View and Analyze Log tab - assure_mimix - 6.0

Assure MIMIX for AIX Guide
Product type
Software
Portfolio
Integrate
Product family
Assure
Product
Assure MIMIX™ Software for AIX
Version
6.0
ft:locale
en-US
Product name
Assure MIMIX for AIX
ft:title
Assure MIMIX for AIX Guide
Copyright
2025
First publish date
2003
ft:lastEdition
2025-03-12
ft:lastPublication
2025-03-12T05:07:12.494000

You use the View and Analyze Log page to view the log file output from the sztool script sizing tool.

This page contains three sections:

  • Results—This section shows general information for the sztool script sizing log file. Click the Display Log button to display the results derived from the original log file. You can view:
  • Production server Number of LFCs and the production server disk space requirements
  • Recovery server Number of LFCs and the recovery server disk space requirements
  • Minimum Write Journal Percentage
  • Detailed logs from latest run—This section shows a scrollable text area containing detailed statistics for the sztool script sizing log file. The log file name is /tmp/sztool/sztool.log Click the Display Log button to display the results derived from the original log file. The columns show:
  • Logical Volume
  • IO Count
  • Kb read
  • Kb written
  • Kbps (kilobit per second)
  • Try different parameters to get results from the already collected data. You can edit the parameters shown below to see different log file results.
  • Lfc Size (MB) Low. Refer to Lfc Size (MB).
  • CDP Window Hours. Refer to CDP Window Hours.
  • Replication Outage Hours. Refer to Replication Outage Hours.
  • Snapshot Duration Hours. Refer to Snapshot Duration Hours.

To see different log file results:

  1. Change the LFC size and CDP Window Hours.
  2. Click the Show results with above parameters button. The sztool script executes against the collected data to display log file information in the Results section and the Detailed logs from last run section.
    Note: This output will not overwrite the /tmp/sztool/sztool.log file contents.
  3. Click the Display Log button if you wish to re-display the results derived from the original log file.

View Chart tab

The Chart data represents the time with respect to total disk writes over time, on all selected LVs. You can view data for individual LVs in the sztool.log. The unit of writes is in MB.
Note: A pdf version of the Chart is automatically saved in /tmp/sztool/DiskWriteChart.pdf.

The Help button displays the Sizing Tool GUI version and information to contact Support.