Collecting the sample of data using the diskStats command

On Windows, use the diskStats command to collect the data required for analysis. This command can be used to collect data whether or not the Symantec Storage Foundation is installed on the system. The diskStats utility is installed in the following location:

\VERITAS\Volume Replicator Advisor\bin\diskStats.exe

To collect data using the diskStats command

  1. Navigate to the specified path:
        \VERITAS\Volume Replicator Advisor\bin\
  2. At the prompt, enter the following command with exactly the parameters shown:

    The diskStats command can accept only drive letters of the volumes as inputs. Volume names or mount points are not supported. Volumes created by any application are supported.

        diskStats  [-i interval [-c count]] \
         <drive 1> [[drive 2][drive 3]... ]

    The command will display the output on the console.

    To save the output to a file, you can redirect the output to a named file using the command:

        diskStats [-i interval [-c count]] \
         <drive 1> [[drive 2][drive 3]... ] > <filename>

    After the data collection completes, the file filename contains the sample of data in the diskStats format, which can be used for analysis by VRAdvisor. You can proceed to analyze the collected data using VRAdvisor.

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