vRealize™ Operations
Management Pack™ For VCE
Vision™ v2.0
VCE Vision™Intelligent Operations
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Table Of Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 Copyrights and Trademarks ....................................................................................................................... 2
Revision History .............................................................................................................................................. 2
Accessing Documentation ............................................................................................................................... 3
Overview of vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ for vRealize™ Operations Manager ..................... 4
Installation ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 Accessing vRealize™ Operations Manager ............................................................................................... 5 Installing vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ .............................................................................. 6 Registering VMware vCenter Servers ........................................................................................................ 8
Configuration ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Adding An Adapter Instance ....................................................................................................................... 9 Adding Vision™ System Library Credentials ............................................................................................ 13 Changing vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ Collection Interval ............................................. 14
Resource Management ................................................................................................................................. 17 Discovering Resources Manually ............................................................................................................. 17 Adding Resources Manually ..................................................................................................................... 20 Adding A Maintenance Schedule ............................................................................................................. 22 Tagging Resources For Maintenance ...................................................................................................... 23
Dashboards and Widgets .............................................................................................................................. 23 Dashboard Overview ................................................................................................................................ 23 Widget Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 24 Vblock Metrics Dashboard........................................................................................................................ 26 Vblock HeatMaps Dashboard ................................................................................................................... 27 Vblock Inventory Dashboard .................................................................................................................... 28 Vblock Alerts Dashboard .......................................................................................................................... 29
Alerts And Health Scores .............................................................................................................................. 30 Viewing vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ Alerts.................................................................... 30 Alerts ........................................................................................................................................................ 31 Health Scores ........................................................................................................................................... 32
Metrics .......................................................................................................................................................... 34 Types ....................................................................................................................................................... 34 Vblock System Metrics ............................................................................................................................. 34 Compute Metrics ...................................................................................................................................... 37 Network Metrics ........................................................................................................................................ 42 Storage Metrics ........................................................................................................................................ 46 Rack Metrics ............................................................................................................................................. 49
Troubleshooting and Support ........................................................................................................................ 50 Adapter Instance Does Not Test Successfully.......................................................................................... 50 Enabling Detailed Logging ....................................................................................................................... 50 Health Status Widget Shows A Score Of - 1 ............................................................................................ 51 Locating The Log Files ............................................................................................................................. 51 Supporting Metrics On An EMC Symmetrix VMAX .................................................................................. 52 Starting Metric Collection ......................................................................................................................... 52 Starting Block Statistics Service ............................................................................................................... 53 Supporting Metrics On An EMC VNX Series ............................................................................................ 54
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Introduction This document provides instructions for installing, configuring, using, and troubleshooting the vRealize™
Operations Management Pack™.
The target audience for this document is IT professionals responsible for installing and using the
vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™.
Copyrights and Trademarks
Copyright © 2015 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international
copyright and intellectual property laws. VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at: http://www.vmware.com/go/patents. VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. VMware, Inc. 3401 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto CA 94304 USA Tel 877-486-9273 Fax 650-427-5001 www.vmware.com
Copyright 2015 VCE Company, LLC. All rights reserved. VCE, Vblock, VCE Vision, and the VCE
logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of VCE Company, LLC. and/or its affiliates in the United
States or other countries. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.
Revision History vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ for VCE Vision™ v2.0 User’s Guide
Date Document revision Description of changes
June 2015 1.0 New release of the product.
VCE Vision™ Intelligent Operations
Date Document revision Description of changes
April 2015 1.0 New release of the product.
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Accessing Documentation Accessing VMware Documentation
You can find the most up-to-date technical documentation on the VMware Web site at: Find Support Resources The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates. If you have comments about this documentation, submit your feedback to: [email protected]
Accessing VCE Documentation
Select the documentation resource that applies to your role.
Role Resource
Customer support.vce.com
A valid username and password are required. Click VCE Download Center to access the
technical documentation.
VCE Partner partner.vce.com
A valid username and password are required.
Cisco, EMC, VCE, or
VMware employee
portal.vce.com
VCE employee sales.vce.com/saleslibrary or
vblockproductdocs.ent.vce.com
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Overview of vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ for vRealize™ Operations Manager The vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ discovers and monitors Vblock System hardware
components. The vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ collects component metric data. Metric
data includes health, operability, and resource availability. Custom dashboards in VMware vRealize™
Operations Manager show health scores, operability statuses, and resource availability.
Requirements and Compatibility
The vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ works only with vRealize™ Operations Manager
Advanced edition.
Adapter version vRealize™ Operations
Manager version
Vblock Systems
VblockAdapter-3.5.000005.pak 6.0.1 Vblock System 100
Vblock System 200
Vblock System 240
Vblock System 300
Vblock System 320
Vblock System 340
Vblock System 540
Vblock System 700
Vblock System 720
Vblock System 740
Resource Requirements
The total number of metrics being collected determines the resource requirements for the vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™. Refer to the System Requirements section in VMware's vApp Deployment and Configuration Guide for vRealize™ Operations Manager 6.0 for details about metric collection resource requirements for vRealize™ Operations Manager and the vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™. You can download the most recent version of the guide from VMware's documentation site. Using vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™
Install the vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ and add an Adapter instance for each Vision™
System Library host. The vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ automatically discovers resources
and begins querying them.
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vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ Processes
vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ uses the following processes to collect metric data from Vblock System components. Describe
This process determines the types of resources to import and the set of metrics to collect from each type of resource. This process runs automatically during vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ deployment. Auto-discovery
This process identifies Vblock System resources. vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ queries the Vblock System and retrieves a list of the monitored components, or resources. After the query is complete, new resources are created in vRealize™ Operations Manager and metric data is collected. This is the default method for collecting Vblock System resource information. Manual Discovery
vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ can monitor components that are manually discovered and added by users. Use the Resource Discovery option in vRealize™ Operations Manager to manually add Vblock System resources. Manual discovery can be useful if you wish to monitor only a subset of Vblock System components. Collection Interval
vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ uses Vision™ System Library to discover and query resources. vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ resource data collection occurs every five minutes by default. Vision™ System Library's collection interval is fifteen minutes. Because Vision™ System Library's collection interval is less frequent than vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™'s, not every vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ data collection cycle will have updated metric values. You can set vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ collection interval equal to or less frequent than the Vision™ System Library collection interval. See Changing vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ collection interval for instructions to change vRealize™ Operations Management
Pack™ collection interval.
Installation
Accessing vRealize™ Operations Manager To work with the VCE Vision Adapter for vRealize™ Operations, you need to access the vRealize™ Operations Manager using a web browser.
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Before You Begin
You need administrator privileges to login and access the vRealize™ Operations Manager Administration portal. You need to know the IP address or fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the vRealize™ Operations Manager virtual machine. Procedure
Use a web browser to navigate to the vRealize™ Operations Manager Administration portal and log in. The URL format is https://hostname|IP address, where hostname|IP address is the fully qualified domain name or IP address of the vRealize™ Operations Manager virtual machine.
Installing vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ Use this procedure to install vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ for vRealize™ Operations. Before You Begin Access vRealize™ Operations Manager (Please see page 5)
Procedure
1. Select Administration in the navigation pane. The Solutions dashboard is displayed in the content
pane.
2. Click the Add icon “Add” icon in the Solutions toolbar.
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This opens the Add Solution dialog.
3. Click Browse a Solution to locate vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™'s .pak file.
The file name is VblockAdapter-3.5.xxxxxx.pak, where xxxxxx is the product build number. 4. Highlight the file name and click Open.
5. Click Upload on the Add Solution dialog to start the installation process.
6. Click Next to continue. The End User License Agreement is displayed.
7. Accept the license agreement to continue the installation. 8. Click Next to confirm the installation.
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The installation process can take several minutes. The Installation Details panel
displays the installation progress for each node in the cluster. The following screen
capture shows a typical single node installation status screen.
9. Click Finish to complete the installation.
What to do next
Registering VMware vCenter Servers
Adding an Adapter instance
Registering VMware vCenter Servers
vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ shows the hierarchical relationship between a compute server and the VMware vSphere ESXi host running on that server. This functionality requires that the vCenter Server that is managing the vSphere ESXi host is registered with vRealize™ Operations Manager. If multiple vCenter Servers manage a single Vblock System then all vCenter Servers need to be registered with vRealize™ Operations Manager. See VMware's vApp Deployment and Configuration Guide for vRealize™ Operations Manager 6.0 for complete details on how to setup and register multiple vCenter Servers with vRealize™ Operations
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Manager. Each vCenter Server registration automatically creates a new VMware adapter instance in vRealize™ Operations Manager. You can download the most recent version of the guide from VMware's support site.
Configuration
Adding An Adapter Instance An Adapter instance must be added before Vblock System resources can be discovered. You can create multiple Adapter instances. Every Adapter instance requires its own Vision™ System Library host. Before You Begin
vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ connects to Vision™ System Library hosts using fully qualified domain names (FQDNs). Check with your VCE Vision administrator for the appropriate FQDNs. Access vRealize™ Operations Manager (Please see page 5)
Procedure 1. Select Administration in the navigation pane. The Solutions dashboard is displayed in the
content pane.
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2. Select VCE Vision Adapter in the solutions list and click the Configure icon.
The Manage Solution page for the VCE Vision Adapter is displayed.
3. Complete the following fields under vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ Settings.
— Display Name
This field is required.
— Description
This field is optional. Use it to provide more detail about vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™.
— Vision™ System Library Host
This must be the case-sensitive FQDN of the Vision™ System Library host.
— Auto Discovery
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If true is selected, Vblock System components are discovered automatically. Set to
false if you want to discover the components manually.
vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ has a predefined list of Vblock
System components that are automatically discovered. See Discovering
Resources Manually (Please see page 17) for instructions for manually
discovering Vblock System resources.
— Subscribe to Vblock System Events
If set to true, vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ receives and processes Vblock System events
from the System
Library.
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— Credential
Select an existing set of credentials or click on the plus icon to enter new credentials for the
Vblock System CAS administrator. See Adding System Library Credentials (Please see page 13)
for more details.
4. Click Test Connection to verify that the settings are working correctly. If the test is
unsuccessful, see Adapter Instance Does Not Test Successfully for assistance.
5. Click Save Setting and then click Close to add vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ instance.
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Results
vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ starts to collect metric data from the
Vblock System. vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ uses the initial collection
cycle to discover all resources, and starts collecting metrics from the second cycle
onwards. vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ instance and the resources it
monitors can be viewed in Solution Details for vRealize™ Operations Management
Pack™.
What to do next
Verifying Adapter Functionality
Adding Vision™ System Library Credentials
Use this procedure to add Vision™ System
Library administrator credentials.
Before You Begin
Ask an administrator for the user name and password needed to connect to a Vision™ System Library host.
Start these steps from the Manage Solution page for the VCE Vision Adapter in vRealize™ Operations
Manager. See Adding an Adapter Instance (Please see page 9) for more information.
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Procedure
1. Click the Plus icon beside the Credential field. The Manage Credential prompt is displayed.
2. Type the CAS user name in the Credential name field. It does not have to
match vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ instance name.
3. Enter your Vision™ System Library user name and password and click OK.
Changing vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ Collection Interval
Use this procedure to change the resource data collection interval of vRealize™
Operations Management Pack™ to match or be less frequent than the collection
interval for Vision™ System Library. The default collection intervals are five minutes for
vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ and fifteen minutes for Vision™ System
Library.
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Before you Begin
Access vRealize™ Operations Manager (Please see page 5)
Procedure
1. Select Administration > Environment Overview from the navigation pane.
2. Expand vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ Instances > VCE Vision Adapter Instance items in the Environment
Overview content area.
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3. Select vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ instance and click the Edit Object icon.
The Edit Object dialog is displayed.
4. Enter a collection interval in minutes in the Collection Interval (Minutes) field.
5. Click OK.
6. Edit any other VCE Vision Adapter instances as necessary.
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Resource Management
Discovering Resources Manually Manual discovery allows you to import and monitor a subset of Vblock System hardware resources. Manual discovery can be used if automatic discovery is disabled or if some hardware component groups are excluded from the automatic discovery process. Use this procedure to add resources that are not discovered automatically. Before you Begin
Access vRealize™ Operations Manager (Please see page 5)
Procedure
1. Select Administration > Environment Overview from the navigation pane
2. In the Environment Overview toolbar, click the Discover Resources icon.
The Discover Objects dialog is displayed.
3. Select vRealize™ Cluster Node in the Collector menu.
4. Select VCE Vision Adapter in vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ Type menu.
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5. Select a previously created Adapter instance in vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ Instance
menu.
6. Select Vblock Discovery in the Discovery Info menu.
7. Select a subset of the Vblock System resources in the Resource Kind menu.
8. If you want only new objects to be discovered, select the Only New Resources checkbox.
9. Click OK to start the discovery process.
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Results
The results are displayed after discovery is finished.
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Adding Resources Manually
Adding resources manually allows you to add and monitor individual Vblock System
resources. This is can be used to add a hardware component without waiting for the
discovery process to recognize it. Use this procedure to add individual resources.
Before You Begin
Access vRealize™ Operations Manager (Please see page 5)
Procedure
1. Select Administration > Environment Overview from the navigation pane.
2. In the Environment Overview toolbar, click the Add Object icon
The Add Object dialog is displayed.
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3. Enter the following fields:
— Display name
Required
— Description— Adapter Type
Select VCE Vision Adapter in the menu. This field is required.
— Adapter Instance
Select a previously created Adapter instance. This field is required.
— Object Type
Choose a subset of the Vblock System resources. This field is required.
— Collection Interval (Minutes)
Leave this field blank to accept the default of five minutes.
— Dynamic Thresholding
— Maintenance Schedule
You can select a maintenance schedule or create a new one using the Plus icon.
4. Click OK to add the resource.
Adding A Maintenance Schedule About this task
Assign maintenance schedules to resources that are in maintenance mode at specific times. This
prevents vRealize™ Operations Manager from showing misleading data based on
resources being offline or in other unusual states because of maintenance.
Before You Begin
Access vRealize™ Operations Manager (Please see page 5)
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Procedure
1. Select Administration > Maintenance Schedules from the navigation pane.
2. From the toolbar, click the Plus icon to add a maintenance schedule.
3. Enter a name that describes the maintenance schedule.
4. Select a time of day when maintenance can begin.
5. Select a time of day when maintenance must stop.
6. Select the repeatable pattern of days when maintenance occurs,
within the times already specified.
7. Click Save.
Tagging Resources For Maintenance
vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ does not collect metrics for network
ports that are offline. A network port that is offline is shown as a white box in the
Heat Map and its collection state in the Environment Overview is "Not Collecting."
If a network port is offline for maintenance, you can tag it as offline for maintenance
instead of simply offline. See "Creating and Assigning Resource Tags" in the
VMware vRealize™Operations Manager 6.0 documentation for instructions for
creating custom tags for offline network ports. You can download the most recent
version of the guide from VMware’s documentation site.
Dashboards and Widgets
Dashboard Overview The following dashboards are added to vRealize™ Operations when vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ is installed: • The Vblock Metrics dashboard presents a consolidated view of Vblock System resource metrics. • The Vblock HeatMaps dashboard shows Vblock System health scores using the Heat Map widget. • The Vblock Inventory dashboard shows a full inventory of Vblock System resources with associated relationships in a tree format using the Health Tree widget. • The Vblock Alerts dashboard shows all the operational alerts from Vblock System resources.
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Note: When you upgrade from a previous version of vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™, the
existing dashboards are removed by default. For instructions on how to save the dashboards, refer to the VCE Vision™ Intelligent Operations Version 2.6 Upgrade Guide. The upgrade only affects the dashboards. The resources are unchanged.
Widget Overview The dashboards use widgets to show the health of compute, storage, and network components. Dashboard widgets can be connected to multiple Vblock Systems. The Resources widget shows all Vblock Systems. Vblock Systems selected in the Resources widget are shown in the Health Tree. Components selected in the Health Tree are shown in the Alerts, Metric Selector, and Metric Sparklines widgets. Resources Widget
The Resources widget lists all Vblock Systems discovered by all Adapter instances. It is configured to show all components in a Vblock System, such as compute, network, and storage. The widget shows the current health score for all discovered Vblock System component groups. Resource health scores are determined by comparing current metric values to reference values. vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ for vRealize™ Operations determines a metric's reference value by combining values observed over time with predefined hard thresholds. Alerts Widget
The Alerts widget shows alerts for components selected in the Health Tree. The Alerts widget also shows alerts for component groups (compute, network, or storage) and their subcomponents. Alerts shown here are also shown in the Alert Summary page and on component icons in the Health Tree.
Metric Selector Widget
The Metric Selector widget shows available metrics for components selected in the Health Tree. The
Metric Selector is not used in the Vblock System Main dashboard.
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Health Tree Widget
The Health Tree widget shows Vblock System components in three categories:
compute, storage, and network. Connected components are shown in a hierarchical
manner. Alerts and sparklines are shown for selected components. Health alerts are
shown for the Vblock System, compute, storage, and network categories. The Health
Tree widget can also show the parent-child relationship between blade servers and
active vSphere ESXi hosts. The following screen capture shows the Health Tree server-
host view.
Metric Sparklines Widget
The Metric Sparklines widget shows a line graph of health values over time. The widget
shows the values collected for aggregate Vblock System components selected in the
Health Tree. Heat Map Widget
The Heat Map is only used in the Vblock HeatMaps dashboard. All components for
all Vblock Systems that are monitored by vRealize™ Operations Management
Pack™ are shown in the Heat Map widget. The Heat Map's rectangles represent all
components in all monitored Vblock Systems. Components that are not in collection
mode are displayed as white squares.
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Vblock Metrics Dashboard
The Vblock Metrics dashboard shows a consolidated view of Vblock System
resource metrics. You can select a resource through the Resources widget to display
all adapter defined metrics in graph and sparklines form. The metric selector enables
you to select and plot to graph and generate metric sparklines for any metrics
generated by vRealize™ Operations. By default the resources are sorted by
ascending health score, which provides easy access to the resources with the worst performance. The following image shows the Vblock Metrics dashboard.
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Vblock HeatMaps Dashboard
The Vblock HeatMaps dashboard has a single widget that provides an easy way to
visualize the health of your Vblock System. The Heat Map widget pulls data from all
Adapter instances. By default, the data is grouped first by adapter instance and then by
resource kind. Each square represents a single Vblock System resource, is fixed in
size, and changes color based on the health score.
If you are monitoring multiple Vblock Systems, it can be difficult to clearly view all resources in one Heat Map widget. You can create additional Vblock HeatMaps dashboards and use them to view different
Adapter instances. Refer to the VMware vCenter Operations Manger Getting Started Guide (Custom UI) for instructions on how to create new dashboards. The following image shows the Vblock HeatMaps
dashboard.
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Vblock Inventory Dashboard
The Vblock Inventory dashboard shows Vblock System resources with their
associated parent and child relationships. Selecting a resource in the Resources
widget populates the Health Tree widget, and shows the selected resource and its
parent and children. The Resources widget shows all Vblock System resources.
By default, the Resources widget is sorted so that the Vblock System resource kind appears at the top.
This allows you to select a Vblock System and click through its relationship tree from the top level. You can also search for specific resources in the Resources widget and select that resource to populate the
Health Tree with that resource and its relationships. The following image shows the Vblock Inventory dashboard.
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Vblock Alerts Dashboard The Vblock System Alerts dashboard shows all of the operational alerts specific to resources that have been discovered by vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ instances. Selecting an alert in the Alerts widget displays the resource that generated the alert in the Health Tree. This enables you to quickly identify the location of that resource in the relationship tree. Select the alert for the metrics for that particular resource in the Metrics widget. The following image shows the Vblock System Alerts dashboard.
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Alerts And Health Scores
Viewing vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ Alerts You can view alerts created by vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ or vRealize Operations on the Alerts Summary page. Procedure
1. Select Alerts Overview in the Alerts menu. 2. Select the kind. 3. Double-click an alert to view its Alert Summary page. You can also double-click the alerts in the Alerts widget in vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ dashboards. 4. The Alert Summary page shows reasons, causes, and potential performance problems. 5. Click the resource name to view the Resource Detail page. The following screen capture shows the Alert Summary page.
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Alerts
vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ creates alerts corresponding to events received from
Vision™ System Library and the VCE Vision™ Intelligent Operations™ VCE Vision™ Compliance
Checker. vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ can only receive Vision™ System Library and
Compliance Checker events and create alerts for resources that are monitored by vRealize™
Operations Management Pack™ for vRealize™ Operations.
Vision™ System Library events originate at the individual resource level. Individual resources are, for
example, compute servers or power supply units. Vision™ System Library events can be unrelated to
vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ metrics. Event messages can range from simple
informational details about the resource to a possible critical issue.
Compliance Checker events relay compliance report results, which include information about Vblock
System resources. Compliance Checker events only generate alerts if you subscribe to Vision™
System Library events when you add an Adapter instance.
Event severity and frequency are used to determine whether or not to send a health alert. Alerts have
five severity levels: operable; minor; degraded; major; and critical. The following table describes the
severity levels:
Alert level Possible P Possible cause Action required
Operable The Vblock System is working as it should. There are no detected issues with
any of the compute, storage, or network components. All components must be
operable for the Vblock System to have this state.
None.
Minor A non-normal issue of some sort has been detected in one of the components
of the Vblock System. When any component is in any other state than
operable, it will cause at least the minor state to occur. This state can occur
only if critical, major, or degraded states are not detected.
Attention is expected
soon.
Degraded At least one of the Vblock System components is currently detected as
degraded.
Some troubleshooting
is recommended.
Major There is a major issue with at least one of the major components of the Vblock
System. The Vblock System might be at serious risk if another failure is
detected on a component of the Vblock System. Assuming nothing is critical,
any component in this state results in the Vblock System being declared in a
major state.
Attention is seriously
advised.
Critical A serious or fatal issue detected with a component of the Vblock System. A
component could be inoperable or a part may have failed. Any single
component in this state causes the state of the entire Vblock System to
become critical.
Immediate attention is
required.
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Alerts have types in addition to severity levels. Refer to vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™
for vRealize Operations online help for a list of alert types.
Health Scores
Health scores are calculated by vRealize™ Operations. Health scores are determined by the type of information that each component reports through its interface. Each component in a Vblock System
reports an operationStatus, or operStatus. Vision™ System Library creates a
calculatedStatus based on the operationStatus and a set of VCE-defined best
practices. The calculatedStatus provides an assessment of the impact the
operationStatus has on the overall system health.
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The following table provides descriptions of how compute, network, storage, management, and rack components are monitored to determine health scores.
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Metrics
Types vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ collects the following metric types: • Vblock System • Compute • Network • Storage These are described in the tables below.
Vblock System Metrics Vblock System metrics are aggregate measurements that are collected from all Vblock System components. Several metrics show a component's operational status. Possible operational statuses are operable, critical, major, minor, degraded, and inoperable. All components have a calculated health status.
Component Attribute Description Appears as
Aggregate of all Vblock System components
Vblock System
health and operability
Shows overall health and
operational status of a
Vblock
System based on the health
of underlying components,
as well as the calculated
health status.
VB-# (Vblock
System) Health:
<health score>
<status> Summary
| Calculated Status
<status> Summary
| Operational Status
Available memory Total memory available on a
Vblock System. This is the
sum total of the memory
available on all the blade
servers in a Vblock System.
VB-# (Vblock
System) Health:
<health score>
<available memory>
Summary |
Available Memory
(MB)
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Compute Metrics
Compute metrics are collected from rack and blade servers and their components.
Several metrics show a component's operational status. Possible operational statuses
are operable, critical, major, minor, degraded, and inoperable. All components have a
calculated health status.
Component Attribute Description Appears as
Compute system Compute system health
and operability
Shows overall health and
operational status of each
compute system based on
the health of underlying
components.
<Vblock System ID>
(Vblock System Compute
System (UCS)) Health:
<health score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Chassis Chassis health and
operability
Shows overall health and
operational status of a
compute chassis.
sys/chassis-# (Vblock
System Compute
Chassis) Health: <health
score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Chassis Chassis fan bay health and
operability
Shows overall health and
operational status of
compute chassis fan bays.
sys/chassis-#/fan-module-
#-# (Vblock System Fan
Bay) Health: <health
score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
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Component Attribute Description Appears as
Chassis Chassis fan health and
operability
Reports the operational
status of each fan in a fan
bay.
sys/chassis-#/fan-module-
#-#/fan-# (Vblock System
Fan) Health: <health
score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Chassis Chassis power supply unit
health and operability
Shows the operability of
chassis power supply units.
sys/chassis-#/psu-#
(Vblock System Power
Supply Unit) Health:
<health score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Fabric Extender Fabric extender health and
operability
Shows operational and
health status for each of
the fabric extenders on
each blade server chassis.
sys/chassis-#/slot-#
(Vblock System Fabric
Extender) Health: <health
score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Fabric Interconnect Fabric interconnect health
and operability
Shows the operational
status and overall health of
each of the Fabric
Interconnects in a Vblock
System. The metric display
in the dashboard uniquely
identifies components of
the same type if there are
multiples of them in a
Vblock System.
sys/switch-# (Vblock
System Fabric
Interconnect) Health:
<health score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
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Fabric Interconnect Fabric interconnect power
supply health and
operability
Shows the operational
status of the Cisco UCS
Fabric Interconnect power
supplies.
sys/switch-#/psu-# (Vblock
System Power Supply
Unit) Health: <health
score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Component Attribute Description Appears as
Fabric Interconnect Fabric interconnect fan
health and operability
Shows the operational
status of the Cisco UCS
Fabric Interconnect fans.
sys/switch-#/fan-# (Vblock
System Fan) Health:
<health score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Blade server Blade server health and
operability
Shows the operational
status and overall health of
each of the blade servers
in a Vblock System. The
metric display in the
dashboard uniquely
identifies components of
the same type if there are
multiples of them in a
Vblock System.
sys/chassis-#/blade-#
(Vblock System Compute
Server) Health: <health
score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Blade server Blade server temperature Shows the temperature of
a blade server in degrees
Celsius. The metric display
in the dashboard uniquely
identifies components of
the same type if there are
multiples of them in a
Vblock System.
sys/chassis-#/blade-#
(Vblock System Compute
Server) Health: <health
score>
<temperature>
Summary | Temperature
(C)
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Blade server Blade server thermal
sensor status
Tells users if a blade
server's thermal
environment is within safe
operating range.
sys/chassis-#/blade-#
(Vblock System Compute
Server) Health: <health
score>
<status> Summary |
Thermal Status
Blade server Blade server available
memory
Shows a blade server's
available, unused memory
in megabytes.
sys/chassis-#/blade-#
(Vblock System Compute
Server) Health: <health
score>
<available memory>
Memory | Available
Memory (MB)
The following metrics
require that vSphere ESXi is
running on the blade server.
Otherwise, no metric data is
collected.
Component Attribute Description Appears as
Blade server Blade server memory
utilization
Shows the percentage of
memory used by a blade
server.
sys/chassis-#/blade-#
(Vblock System Compute
Server) Health: <score>
<used memory>
Memory | Memory
Utilization (%)
Blade server Blade server memory
usage
Shows the amount of used
memory in megabytes.
sys/chassis-#/blade-#
(Vblock System Compute
Server) Health: <score>
<used
memory> Memory |
Utilized Memory (MB)
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Blade server Blade server CPU usage Shows the measurement of
CPU cycle utilization over
time.
sys/chassis-#/blade-#
(Vblock System Compute
Server) Health: <score>
<CPU usage> CPU |
CPU Usage (%)
Blade server Blade server storage
allocation
Shows the total storage
amount, in megabytes,
allocated to a blade server.
sys/chassis-#/blade-#
(Vblock System Compute
Server) Health: <score>
<allocated
storage> Storage |
Allocated Storage (MB)
Blade server Blade server storage
usage
Shows the percentage of
storage space used by a
blade server.
sys/chassis-#/blade-#
(Vblock System Compute
Server) Health: <score>
<storage
usage> Storage |
Storage Utilization (%)
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Network Metrics Network metrics are collected from Vblock System network switches and their associated hardware. Several metrics show a component's operational status. Possible operational statuses are operable, critical, major, minor, degraded, and inoperable. All components have a calculated health status. No metric data is collected for fibre channel or ethernet ports when their administrative status is down.
Component Attribute Description Appears as
Network switch Network switch health and
operability
Shows the overall health
and operational status of
each network switch.
<network switch ID>
(Vblock System Network
Switch) Health: <health
score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Network switch chassis Network switch chassis
health and operability
Shows the overall health
and operational status of
each network switch
chassis.
<network switch chassis
ID> (Vblock System
Network Switch Chassis)
Health: <health score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Fibre Channel port Fibre Channel port health
and operability
Shows the overall health
and operational status of a
Fibre Channel port in a
network switch. Fibre
Channel ports in
maintenance mode have
no health score.
Supervisor-# Port-#
(Vblock System Fiber
Channel Port) Health:
<score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
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Fibre Channel port Fibre Channel port
administrative state
Shows whether or not a
Fibre Channel port can
communicate with other
network devices. Fibre
Channel ports in
maintenance mode have
no administrative state.
The two possible
administrative states are
up and down.
Supervisor-# Port-#
(Vblock System Fiber
Channel Port) Health:
<score>
<status> Summary |
Administrative Status
Gigabit ethernet port Gigabit ethernet port health
and operability
Shows the overall health
and operational status of a
gigabit ethernet port in a
network switch.
<gigabit ethernet port ID>
(Vblock System Gigabit
Ethernet Port) Health:
<health score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Component Attribute Description Appears as
Gigabit ethernet port Gigabit ethernet port
administrative state
Shows whether or not a
gigabit ethernet port can
communicate with other
network devices. The two
possible administrative
states are up and down.
<gigabit ethernet port ID>
(Vblock System Gigabit
Ethernet Port) Health:
<health score>
<status> Summary |
Administrative Status
Network switch power
supply bay
Network switch power
supply bay health and
operability
Shows the operability of a
network switch's power
supply bay.
Switch # - Power Supply
Container (Vblock System
Power Supply Bay) Health:
<health score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
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Network switch power
supply unit
Network switch power
supply unit health and
operability
Shows the operability of a
network switch's power
supply unit.
Switch # - Power Supply #
(Vblock System Power
Supply Unit) Health:
<health score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Network switch fan bay Network switch fan bay
health and operability
Shows overall health and
operational status of
network switch fan bays.
Switch # - Fan Container
(Vblock System Fan Bay)
Health: <health score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Network switch fan Network switch fan health
and operability
Shows overall health and
operational status of
network switch fans.
Switch # - Fan # (Vblock
System Fan) Health:
<health score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Network switch
temperature sensor
Network switch thermal
sensor health and
operability
Shows Overall health and
operational status of
network switch thermal
sensors.
Switch # - <sensor ID> -
Sensor # (Vblock System
Temperature Sensor)
Health: <health score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
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Component Attribute Description Appears as
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Network switch expansion
module
Network switch expansion
module health and
operability
Shows overall health and
operational status of
network switch expansion
modules.
<expansion module ID>
(Vblock System Expansion
Module) Health: <health
score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
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Storage Metrics Storage metrics are collected from storage device arrays. Several metrics show a component's operational status. Possible operational statuses are operable, critical, major, minor, degraded, and inoperable. All components have a calculated health status.
Component Attribute Description Appears as
Storage Array Storage array health and
operability
Shows the operational
status of each storage
array in a Vblock System.
<storage array ID> (Vblock
System Storage
Array) Health: <health
score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Storage Array Storage array available raw
capacity
Shows a storage array's
available raw capacity in
megabytes.
<storage array ID> (Vblock
System Storage
Array) Health: <health
score>
<available capacity>
Summary | Available
Raw Capacity (MB)
Storage Array Storage array total
managed space (Isilon)
Shows a storage array's
total managed space in
megabytes.
Summary | Total managed
Space (MB)
Storage Array Storage array remaining
managed space (Isilon)
Shows a storage array's
remaining managed space
in megabytes.
Summary | Remaining
managed Space (MB)
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Component Attribute Description Appears as
Storage Array Storage array cumulative
throughput rate read/
written (Isilon)
Shows a storage array's
cumulative throughput rate
read/written in bytes per
second.
Summary | Read IOs (b/s)
Summary | Write IOs (b/s)
Storage Array Storage node health and
operability (Isilon)
Shows a storage array's
node health and
operability.
Summary | Calculated
Status
Summary | Operational
Status
Storage Volume Storage volume IOPS Shows the total number of
input and output
operations.
<storage volume ID>
(Vblock System Storage
Volume) Health: <health
score>
<number of operations>
Summary | Total IOPS
Data Mover Data mover health and
operability
Shows the operable status
of the data mover.
<data mover ID> (Vblock
System Data Mover
Enclosure) Health: <health
score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Disk Array Disk array health and
operability
Shows the operable status
of the disk array.
<disk array ID> (Vblock
System Disk Array
Enclosure) Health: <health
score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
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Disk Array Disk array power supply
unit health and operability
Shows the operable status
of a disk array's power
supply.
<array power supply ID>
(Vblock System Power
Supply Unit) Health:
<health score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Component Attribute Description Appears as
Disk Processor Disk processor health and
operability
Shows the disk processor's
operable status.
<processor ID> (Vblock
System Disk Processor
Enclosure) Health: <health
score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Disk Processor Disk processor power
supply unit health and
operability
Shows the disk processor
power supply's operable
status.
<processor power supply
ID> (Vblock System Power
Supply Unit) Health:
<health score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Control Station Control station health and
operability
Shows the control station's
operable status.
<control station ID>
(Vblock System Control
Station Enclosure) Health:
<health score>
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
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Rack Metrics Rack metrics are collected from infrastructure components. Several metrics show a component's operational status. Possible operational statuses are operable, critical, major, minor, degraded, and inoperable. All components have a calculated health status.
Component Attribute Description Appears as
VblockRacks Vblock System Rack health
and operability
Shows the overall
calculated health and
operational status of the
Vblock Systemracks.
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
RackUnit Rack Units health and
operability
Shows the overall
calculated health and
operational status of the
rack units.
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Component Attribute Description Appears as
PDU Power distribution unit
health and operability
Shows the overall
calculated health and
operational status of the
PDUs.
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Outlet Outlet health and
operability
Shows the overall
calculated health and
operational status of the
outlets.
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
Voltage Input Voltage input health and
operability
Shows the overall
calculated health and
operational status of the
voltage inputs. Also
displays the voltage value.
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
<voltage> Summary |
Voltage
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Temperature Input Temperature input health
and operability
Shows the overall
calculated health and
operational status of the
temperature inputs. Also
displays the temperature
values in degrees Celsius.
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
<temperature> Summary |
Temperature (C)
Humidity Input Humidity input health and
operability
Shows the overall
calculated health and
operational status of the
humidity inputs. Also
displays the humidity
values.
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
<humidity> Summary |
Humidity
Contact Input Contact input health and
operability
Shows the overall
calculated health and
operational status of the
contact inputs. Also
displays the contact
values.
<status> Summary |
Calculated Status
<status> Summary |
Operational Status
<contact> Summary |
Contact
Troubleshooting and Support
Adapter Instance Does Not Test Successfully If the Adapter instance cannot connect to the Vision™ System Library host, then try the following: • Check that the Vision™ System Library FQDN is correct. • Check that the Vision™ System Library credentials are correct. • Check the connectivity between the Analytics virtual machine and the Vision™ System Library virtual machine.
Enabling Detailed Logging Enable detailed logging if you want to send detailed logs to VCE support to investigate a reported issue, or if you want to debug issues on your own. You will need to change the log level for the Collector's Java process.
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About This Task
Procedure
1. Locate and open the following file on the Analytics virtual machine:
/usr/lib/vmware-vcops/user/conf/collector/log4j.properties 2. To generate detailed logs, change the log level for the rootLogger to TRACE or DEBUG in the following line:
log4j.rootLogger=ERROR, fileAppender, ConsoleAppender
Setting the log level to DEBUG or TRACE will generate detailed logs for the collector
process as well as all the deployed adapters. It will also generate a large volume of
logs.
Health Status Widget Shows A Score Of - 1
This means that data collection was turned off or otherwise interrupted. Perform
the following tasks to resolve this issue:
• Verify that vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ instance can connect to the Vision™ System
Library Host server.
• Verify that data collection has not been turned off for that component.
Locating The Log Files
Adapter log files are located on the Support page. Use this procedure to view the collector log and the
Adapter logs.
1. Select Support in vCenter Operations Manager's Admin menu.
2. Select the Logs tab.
3. Select vCenter Operations Collector (vCenter Operations Standard Server).
4. View the collector log and vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™ logs. For problems related to a server being monitored by vRealize™ Operations Management Pack™, check the Vision™ System Library and JBoss server logs.
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Supporting Metrics On An EMC Symmetrix VMAX
Use this procedure to gather and monitor Adapter metrics on an EMC Symmetrix
VMAX storage array. These steps are necessary only if the storage array is not
automatically discovered.
Starting Metric Collection Procedure
1. Open a remote desktop connection with the virtual machine where ECOM/SMI-S is installed.
2. Go to C:\Program Files\EMC\ECIM\ECOM\bin and run TestSmiProvider.exe.
3. Press enter at each prompt until you reach the localhost prompt.
4. Enter ei at the localhost prompt. Example: (localhost:5988) ? ei
5. Enter Class: Symm_BlockStatisticsService at the class prompt.
6. Press enter to continue through the next three prompts.
7. Enter Started for the property to include. Example: ('-' for all, '[empty]' for no
properties)? [-]: Started
8. Enter - (hyphen) at the next prompt.
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9. Make sure that PROPERTY NAME is set to ?Started? and PROPAGATED is set to
?true?. See the example below:
ObjectPath:
Symm_BlockStatisticsService.CreationClassName="Symm_BlockStatisticsService",Na
me="EMC
BlockStatisticsService",SystemCreationClassName="Symm_StorageSystem",SystemN
ame="SY MMETRIX+000192606323"
<INSTANCE CLASSNAME="Symm_BlockStatisticsService" >
<PROPERTY NAME="Started" CLASSORIGIN="CIM_Service"
PROPAGATED="true" TYPE="boolean">
<VALUE>TRUE</VALUE>
</PROPERTY>
</INSTANCE>
If the value for PROPAGATED is true, then BlockStatisticsService is started. If
BlockStatisticsService is not started, then use the following procedure to start the service.
Starting Block Statistics Service Procedure
1. Enter im at the localhost prompt. Example:(localhost:5988) ? im
2. Enter the following value at the
ObjectPath prompt: ObjectPath:
Symm_BlockStatisticsService.CreationClassName="Symm_BlockStatisticsService",Na
me="EMC
BlockStatisticsService",SystemCreationClassName="Symm_StorageSystem",SystemN
ame="SY MMETRIX+000192606323"
3. Enter StartService at the Method Name[?]: prompt. Example: Method Name[?]: StartService
4. Enter - (hyphen) at the next prompt. Example: ('-' to quit) [?]: -
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5. You will see the following output. If the returned value is 0 then the service is started.
+++ Testing invokeMethod:
Symm_BlockStatisticsService.CreationClassName="Symm_B
lockStatisticsService",Name="EMCBlockStatisticsService",SystemCreationClas
sName=
"Symm_StorageSystem",SystemName="SYMMETRIX+000192606323" ++++
StartService() returned value: 0
OUTPUT : 0
Supporting Metrics On An EMC VNX Series
Use these procedures to gather and monitor Adapter metrics on an EMC VNX
Series storage array. These steps are necessary only if the storage array is not
automatically discovered.
Enabling Performance Statistics Collection
1. Log on to EMC Unisphere.
2. Select System>Monitoring and Alerts>Statistics for Block.
3. Select Performance Data Logging in the Settings options.
4. For the Logging settings:
a. Enter 300 for the Real Time Interval in seconds.
b. Clear Periodic Archiving.
c. Clear Stop Automatically After.
5. Click OK. Enabling Performance Statistics On The Unisphere
1. Log on to EMC Unisphere.
2. Select System>System Properties.
The System Properties dialog is displayed.
3. Select Statistics Logging in the General tab.
4. Click Apply and then OK.
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Enabling Performance Statistics Collection Using The Command Line Interface
You can also use EMC Navisphere's command line interface to enable performance
statistics collection for the EMC VNX Series storage array.
1. Start NaviSecCLI, the Navisphere Command Line Interface.
2. Enter the following at the command prompt:
naviseccli –h <hostip> -User <usrname> -Password <passwd> -scope 0 setstats <-on|-off>
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