set.

Write %

WRTEPERC

The percentage of I/O operations that were writes.

Write Hit%

WRTEHITP

The hit percentage of write operations.

Write/sec

WRTESEC

The number of write operations issued per second.

The following figure provides a sample of the Volume History Snapshot Report.

Volume History Snapshot Report example

 Produced by BMC AMI Storage                       Volume Snapshot Report for 07/08/2004 0915                              Page:    1
 BMC Software, Inc.                                                                          Generated:07/15/2004(2004.196)@15:50

 VolSer Dev      Dev  Busy  I/Os   Resp  IOSQ  Pend  Disc  Conn  Dev Busy DP Busy CU Busy RSRV   SMS     Read    Read  Read  Write
 Type     Num   %    sec    Time  Time  Time  Time  Time   Delay    Delay   Delay   %    Group    /sec     %    Hit%  /sec
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 BAB200 3380     8019   0.0   0.00   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0      0.0     0.0     0.0   0.0             0.71  96.3  91.8   0.03
 BAB201 3380     801A   0.0   0.00   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0      0.0     0.0     0.0   0.0             0.73  96.3  93.3   0.03
 BAB306 3390     8053   0.0   0.00   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0      0.0     0.0     0.0   0.0             1.47  94.2  98.6   0.09
 BAB307 3390     8054   0.1   0.00   5.9   0.2   0.2   0.0   5.5      0.0     0.0     0.0   0.0             2.02  92.8  95.1   0.16
 BAB308 3390     8055   0.0   0.00   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0      0.0     0.0     0.0   0.0             0.59  95.5  95.7   0.03
 BAB309 3390     8056   0.0   0.01  15.2   1.5   0.1  11.6   1.9      0.0     0.0     0.0   0.0             2.19  99.5  97.9   0.01
 BAB310 3390     8057   0.0   0.00   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0      0.0     0.0     0.0   0.0             2.00  80.5  96.6   0.48
 BAB311 3390     8058   0.0   0.00   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0      0.0     0.0     0.0   0.0             6.24  99.4  91.5   0.03
 BAB314 3390     805B   0.0   0.00   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0      0.0     0.0     0.0   0.0             2.53  93.8  91.2   0.17
 BAB315 3390     805C   0.0   0.00   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0      0.0     0.0     0.0   0.0             4.77  99.7  98.1   0.01
 BAB316 3390     805D   0.1   0.00   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0      1.9     0.0     0.0   0.0             3.52  75.1  96.8   1.16
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