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Tools

This is a clearinghouse for the various tools and methods we use for environment discovery and performance data collection.

Windows Stuff

  • Perfcollect - a utility to gather performance and some configuration data from Windows hosts
  • EMC Reports for Windows - a utility to gather in-depth configuration-only data from Windows hosts
  • GetDBStats.sql – a MS SQL Server script to identify the files associated with an instance, their size and relative activity levels

Oracle Stuff

  • Oracle AWR & Statspack Report generation - Procedures for generation AWR/Statspack reports that can be effectively used for sizing storage

VMware Stuff

  • ESX Grab - Utility to gather configuration data from VMware ESX hosts  
  • ESXi Grab - Utility to grather configuration data from VMware ESXi hosts 
  • Storage Performance gathering – procedures to get storage performance data from ESX

Linux & UNIX Stuff

  • Procedures for gathering SAR and IOSTAT data
  • EMC Grab for UNIX - Scripts to gather configuration data from various UNIX and Linux hosts