Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite Version 6.1 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager User's Guide May 2021 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Overview...................................................................................................................... 4 What is new in this release................................................................................................................................................4 Key features of Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite...........................................................................
1 Overview This document describes the activities that you can perform with the Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite version 6.1 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager. The integration of Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite version 6.
Table 1. Features and functionalities (continued) Feature Functionality Accessing Recovery Guru information The management pack provides Recovery Guru information as a point of reference for troubleshooting the Dell MD Storage Array recovery failures. The recovery failures show up as alerts in the OpsMgr console. The Recovery Guru information appears in the Knowledge Base (KB) article associated with the alerts.
2 Using Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite This topic describes the various operations that you can perform on the OpsMgr using the Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite. The management pack suite enables you to: ● Discover and provide detailed inventory information of the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays. For more information, see Discovery. ● Monitor the health of the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays and its components. For more information, see Monitoring.
2. Import the Dell MD Storage Array Management Packs (Dell.Storage.MDStorageArray.mp (Scalable) and Dell.Storage.MDStorageArray.DetailedMonitoringOn.mp (Detailed)) into the OpsMgr console depending on the number of Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays you want to monitor. When you import the Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack (Scalable) into the OpsMgr console, the management pack scans the IP listing file at scheduled intervals to discover and monitor the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays.
Table 4. Severity level indicators (continued) Icon Severity Level Critical/Failure/Error — The component has either failed or failure is imminent. The component requires immediate attention and may need to be replaced. Data loss may have occurred. The specific component is not monitored. The service is unavailable.
Diagram Views The Diagram Views displays a hierarchical and graphical representation of all Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays on your network. The Diagram view of the MD storage arrays displays the various components modeled by the Dell MD Storage Array management pack.
Figure 2. Graphical representation of Dell MD Storage Arrays managed by OpsMgr To access the Dell MD Storage Array Diagram view: 1. In the OpsMgr, click Monitoring. 2. In the Monitoring pane, navigate to the Dell folder and click the folder to display the different views. 3. Double-click Dell > Diagram Views > MD Storage Array Diagram. 4. Select a component in the diagram to view the details in the Detail View pane.
4. Select a device to view the details in the Detail View pane. Tasks NOTE: Create new tasks to launch the application if the program is not installed in the default location. For more information, see Appendix A - Enabling External Program Tasks. Launching the Dell Discovery Utility from the OpsMgr console NOTE: Local administration privilege is required to launch Dell Discovery Utility. You can launch the Dell Discovery Utility through a console task.
6. Save the Override settings in a new management pack. 7. Click Apply. 8. Similarly select Dell MD Storage Array Discovery under the MD Storage Array Seed Discovery group object and repeat step 4 to step 7 to override its discovery interval. Unit monitors The following table provides information for the various unit monitors and the applicable parameters for the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays.
Component Unit Monitor Name Description Default Time Interval Dell MD Array Current Configurations Group Unmonitored None. None Dell MD Array Enclosure Dell MD Storage Array Availability Rollup Dependency Monitor for MD Storage Array Enclosures: Represents the consolidated health of the physical disk components under the enclosures.
Specifying override parameters for unit monitors To specify override parameters for unit monitors: 1. In the OpsMgr console, click Authoring. 2. In the Authoring pane, select Management Pack Objects > Monitors. NOTE: You may need to change scope to locate the unit monitors. 3. Right-click the component unit monitor you want to override and select Overrides > Override the Monitor. 4. Check the appropriate monitor parameter that you want to override and set its Override Value. 5.
3 Related documentation and resources This topic gives the details of the documents and references to help you work with the Dell MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite.
○ For Dell EMC OpenManage—https://www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals ○ For iDRAC—https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals ○ For Dell EMC OpenManage Connections Enterprise Systems Management—https://www.dell.com/ OMConnectionsEnterpriseSystemsManagement ○ For Dell EMC Serviceability Tools—https://www.dell.com/serviceabilitytools ● Dell EMC support site: 1. Go to https://www.dell.com/support. 2. Click Browse all products. 3. From the All products page, click Software, and then click the required link. 4.
4 Troubleshooting Topics: • Issues and resolutions Issues and resolutions The following table lists the known issues and resolutions. Table 5. Known issues and resolutions Issue Resolution Under certain conditions, alerts related to Handle Count Threshold and Private Bytes Threshold are displayed on the OpsMgr console of the management server. Microsoft KB968760 available at support.microsoft.com resolves this issue.
A Enabling external program tasks Install the Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager in the default location. Topics: • Creating a console launch task for Dell Discovery Utility in OpsMgr 2012 R2 Creating a console launch task for Dell Discovery Utility in OpsMgr 2012 R2 To create a console launch task for Dell Discovery Utility in OpsMgr 2012 R2: 1. In the OpsMgr console, click Authoring. 2. In the Authoring pane, click Management Pack Objects > Tasks.
