When you record an archive, Performance Manager collects all data from one or more of the nodes selected in the session and writes it to one or more files.

Archive files can become quite large. Each sample for a single-CPU, single-disk node requires 2.2 kilobytes. The total size of the file depends on the sampling interval, the number of nodes monitored, and the number of disks and CPUs on each node.

This feature is not fully implemented yet. However, this version of Performance Manager includes two sample archiving scripts that archive the metrics that Performance Manager monitors: singleton_archiver and tabular_archiver. Both archiver scripts are located in the /var/opt/pm/SMscripts directory.

Both scripts can be executed from the command line. The tabular_archiver script can also be executed from the Performance Manager GUI by selecting SystemManagement from the main window's Execute menu, then selecting the TabularArchiver item.

Both archiver scripts archive metrics from the snmpd, pmgrd, advfsd, and clstrmond daemons. The archiver assumes the ports for the daemons are: 161, 1161, 1163, and 1165 respectively. If your daemons run on different ports, modify the scripts accordingly.