EMC® Vipr® SRM Version 4.2
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EMC® ViPR® SRM Version 4.2 Administrator Guide 302-004-590 REV 02 Copyright © 2015-2018 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries All rights reserved. Published June 2018 Dell believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS-IS.“ DELL MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE, COPYING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY DELL SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION REQUIRES AN APPLICABLE SOFTWARE LICENSE. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Published in the USA. EMC Corporation Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748-9103 1-508-435-1000 In North America 1-866-464-7381 www.EMC.com 2 EMC ViPR SRM 4.2 Administrator Guide CONTENTS Figures 7 Tables 9 Chapter 1 ViPR SRM introduction 11 System description..................................................................................... 12 Log on and explore the ViPR SRM Interfaces..............................................14 Provide an enterprise logo and message..................................................... 16 Configuring an SMTP server ...................................................................... 17 Navigation styles ........................................................................................ 17 Set the navigation style..................................................................18 Make icon navigation column static................................................19 Use links in reports to get more detail ........................................................ 19 For more information..................................................................................23 Chapter 2 Manage users, profiles, roles, and authentication 25 User management...................................................................................... 26 View and edit existing user accounts ............................................ 26 Add a user .....................................................................................27 User authorization......................................................................... 30 Delete a user..................................................................................30 Test user settings...........................................................................31 View and edit profiles.................................................................................. 31 Create new profiles and assign users to profiles ........................... 32 View and edit roles..................................................................................... 35 Create roles and assign users to roles............................................36 Authentication and realms.......................................................................... 40 Add new realm................................................................................41 Prioritizing authentication realms.................................................. 42 Local realm.................................................................................... 42 Configuring an LDAP server for authentication..............................42 Configuration properties for LDAP authentication......................... 44 Adding external members to a role.................................................47 Adding external members to a profile.............................................47 More security information.......................................................................... 48 LockOutRealm and RoleLock......................................................................48 Chapter 3 Manage ViPR SRM processes and scheduled tasks 49 Starting and stopping processes ............................................................... 50 Access configuration and log files for system processes.............................51 Check status of all processes..................................................................... 52 Stopping processes on the command line...................................................54 Stopping EMC M&R platform services on a UNIX server.............. 54 Stopping EMC M&R platform services on a Windows server........ 54 Access and configure scheduled tasks....................................................... 54 Metrics collection and reporting.................................................................55 Collectors and metrics...................................................................55 EMC ViPR SRM 4.2 Administrator Guide 3 CONTENTS Configure the import_variable_status task....................................56 How ViPR SRM handles collection interruptions............................58 Monitoring for collection interruptions.......................................... 60 Isolated causes of reporting gaps ................................................. 62 Chapter 4 Routine maintenance and health checks 65 Quick access to serious infrastructure alert details.................................... 66 System health checks................................................................................ 68 Web server health......................................................................... 68 Services health..............................................................................69 Server disk space...........................................................................70 Database health.............................................................................70 Backend servers health.................................................................. 71 Collector managers .......................................................................72 Server CPU and swap space.......................................................... 72 Temporary files..............................................................................73 Check log files............................................................................... 74 Task completion.............................................................................75 Data collection...............................................................................76 Use alerting reports to monitor system health............................................76 JVM sizing requirements............................................................................ 78 Backup and restore.....................................................................................78 Chapter 5 Occasional administrative tasks 79 Tasks after new SolutionPack installations.................................................80 Saving Display settings..............................................................................80 Exclude maintenance period from report totals...........................................81 Chapter 6 Update and expand ViPR SRM 83 Online Update overview..............................................................................84 Configuring server settings for online updates...............................84 Enabling the online update task..................................................... 84 Running the online update task manually....................................... 85 Online Update Status.................................................................... 85 Online Update History....................................................................87 Disabling the online update task.....................................................87 Updating SolutionPacks..............................................................................87 Overview....................................................................................... 87 Upgrading all SolutionPacks and other components...................... 87 Updating SolutionPacks and other components............................ 89 Adding new components................................................................ 91 Expand reporting capabilities with additional SolutionPacks....................... 91 Plan for future growth................................................................................ 91 Chapter 7 Licensing 95 Licensing concepts.....................................................................................96 After installation: Licenses and SolutionPacks...............................96 EMC M&R feature names and ELMS licenses............................... 96 Trial licenses..................................................................................96 License duration............................................................................ 97 License purchase........................................................................... 97 Licensing operations...................................................................................97 Log in with admin credentials.........................................................97 4 EMC ViPR SRM 4.2 Administrator Guide CONTENTS View license information................................................................98 Upload a new license file.............................................................. 100 Delete licenses..............................................................................101 Synchronize licenses on multiple hosts......................................... 101 Troubleshooting licensing .........................................................................102