NetApp Storage System Plug-In 12.1.0.1.0 for Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Installation and Administration Guide Sachin Maheshwari, Anand Ranganathan, NetApp
October 2012
Abstract
This document provides a brief description of the NetApp® Storage System Plug-In for
Oracle® Enterprise Manager, details on the versions the plug-in supports, prerequisites for
installing the plug-in, and step-by-step instructions on how to download, install, verify, and
validate the plug-in. This guide also outlines some of the storage system monitoring
capabilities of the plug-in.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Overview of the Plug-In ........................................................................................................................ 4
1.1 Features of the Plug-In ...................................................................................................................................4
2 Installing and Uninstalling the Plug-In ............................................................................................... 4
2.1 Versions Supported ........................................................................................................................................5
2.2 Prerequisites ...................................................................................................................................................5
2.3 Downloading the Plug-In .................................................................................................................................5
2.4 Importing the Plug-In .......................................................................................................................................5
2.5 Deploying the Plug-In ......................................................................................................................................6
2.6 Creating a Custom User for Managing the Plug-In .........................................................................................6
2.7 Adding Instances for Monitoring ......................................................................................................................7
2.8 Verifying and Validating the Plug-In ................................................................................................................8
2.9 Undeploying the Plug-In ..................................................................................................................................9
3 Monitoring NetApp Storage System Performance ............................................................................ 9
3.1 NetApp Storage System Target Home Page ..................................................................................................9
3.2 Performance Metrics Available for NetApp Storage Targets ...........................................................................9
4 Monitoring NetApp Storage System Configuration ........................................................................ 15
4.1 Product Information ....................................................................................................................................... 15
4.2 Disk Summary ............................................................................................................................................... 15
4.3 License Info ................................................................................................................................................... 16
4.4 Comparing Configuration Metrics for Different Storage Controllers .............................................................. 16
5 Alerts and Reports.............................................................................................................................. 17
5.1 Alerts ............................................................................................................................................................. 17
5.2 Changing the Collection Schedule for any Metric ......................................................................................... 17
5.3 Reports ......................................................................................................................................................... 18
6 Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................. 19
Version History ......................................................................................................................................... 19
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1) Aggregate details metrics. .............................................................................................................................. 10
Table 2) CPU metrics. .................................................................................................................................................. 10
Table 3) Network interface metrics. .............................................................................................................................. 10
Table 4) Protocol information metrics. .......................................................................................................................... 11
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Table 5) RAID configuration metrics. ............................................................................................................................ 11
Table 6) Controller response metrics. .......................................................................................................................... 12
Table 7) SnapMirror metrics. ........................................................................................................................................ 12
Table 8) Snapshot copy metrics. .................................................................................................................................. 12
Table 9) Spare disk metrics. ......................................................................................................................................... 13
Table 10) Storage controller capacity metrics. ............................................................................................................. 13
Table 11) System load metrics. .................................................................................................................................... 14
Table 12) Volume detail metrics. .................................................................................................................................. 14
Table 13) Qtree detail metrics. ..................................................................................................................................... 15
Table 14) Product information metrics. ......................................................................................................................... 15
Table 15) Disk summary metrics. ................................................................................................................................. 15
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1) Verify that the NetApp Storage System Plug-In is imported. ...........................................................................6
Figure 2) Add the NetApp storage system. .....................................................................................................................7
Figure 3) NetApp storage system home page. ...............................................................................................................8
Figure 4) Configuration metrics comparison screen. .................................................................................................... 17
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1 Overview of the Plug-In
The NetApp Storage System Plug-in extends Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) 12c to add support for
managing NetApp storage controllers. By combining NetApp storage monitoring capabilities with
comprehensive management of Oracle systems, Cloud Control significantly reduces the cost and
complexity of managing applications that rely on NetApp storage and Oracle technologies.
1.1 Features of the Plug-In
Deploying the plug-in a Cloud Control environment provides the following management features for
NetApp storage controllers:
Comprehensive availability and performance monitoring
Detailed information about NetApp storage capacity, volumes, Snapshot™
copies, and more
Graphical information about CIFS and NFS protocols, network load, CPU statistics, and more
Configuration information about NetApp storage products, licenses, and disks
Consolidated information about NetApp storage and Oracle Database in the form of a database to NetApp storage mapping report
Comparison of configuration management information and generation of differential data reports
Alerts and violations based on thresholds set for the following monitored data
Availability and Performance Metrics Collected
The following NetApp storage component availability and performance metrics are collected:
Spare disks and failed disks
Storage controller capacity metrics for all volumes and for the overall controller
RAID configuration
Volume allocation details
Aggregate usage details
Network interface statistics
CIFS and NFS operations
CPU utilization
SnapMirror® settings and status
Space reserved and available for Snapshot copies
System load
Configuration Metrics Collected
NetApp storage controller product information, including model, firmware version, and vendor
NetApp license information
Disk summary for the NetApp storage system
2 Installing and Uninstalling the Plug-In
This section explains how to install and uninstall the NetApp Storage System Plug-In for OEM and how to
deploy the plug-in to storage controllers you want to monitor.
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2.1 Versions Supported
For a list of products and versions supported by this plug-in refer to the Interoperability Matrix published
on the plug-in site in NetApp Communities.
2.2 Prerequisites
The following items are required to deploy the plug-in:
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Release 1 or higher (Oracle Management Server and Oracle Management Agent)
NetApp Storage Systems running Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
HTTPS port (443) enabled on the NetApp controller
Administrator rights on your Oracle Enterprise Manager management server
Root user credentials on the NetApp storage controller or the proper level of authority to manage the NetApp Storage System Plug-In as described in ―Creating a Custom User for Managing the Plug-In‖
2.3 Downloading the Plug-In
The first step to deploy the plug-in is to download it from the plug-in site in NetApp Communities. To
download the plug-in:
1. Navigate to the site that has the plug-in .opar file.
2. Download the file 12.1.0.1.0.sys_netapp.storage.sys_2000_0.opar to the appropriate
directory on the local OMS server.
2.4 Importing the Plug-In
Before the plug-in deployment process can be initiated, the NetApp Storage System Plug-in must be
imported into the software library using the OEM CLI. First you must download the plug-in archive to an
accessible location, as described in the previous section. Then you can import the plug-in into the
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Framework using the emcli import_update command.
1. Log in to the Linux system as root.
2. Navigate to the OMS/bin directory.
3. Log in to the OMS server as sysman: emcli login –username=sysman. The sysman user
password is required at this point.
4. Synchronize the OMS server: emcli sync
5. Import the plug-in to the OEM framework with the following command: emcli import_update -file=12.1.0.1.0_netapp.storage.sys_2000_0.opar -omslocal
where is the path where you downloaded the .opar file in the preceding section.
The –omslocal flag indicates that the plug-in archive is on the same system where you are
running this command and the path exists on this system.
See the Importing Plug-In Archives section in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Administrator’s Guide for additional information about importing plug-in archives to the Oracle Software
Library.
Verifying that the Plug-In Is Imported to OEM
To verify that the plug-in has been successfully imported to the OEM Framework:
1. Log in to OEM as root.
2. Select Setup>Extensibility>Plug-ins.
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3. In the Servers, Storage and Network folder, you should see the NetApp Storage System Plug-In listed.
Figure 1) Verify that the NetApp Storage System Plug-In is imported.
2.5 Deploying the Plug-In
To deploy the NetApp Storage System Plug-In:
1. Log in to Enterprise Manager Cloud Control as root.
2. Click Setup > Extensibility> Plug-ins.
3. On the Plug-ins page, right-click NetApp Storage Plug-in.
4. Select Deploy On > Management Servers.
5. The Plug-in Deployment Wizard prompts you to continue. Select Next.
6. Follow the steps to deploy the plug-in, which generally takes three to five minutes.
7. After the plug-in is successfully deployed, the Deployment Activities page is displayed. This page shows a list of deployment activities and indicates a successful installation of the plug-in to OEM.
See the Deploying Plug-Ins section in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administrator’s
Guide for additional information about deploying plug-ins on the OMS.
2.6 Creating a Custom User for Managing the Plug-In
You can create a custom user who has the proper level of authority to manage the NetApp Storage Plug-
in. This process involves three parts: creating the role, creating the group, and creating the user. The
following steps describe how to create the custom user.
Note: The role, group, and user names used to illustrate creation of the custom user are only examples. You should use names that reflect the needs of your organization.
1. Log in to the NetApp storage controller with root credentials using ssh.
2. Create the role for the custom user: useradmin role add oempluginrole -a login-*,api-system-get*,api-volume-list*,api-aggr-list*,api-snapmirror-
get-status*,api-snapshot-reserve-list*,api-disk-list*,api-qtree-list*,api-
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license-list*,api-perf-object*,api-snapshot-list-info*,api-nfs-
status*,api-cifs-status*
3. Create the group for the custom user: useradmin group add oemplugingrp -r oempluginrole
4. Create the user: useradmin user add oemplugin -g oemplugingrp
You are prompted for a password when you add the user for the controller. This password must have at least eight alphanumeric characters.
5. Now the user ―oemplugin‖ has been created with minimal privileges to access the NetApp storage controller. Log in with this user’s credentials when you register this storage controller with the OEM plug-in.
Note: For more information about the useradmin command, refer to the ―Data ONTAP Commands: Manual Page Reference.‖
2.7 Adding Instances for Monitoring
After successfully deploying the plug-in, follow these steps to add the plug-in target to Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control for central monitoring and management:
1. Log in to Enterprise Manager Cloud Control as root.
2. Click Setup > Add Target > Add Targets Manually.
3. Select Add Non-Host Targets by Specifying Target Monitoring Properties. From the Target Type drop-down, select the NetApp Storage System Plug-in target type.
4. Specify the Monitoring Agent where the OEM is installed.
5. Click Add Manually.
6. Enter the following information about the target:
Target Name — Name for the plug-in instance
Storagename or IP Address — The IP address or name of the storage controller
Storage Username — The custom user name you created in the previous section
Storage Password — The password you created in the previous section
Figure 2) Add the NetApp storage system.
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7. Once the plug-in has been successfully added to the OEM repository, return to the OEM home page. Select the Targets drop-down and click the All Targets option to display all the OEM plug-ins. Take the following steps to verify and validate that Enterprise Manager is properly monitoring the plug-in target:
8. Select NetApp Storage System Plug-in under Servers, Storage and Network, and launch the target listing page. From this page, select the registered NetApp storage controller to go to the plug-in home page.
Note: It can take as long as two hours for data to be populated after the storage controller is registered.
9. Repeat steps 5 through 8 to manage any number of storage controllers by using the NetApp plug-in for OEM framework.
2.8 Verifying and Validating the Plug-In
After several minutes have elapsed and the plug-in has started collecting data, use the following steps to
verify and validate that Enterprise Manager is properly monitoring the plug-in target:
1. Click on the Targets drop-down and select All Targets.
2. Select the NetApp target link to display the plug-in home page.
Figure 3) NetApp storage system home page.
3. Select NetApp, then Monitoring and then Metric Collection Errors.
4. Verify that no metric collection errors are reported in the Metrics table.
5. Confirm that reports can be viewed and that no errors are reported by selecting the All Reports page.
6. Make sure that configuration data is displayed when you select Configuration and then select Last Collected.
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2.9 Undeploying the Plug-In
To undeploy the NetApp Storage System Plug-In from an agent:
1. Log in to Enterprise Manager Cloud Control as root.
2. Click Setup, then Extensibility, and finally Plug-ins.
3. On the Plug-ins page, right-click NetApp Storage System Plug-In.
4. Select Undeploy From and then choose either Management Servers or Management Agent.
5. Confirm the plug-in removal. Enterprise Manager notifies the connected and relevant Enterprise Manager users and begins the deconfiguration process.
See the Undeploying Plug-Ins section in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administrator’s
Guide for additional information about undeploying plug-ins from the OEM framework.
3 Monitoring NetApp Storage System Performance
After you have imported and deployed the NetApp Storage System Plug-In to the OEM Framework and
registered individual NetApp storage controllers with the plug-in, you can begin to monitor those storage
systems in OEM. You can view reports compiled from the information collected, and you can also access
the specific metric data for a target system. Alerts generated by the plug-in are also displayed on the
target controller’s home page in OEM.
3.1 NetApp Storage System Target Home Page
The target home page of storage controllers being monitored by OEM (see Figure 3) provides additional
information about the monitored storage system. In addition to general information about the Data
ONTAP version, the hardware configuration, and overall storage utilization, the following information is
available:
A time series of the CPU utilization on the controller
A time series of the rate per second of Common Internet File System (CIFS) and Network File System (NFS) operations performed by the NetApp storage controller
Disk I/O operations (KB/sec)
Network I/O operations (KB/sec)
A chart of active, spare, and failed disks on the controller
In addition, the NetApp Storage System home page provides a list of recent incidents, problems, and
alerts from the storage controller and links to reports that provide more information about the system.
Viewing the NetApp Storage System Home Page
To view the home page for an individual NetApp storage system (target):
1. Click Targets and then select All Targets.
2. Under Servers, Storage and Network, select NetApp Storage System Plug-In.
3. On the All Targets page, choose the storage system you want to view.
3.2 Performance Metrics Available for NetApp Storage Targets
This section describes the performance metrics that are collected from each NetApp storage system
target. To view a list of all available metrics, navigate to the specified NetApp storage system’s home
page, select Monitoring, and then select All Metrics. The following metrics are collected for each
NetApp storage system.
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Aggregate Details
The following aggregate details about the NetApp storage system are collected every two hours by
default.
Table 1) Aggregate details metrics.
Metric Column Description
Aggregate Name The name of the aggregate, which is the unit of storage composed of one or more RAID groups
Available (GB) The amount of disk space remaining on the aggregate that can be used
Disk Count The number of disks in the aggregate
Files Total The total number of files (inodes) available on all the disks in the aggregate
Files Used The number of files that have already been written to the aggregate
State Current state of the aggregate: online, restricted, or offline
Total (GB) The total size of the aggregate in gigabytes
Used (%) The percentage of the total aggregate that is already used
Used (GB) The total size in gigabytes of all files on the aggregate
Volume Count The number of volumes that compose the aggregate
CPU
The following CPU information for the NetApp controller is collected every 5 minutes by default.
Table 2) CPU metrics.
Metric Description
CPU Utilization (%) The percentage of CPU capacity currently being used
Number of Processors The number of processors that the storage controller has
Network Interface Statistics
The following network statistics for the NetApp storage controller interface are collected every 60 minutes
by default.
Table 3) Network interface metrics.
Metric Column Description
Name Name of the interface
Receive Data (kB/sec) The speed at which data is being received through the network
Receive Packets/sec The number of packets being received per second through the network
Send Data (kB/sec) The speed at which data is being sent through the network
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Metric Column Description
Send Packets/sec The number of packets being sent per second through the network
Total Data (kB/sec) Total data throughput (speed) for data sent and received
Total Packets/sec Total number of packets being sent and received per second
Protocol Information
This metric records information about the call protocol used by clients to access data on the NetApp
storage system. The Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol is used by Windows® clients; the
Network File System (NFS) is used by Linux and UNIX® clients.
Table 4) Protocol information metrics.
Metric Column Description
Metric This metric is composed of four parts:
CIFS Calls Per Second – shows the rate per second of CIFS operations performed by the NetApp controller
CIFS Enabled – indicates whether the CIFS protocol is enabled for this NetApp controller
NFS Calls Per Second – shows the rate per second of NFS operations performed by the NetApp controller
NFS Enabled – indicates whether the NFS protocol is enabled for this NetApp controller
Thresholds This value shows the thresholds for the metrics, if they have been set.
Real Time Value This value provides the number of calls per seconds for CIFS and NFS, as well as indicating whether these protocols are enabled on the NetApp controller.
RAID Configuration
The following RAID configuration statistics are collected every 15 minutes by default.
Table 5) RAID configuration metrics.
Metric Column Description
Name The name of the disk in the RAID
Bay The number of the disk bay within the shelf where the disk is located
Containing Aggregate The name of the aggregate to which the RAID belongs
Disk Type The disk type: ATA, SATA, SAS, BSAS, FCAL, or LUN
Effective Space (GB) The amount of space on the disk, in gigabytes, that can be used to store files
Physical Space (GB) The total amount of space on the disk
RAID Group The name of the RAID group within the volume to which the disk belongs
RAID Type The type of RAID of which the disk is a member, such as parity, double
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Metric Column Description
parity, and soon
Shelf A number identifying the shelf where the disk resides
State The state of the disk within the RAID: absent or present
Controller Response
This metric indicates whether or not the NetApp controller responds to the ICMP ping. This metric is
collected every five minutes by default.
Table 6) Controller response metrics.
Metric Column Description
Status The response status of the NetApp controller
Thresholds Shows whether a threshold value for response has been set
Real Time Value 1 indicates that the controller is accessible and 0 indicates that it is not.
SnapMirror
NetApp SnapMirror technology provides asynchronous data mirroring between controller volumes. This
metric is collected every 60 minutes by default.
Table 7) SnapMirror metrics.
Metric Column Description
Source The name of the source volume
Destination The name of the destination volume
State The current state of the data mirroring: such as snapmirrored, uninitialized, or quiesced.
Status The current transfer status of the SnapMirror operation: such as idle, transferring, pending, or waiting
Time Lag (Days HH:MM:SS)
This metric shows how far, in minutes, the destination trails behind the source.
Snapshot Copy Details
This metric captures information about the Snapshot copy for the volume. A Snapshot copy is a point-in-
time, read-only image of the entire file system. This metric is collected every two hours by default.
Table 8) Snapshot copy metrics.
Metric Column Description
Name The directory path, showing the volume name, to the .snapshot directory
Reserve Available (GB)
Space available for the Snapshot copy (in gigabytes)
Reserve Total (GB) Total space that has been allocated for this Snapshot copy
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Metric Column Description
Reserve Used (%) Space currently in use, as a percentage of the reserve total
Reserve Used (GB) Space currently in use, in gigabytes
Snapshot Reserve (%) The percentage of the reserve that has been used
Spare Disks
This metric provides information about the spare disks in a RAID group, which consists of a parity disk, up
to 28 data disks, and optional spare disks. This metric is updated every 60 minutes by default.
Table 9) Spare disk metrics.
Metric Column Description
Serial No. This number is assigned to the spare disk by the NetApp storage controller
Bay The number of the disk bay within the shelf where the disk resides
Disk Name The name of this spare disk drive
Disk Type The type of drive: SAS, SATA, FC, ATA
Effective Size (GB) The amount of space on the disk, in gigabytes, that is available for file storage
Physical Space (GB) Total size of this spare disk in gigabytes
Shelf The number of the shelf where the disk resides
Storage Controller Capacity
This metric collects storage controller capacity information for all volumes and is updated every 60
minutes by default.
Table 10) Storage controller capacity metrics.
Metric Description
Aggregate Capacity Percentage Used (%)
Percentage of the total capacity in use, for all aggregates on the controller
Aggregate Capacity Total (GB)
Total storage capacity, in gigabytes, of all the aggregates
Aggregate Capacity Used (GB)
Amount of storage space already used, in gigabytes, for all of the aggregates
Flexible Volume Capacity Percentage Used (%)
Percentage of the total capacity used, for all flexible (FlexVol®) volumes on the
controller
Flexible Volume Capacity Total (GB)
Total capacity, in gigabytes, for all flexible (FlexVol) volumes on the controller
Flexible Volume Capacity Used (GB)
Total capacity allocated, in gigabytes, for all flexible (FlexVol) volumes on the controller
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System Load
This metric captures information about the network traffic and I/O activities of the NetApp storage
controller. This metric is refreshed every five minutes.
Table 11) System load metrics.
Metric Description
Disk Read Rate (kB/sec) The total read rate from the NetApp storage system disks, in kilobytes per second, since the last reboot
Disk Write Rate (kB/sec) The total write rate to the NetApp storage system disks, in kilobytes per second, since the last reboot
Network Receive Rate (kB/sec)
The rate of data received on all network interfaces since the last reboot
Network Sent Rate (kB/sec)
The rate of data transmitted over all network interfaces since the last reboot
Total Disk I/O Rate (kB/sec)
The total combined read and write rate, to and from the storage system disks, in kilobytes per second
Total Network I/O Rate (kB/sec)
The rate of data transmitted and received on all network interfaces since the last reboot.
Volume Details
A volume is a physical file system on a NetApp storage system composed of multiple storage disks. This
metric encompasses detailed information for each volume; it is refreshed every two hours by default.
Table 12) Volume detail metrics.
Metric Column Description
Name The name of the volume
Available (GB) The amount of space, in gigabytes, available on this volume
Containing Aggregate The name of the aggregate to which the volume belongs
Disk Count The number of disks included in the volume
Files Total The number of files (inodes) available for use
Files Used The number of files currently in use
Snapshot Reserve % The percentage of the reserve for the volume Snapshot copy that has been used
State Current state of the volume: online, restricted, or offline
Total (GB) The total capacity, in gigabytes, of the volume
Used (%) The percentage of the total space already in use on the volume
Qtree Details
The information collected by this metric allows Qtree monitoring; it is collected every 2 hours.
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Table 13) Qtree detail metrics.
Metric Column Description
Qtree Name Name of the qtree
Volume This is the volume that contains the qtree. A qtree can be an entire volume or part of a volume.
Oplocks This indicates whether opportunistic locks (oplocks) are enabled for the qtree. By default, oplocks are enabled for each qtree. If you disable oplocks for the entire storage system, oplocks are not sent even if you enable them on a per-qtree basis.
Security Style The security style in use by the qtree, which can be either mixed, NTFS, or UNIX.
Status This is the status information for the qtree, which indicates whether the qtree has been replicated by using NetApp SnapMirror restore technology.
4 Monitoring NetApp Storage System Configuration
This section deals with the configuration information that is collected from each NetApp storage system
target. To view a list of all available configuration information, navigate to the specified NetApp storage
system’s home page, select Configuration, and then select Last Collected.
4.1 Product Information
The product information configuration metric provides basic information about the NetApp storage
controller. This configuration metric data is updated every 15 minutes.
Table 14) Product information metrics.
Metric Column Description
System Name The name of the target NetApp storage system
System Id Serial number of the NetApp storage controller
System Model The model name of the NetApp storage controller
CPU Firmware Release The version string for the firmware running on this controller
Number of Processors The number of CPUs running in the controller
4.2 Disk Summary
The disk summary configuration metric shows the disk status information; it is updated every 15 minutes.
Table 15) Disk summary metrics.
Metric Column Description
Total Disks The total number of disks running on the controller
Active Disks The number of disks with the status of ―active‖
Reconstructing Parity Disks
The number of disks with the status of ―reconstructing parity‖
Spare Disks The number of disks with a status of ―spare‖
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Metric Column Description
Failed Disks The number of disks with a status of ―failed‖
4.3 License Info
The license info configuration metric shows which NetApp licenses are active on the storage controller.
Naturally, this list is different for each storage controller.
4.4 Comparing Configuration Metrics for Different Storage Controllers
You can use the NetApp Storage System Plug-In for OEM to compare product, license, or disk
information for different storage controllers. This capability provides differential data for storage systems
at a glance.
To compare configuration information for different target systems, use the following procedure.
1. Navigate to the first NetApp storage controller that you want to compare. From the NetApp menu, select Configuration, then Last Collected.
2. From the NetApp menu, select Configuration, then Compare.
3. Click Next, then click Add Configurations.
4. In the Search and Select Configurations dialog box that is displayed, select NetApp Storage System Plug-In as the target type, click Search, and select one or more controllers to be compared.
5. Click Next, then select the configuration metric you want to compare, and click OK.
6. Click Next.
7. If you are using a comparison template, select it from the dropdown list.
8. If this is to be a regularly scheduled process, fill in the job schedule information. Otherwise, click Next.
9. Verify that the NetApp storage controllers to be compared are the correct ones, and click Submit.
10. Click Refresh Results.
11. If the controller’s configuration is not the same as the first controller’s configuration, then the Different link is displayed. Click this link for the selected controller.
12. Select the configuration metric for which you want to see detailed information about the differences: Product Information, Disk Summary, or License Info.
For each field in the selected configuration metric, the blue equal sign (=) signifies that the two controllers
are the same, while the inequality sign (≠) shows they are different. Error! Reference source not found.
shows how these results are displayed.
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Figure 4) Configuration metrics comparison screen.
5 Alerts and Reports
5.1 Alerts
By default the plug-in is designed to raise alerts for the following checks only:
CPU utilization
Response
Volume details
The threshold settings for these alerts can be modified by clicking Monitoring on the NetApp pull-down
and then selecting Metric and Collection Settings. Click the Edit icon for the selected alert to change its
threshold value.
5.2 Changing the Collection Schedule for any Metric
Although alerts are defined only for the performance metrics listed in the previous section, you can
change the collection schedule for any of the metrics that have been previously listed. To change the
collection schedule:
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1. From the NetApp storage controller home page, click on Monitoring on the NetApp pull-down and then select Metric and Collection Settings.
2. On the Metrics tab, select All metrics from the View pull-down.
3. Click the current value for Collection Schedule for the metric you want to change.
4. Edit the values under the Collection Frequency section of the Edit Collection Settings page.
5.3 Reports
This section provides details about reports that can be generated from information collected by the
NetApp Storage System Plug-In. To generate any of the following reports, click on the name of the report
on the target home page.
Database Storage Utilization
This report shows storage details for the selected instance of a database stored on the NetApp storage
system, provided that the database is mounted on an NFS-exported volume. The report contains the
following information about the database:
Database name
Tablespace
Database file names
File size
Mount point
Storage name/IP
Aggregate name
Volume name
Volume used size
Volume available size
Volume Utilization
This report provides information about storage space utilization for all volumes on the specified NetApp
storage controller. The volume details include the name of the aggregate that contains the volume,
volume size, free space remaining, maximum number of files, and files available for use.
Snapshot Copies List
This report provides details about the Snapshot copies list for the specified storage controller. These
details include:
Volume name
Snapshot copy reserved space as a percentage
Snapshot copy reserve in gigabytes
Snapshot copy used space in gigabytes
Available space in gigabytes
RAID Configuration
This report provides disk configuration details for the specified NetApp storage controller, including:
Disk name
Disk type
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RAID type
Containing aggregate name
RAID group
RAID state
Disk size
Shelf/bay number
Database to NetApp Storage Mapping
This report provides storage details for all databases discovered by Oracle Enterprise Manager stored on
monitored NetApp storage systems, provided the databases are mounted on NFS-exported volumes.
This report includes the following details:
Database Name
Tablespace
Database file names
File size
Mount point
Storage name/IP
Aggregate name
Volume name
Volume used size
Volume available size
6 Troubleshooting
If metrics are not displayed within a reasonable time after you register the controller with the NetApp
Storage System Plug-In, take the following steps to help identify the cause:
1. Verify that the NetApp storage controller can be pinged.
2. Check to make sure that the OEM Agent is started and the OMS for the storage controller is running.
3. Confirm that the user credentials used to register the NetApp controller with the plug-in have the correct level of authorization as described in ―Prerequisites.‖
If the preceding steps do not reveal the cause, review the NetApp Storage System Plug-In log at
/agent/plugins/netapp.storage.sys.agent.plugin_12.1.0.1.0/scripts/log/NetAppPlugin.log
Version History
Document Version Date Document Version History
1.0 September 2012 Initial Release.
1.1 October 2012 Updated HTTPS port requirement.
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