EMC® Vipr® SRM Version 4.2.1

EMC® ViPR® SRM Version 4.2.1 User Guide for Storage Administrators P/N 302-004-841 01 Copyright © 2016-2018 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries All rights reserved. Published April 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 4.2.1 User Guide for Storage Administrators CONTENTS Figures 7 Tables 9 Part 1 Introduction to ViPR SRM 11 Chapter 1 Concepts 13 ViPR SRM................................................................................................... 14 EMC M&R framework ................................................................................14 SolutionPacks and Report Library............................................................... 15 Global reports ............................................................................................ 15 Configuration items and home reports........................................................ 16 Chapter 2 Getting Started 19 Log on and explore the ViPR SRM Console................................................ 20 Quick access to serious infrastructure alert details..................................... 21 User Interface menu options.......................................................................23 Report headers...........................................................................................25 Filtering a report using group filters ...........................................................25 Top-level navigation nodes......................................................................... 27 Report Library categories........................................................................... 28 Make icon navigation column static............................................................29 Set email, password, and preferences........................................................ 30 Get more information ................................................................................. 31 Chapter 3 Reporting Features and User Customizations 33 Displaying and canceling reports................................................................ 34 Generate and save reports .........................................................................34 Use links in reports to get more detail ....................................................... 35 Filter, sort, and hide columns in table reports ............................................ 38 Hide and rearrange columns in table reports...............................................40 Change reporting period ............................................................................40 Saving Display settings................................................................. 40 Schedule reports for automatic runs and storage/delivery options ............ 41 Schedule a weekly report run and email the results....................... 42 Review, delete, change, or run scheduled reports..........................43 Scenario: Create a personal dashboard of favorite reports.........................45 Create customized capacity report by pinning existing reports .... 45 Rearrange elements ...................................................................... 47 Add reports from the Report Library............................................. 48 Part 2 Manage Storage with ViPR SRM 49 Chapter 4 Find Storage 51 Global view of storage assets..................................................................... 52 EMC ViPR SRM 4.2.1 User Guide for Storage Administrators 3 CONTENTS View underlying details of global dashboards..............................................53 Find available storage ................................................................................ 54 Find available free space in a specific service level .................................... 56 Reclaim storage space................................................................................57 Chapter 5 Monitor Storage 59 Situations to watch reports........................................................................ 60 Global situations to watch dashboard............................................ 60 Global situations to watch reports..................................................61 SolutionPack-specific situation to watch reports.......................... 63 Manage Service Level Agreements.............................................................63 Monitor SLA capacity ................................................................... 63 View or change SLA characteristics...............................................64 Monitor and research storage pools .......................................................... 65 Monitor NAS pools for capacity issues....................................................... 66 Monitor health of storage infrastructure by hosts...................................... 67 Analyze characteristics of used storage..................................................... 70 Research storage by business unit, customer, or location........................... 71 Chapter 6 Forecast Future Capacity Needs 75 Forecasting concepts................................................................................. 76 Forecast graph reports............................................................................... 77 Forecast table reports................................................................................ 78 Use a forecast report to plan future storage requirements ........................ 78 What-If Scenario Reports...........................................................................80 TCO Analysis................................................................................. 80 Compliance Configuration Planning................................................81 Pool Capacity Planning.................................................................. 83 Chapter 7 Manage Object Storage 85 Object storage reporting features.............................................................. 86 Research available object storage capacity................................................ 86 Research objects........................................................................................89 Monitor object storage health.................................................................... 90 Chapter 8 Research Storage Infrastructure 93 Provisioning support...................................................................................94 Analyze performance..................................................................................94 Reading baseline reports............................................................... 94 Using a baseline in troubleshooting ...............................................95 Switches, ports, and WWNs.......................................................................96 Fabrics and zones....................................................................................... 97 Research storage from host perspective.................................................... 98 End-to-end connection information.......................................................... 100 Topology reports....................................................................................... 101 End-to-end host topology maps....................................................101 Icons in topology reports..............................................................103 Critical or Major symbols on infrastructure icons......................... 105 About hosts and host discovery................................................................ 106 Passive host discovery from zone names or Device Manager....................108 Passive host discovery from host containers ........................................... 109 4 EMC ViPR SRM 4.2.1 User Guide for Storage Administrators CONTENTS Part 3 Integration with ViPR Controller 111 Chapter 9 Launch ViPR Controller from ViPR SRM 113 ViPR Controller launch features.................................................................114 Launch requirements................................................................................. 114 Launch ViPR Controller Dashboard ........................................................... 114 Launch ViPR Controller in context ............................................................ 116 Additional launch points............................................................................. 118 Accept and install certificates ...................................................................118 Chapter 10 Monitor Storage Managed by ViPR Controller 121 ViPR Controller terminology......................................................................122 Research a virtual data center...................................................................122 Research commodity data stores managed by ViPR Controller................. 124 Research ViPR Controller

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