Dell Storage vRealize Operations Management Pack Version 1.
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Preface About This Guide This document provides the purpose and audience of the Dell Storage vRealize Operations Management Pack Administrator’s Guide and a list of related publications. Revision History Document number 680-109-003 Revision Date Description A December 2019 Initial release Purpose The Dell Storage vRealize Operations Management Pack Administrator’s Guide provides instructions for installing and configuring the Dell Storage vRealize Operations Management Pack.
Contents 1 Getting Started............................................................................................................................ 5 Introduction............................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Requirements................................................................................................................................................................
1 Getting Started The Dell Storage vRealize Operations Management Pack is an embedded adapter that gathers topology, metrics, and alerts from Dell Storage Manager for display on dashboards in VMware vRealize Operations Manager. This guide refers to the embedded management pack as the Dell Storage Management Pack.
• • For vROPS version 7.5: In the left pane of vRealize Operations Manager, click Administration > Solutions > Repository. For earlier versions of vROPS: In the left pane of vRealize Operations Manager, click Administration > Solutions 4. On the Solutions tab, click the plus sign (+). The Add Solution page opens. 5. Click Browse to navigate to the location of the PAK file. 6. Select the DellStorageAdapter PAK file. Figure 1. Add Solutions Page 7. Click Upload. NOTE: The upload might take several minutes.
4. Select Dell Storage vRealize Operations Management Pack, and then click the Configure button ( The Adapter Settings dialog box opens. ). Figure 2. Adapter Settings for Dell Storage Adapter 5. In the Display name field, type a name for the adapter instance. 6. (Optional) Type a description for the adapter instance. 7. Type the hostname or IP address of the Data Collector. 8. (Optional) Type the port number of the Data Collector. 9. To use Auto Discovery, keep the Auto Discovery value set to true. 10.
2 Working with Dashboards Several dashboards are prepackaged with the Dell Storage Management Pack. The Dell Storage dashboards provide a starting point for monitoring and analyzing your environment. The dashboards are fully configurable and can be modified to better represent your environment. Topics: • • Viewing Dashboards Modifying Dashboards and Widgets Viewing Dashboards The Dell Storage dashboards are accessed from the Dashboards menu of the vRealize Operations Manager user interface.
Figure 4. Sample Dell Storage & VMware Relationship Dashboard View Dell Storage Metrics This dashboard displays the health status and metrics for the selected Storage Center. 1. Select a resource for the Storage Center from the Select Resource to View Metrics widget. 2. Select a metric to graph for the resource from the Select Metrics to Graph widget. 3. Select the graph type from the Metric Graph widget. The following figure shows an example of a Dell Storage Metrics dashboard.
Figure 5. Sample Dell Storage Metrics Dashboard View Dell Storage Volume Top-N Reports This dashboard lists the top 25 volumes for the following categories: • • • • • • Dell Storage Volume Total IO/sec (24h) Dell Storage Volume Total KB/sec (24h) Dell Storage Volume Read IO/sec (24h) Dell Storage Volume Write IO/sec (24h) Dell Storage Volume Replay Space Dell Storage Volume Capacity The following figure shows an example of a Dell Storage Volume Top-N Reports dashboard. Figure 6.
View Graph of Metric Click a row on any widget to view a graph of the metric. Modify Period Length Except for the Replay Space and Volume Capacity widgets, each widget lists the top 25 volumes for the last 24-hour period. Edit the widget to adjust the duration. 1. Click Edit Widget. The Edit Top‐N Analysis Widget dialog box appears. 2. Select the new time period from the Period Length drop‐down menu. 3. Click OK.
• • • Storage Front End Port Read IO/Sec (24h) Storage Front End Port Write Latency IO/Sec (24h) Storage Front End Port Read Latency (24h) The following figure shows an example of a Dell Storage Port Top-N Reports dashboard. Figure 8. Sample Dell Storage Port Top-N Reports Dashboard View Graph of Metric Click a row on any widget to view a graph of the metric. Modify Period Length The length of time is configurable by editing the widget and selecting a new time value. 1. Click Edit Widget.
