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User Documentation October 2012
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization
2000
Table of Contents 2
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Table of Contents4Release Notes
5Support Information
6Legal Notices
7Overview
9Supported Platforms and Versions
10Getting the Installation Package
11EMC SMI-S Agent
19Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
22Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
24Running EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service Task
25Managing Storage Farm Views
30STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics
33SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
Introduction
4Release Notes
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Release Notes
Known IssuesThe Devices A ttached parameter for Storage Pools is not available in this version of the product
The value for the Available GB parameter (ST_FREE) corresponds to the lowest stored value of thelast 30-day In this version the first stored value for the Available GB after the restart of theScheduler is zero As a consequence the ldquoAvailable GBrdquo parameter in the Storage Pool table isalways displayed as 0
5Support Information
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Support Information
This section contains information about how to contact Customer Support and the levels of supportoffered for this and other releases
If you have problems with or questions about a BMC product or for the latest support policies see theCustomer Support website at httpwwwbmccomsupport You can also access product documentsand search the Knowledge Base for help with an issue at httpwwwSentrySoftwarecom If you donot have access to the web and you are in the United States or Canada contact Customer Support at800 537 1813 Outside the United States or Canada contact your local BMC office or agent
6Legal Notices
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Legal Notices
copy Copyright 2012 BMC Software Inc
BMC BMC Software and the BMC Software logo are the exclusive properties of BMC Software Inc areregistered with the US Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered or pending registration inother countries All other BMC trademarks service marks and logos may be registered or pendingregistration in the US or in other countries All other trademarks or registered trademarks are theproperty of their respective owners
Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds
Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle andor its affiliates Other names may betrademarks of their respective owners
UNIX is the registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries
The information included in this documentation is the proprietary and confidential information of BMCSoftware Inc its affiliates or licensors Your use of this information is subject to the terms andconditions of the applicable End User License agreement for the product and to the proprietary andrestricted rights notices included in the product documentation
BMC Software Inc2101 City West Blv d Houston TX 77042-2827 USA713 918 8800Custom er Support 800 537 1813 (United States and Canada) or contact y our local support center
7Overview
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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Overview
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed for BMCCapacity Optimization and can be defined as an ETL Service named EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService that continuously polls and collects data from an SMI-S Provider Once an ETL Service isstarted it runs continuously on BMC Capacity Optimization Once properly configured the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service task collects all of the metric required for performing critical capacityoptimization tasks such as analysis trending simulation and analytic modeling
EMC SMI-S A gent ETL for BMC Capacity Optim izationA rchitecture Diagram
Getting Started
9Supported Platforms and Versions
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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Supported Platforms and Versions
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization supports the following EMC systems
Supported EMC Symmetrix Systems
EMC Symmetrix DMXtradeSeries (DMX-4 DMX-3 DMX-2)
EMC Symmetrix V-Max Series
Supported EMC CLARiiON Systems
EMC CX4 Series CX3 Series CX Series
Supported EMC VNX Systems
EMC VNX series
Supported versions of BMC Capacity OptimizationBefore you can install the service pack you must have previously installed and configured BMCCapacity Optimization v9000 SP1
10Getting the Installation Package
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Getting the Installation Package
The installation package for EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization can be downloadedfrom the BMC Electronic Product Distribution site or directly from Sentry Software Web site and consistsof the following archive EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip The file can be saved on anyserver accessible via the BCO Console
Download BMC Capacity Optimization v9000 SP1 from BMC BMC Electronic Product Distribution site
11EMC SMI-S Agent
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EMC SMI-S Agent
The solution leverages the EMC SMI-S Agent that needs to be installed on a Windows or Linux systemThe following procedure explains in details how to get install and configure EMC SMI-S Agent to enableEMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to efficiently interact with it
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is only compatible with EMC SMI-S Agent v 4xx or later
1 Install the EMC SMI-S Agent1 Access the EMCrsquos Powerlink website httpspowerlinkemccom
2 Log in with the User ID and Password provided by EMCrsquos Powerlink If you do not have an accountyou can register directly on EMCrsquos Powerlink website
3 Click the Support tab and then click Software Downloads and Licensing gt Downloads S gtSMI-S Provider
4 Select SMI-S Provider 4111 for SMI-S 14 and Download se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexe
EMCs Powerlink Website
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5 Launch the se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexeThe EMC Solutions Enabler with SMI X86 welcome page appears prompting you to install SolutionsEnabler with SMI version xxx
6 Click Next
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Welcom e Page
7 Click Next to begin the installation
8 The Destination Folder dialog box opens and prompts you to select an install directory for SolutionsEnabler and EMC SMI-S Provider It is recommended that you choose the default directory
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Installation Directory
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9 Click Next to continueThe Provider list dialog box opens
10 Select both Array Provider and Host Provider
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash SMI Prov iders List
11 Click Next to continueThe Ready to Install Program dialog box opens
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Start Installation
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12 Click Install to begin installing files to your selected folderThis may take several minutes
13 When the Installation Wizard Completed dialog box opens click Finish to complete the setup
When the installation procedure is complete update your environment variable for path to include theSolutions Enabler installation directory which by default is CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIbin inorder to run the command line utilities from any directory
2 Add CLARiiON Disk Array to the Installed SMI-SProvider
1 Navigate to the CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIstorbin and run TestSmiProviderexe
2 For connection type type ssl
3 For Host type enter
4 Repeat the operation for Port Username Password Log output to console and Log output to file
type addsystype y (yes)type 1 (Default for CLARiiON)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPA IP Address of the CLARiiON array)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPB IP Address of the CLARiiON Array)
type entertype 2 type 2 type the username (type a user that has at least a read access on the CLARiiON Array) type the password (password of the above user)
then type enter
5 A message meaning that the CLARiiON Array has been added is displayed as shown on the picturebelow
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
5 Start EMC CIM Server
Integrating EMC SMI-S AgentETL for BCO
18
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
19Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
20Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
21Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
22Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
24Running EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceTask
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
25Managing Storage Farm Views
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
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Table of Contents 2
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Table of Contents4Release Notes
5Support Information
6Legal Notices
7Overview
9Supported Platforms and Versions
10Getting the Installation Package
11EMC SMI-S Agent
19Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
22Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
24Running EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service Task
25Managing Storage Farm Views
30STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics
33SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
Introduction
4Release Notes
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Release Notes
Known IssuesThe Devices A ttached parameter for Storage Pools is not available in this version of the product
The value for the Available GB parameter (ST_FREE) corresponds to the lowest stored value of thelast 30-day In this version the first stored value for the Available GB after the restart of theScheduler is zero As a consequence the ldquoAvailable GBrdquo parameter in the Storage Pool table isalways displayed as 0
5Support Information
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Support Information
This section contains information about how to contact Customer Support and the levels of supportoffered for this and other releases
If you have problems with or questions about a BMC product or for the latest support policies see theCustomer Support website at httpwwwbmccomsupport You can also access product documentsand search the Knowledge Base for help with an issue at httpwwwSentrySoftwarecom If you donot have access to the web and you are in the United States or Canada contact Customer Support at800 537 1813 Outside the United States or Canada contact your local BMC office or agent
6Legal Notices
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Legal Notices
copy Copyright 2012 BMC Software Inc
BMC BMC Software and the BMC Software logo are the exclusive properties of BMC Software Inc areregistered with the US Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered or pending registration inother countries All other BMC trademarks service marks and logos may be registered or pendingregistration in the US or in other countries All other trademarks or registered trademarks are theproperty of their respective owners
Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds
Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle andor its affiliates Other names may betrademarks of their respective owners
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7Overview
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Overview
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed for BMCCapacity Optimization and can be defined as an ETL Service named EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService that continuously polls and collects data from an SMI-S Provider Once an ETL Service isstarted it runs continuously on BMC Capacity Optimization Once properly configured the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service task collects all of the metric required for performing critical capacityoptimization tasks such as analysis trending simulation and analytic modeling
EMC SMI-S A gent ETL for BMC Capacity Optim izationA rchitecture Diagram
Getting Started
9Supported Platforms and Versions
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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Supported Platforms and Versions
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization supports the following EMC systems
Supported EMC Symmetrix Systems
EMC Symmetrix DMXtradeSeries (DMX-4 DMX-3 DMX-2)
EMC Symmetrix V-Max Series
Supported EMC CLARiiON Systems
EMC CX4 Series CX3 Series CX Series
Supported EMC VNX Systems
EMC VNX series
Supported versions of BMC Capacity OptimizationBefore you can install the service pack you must have previously installed and configured BMCCapacity Optimization v9000 SP1
10Getting the Installation Package
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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Getting the Installation Package
The installation package for EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization can be downloadedfrom the BMC Electronic Product Distribution site or directly from Sentry Software Web site and consistsof the following archive EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip The file can be saved on anyserver accessible via the BCO Console
Download BMC Capacity Optimization v9000 SP1 from BMC BMC Electronic Product Distribution site
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EMC SMI-S Agent
The solution leverages the EMC SMI-S Agent that needs to be installed on a Windows or Linux systemThe following procedure explains in details how to get install and configure EMC SMI-S Agent to enableEMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to efficiently interact with it
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is only compatible with EMC SMI-S Agent v 4xx or later
1 Install the EMC SMI-S Agent1 Access the EMCrsquos Powerlink website httpspowerlinkemccom
2 Log in with the User ID and Password provided by EMCrsquos Powerlink If you do not have an accountyou can register directly on EMCrsquos Powerlink website
3 Click the Support tab and then click Software Downloads and Licensing gt Downloads S gtSMI-S Provider
4 Select SMI-S Provider 4111 for SMI-S 14 and Download se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexe
EMCs Powerlink Website
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5 Launch the se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexeThe EMC Solutions Enabler with SMI X86 welcome page appears prompting you to install SolutionsEnabler with SMI version xxx
6 Click Next
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Welcom e Page
7 Click Next to begin the installation
8 The Destination Folder dialog box opens and prompts you to select an install directory for SolutionsEnabler and EMC SMI-S Provider It is recommended that you choose the default directory
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Installation Directory
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9 Click Next to continueThe Provider list dialog box opens
10 Select both Array Provider and Host Provider
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash SMI Prov iders List
11 Click Next to continueThe Ready to Install Program dialog box opens
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Start Installation
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12 Click Install to begin installing files to your selected folderThis may take several minutes
13 When the Installation Wizard Completed dialog box opens click Finish to complete the setup
When the installation procedure is complete update your environment variable for path to include theSolutions Enabler installation directory which by default is CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIbin inorder to run the command line utilities from any directory
2 Add CLARiiON Disk Array to the Installed SMI-SProvider
1 Navigate to the CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIstorbin and run TestSmiProviderexe
2 For connection type type ssl
3 For Host type enter
4 Repeat the operation for Port Username Password Log output to console and Log output to file
type addsystype y (yes)type 1 (Default for CLARiiON)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPA IP Address of the CLARiiON array)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPB IP Address of the CLARiiON Array)
type entertype 2 type 2 type the username (type a user that has at least a read access on the CLARiiON Array) type the password (password of the above user)
then type enter
5 A message meaning that the CLARiiON Array has been added is displayed as shown on the picturebelow
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
5 Start EMC CIM Server
Integrating EMC SMI-S AgentETL for BCO
18
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
19Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
21Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
22Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
25Managing Storage Farm Views
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
33SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
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Software visit wwwbmccom
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Introduction
4Release Notes
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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Release Notes
Known IssuesThe Devices A ttached parameter for Storage Pools is not available in this version of the product
The value for the Available GB parameter (ST_FREE) corresponds to the lowest stored value of thelast 30-day In this version the first stored value for the Available GB after the restart of theScheduler is zero As a consequence the ldquoAvailable GBrdquo parameter in the Storage Pool table isalways displayed as 0
5Support Information
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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Support Information
This section contains information about how to contact Customer Support and the levels of supportoffered for this and other releases
If you have problems with or questions about a BMC product or for the latest support policies see theCustomer Support website at httpwwwbmccomsupport You can also access product documentsand search the Knowledge Base for help with an issue at httpwwwSentrySoftwarecom If you donot have access to the web and you are in the United States or Canada contact Customer Support at800 537 1813 Outside the United States or Canada contact your local BMC office or agent
6Legal Notices
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Legal Notices
copy Copyright 2012 BMC Software Inc
BMC BMC Software and the BMC Software logo are the exclusive properties of BMC Software Inc areregistered with the US Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered or pending registration inother countries All other BMC trademarks service marks and logos may be registered or pendingregistration in the US or in other countries All other trademarks or registered trademarks are theproperty of their respective owners
Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds
Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle andor its affiliates Other names may betrademarks of their respective owners
UNIX is the registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries
The information included in this documentation is the proprietary and confidential information of BMCSoftware Inc its affiliates or licensors Your use of this information is subject to the terms andconditions of the applicable End User License agreement for the product and to the proprietary andrestricted rights notices included in the product documentation
BMC Software Inc2101 City West Blv d Houston TX 77042-2827 USA713 918 8800Custom er Support 800 537 1813 (United States and Canada) or contact y our local support center
7Overview
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Overview
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed for BMCCapacity Optimization and can be defined as an ETL Service named EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService that continuously polls and collects data from an SMI-S Provider Once an ETL Service isstarted it runs continuously on BMC Capacity Optimization Once properly configured the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service task collects all of the metric required for performing critical capacityoptimization tasks such as analysis trending simulation and analytic modeling
EMC SMI-S A gent ETL for BMC Capacity Optim izationA rchitecture Diagram
Getting Started
9Supported Platforms and Versions
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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Supported Platforms and Versions
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization supports the following EMC systems
Supported EMC Symmetrix Systems
EMC Symmetrix DMXtradeSeries (DMX-4 DMX-3 DMX-2)
EMC Symmetrix V-Max Series
Supported EMC CLARiiON Systems
EMC CX4 Series CX3 Series CX Series
Supported EMC VNX Systems
EMC VNX series
Supported versions of BMC Capacity OptimizationBefore you can install the service pack you must have previously installed and configured BMCCapacity Optimization v9000 SP1
10Getting the Installation Package
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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Getting the Installation Package
The installation package for EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization can be downloadedfrom the BMC Electronic Product Distribution site or directly from Sentry Software Web site and consistsof the following archive EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip The file can be saved on anyserver accessible via the BCO Console
Download BMC Capacity Optimization v9000 SP1 from BMC BMC Electronic Product Distribution site
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EMC SMI-S Agent
The solution leverages the EMC SMI-S Agent that needs to be installed on a Windows or Linux systemThe following procedure explains in details how to get install and configure EMC SMI-S Agent to enableEMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to efficiently interact with it
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is only compatible with EMC SMI-S Agent v 4xx or later
1 Install the EMC SMI-S Agent1 Access the EMCrsquos Powerlink website httpspowerlinkemccom
2 Log in with the User ID and Password provided by EMCrsquos Powerlink If you do not have an accountyou can register directly on EMCrsquos Powerlink website
3 Click the Support tab and then click Software Downloads and Licensing gt Downloads S gtSMI-S Provider
4 Select SMI-S Provider 4111 for SMI-S 14 and Download se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexe
EMCs Powerlink Website
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5 Launch the se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexeThe EMC Solutions Enabler with SMI X86 welcome page appears prompting you to install SolutionsEnabler with SMI version xxx
6 Click Next
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Welcom e Page
7 Click Next to begin the installation
8 The Destination Folder dialog box opens and prompts you to select an install directory for SolutionsEnabler and EMC SMI-S Provider It is recommended that you choose the default directory
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Installation Directory
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9 Click Next to continueThe Provider list dialog box opens
10 Select both Array Provider and Host Provider
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash SMI Prov iders List
11 Click Next to continueThe Ready to Install Program dialog box opens
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Start Installation
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12 Click Install to begin installing files to your selected folderThis may take several minutes
13 When the Installation Wizard Completed dialog box opens click Finish to complete the setup
When the installation procedure is complete update your environment variable for path to include theSolutions Enabler installation directory which by default is CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIbin inorder to run the command line utilities from any directory
2 Add CLARiiON Disk Array to the Installed SMI-SProvider
1 Navigate to the CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIstorbin and run TestSmiProviderexe
2 For connection type type ssl
3 For Host type enter
4 Repeat the operation for Port Username Password Log output to console and Log output to file
type addsystype y (yes)type 1 (Default for CLARiiON)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPA IP Address of the CLARiiON array)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPB IP Address of the CLARiiON Array)
type entertype 2 type 2 type the username (type a user that has at least a read access on the CLARiiON Array) type the password (password of the above user)
then type enter
5 A message meaning that the CLARiiON Array has been added is displayed as shown on the picturebelow
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
5 Start EMC CIM Server
Integrating EMC SMI-S AgentETL for BCO
18
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
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Software visit wwwbmccom
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301752
4Release Notes
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Release Notes
Known IssuesThe Devices A ttached parameter for Storage Pools is not available in this version of the product
The value for the Available GB parameter (ST_FREE) corresponds to the lowest stored value of thelast 30-day In this version the first stored value for the Available GB after the restart of theScheduler is zero As a consequence the ldquoAvailable GBrdquo parameter in the Storage Pool table isalways displayed as 0
5Support Information
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Support Information
This section contains information about how to contact Customer Support and the levels of supportoffered for this and other releases
If you have problems with or questions about a BMC product or for the latest support policies see theCustomer Support website at httpwwwbmccomsupport You can also access product documentsand search the Knowledge Base for help with an issue at httpwwwSentrySoftwarecom If you donot have access to the web and you are in the United States or Canada contact Customer Support at800 537 1813 Outside the United States or Canada contact your local BMC office or agent
6Legal Notices
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Legal Notices
copy Copyright 2012 BMC Software Inc
BMC BMC Software and the BMC Software logo are the exclusive properties of BMC Software Inc areregistered with the US Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered or pending registration inother countries All other BMC trademarks service marks and logos may be registered or pendingregistration in the US or in other countries All other trademarks or registered trademarks are theproperty of their respective owners
Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds
Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle andor its affiliates Other names may betrademarks of their respective owners
UNIX is the registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries
The information included in this documentation is the proprietary and confidential information of BMCSoftware Inc its affiliates or licensors Your use of this information is subject to the terms andconditions of the applicable End User License agreement for the product and to the proprietary andrestricted rights notices included in the product documentation
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7Overview
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Overview
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed for BMCCapacity Optimization and can be defined as an ETL Service named EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService that continuously polls and collects data from an SMI-S Provider Once an ETL Service isstarted it runs continuously on BMC Capacity Optimization Once properly configured the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service task collects all of the metric required for performing critical capacityoptimization tasks such as analysis trending simulation and analytic modeling
EMC SMI-S A gent ETL for BMC Capacity Optim izationA rchitecture Diagram
Getting Started
9Supported Platforms and Versions
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Supported Platforms and Versions
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization supports the following EMC systems
Supported EMC Symmetrix Systems
EMC Symmetrix DMXtradeSeries (DMX-4 DMX-3 DMX-2)
EMC Symmetrix V-Max Series
Supported EMC CLARiiON Systems
EMC CX4 Series CX3 Series CX Series
Supported EMC VNX Systems
EMC VNX series
Supported versions of BMC Capacity OptimizationBefore you can install the service pack you must have previously installed and configured BMCCapacity Optimization v9000 SP1
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Getting the Installation Package
The installation package for EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization can be downloadedfrom the BMC Electronic Product Distribution site or directly from Sentry Software Web site and consistsof the following archive EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip The file can be saved on anyserver accessible via the BCO Console
Download BMC Capacity Optimization v9000 SP1 from BMC BMC Electronic Product Distribution site
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EMC SMI-S Agent
The solution leverages the EMC SMI-S Agent that needs to be installed on a Windows or Linux systemThe following procedure explains in details how to get install and configure EMC SMI-S Agent to enableEMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to efficiently interact with it
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is only compatible with EMC SMI-S Agent v 4xx or later
1 Install the EMC SMI-S Agent1 Access the EMCrsquos Powerlink website httpspowerlinkemccom
2 Log in with the User ID and Password provided by EMCrsquos Powerlink If you do not have an accountyou can register directly on EMCrsquos Powerlink website
3 Click the Support tab and then click Software Downloads and Licensing gt Downloads S gtSMI-S Provider
4 Select SMI-S Provider 4111 for SMI-S 14 and Download se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexe
EMCs Powerlink Website
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5 Launch the se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexeThe EMC Solutions Enabler with SMI X86 welcome page appears prompting you to install SolutionsEnabler with SMI version xxx
6 Click Next
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Welcom e Page
7 Click Next to begin the installation
8 The Destination Folder dialog box opens and prompts you to select an install directory for SolutionsEnabler and EMC SMI-S Provider It is recommended that you choose the default directory
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Installation Directory
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9 Click Next to continueThe Provider list dialog box opens
10 Select both Array Provider and Host Provider
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash SMI Prov iders List
11 Click Next to continueThe Ready to Install Program dialog box opens
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Start Installation
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12 Click Install to begin installing files to your selected folderThis may take several minutes
13 When the Installation Wizard Completed dialog box opens click Finish to complete the setup
When the installation procedure is complete update your environment variable for path to include theSolutions Enabler installation directory which by default is CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIbin inorder to run the command line utilities from any directory
2 Add CLARiiON Disk Array to the Installed SMI-SProvider
1 Navigate to the CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIstorbin and run TestSmiProviderexe
2 For connection type type ssl
3 For Host type enter
4 Repeat the operation for Port Username Password Log output to console and Log output to file
type addsystype y (yes)type 1 (Default for CLARiiON)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPA IP Address of the CLARiiON array)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPB IP Address of the CLARiiON Array)
type entertype 2 type 2 type the username (type a user that has at least a read access on the CLARiiON Array) type the password (password of the above user)
then type enter
5 A message meaning that the CLARiiON Array has been added is displayed as shown on the picturebelow
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
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Support Information
This section contains information about how to contact Customer Support and the levels of supportoffered for this and other releases
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Legal Notices
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7Overview
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Overview
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed for BMCCapacity Optimization and can be defined as an ETL Service named EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService that continuously polls and collects data from an SMI-S Provider Once an ETL Service isstarted it runs continuously on BMC Capacity Optimization Once properly configured the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service task collects all of the metric required for performing critical capacityoptimization tasks such as analysis trending simulation and analytic modeling
EMC SMI-S A gent ETL for BMC Capacity Optim izationA rchitecture Diagram
Getting Started
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Supported Platforms and Versions
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization supports the following EMC systems
Supported EMC Symmetrix Systems
EMC Symmetrix DMXtradeSeries (DMX-4 DMX-3 DMX-2)
EMC Symmetrix V-Max Series
Supported EMC CLARiiON Systems
EMC CX4 Series CX3 Series CX Series
Supported EMC VNX Systems
EMC VNX series
Supported versions of BMC Capacity OptimizationBefore you can install the service pack you must have previously installed and configured BMCCapacity Optimization v9000 SP1
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Getting the Installation Package
The installation package for EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization can be downloadedfrom the BMC Electronic Product Distribution site or directly from Sentry Software Web site and consistsof the following archive EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip The file can be saved on anyserver accessible via the BCO Console
Download BMC Capacity Optimization v9000 SP1 from BMC BMC Electronic Product Distribution site
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EMC SMI-S Agent
The solution leverages the EMC SMI-S Agent that needs to be installed on a Windows or Linux systemThe following procedure explains in details how to get install and configure EMC SMI-S Agent to enableEMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to efficiently interact with it
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is only compatible with EMC SMI-S Agent v 4xx or later
1 Install the EMC SMI-S Agent1 Access the EMCrsquos Powerlink website httpspowerlinkemccom
2 Log in with the User ID and Password provided by EMCrsquos Powerlink If you do not have an accountyou can register directly on EMCrsquos Powerlink website
3 Click the Support tab and then click Software Downloads and Licensing gt Downloads S gtSMI-S Provider
4 Select SMI-S Provider 4111 for SMI-S 14 and Download se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexe
EMCs Powerlink Website
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5 Launch the se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexeThe EMC Solutions Enabler with SMI X86 welcome page appears prompting you to install SolutionsEnabler with SMI version xxx
6 Click Next
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Welcom e Page
7 Click Next to begin the installation
8 The Destination Folder dialog box opens and prompts you to select an install directory for SolutionsEnabler and EMC SMI-S Provider It is recommended that you choose the default directory
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Installation Directory
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9 Click Next to continueThe Provider list dialog box opens
10 Select both Array Provider and Host Provider
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash SMI Prov iders List
11 Click Next to continueThe Ready to Install Program dialog box opens
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Start Installation
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12 Click Install to begin installing files to your selected folderThis may take several minutes
13 When the Installation Wizard Completed dialog box opens click Finish to complete the setup
When the installation procedure is complete update your environment variable for path to include theSolutions Enabler installation directory which by default is CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIbin inorder to run the command line utilities from any directory
2 Add CLARiiON Disk Array to the Installed SMI-SProvider
1 Navigate to the CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIstorbin and run TestSmiProviderexe
2 For connection type type ssl
3 For Host type enter
4 Repeat the operation for Port Username Password Log output to console and Log output to file
type addsystype y (yes)type 1 (Default for CLARiiON)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPA IP Address of the CLARiiON array)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPB IP Address of the CLARiiON Array)
type entertype 2 type 2 type the username (type a user that has at least a read access on the CLARiiON Array) type the password (password of the above user)
then type enter
5 A message meaning that the CLARiiON Array has been added is displayed as shown on the picturebelow
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
5 Start EMC CIM Server
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
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Legal Notices
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7Overview
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Overview
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed for BMCCapacity Optimization and can be defined as an ETL Service named EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService that continuously polls and collects data from an SMI-S Provider Once an ETL Service isstarted it runs continuously on BMC Capacity Optimization Once properly configured the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service task collects all of the metric required for performing critical capacityoptimization tasks such as analysis trending simulation and analytic modeling
EMC SMI-S A gent ETL for BMC Capacity Optim izationA rchitecture Diagram
Getting Started
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Supported Platforms and Versions
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization supports the following EMC systems
Supported EMC Symmetrix Systems
EMC Symmetrix DMXtradeSeries (DMX-4 DMX-3 DMX-2)
EMC Symmetrix V-Max Series
Supported EMC CLARiiON Systems
EMC CX4 Series CX3 Series CX Series
Supported EMC VNX Systems
EMC VNX series
Supported versions of BMC Capacity OptimizationBefore you can install the service pack you must have previously installed and configured BMCCapacity Optimization v9000 SP1
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Getting the Installation Package
The installation package for EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization can be downloadedfrom the BMC Electronic Product Distribution site or directly from Sentry Software Web site and consistsof the following archive EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip The file can be saved on anyserver accessible via the BCO Console
Download BMC Capacity Optimization v9000 SP1 from BMC BMC Electronic Product Distribution site
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EMC SMI-S Agent
The solution leverages the EMC SMI-S Agent that needs to be installed on a Windows or Linux systemThe following procedure explains in details how to get install and configure EMC SMI-S Agent to enableEMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to efficiently interact with it
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is only compatible with EMC SMI-S Agent v 4xx or later
1 Install the EMC SMI-S Agent1 Access the EMCrsquos Powerlink website httpspowerlinkemccom
2 Log in with the User ID and Password provided by EMCrsquos Powerlink If you do not have an accountyou can register directly on EMCrsquos Powerlink website
3 Click the Support tab and then click Software Downloads and Licensing gt Downloads S gtSMI-S Provider
4 Select SMI-S Provider 4111 for SMI-S 14 and Download se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexe
EMCs Powerlink Website
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5 Launch the se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexeThe EMC Solutions Enabler with SMI X86 welcome page appears prompting you to install SolutionsEnabler with SMI version xxx
6 Click Next
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Welcom e Page
7 Click Next to begin the installation
8 The Destination Folder dialog box opens and prompts you to select an install directory for SolutionsEnabler and EMC SMI-S Provider It is recommended that you choose the default directory
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Installation Directory
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9 Click Next to continueThe Provider list dialog box opens
10 Select both Array Provider and Host Provider
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash SMI Prov iders List
11 Click Next to continueThe Ready to Install Program dialog box opens
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Start Installation
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12 Click Install to begin installing files to your selected folderThis may take several minutes
13 When the Installation Wizard Completed dialog box opens click Finish to complete the setup
When the installation procedure is complete update your environment variable for path to include theSolutions Enabler installation directory which by default is CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIbin inorder to run the command line utilities from any directory
2 Add CLARiiON Disk Array to the Installed SMI-SProvider
1 Navigate to the CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIstorbin and run TestSmiProviderexe
2 For connection type type ssl
3 For Host type enter
4 Repeat the operation for Port Username Password Log output to console and Log output to file
type addsystype y (yes)type 1 (Default for CLARiiON)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPA IP Address of the CLARiiON array)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPB IP Address of the CLARiiON Array)
type entertype 2 type 2 type the username (type a user that has at least a read access on the CLARiiON Array) type the password (password of the above user)
then type enter
5 A message meaning that the CLARiiON Array has been added is displayed as shown on the picturebelow
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
5 Start EMC CIM Server
Integrating EMC SMI-S AgentETL for BCO
18
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
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Overview
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed for BMCCapacity Optimization and can be defined as an ETL Service named EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService that continuously polls and collects data from an SMI-S Provider Once an ETL Service isstarted it runs continuously on BMC Capacity Optimization Once properly configured the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service task collects all of the metric required for performing critical capacityoptimization tasks such as analysis trending simulation and analytic modeling
EMC SMI-S A gent ETL for BMC Capacity Optim izationA rchitecture Diagram
Getting Started
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Supported Platforms and Versions
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization supports the following EMC systems
Supported EMC Symmetrix Systems
EMC Symmetrix DMXtradeSeries (DMX-4 DMX-3 DMX-2)
EMC Symmetrix V-Max Series
Supported EMC CLARiiON Systems
EMC CX4 Series CX3 Series CX Series
Supported EMC VNX Systems
EMC VNX series
Supported versions of BMC Capacity OptimizationBefore you can install the service pack you must have previously installed and configured BMCCapacity Optimization v9000 SP1
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Getting the Installation Package
The installation package for EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization can be downloadedfrom the BMC Electronic Product Distribution site or directly from Sentry Software Web site and consistsof the following archive EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip The file can be saved on anyserver accessible via the BCO Console
Download BMC Capacity Optimization v9000 SP1 from BMC BMC Electronic Product Distribution site
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EMC SMI-S Agent
The solution leverages the EMC SMI-S Agent that needs to be installed on a Windows or Linux systemThe following procedure explains in details how to get install and configure EMC SMI-S Agent to enableEMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to efficiently interact with it
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is only compatible with EMC SMI-S Agent v 4xx or later
1 Install the EMC SMI-S Agent1 Access the EMCrsquos Powerlink website httpspowerlinkemccom
2 Log in with the User ID and Password provided by EMCrsquos Powerlink If you do not have an accountyou can register directly on EMCrsquos Powerlink website
3 Click the Support tab and then click Software Downloads and Licensing gt Downloads S gtSMI-S Provider
4 Select SMI-S Provider 4111 for SMI-S 14 and Download se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexe
EMCs Powerlink Website
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5 Launch the se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexeThe EMC Solutions Enabler with SMI X86 welcome page appears prompting you to install SolutionsEnabler with SMI version xxx
6 Click Next
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Welcom e Page
7 Click Next to begin the installation
8 The Destination Folder dialog box opens and prompts you to select an install directory for SolutionsEnabler and EMC SMI-S Provider It is recommended that you choose the default directory
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Installation Directory
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9 Click Next to continueThe Provider list dialog box opens
10 Select both Array Provider and Host Provider
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash SMI Prov iders List
11 Click Next to continueThe Ready to Install Program dialog box opens
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Start Installation
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12 Click Install to begin installing files to your selected folderThis may take several minutes
13 When the Installation Wizard Completed dialog box opens click Finish to complete the setup
When the installation procedure is complete update your environment variable for path to include theSolutions Enabler installation directory which by default is CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIbin inorder to run the command line utilities from any directory
2 Add CLARiiON Disk Array to the Installed SMI-SProvider
1 Navigate to the CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIstorbin and run TestSmiProviderexe
2 For connection type type ssl
3 For Host type enter
4 Repeat the operation for Port Username Password Log output to console and Log output to file
type addsystype y (yes)type 1 (Default for CLARiiON)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPA IP Address of the CLARiiON array)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPB IP Address of the CLARiiON Array)
type entertype 2 type 2 type the username (type a user that has at least a read access on the CLARiiON Array) type the password (password of the above user)
then type enter
5 A message meaning that the CLARiiON Array has been added is displayed as shown on the picturebelow
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
5 Start EMC CIM Server
Integrating EMC SMI-S AgentETL for BCO
18
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
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Getting Started
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Supported Platforms and Versions
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization supports the following EMC systems
Supported EMC Symmetrix Systems
EMC Symmetrix DMXtradeSeries (DMX-4 DMX-3 DMX-2)
EMC Symmetrix V-Max Series
Supported EMC CLARiiON Systems
EMC CX4 Series CX3 Series CX Series
Supported EMC VNX Systems
EMC VNX series
Supported versions of BMC Capacity OptimizationBefore you can install the service pack you must have previously installed and configured BMCCapacity Optimization v9000 SP1
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Getting the Installation Package
The installation package for EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization can be downloadedfrom the BMC Electronic Product Distribution site or directly from Sentry Software Web site and consistsof the following archive EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip The file can be saved on anyserver accessible via the BCO Console
Download BMC Capacity Optimization v9000 SP1 from BMC BMC Electronic Product Distribution site
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EMC SMI-S Agent
The solution leverages the EMC SMI-S Agent that needs to be installed on a Windows or Linux systemThe following procedure explains in details how to get install and configure EMC SMI-S Agent to enableEMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to efficiently interact with it
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is only compatible with EMC SMI-S Agent v 4xx or later
1 Install the EMC SMI-S Agent1 Access the EMCrsquos Powerlink website httpspowerlinkemccom
2 Log in with the User ID and Password provided by EMCrsquos Powerlink If you do not have an accountyou can register directly on EMCrsquos Powerlink website
3 Click the Support tab and then click Software Downloads and Licensing gt Downloads S gtSMI-S Provider
4 Select SMI-S Provider 4111 for SMI-S 14 and Download se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexe
EMCs Powerlink Website
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5 Launch the se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexeThe EMC Solutions Enabler with SMI X86 welcome page appears prompting you to install SolutionsEnabler with SMI version xxx
6 Click Next
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Welcom e Page
7 Click Next to begin the installation
8 The Destination Folder dialog box opens and prompts you to select an install directory for SolutionsEnabler and EMC SMI-S Provider It is recommended that you choose the default directory
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Installation Directory
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9 Click Next to continueThe Provider list dialog box opens
10 Select both Array Provider and Host Provider
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash SMI Prov iders List
11 Click Next to continueThe Ready to Install Program dialog box opens
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Start Installation
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12 Click Install to begin installing files to your selected folderThis may take several minutes
13 When the Installation Wizard Completed dialog box opens click Finish to complete the setup
When the installation procedure is complete update your environment variable for path to include theSolutions Enabler installation directory which by default is CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIbin inorder to run the command line utilities from any directory
2 Add CLARiiON Disk Array to the Installed SMI-SProvider
1 Navigate to the CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIstorbin and run TestSmiProviderexe
2 For connection type type ssl
3 For Host type enter
4 Repeat the operation for Port Username Password Log output to console and Log output to file
type addsystype y (yes)type 1 (Default for CLARiiON)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPA IP Address of the CLARiiON array)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPB IP Address of the CLARiiON Array)
type entertype 2 type 2 type the username (type a user that has at least a read access on the CLARiiON Array) type the password (password of the above user)
then type enter
5 A message meaning that the CLARiiON Array has been added is displayed as shown on the picturebelow
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
5 Start EMC CIM Server
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
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Supported Platforms and Versions
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization supports the following EMC systems
Supported EMC Symmetrix Systems
EMC Symmetrix DMXtradeSeries (DMX-4 DMX-3 DMX-2)
EMC Symmetrix V-Max Series
Supported EMC CLARiiON Systems
EMC CX4 Series CX3 Series CX Series
Supported EMC VNX Systems
EMC VNX series
Supported versions of BMC Capacity OptimizationBefore you can install the service pack you must have previously installed and configured BMCCapacity Optimization v9000 SP1
10Getting the Installation Package
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Getting the Installation Package
The installation package for EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization can be downloadedfrom the BMC Electronic Product Distribution site or directly from Sentry Software Web site and consistsof the following archive EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip The file can be saved on anyserver accessible via the BCO Console
Download BMC Capacity Optimization v9000 SP1 from BMC BMC Electronic Product Distribution site
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EMC SMI-S Agent
The solution leverages the EMC SMI-S Agent that needs to be installed on a Windows or Linux systemThe following procedure explains in details how to get install and configure EMC SMI-S Agent to enableEMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to efficiently interact with it
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is only compatible with EMC SMI-S Agent v 4xx or later
1 Install the EMC SMI-S Agent1 Access the EMCrsquos Powerlink website httpspowerlinkemccom
2 Log in with the User ID and Password provided by EMCrsquos Powerlink If you do not have an accountyou can register directly on EMCrsquos Powerlink website
3 Click the Support tab and then click Software Downloads and Licensing gt Downloads S gtSMI-S Provider
4 Select SMI-S Provider 4111 for SMI-S 14 and Download se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexe
EMCs Powerlink Website
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5 Launch the se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexeThe EMC Solutions Enabler with SMI X86 welcome page appears prompting you to install SolutionsEnabler with SMI version xxx
6 Click Next
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Welcom e Page
7 Click Next to begin the installation
8 The Destination Folder dialog box opens and prompts you to select an install directory for SolutionsEnabler and EMC SMI-S Provider It is recommended that you choose the default directory
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Installation Directory
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9 Click Next to continueThe Provider list dialog box opens
10 Select both Array Provider and Host Provider
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash SMI Prov iders List
11 Click Next to continueThe Ready to Install Program dialog box opens
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Start Installation
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12 Click Install to begin installing files to your selected folderThis may take several minutes
13 When the Installation Wizard Completed dialog box opens click Finish to complete the setup
When the installation procedure is complete update your environment variable for path to include theSolutions Enabler installation directory which by default is CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIbin inorder to run the command line utilities from any directory
2 Add CLARiiON Disk Array to the Installed SMI-SProvider
1 Navigate to the CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIstorbin and run TestSmiProviderexe
2 For connection type type ssl
3 For Host type enter
4 Repeat the operation for Port Username Password Log output to console and Log output to file
type addsystype y (yes)type 1 (Default for CLARiiON)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPA IP Address of the CLARiiON array)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPB IP Address of the CLARiiON Array)
type entertype 2 type 2 type the username (type a user that has at least a read access on the CLARiiON Array) type the password (password of the above user)
then type enter
5 A message meaning that the CLARiiON Array has been added is displayed as shown on the picturebelow
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
5 Start EMC CIM Server
Integrating EMC SMI-S AgentETL for BCO
18
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
22Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
10Getting the Installation Package
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Getting the Installation Package
The installation package for EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization can be downloadedfrom the BMC Electronic Product Distribution site or directly from Sentry Software Web site and consistsof the following archive EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip The file can be saved on anyserver accessible via the BCO Console
Download BMC Capacity Optimization v9000 SP1 from BMC BMC Electronic Product Distribution site
11EMC SMI-S Agent
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EMC SMI-S Agent
The solution leverages the EMC SMI-S Agent that needs to be installed on a Windows or Linux systemThe following procedure explains in details how to get install and configure EMC SMI-S Agent to enableEMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to efficiently interact with it
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is only compatible with EMC SMI-S Agent v 4xx or later
1 Install the EMC SMI-S Agent1 Access the EMCrsquos Powerlink website httpspowerlinkemccom
2 Log in with the User ID and Password provided by EMCrsquos Powerlink If you do not have an accountyou can register directly on EMCrsquos Powerlink website
3 Click the Support tab and then click Software Downloads and Licensing gt Downloads S gtSMI-S Provider
4 Select SMI-S Provider 4111 for SMI-S 14 and Download se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexe
EMCs Powerlink Website
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5 Launch the se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexeThe EMC Solutions Enabler with SMI X86 welcome page appears prompting you to install SolutionsEnabler with SMI version xxx
6 Click Next
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Welcom e Page
7 Click Next to begin the installation
8 The Destination Folder dialog box opens and prompts you to select an install directory for SolutionsEnabler and EMC SMI-S Provider It is recommended that you choose the default directory
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9 Click Next to continueThe Provider list dialog box opens
10 Select both Array Provider and Host Provider
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11 Click Next to continueThe Ready to Install Program dialog box opens
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Start Installation
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12 Click Install to begin installing files to your selected folderThis may take several minutes
13 When the Installation Wizard Completed dialog box opens click Finish to complete the setup
When the installation procedure is complete update your environment variable for path to include theSolutions Enabler installation directory which by default is CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIbin inorder to run the command line utilities from any directory
2 Add CLARiiON Disk Array to the Installed SMI-SProvider
1 Navigate to the CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIstorbin and run TestSmiProviderexe
2 For connection type type ssl
3 For Host type enter
4 Repeat the operation for Port Username Password Log output to console and Log output to file
type addsystype y (yes)type 1 (Default for CLARiiON)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPA IP Address of the CLARiiON array)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPB IP Address of the CLARiiON Array)
type entertype 2 type 2 type the username (type a user that has at least a read access on the CLARiiON Array) type the password (password of the above user)
then type enter
5 A message meaning that the CLARiiON Array has been added is displayed as shown on the picturebelow
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
5 Start EMC CIM Server
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
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EMC SMI-S Agent
The solution leverages the EMC SMI-S Agent that needs to be installed on a Windows or Linux systemThe following procedure explains in details how to get install and configure EMC SMI-S Agent to enableEMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to efficiently interact with it
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is only compatible with EMC SMI-S Agent v 4xx or later
1 Install the EMC SMI-S Agent1 Access the EMCrsquos Powerlink website httpspowerlinkemccom
2 Log in with the User ID and Password provided by EMCrsquos Powerlink If you do not have an accountyou can register directly on EMCrsquos Powerlink website
3 Click the Support tab and then click Software Downloads and Licensing gt Downloads S gtSMI-S Provider
4 Select SMI-S Provider 4111 for SMI-S 14 and Download se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexe
EMCs Powerlink Website
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5 Launch the se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexeThe EMC Solutions Enabler with SMI X86 welcome page appears prompting you to install SolutionsEnabler with SMI version xxx
6 Click Next
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7 Click Next to begin the installation
8 The Destination Folder dialog box opens and prompts you to select an install directory for SolutionsEnabler and EMC SMI-S Provider It is recommended that you choose the default directory
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9 Click Next to continueThe Provider list dialog box opens
10 Select both Array Provider and Host Provider
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash SMI Prov iders List
11 Click Next to continueThe Ready to Install Program dialog box opens
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Start Installation
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12 Click Install to begin installing files to your selected folderThis may take several minutes
13 When the Installation Wizard Completed dialog box opens click Finish to complete the setup
When the installation procedure is complete update your environment variable for path to include theSolutions Enabler installation directory which by default is CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIbin inorder to run the command line utilities from any directory
2 Add CLARiiON Disk Array to the Installed SMI-SProvider
1 Navigate to the CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIstorbin and run TestSmiProviderexe
2 For connection type type ssl
3 For Host type enter
4 Repeat the operation for Port Username Password Log output to console and Log output to file
type addsystype y (yes)type 1 (Default for CLARiiON)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPA IP Address of the CLARiiON array)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPB IP Address of the CLARiiON Array)
type entertype 2 type 2 type the username (type a user that has at least a read access on the CLARiiON Array) type the password (password of the above user)
then type enter
5 A message meaning that the CLARiiON Array has been added is displayed as shown on the picturebelow
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
5 Start EMC CIM Server
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
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5 Launch the se7114-WINDOWS-x86-SMIexeThe EMC Solutions Enabler with SMI X86 welcome page appears prompting you to install SolutionsEnabler with SMI version xxx
6 Click Next
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Welcom e Page
7 Click Next to begin the installation
8 The Destination Folder dialog box opens and prompts you to select an install directory for SolutionsEnabler and EMC SMI-S Provider It is recommended that you choose the default directory
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Installation Directory
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9 Click Next to continueThe Provider list dialog box opens
10 Select both Array Provider and Host Provider
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash SMI Prov iders List
11 Click Next to continueThe Ready to Install Program dialog box opens
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Start Installation
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12 Click Install to begin installing files to your selected folderThis may take several minutes
13 When the Installation Wizard Completed dialog box opens click Finish to complete the setup
When the installation procedure is complete update your environment variable for path to include theSolutions Enabler installation directory which by default is CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIbin inorder to run the command line utilities from any directory
2 Add CLARiiON Disk Array to the Installed SMI-SProvider
1 Navigate to the CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIstorbin and run TestSmiProviderexe
2 For connection type type ssl
3 For Host type enter
4 Repeat the operation for Port Username Password Log output to console and Log output to file
type addsystype y (yes)type 1 (Default for CLARiiON)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPA IP Address of the CLARiiON array)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPB IP Address of the CLARiiON Array)
type entertype 2 type 2 type the username (type a user that has at least a read access on the CLARiiON Array) type the password (password of the above user)
then type enter
5 A message meaning that the CLARiiON Array has been added is displayed as shown on the picturebelow
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
5 Start EMC CIM Server
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
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9 Click Next to continueThe Provider list dialog box opens
10 Select both Array Provider and Host Provider
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash SMI Prov iders List
11 Click Next to continueThe Ready to Install Program dialog box opens
EMC Solutions Enable with SMI X86 mdash Start Installation
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12 Click Install to begin installing files to your selected folderThis may take several minutes
13 When the Installation Wizard Completed dialog box opens click Finish to complete the setup
When the installation procedure is complete update your environment variable for path to include theSolutions Enabler installation directory which by default is CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIbin inorder to run the command line utilities from any directory
2 Add CLARiiON Disk Array to the Installed SMI-SProvider
1 Navigate to the CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIstorbin and run TestSmiProviderexe
2 For connection type type ssl
3 For Host type enter
4 Repeat the operation for Port Username Password Log output to console and Log output to file
type addsystype y (yes)type 1 (Default for CLARiiON)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPA IP Address of the CLARiiON array)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPB IP Address of the CLARiiON Array)
type entertype 2 type 2 type the username (type a user that has at least a read access on the CLARiiON Array) type the password (password of the above user)
then type enter
5 A message meaning that the CLARiiON Array has been added is displayed as shown on the picturebelow
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
5 Start EMC CIM Server
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
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12 Click Install to begin installing files to your selected folderThis may take several minutes
13 When the Installation Wizard Completed dialog box opens click Finish to complete the setup
When the installation procedure is complete update your environment variable for path to include theSolutions Enabler installation directory which by default is CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIbin inorder to run the command line utilities from any directory
2 Add CLARiiON Disk Array to the Installed SMI-SProvider
1 Navigate to the CProgram FilesEMCSYMCLIstorbin and run TestSmiProviderexe
2 For connection type type ssl
3 For Host type enter
4 Repeat the operation for Port Username Password Log output to console and Log output to file
type addsystype y (yes)type 1 (Default for CLARiiON)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPA IP Address of the CLARiiON array)type xxxxxxxxxxxx (SPB IP Address of the CLARiiON Array)
type entertype 2 type 2 type the username (type a user that has at least a read access on the CLARiiON Array) type the password (password of the above user)
then type enter
5 A message meaning that the CLARiiON Array has been added is displayed as shown on the picturebelow
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
5 Start EMC CIM Server
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
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3 Add a User to SMI-S provider 1 Access httpsltip-hostgt5989ecomconfig where ltip-hostgt is either the IP address of the name
of the SMI-S Provider host
2 Log in using the username admin and 1Password as password
3 Click Add User and create a user with the role of Administrator This newly created username cannow be used to obtain access to the Array Provider
4 Add authorization information1 Shut down the EMC CIM Server (The service name is ECOMexe and it displays as ECOM in the
Services control panel)
2 Use the SYMCLI symcfg command as shown in the following syntax example to add the usernameand password for each CLARiiON storage processor gtsymcfg authorization add -host HostName -username UserName -password PassWord
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
5 Start EMC CIM Server
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
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3 Add authorization for CLARiiON storage processor A with IP address ltip1gt username clariion andpassword clarpass using the following command symcfg auth add -host 1722319386 -usernameclariion -password clarpass
4 Then repeat the operation with CLARiiON storage processor B
You must list the information for storage processor A first then storage processor B Any time alocally-attached CLARiiON is added to the EMC SMI-S Provider the EMC CIM Server must first beshut down Once shut down the authorization information can be added as described previouslyand the EMC CIM Server must be restarted
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
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EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization is a connector specifically designed to interact withthe BMC Capacity Optimization (BCO) environment It relies on the BCO interface and features forintegrating managing and processing the performance metrics of your EMC systems
Before installing make sure that all the prerequisite operations have been properly completed (refer tothe Getting Started chapter)
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
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Installing EMC SMI-S Agent ETL forBCO
This section provides the step-by-step procedure to upload EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC CapacityOptimization into the BCO Console The upload procedure is quick and easy as it relies on the Uploadpatch or additional component file mechanism accessible in the BCO Console under the sectionAdministration gtSystem gtMaintenance
Upload and Install EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMCCapacity Optimization in the BCO Console
To integrate EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization to the BCO Console follow thesesteps
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click System gt Maintenance
a At the bottom of the Maintenance page locate the Upload patch or additional componentfile section
b Click Browse locate and select the file to download named EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip
c Click Upload
3 Read the Package Release Notes and click Next to continue
4 Read and accept the End User License Agreement
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
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5 Select the server on which the operation must be executed that is on which server the package willbe saved
6 Click Proceed to continue
7 A successful execution will result in a green line in the Additional components table
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
22Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
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It is possible (and recommended in case of unsuccessful outcome eg a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the
deployment log which can be done by clicking the icon
Once the you have properly installed EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization you need toproceed with the configuration of the corresponding ETL Service
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Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
22Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
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2000
Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETLfor BCO
This chapter details every steps required to configure an ETL Service and add it as a ETL taskresponsible for extracting capacity and performance metrics on EMC storage systems from the EMCSMI-S Agent (ECOM)and feeding it into the BMC Capacity Optimization Data Warehouse
To configure the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceETL task
1 Access the BCO Console
2 In the Administration tab click Scheduler gt ETL tasks
3 Press the Add button and select Add ETL
4 In the Run configuration tab select the desired ETL module that is EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service from the drop-down menu
5 Name the Run configuration (default is Default)
6 Select the environment on which the module will run Production or Test
7 Enter a description for the Run configuration (optional)
8 Select a Log level specifying how detailed the execution log will be Available options are LightMedium and Verbose
9 Specify if the execution mode if set to yes (Execute in simulation mode) the ETL do not storeactual data into the data warehouse this option is useful while testing a new ETL task
10 Select the datasets that you wish to include
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11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
25Managing Storage Farm Views
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
23Configuring EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BCO
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
11 In the Lookup sharing tab select the Lookup status
12 In the Object relationships tab indicate the domain tree the imported entities will populate
13 In the Connection settings tab enter the hostname or the IP address of the server where theEMC SMI-S Agent is running
14 Indicate the port number used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (default 5989)
15 Enter the username and password to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent (default username isAdmin)
16 Enter the transport protocol used by the EMC SMI-S Agent (for HTTP the default port is 5988 forHTTPS the default port is 5989)
17 Fill in all required information in the Task properties tab
18 Click Save
Setting the Data Saving Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the link provided at the bottom of the page You can manually
edit ETL properties from this page to display a list of editable options
2 Locate the Saverperiod option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequencyat which the collected data will be saved in the Data Warehouse
Scheduling the Collect Frequency1 In the Run configuration tab click the Advanced button
2 Locate the Scheduling option and enter the number of milliseconds corresponding the frequency atwhich the ETL module will collect the data from the EMC SMI-S Agent
24Running EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor ServiceTask
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
25Managing Storage Farm Views
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
27Managing Storage Farm Views
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Reference Guide
29
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
30STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
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Running EMC SMI-S AgentExtractor Service Task
To run the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service task to retrieve performance metrics perform thefollowing steps
The steps listed in this section are not mandatory and are required only if the ETLs are not already scheduled forexecution
1 In the BMC Capacity Optimization Console click the Administration tab and select Scheduler gtETL tasks
2 Click to execute the EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor Service ETL task from the ETL tasks tableWhen the execution is complete the value of the Status column in the ETL tasks table changesfrom Waiting to Ended
25Managing Storage Farm Views
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Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
33SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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2000
Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
25Managing Storage Farm Views
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Managing Storage Farm Views
Storage Farms Views are built-in BCO views To benefit from their functionality you need to install andconfigure the Storage Farm View module Metrics collected from the EMC SMI-S Agent ExtractorService are stored in BMC Capacity Optimization database and populate the EMC Storage Farm viewavailable in the Storage Farms View Group Refer to BMC Capacity Optimization documentation fordetails about Storage Farm View configuration
The EMC Storage Farm view unables you to
Keep track of available storage capacity in your EMC storage farm
Identify underutilized storage devices in your EMC storage farm
Proactively keep track of EMC storage devices that are experiencing capacity shortfalls or will soonbe
For example you can view the list of the top EMC storage arrays in terms of the percentage of storagecapacity being used
The EMC Storage Farm v iew is preconfigured and can only be modified by the v iew administrator
Data visibility
The EMC Storage Farm view shows data for the following components of your EMC storage farm
Storage arrays
The Storage Arrays tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists all of the EMC storage arrays in a tableEach row of the table corresponds to an array and shows the following information
Column Description
Array ID The unique ID for the storage array
Vendor The storage array vendor (EMC)
Model The storage array model number
Accessible Space Total [GB] The total accessible space on the array
Accessible Space Used [GB] The amount of the arrays accessible space being used
Accessible Space Used [] The percentage of the arrays total accessible space being used
Accessible Space Available [GB] The amount of available accessible space on the array
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the array runs out of available storage capacity
Hosts Attached The number of hosts attached to the array
Devices Attached The number of storage devices attached to the array
26Managing Storage Farm Views
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
27Managing Storage Farm Views
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2000
Reference Guide
29
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
30STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
32STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
33SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
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To v iew the details of an array
Click its name in the Storage Arrays table The following array information is displayed
General array information such as name and tags
Array configuration information such as the number of storage devices and number of attachedhosts in the array
A chart that shows the total storage capacity and the amount of storage capacity used over themost recent month for which data is available
Storage Pools
The Storage Pools tab in the EMC Storage Farm view lists EMC storage pools in a table By defaultthe table can list the storage pools in all EMC storage arrays or the storage pools in a specific storagearray To see a list of storage pools for a specific EMC storage array select the storage array from thelist in the Storage Arrays portlet Each row of the table in the Storage Pools portlet corresponds to anarray and shows the following information
Column Description
Name The name of the storage pool
Array The storage array to which the pool belongs
Type The type of storage pool
Protection Level The protection level assigned to the poolNote This information is only available for EMC Clariion and EMC VNX systems)
Devices Attached na
Total Configured [GB] The total configured storage capacity of the pool
Used [GB] The amount of the pools storage capacity being used
Used [] The percentage of the pools total storage capacity being used
Available [GB] The amount of available storage capacity in the pool
Days to Saturation The projected amount of time before the pool runs out of available storage capacity
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Reference Guide
29
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2000
This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
27Managing Storage Farm Views
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2000
Reference Guide
29
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
30STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
Reference Guide
29
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
30STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
33SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
34SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
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2000
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
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Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
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2000
This section provides detailed information on the performance metrics collected by the EMC SMI-SAgent Extractor Service from the EMC SMI-S Provider and made available in the BCO Console Metricsare available in the STOGLB and the SYSDSK datasets
STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
For additional information about datasets management refer to BMC Capacity Optimizationdocumentation
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
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Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
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STOGLB Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the STOGLB dataset
Metrics Entity Unit
Name Description Val Type
DS_SYSNM System namein theDatasource
The name of the system as in theDatasource (for lookup)
ST_ACC_USED (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleUsed Space
Host-accessible capacity on thearray or arrays in the groupoccupied by file systems rawdatabases VMFS volumes orRDMs For MVS hosts this is theamount of volume group capacityon the array or arrays in the groupthat is used
GENERIC
ST_ACCESSIBLE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
AccessibleSpace
Usable capacity on the array orarrays in the group accessible tohosts Includes accessible thindevice and pool dataregular devicecapacity
GENERIC
ST_CACHE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Cache Amount of array cache For aCLARiiON the sum ofReadCacheSize for all processors
CONF
ST_CONFIG_SUM (1) StorageAreaNetworkStoragePoolDynamicStoragePool
BYTES
ConfiguredUsable Space
Capacity on the array that can beused by the array Includescapacity configured into logicaldevices or groups minus capacitydefined by the protection level(mirror or parity RAID) for thedevices or groups
GENERIC
ST_CONFIG_SUM_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
ConfiguredRaw Space
Capacity on the array that has adefined protection level (mirror orparity RAID)
GENERIC
ST_DEVICE_TOTAL StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Device Space Usable LUN capacity on this arrayor the arrays in the group Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devicesIncludes capacity in pool data andregular devices
GENERIC
ST_FREE (1) BYTES
Storage Free Storage free size NEGACCUM
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
33SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
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SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
34SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
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For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
31STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
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ST_DEVICECOUNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY StorageDevicesNumber
Total number of LUNs on the arrayor the arrays in the group Includesthin devices
CONF
ST_HOSTCNT (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Attached HostsNumber
Number of hosts to which deviceson this array or the arrays in thegroup are allocated
CONF
ST_MICROCODE StorageAreaNetwork
Microcodeversion
Software microcode version CONF
ST_MODEL (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Box Model Box Model CONF
ST_POOL_OVERSUBSCRIBED_TOTAL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
PoolOversubscribed Total
The amount by which storage poolis over-subscribed If this fieldcontains a negative value the poolis not over-subscribed Calculatedas DyStPoolDynamicDevTotal -DyStPoolConfigTotal
GENERIC
ST_POOL_PROTECTION_LEVEL (1)
DynamicStoragePool
Pool ProtectionLevel
Protection level of pool datadevices
CONF
ST_POOL_TYPE (1) DynamicStoragePool
Array PoolType
Indicates whether the pool is a thinpool or a save pool (ECMSymmetrix only)
CONF
ST_PORT_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Storage arrayports number
Number of storage array ports CONF
ST_PRIMARY_ALLOCATED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
PrimaryAllocatedUsable Space
Capacity in the array or groupresiding on primary logical devicesallocated for use by hosts Doesnot include any capacity defined bythe protection level for the devices
GENERIC
ST_RAW StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Raw Space Sum of the capacities of thephysical disks in the array
GENERIC
ST_SID (1) StorageAreaNetwork
Storage DeviceUniqueIdentifier
Unique identifier of the storagedevice
CONF
ST_THINDEV_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin devicescount
Thin devices count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_CONFIG_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin Pool Totalcapacity
Combined size of all thin pools onthe array
CONF
ST_THINPOOL_COUNT StorageAreaNetwork
Thin poolscount
Thin pools count POSACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_FREE StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool freespace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe array Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
NEGACCUM
ST_THINPOOL_SUBSCRIBED_TOTAL
StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin PoolSubscribedTotal capacity
Total capacity of all thin devices inall pools on the array
CONF
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ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
33SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
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2000
SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
34SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
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2000
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
32STOGLB Dataset Performance Metrics
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
ST_THINPOOL_USED StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Thin pool usedspace
Remaining capacity in thin pools onthe arrray Calculated asThinPoolConfigTotal -ThinPoolUsed
GENERIC
ST_TYPE (1) StorageAreaNetwork
QTY Box Type Box Type CONF
ST_USED (1) DynamicStoragePool
BYTES
Storage UsedSpace
Total used capacity on pool datadevices
POSACCUM
ST_VENDOR (1) StorageAreaNetwork
BYTES
Array Vendor Amount vendor CONF
SYSNM Storage name The name of the storage system
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample[YYYY-MM-DD HHMISS]
(1) Used in Storage Farm
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
33SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
34SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
33SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
SYSDSK Dataset PerformanceMetrics
Metrics are presented in tabular form where each column represents a particular variable and eachrow corresponds to a given member of the SYSDSK dataset
Metrics Unit Name Description Val Type
BYDISK_MODEL Model by Disk Model of the Disk CONF
BYDISK_READ_RATE
BYTES Disk Read Rate by Disk The average Bytes per second read from thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_RESPONSE_TIME
S Disk Response Time The average time for IO requests issued tothe device to be served This includes the timespent by the requests in queue and the timespent servicing them
WEIGHTED_GENERIC
BYDISK_SIZE BYTES Size by Disk Disk size (bytes) CONF
BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE
BYTES Disk Transfer Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second transferred toor from this disk device during the intervalThe sub-object specifies the Disk id
RATE
BYDISK_UTIL PCT Disk Utilization byDisk
The percentage of the time that this diskdevice was busy transferring data during theinterval The sub-object specifies the diskname
PERCENTAGE
BYDISK_WRITE_RATE
BYTES Disk Write Rate byDisk
The average Bytes per second written to thisdisk device during the interval The sub-objectspecifies the Disk id
RATE
DSKNM Disk Name The name of the disk
DS_SYSNM System name in theDatasource
The name of the system as in the Datasource(for lookup)
DURATION S Duration Duration of the sample
GOLEVELS Grouping ObjectLevels
Levels for populating a grouping object colonseparated
SYSNM System name The name of the system proposed foridentification in BMC Capacity Optimization ifabsent the DS_SYSNM is used
SYSTYPENM Object type Object type name
TS Timestamp Start timestamp of the sample [YYYY-MM-DDHHMISS]
WEIGHT Weight The weight of the sample
34SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
34SYSDSK Dataset Performance Metrics
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
For detailed information about datasets refer to the BMC Capacity Optimization documentation
Index 35
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
Index 35
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Index
- A -Add ETL 22
Additional components 19
Architecture 7
- B -BCO Console 19
- C -Configuration 22
Connection settings 22
Copyright 6
Customer Support 5
- D -Data visibility 25
Dataset
STOGLB 30
SYSDSK 33
- E -Electronic Product Distribution 10
EMC CIM Server 11
EMC Solutions Enable 11
EMC Storage Farm 25
EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 10
EMC-SMI-S-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-2000zip 19
ETL tasks 22
Execute 24
- I -Install Un-install
Add User 11
Array Provider 11
Authorization information 11
Clariion Disk Array 11
EMC SMI-S Agent 11
Host Provider 11
Prerequisites 11
SMI-S Agent 11Installation 19
Installation Package 10
Integration 18
- L -Legal Notices 6
License Agreement 19
Lookup sharing 22
- M -Managing Storage Farm Views 25
- O -Object relationships 22
Overview 7
- P -Performance Metrics 30 33
Platforms
DMX 9
EMC CX4 9
EMC Symmetrix 9
EMC VNX 9
V-Max 9Powerlink 11
- R -Reference Guide 29
Run configuration 22
- S -Service
ECOMexe 11STOGLB Dataset 30
Storage arrays 25
Index 36
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
Index 36
EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization
2000
Storage Farms Views 25
Storage Pools 25
Support 5
Supported
Platforms 9
Versions 9SYSDSK Dataset 33
- T -Task properties 22
Trademark 6
- U -Upload 19
- V -Versions
BMC Capacity Optimization 9
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
About BMCreg SoftwareBMC Software Inc NYSEBMC is a leading provider of enterprise managementsolutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from abusiness perspective Delivering Business Service Management BMC Softwaresolutions span enterprise systems applications databases and servicemanagement Founded in 1980 BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal2004 revenues of more than $14 billion For more information about BMC
Software visit wwwbmccom
About Sentry SoftwaretradeSentry Software a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Softwareprovides key monitoring solutions specifically designed to expand thecapabilities of BMC Performance Manager thus enabling up to 100 coverage ofany infrastructure Sentry Software specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware custom applications or any IT component andblackout windows Sentry Software products are deployed in 45 countries acrossthe globe and lead the list of BMC Softwarersquos third-party product sales For more
information about Sentry Software please visit wwwsentrysoftwarenet
301752
