VMWARE VREALIZE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT PACK FOR
Dell EMC VMAX
User Guide
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1. Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32. Introduction to the Management Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1 How the Management Pack Collects Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.2 Data the Management Pack Collects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.3 External Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.4 Inventory Tree (Traversal Spec) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Dashboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.1 EMC VMAX Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 EMC VMAX Health Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.3 EMC VMAX IOPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.4 EMC VMAX Front End Director Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.5 EMC VMAX Masking View Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.6 EMC VMAX SLO Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103.7 EMC VMAX Storage Group Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113.8 EMC VMAX Hosted VMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123.9 EMC VMAX 2 FAST VP Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
4. Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145. Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166. Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177. Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178. Analysis Badges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189. Troubleshooting the Management Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
9.1 Troubleshooting an Adapter Instance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199.2 Testing Connection Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199.3 Viewing System Log Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
10. Appendix I: Metrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2111. Appendix II: Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4912. Appendix III: Capacity Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5113. Appendix IV: Revision Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
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1. Purpose
The Blue Medora VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) Management Pack for Dell EMC VMAX User Guide describes the primary features of the Management Pack for Dell EMC VMAX, including dashboards, views, reports, alerts, and metrics that allow users to optimize the monitoring and management of VMAX storage system resources from within vRealize Operations.
2. Introduction to the Management Pack
The Management Pack for Dell EMC VMAX is an embedded adapter for vRealize Operations (vROps) that monitors VMAX storage systems remotely. It connects to each supported storage device to retrieve data regarding resources.
This section includes the following topics:• How the Management Pack Collects Data• Data the Management Pack Collects• External Relationships• Inventory Tree (Traversal Spec)
2.1 How the Management Pack Collects Data
During each data collection cycle, the Management Pack opens a Unisphere REST API connection to the configured storage array and queries it to retrieve metrics regarding VMAX resources.
The collection interval for the adapter instance resource determines how often the Management Pack collects data. The default collection interval is five minutes.
The Management Pack supports Autodiscovery of resources. When you enable Autodiscovery for an adapter instance, the Management Pack creates resources in vRealize Operations and collects data after the main collection query runs. If a new resource belongs to a resource kind that does not exist in vROps, the Management Pack creates the resource kind.
2.2 Data the Management Pack Collects
The Management Pack can collect performance data, relationships (associations), and events for the following Dell EMC VMAX resources:
1. VMAX Array2. VMAX Back End Director3. VMAX Back End Port4. VMAX Disk Group5. VMAX FAST VP Policy [VMAX2]6. VMAX Front End Director7. VMAX Front End Port8. VMAX Host Group9. VMAX Masking View10. VMAX Port Group11. VMAX Service Level Objective (SLO) [VMAX3]12. VMAX Storage Group13. VMAX Storage Resource Pool [VMAX3]14. VMAX Thin Pool [VMAX2]15. VMAX Tier [VMAX2]16. VMAX Volume
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2.3 External Relationships
In addition to internal relationships, the Management Pack also includes the following external relationships:
• VMAX Volume -> VMware Datastore
2.4 Inventory Tree (Traversal Spec)
The Inventory Tree (Traversal Spec) feature within vROps allows you to easily navigate your environment. The hierarchical structure implicitly shows relationships among resource kinds and enables quick drill-downs to root-cause issues.
Figure 1: Example Traversal Spec
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3. Dashboards
Dashboards are the primary user interface that allow users to monitor Dell EMC VMAX resources from within vRealize Operations.
The following dashboards are available in the Management Pack:• EMC VMAX Overview• EMC VMAX Health Investigation• EMC VMAX IOPS• EMC VMAX Front End Director Detail• EMC VMAX Masking View Detail• EMC VMAX SLO Overview• EMC VMAX Storage Group Overview• EMC VMAX Hosted VMs• EMC VMAX 2 FAST VP Policy
3.1 EMC VMAX Overview
The EMC VMAX Overview dashboard provides at-a-glance heatmaps depicting the overall health of your VMAX resources.
Figure 2: EMC VMAX Overview Dashboard
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3.2 EMC VMAX Health Investigation
The EMC VMAX Health Investigation dashboard allows you to select a VMAX resource from the Environment Overview widget to view its alerts, scoreboard, and selected metrics charts.
Figure 3: EMC VMAX Health Investigation Dashboard
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3.3 EMC VMAX IOPS
The EMC VMAX IOPS dashboard allows you to select a volume from the heatmap to view its related datastore and virtual machine as well as KPIs for each resource.
Figure 4: EMC VMAX IOPS Dashboard
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3.4 EMC VMAX Front End Director Detail
The EMC VMAX Front End Director Detail dashboard allows you to select an array, front end director, front end port, and volume to view detailed metrics for each resource.
Figure 5: EMC VMAX Front End Director Detail Dashboard
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3.5 EMC VMAX Masking View Detail
The EMC VMAX Masking View Detail dashboard allows you to select a masking view, port group, volume, and storage group to view relationships and detailed metrics for each resource.
Figure 6: EMC VMAX Masking View Detail Dashboard
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3.6 EMC VMAX SLO Overview
The EMC VMAX SLO Overview dashboard allows you to select a service level objective (SLO) to view its properties as well as an associated storage group, array, and volume to view KPI details for each resource.
Figure 7: EMC VMAX SLO Overview Dashboard
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3.7 EMC VMAX Storage Group Overview
The EMC VMAX Storage Group Overview dashboard allows you to select a storage group to view its alerts, properties, metrics, and relationships.
Figure 8: EMC VMAX Storage Group Overview Dashboard
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3.8 EMC VMAX Hosted VMs
The EMC VMAX Hosted VMs dashboard allows you to select a virtual machine and related datastore and volume to view KPIs for each resource as well as related alerts.
Figure 9: EMC VMAX Hosted VMs Dashboard
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3.9 EMC VMAX 2 FAST VP Policy
The EMC VMAX 2 FAST VP Policy dashboard allows you to select a FAST VP Policy and related tier, thin pool, volume, and datastore to view details for each resource.
Figure 10: EMC VMAX 2 FAST VP Policy Dashboard
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4. Views
The Management Pack for Dell EMC VMAX creates views that allow the user to view statistics of metrics for various Dell EMC VMAX resources. The views help give a broad picture of the entire system, as opposed to a more in depth view.
The views available in the Management Pack are:
• EMC VMAX 2 FAST VP Policy Tier Capacities• EMC VMAX 2 Thin Pool Throughput, Latency, and
IOPS• EMC VMAX 2 Tier Throughput, Latency, and IOPS• EMC VMAX Active Alerts• EMC VMAX Array Capacities• EMC VMAX Array KPIs• EMC VMAX Array Properties• EMC VMAX Back End Director Capacities• EMC VMAX Back End Director KPIs• EMC VMAX Back End Director Properties• EMC VMAX Back End Director Throughput and
IOPS• EMC VMAX Back End Port Capacities• EMC VMAX Back End Port KPIs• EMC VMAX Back End Port Properties• EMC VMAX Disk Group Capacities• EMC VMAX Disk Group KPIs• EMC VMAX FAST VP Policy Properties• EMC VMAX Front End Director Capacities• EMC VMAX Front End Director KPIs• EMC VMAX Front End Director Properties• EMC VMAX Front End Director Throughput, Latency,
and IOPS• EMC VMAX Front End Port Capacities• EMC VMAX Front End Port KPIs• EMC VMAX Front End Port Properties
• EMC VMAX Health• EMC VMAX Host Group Properties• EMC VMAX Masking View Properties• EMC VMAX Port Group KPIs• EMC VMAX Port Group Properties• EMC VMAX SLO KPIs• EMC VMAX SLO Properties• EMC VMAX Storage Group Capacities• EMC VMAX Storage Group KPIs• EMC VMAX Storage Group Properties• EMC VMAX Storage Group Throughput, Latency,
and IOPS• EMC VMAX Storage Resource Pool Capacities• EMC VMAX Storage Resource Pool KPIs • EMC VMAX Storage Resource Pool Properties • EMC VMAX Storage Resource Pool Throughput,
Latency, and IOPS• EMC VMAX Thin Pool Capacities• EMC VMAX Thin Pool KPIs• EMC VMAX Thin Pool Properties• EMC VMAX Tier KPIs• EMC VMAX Tier Properties• EMC VMAX Unisphere for VMAX Connection
Properties• EMC VMAX Volume Capacities• EMC VMAX Volume KPIs• EMC VMAX Volume Properties
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To access the Management Pack views, go to Environment > All Objects > EMC VMAX Adapter and double-click on the desired Object (resource). Select the Details tab, then Views. The available views for that resource are listed and can be selected.
Figure 11: Accessing Management Pack Views
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5. Reports
The Management Pack for Dell EMC VMAX contains seven out-of-the-box custom reports, as listed in the table below. Most reports contain one or more of the views listed in section “4. Views”. These reports can be exported and easily shared with key stakeholders in either .pdf or .csv formats.
Table 1: Management Pack Reports
REPORT DESCRIPTION
EMC VMAX 2 FAST VP Policy and Tiers Shows relationships between FAST VP Policies and Tiers and the percentage of each Tier available to each Policy.
EMC VMAX 2 Throughput, Latency, and IOPS Shows all throughput, latency, and IOPS for EMC VMAX 2 resources.
EMC VMAX Capacities Shows capacity metrics for every EMC VMAX resource.
EMC VMAX Health and Availability Shows health and availability for every EMC VMAX resource.
EMC VMAX KPIs Shows KPIs for every EMC VMAX resource.
EMC VMAX Properties Shows properties for every EMC VMAX resource.
EMC VMAX Throughput, Latency, and IOPS Shows all throughput, latency, and IOPS for EMC VMAX.
To access the Management Pack reports, go to Environment > All Objects > EMC VMAX Adapter and double-click on the desired Object (resource). Select the Reports tab, then Report Templates.
To run the selected report, click the Run Template icon ( ), then click Generated Reports, to select the report in your preferred format.
Figure 12: Accessing Management Pack Reports
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6. Tags
To further customize how your Management Pack dashboards are displayed, the following tags (containers) are currently available for filtering:
• EMC VMAX Arrays• EMC VMAX Masking Views• EMC VMAX Related Datastores• EMC VMAX Related Hosts• EMC VMAX Related VMs• EMC VMAX to VMware
To select a tag, perform the following steps:
NOTE: Depending on the dashboard, the steps for selecting a tag may vary slightly.
1. Navigate to the dashboard you want to filter.2. Select Edit ( ) on the dashboard widget you want to filter.3. In the Edit window, under Filter, expand the EMC VMAX Tags or EMC VMAX Related Objects option.4. Select the desired tag and click Save.
7. Alerts
The Management Pack for Dell EMC VMAX pulls health status, notifications, and events from VMAX storage system resources and displays them in vRealize Operations as alerts.
Refer to section “11. Appendix II: Alerts” for the full list of alerts.
Figure 13: Alert Example
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8. Analysis Badges
Using the predictive analytics capabilities of the vROps Analysis Badges through capacity definitions, the Management Pack for Dell EMC VMAX populates capacity and utilization breakdowns for several VMAX resource kinds. Refer to section “12. Appendix III: Capacity Definitions” for the full list of resource kinds and capacity definitions.
Figure 14: Capacity Badge Example
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9. Troubleshooting the Management Pack
Known troubleshooting information can help you diagnose and correct common problems with the Management Pack for Dell EMC VMAX.
This section includes the following topics:• Troubleshooting an Adapter Instance• Testing Connection Failures• Viewing System Log Files
9.1 Troubleshooting an Adapter Instance
Perform these general troubleshooting steps to diagnose and correct problems with an adapter instance:• Edit the adapter instance and click Test Connection to verify the connection to vROps. Refer to
section “9.2 Testing Connection Failures”.• View the collection status and collection state for the adapter instance resource on the Inventory
Explorer page in vROps.• Check the adapter and collector logs for errors. Refer to section “9.3 Viewing System Log Files”, for
details.
9.2 Testing Connection Failures
When clicking Test Connection in the Manage Solution window when adding an adapter instance, the following connection errors are possible.
9.2.1 Incorrect username or password
Error: “Username or password is incorrect.”Action: Ensure the Unisphere for VMAX username and password are correct.
9.2.2 Trust Store path is invalid
Error: “Trust store [$optional_user_specified_path] is invalid: No trusted certificate found.”Action: Ensure you have added the VMAX host server’s SSL certificate to the vROps Truststore (refer to section “5.2 Adding an SSL Certificate to the vROps Truststore” in the accompanying Installation & Configuration Guide) and have copied the correct path into the Trust Store configuration window.
9.2.3 Network is unreachable
Error: “Network is unreachable, or connection timed out. Ensure host and port are correct.”Action: Ensure the hostname or IP address of your VMAX system is correct. Only IPv4 is supported.
9.2.4 Unable to find enable SSL protocol
Error: “Unable to successfully find an enabled SSL protocol to use. We attempted to use the following: [$list_of_ssl_protocols_we_attempted_to_use]”Action: Determine the SSL protocol enabled on the specified host system, then enable that protocol on the vROps system from which the instance is run.
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9.2.5 Checking credentials against a GET request to endpoint
Error: “Checking credentials against a GET request to endpoint [performance/Array/keys]”“GET request to endpoint [performance/Array/keys] unsuccessful”“GET request to endpoint [performance/Array/keys] unsuccessful: $some_message”Action: The endpoint returned an empty response. Verify that the Unisphere system is up and responding.
9.2.6 Checking credentials against a POST request to endpoint
Error: “Checking credentials against a POST request to endpoint [performance/Array/metrics]”“POST request to endpoint [performance/Array/metrics] unsuccessful”“POST request to endpoint [performance/Array/metrics] unsuccessful: $some_message”Action: The message string could be any of the first four error messages. Refer to their suggested actions.
9.2.7 Symmetrix ID is not valid
Error: If entries were supplied to the optional “Symmetrix ID Whitelist” configuration field, “Checking that provided Symmetrix IDs are valid.” If one of the Symmetrix IDs was invalid, “Symmetrix ID [$id] is not a valid ID to collect against.”Action: Ensure the Symmetrix IDs entered into the configuration window are correct.
9.3 Viewing System Log Files
You can view adapter errors in the adapter and collector log files. You can view the adapter and collector log files in the vROps user interface or in an external log viewer.• The adapter log files are in the $VCOPS_BASE/user/log/adapters/EMCVMAXAdapter/ folder.• The collector log files are in the $VCOPS_BASE/user/log/ folder.
The logging level is set to WARNING by default. To troubleshoot issues, set the logging level to INFO. To view detailed messages, including micro steps, queries, and returned results, set the logging level to DEBUG.
You can set the base log level for the collector via Administration ( ) > Support > Logs > Select COLLECTOR folder > Select Edit Properties icon ( ) > Edit Root logger level.
NOTE: If you set the logging level to DEBUG, log files can become large very quickly. Set the logging level to DEBUG only for short periods of time.
For complete information about viewing log files and modifying log levels, refer to the VMware vRealize Operations online help.
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10. Appendix I: Metrics
The Management Pack for Dell EMC VMAX collects the following metrics by Dell EMC VMAX resource kinds.
Table 2: Management Pack Metrics
RESOURCE KIND RESOURCE GROUP
RESOURCE ATTRIBUTE
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Adapter Instance Properties Unisphere API
Version string The version of the Unisphere API.
VMAX Adapter Instance Relationships Array Children string List of child Array resources
EMC VMAX Tag Relationships Array Children string List of children Array resources
EMC VMAX Tag Relationships Masking View Children string List of children Masking View
resources
EMC VMAX Tag Relationships vSphere World Children string List of children vSphere World
resources
EMC VMAX Related Objects Relationships Datastore Children string List of children Datastore
resources
EMC VMAX Related Objects Relationships Host System
Children string List of children Host System resources
EMC VMAX Related Objects Relationships Virtual Machine
Children string List of children Virtual Machine resources
VMAX Storage Group Aggregates Maximum Observed
Combined IOPS floatMaximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Combined IOPS.
VMAX Storage Group Aggregates Maximum Observed
Host Throughput floatMaximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Host Throughput.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Allocated Tracks float The total number of allocated
tracks.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Average Back End
Disk Time floatThe average time it takes cache to respond to a read request by the disk directors.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Average Back End
Requests Time floatThe average time it takes to make a request by the disk directors to the cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Average Back End
Task Time floatThe time from the point when the HA puts the read request on the queue and the DA picks it up; this can be considered queue time.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Average IO Size float
Calculated value: (HA Kbytes transferred per sec / total IOs per sec)
VMAX Storage Group Performance Average Read Size float Calculated value: (Kbytes read
per sec/total reads per sec)
VMAX Storage Group Performance Average Write Paced
Delay floatThe average time in milliseconds that host writes on RDF devices are delayed by the RDF directors.
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RESOURCE KIND RESOURCE GROUP
RESOURCE ATTRIBUTE
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Storage Group Performance Average Write Size float Calculated value: (Kbytes written
per sec/total writes per sec)
VMAX Storage Group Performance Back End Prefetched
Tracks Per Second floatThe total prefetched tracks each second from the disk directors to the cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance
Back End Prefetched Tracks Used Per Second
floatThe number of prefetched tracks used each second from the disk directors to the cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Back End Read IOPS float
The number of read requests each second performed by the disk directors to cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Back End Read
Throughput floatThe number of MBs read by the disk directors from the disk each second.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Back End Write IOPS float
The number of write requests each second performed by the disk directors to cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Back End Write
Throughput floatThe number of MBs written to the disk from the disk director each second.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Back End to Cache
Transfer floatThe number of MBs read per second + MBs written per second.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Cache Hit Ratio float
The percent of IO operations that were immediately satisfied from cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Cache Miss Ratio float
The percent of IO operations that were not immediately satisfied from cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Capacity float The Capacity for this Storage
Group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Combined IOPS float The host operations performed
each second by the group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Combined Latency float The average response time for
the reads and writes.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Compressed Tracks float The percent of tracks that are
compressed.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Compressed Tracks
Count float The total number of tracks that are compressed.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Device Block Size float The block size in KBs of the
devices in this group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Device Capacity float The capacity in GBs of this group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance IO Density float The number of backend reads
and writes per GB of disk.
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RESOURCE KIND RESOURCE GROUP
RESOURCE ATTRIBUTE
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Storage Group Performance Maximum Writes
Pending Slots floatThe maximum number of write-pending slots available for the group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance ORM Average Read
Size floatThe average read size of the read requests performed directly from disks bypassing the cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance ORM Read IOPS float
Number of read requests each second performed directly from disks bypassing the cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance ORM Read
Throughput floatNumber of host MBs read each second directly from disks bypassing the cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance
Prefetched Track Combined Throughput
float The number of MBs prefetched from disk to cache in a second.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Random IO float The number of IO operations that
were random.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Random Read Hits float
The number of random read IOs that were satisfied from the cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Random Read
Misses float The number of random read IOs that were misses.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Random Reads float
The number of read IO commands from a host not identified as part of a sequential stream.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Random Write Hits float
The number of random write IOs that were immediately placed in cache because space was available.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Random Write
Misses float The number of random write IOs that were misses.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Random Writes float
The number of write IO commands from a host not identified as part of a sequential stream.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Read Hit Ratio float
The percent of read operations, performed by the group, that were immediately satisfied by cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Read IOPS float
The host read operations performed each second by the group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Read Miss Ratio float
The percent of read miss operations performed each second by the group. A miss occurs when the requested read data is not found in cache.
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RESOURCE KIND RESOURCE GROUP
RESOURCE ATTRIBUTE
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Storage Group Performance Read Ratio float The percent of IO operations that
were reads.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Read Throughput float
The cumulative number of host MBs read per second by the group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Sampled Average
RDF Write Time floatThe summary of the read, write, and average response times for the selected SRDF/S group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Sampled Average
Read Misses Time floatThe average time that it took the Symmetrix to serve one read miss IO for this group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Sampled Average
Read Time floatThe average time that it took the Symmetrix to serve one read IO for this group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Sampled Average
Wp Disconnect Time floatThe average time that it took the Symmetrix to serve one write miss IO for this group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Sampled Average
Write Time floatThe average time that it took the Symmetrix to serve one write IO for this group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance
Sequential Cache Read Hits Per Second
floatThe number of sequential read operations performed each second by the group that were immediately satisfied from cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Sequential Read
IOPS floatThe number of read IO operations performed each second that were sequential.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Sequential Read
Misses Per Second floatThe number of sequential read operations performed each second by the group that were misses.
VMAX Storage Group Performance
Sequential Write Cache Hits Per Second
floatThe number of sequential write operations performed each second by the group that were immediately satisfied from cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Sequential Write
IOPS floatThe number of write IO operations performed each second that were sequential.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Sequential Write
Misses Per Second floatThe number of sequential write operations performed each second by the group that were misses.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Throughput float
The cumulative number of host MBs read/writes per second by the group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance
Total Back End Requests Per Second
floatThe number of read/write requests each second performed by the disk directors to cache
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Storage Group Performance Total Cache Hits Per
Second floatThe host read/write operations performed each second by the group that were immediately satisfied from cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Total Misses Per
Second floatThe number of host read/write operations performed each second by the group that could not be satisfied from cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Total Sequential
IOPS floatThe number of IO operations performed each second that were sequential.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Write Cache Hits Per
Second floatThe host write operations performed each second by the group that were immediately satisfied from cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Write Hit Ratio float
The percent of write operations, performed by the group, that were immediately satisfied by cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Write IOPS float
The host write operations performed each second by the group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Write Miss Ratio float
The percent of write miss operations performed each second by the group. A miss occurs when the write operation had to wait while data was destaged from cache to the disks.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Write Misses Per
Second floatThe host write operations performed each second by the group that were not satisfied from cache.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Write Paced Delay float
The total delay in milliseconds that the RDF directors impose on RDF devices in order to better serve remote IOs.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Write Ratio float The percent of IO operations that
were writes.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Write Throughput float
The cumulative number of host MBs written per second by the group.
VMAX Storage Group Performance Writes Pending float The number of tracks currently in
write pending mode for the group.
VMAX Storage Group Properties Child Storage Group string The Child Storage Group for this
Storage Group.
VMAX Storage Group Properties Device Emulation string Device Emulation for this Storage
Group
VMAX Storage Group Properties Fast Policy Name string The FAST Policy for this Storage
Group.
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Storage Group Properties Masking View string The Masking View for this Storage
Group.
VMAX Storage Group Properties Number Of Child
Storage Groups integer The Number Of Child Storage Groups for this Storage Group.
VMAX Storage Group Properties Number Of Masking
Views integer The Number Of Masking Views for this Storage Group.
VMAX Storage Group Properties Number Of Parent
Storage Groups integer The Number Of Parent Storage Groups for this Storage Group.
VMAX Storage Group Properties Number Of
Snapshots integer The Number Of Snapshots for this Storage Group.
VMAX Storage Group Properties Number Of Volumes integer The Number Of Volumes for this
Storage Group.
VMAX Storage Group Properties SLO string The SLO for this Storage Group.
VMAX Storage Group Properties SLO Compliance string The SLO Compliance for this
Storage Group.
VMAX Storage Group Properties SRP string The SRP for this Storage Group.
VMAX Storage Group Properties Type string The Type for this Storage Group.
VMAX Storage Group Properties
Value of 100 for Capacity Calculations
integerMetric generated with purpose of Value of 100 for Capacity Calculations.
VMAX Storage Group Properties Workload string The Workload for this Storage
Group.
VMAX Storage Group Relationships Array Parents string List of parent Array resources
VMAX Storage Group Relationships FAST VP Policy
Children string List of child FAST VP Policy resources
VMAX Storage Group Relationships Masking View
Children string List of child Masking View resources
VMAX Storage Group Relationships Masking View
Parents string List of parent Masking View resources
VMAX Storage Group Relationships SLO Children string List of child SLO resources
VMAX Storage Group Relationships Volume Children string List of child Volume resources
VMAX Front End Director Aggregates Cache Miss Ratio float Cache Miss Ratio of the Front
End Director.
VMAX Front End Director Aggregates Maximum Observed
Combined IOPS floatMaximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Combined IOPS.
VMAX Front End Director Aggregates Maximum Observed
Host Throughput floatMaximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Host Throughput.
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Front End Director Aggregates Total Latency float Total Latency of the Front End
Director.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Average Optimized
Read Miss Size floatThe average read size of the read requests performed directly from disks bypassing the cache.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Average Queue
Depth Range 8 float
As an IO enters the queue it first checks how deep the queue is. Based on depth, the applicable queue depth bucket increments with the value seen by the IO. For example, an IO that encounters a queue depth of 7 will increment bucket #2 (depth 5-9 for OS or 7-14 for MF) by 7. The intent of these buckets is to identify IO bursts which in turn generate large queues and long response times.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Average Read
Latency float A calculated average response time for reads.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Average Time Per
System Call float The average time that it took to serve one system call.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Average Write
Latency float A calculated average response time for writes.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Busy Time float The percent of time the directory
is busy.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Cache Hit Ratio float The percent of requests that are
served from cache.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Cache Hits Per
Second floatA request that is immediately serviced from the cache (instead of having to wait for the data to arrive, or destage from the disk.)
VMAX Front End Director Performance Combined IOPS float A host command for data transfer.
VMAX Front End Director Performance
Devices Write Pending Events Per Second
floatA write miss due to the volume write pending limit having been reached.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Host Throughput float The size of the data transfer from
the host in MBs per second.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Misses Per Second float A request that is a miss.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Optimized Read
Miss IOPS floatNumber of read requests each second performed directly from disks bypassing the cache.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Optimized Read
Miss Throughput floatNumber of host MBs read each second directly from disks bypassing the cache.
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VMAX Front End Director Performance Quota Combined
IOPS floatThe number of IOs per second that are executed by the director under IO quota limits.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Quota Combined
Throughput floatThe throughput in MBs that are transferred by the director under IO quota limits.
VMAX Front End Director Performance RDF System Calls
Per Second float The number of calls per second sent via RDF to a remote system.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Read Cache Hits Per
Second floatA read request that is immediately serviced from the cache (instead of having to wait for the data to arrive from the disk.)
VMAX Front End Director Performance Read Hit Ratio float The percent of read requests that
are served from cache.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Read IOPS float
A read data transfer between the director and the cache. An IO may require multiple requests depending on IO size, alignment or both. The requests rate should be either equal to or greater than the IO rate.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Read Misses Per
Second floatA read request that cannot be satisfied immediately from the cache and needs to wait for the data to arrive from the disk.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Read Ratio float
The percent of read requests out of host commands for data transfer.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Reference to Front
End Ports string A reference to the Front End Director's children ports.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Remote System
Calls Per Second floatThe number of calls per second sent from the local director to another director in the same system.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Requests Per
Second float
The data transfer between the director and the cache. An IO may require multiple requests depending on IO size, alignment or both. The requests rate should be either equal to or greater than the IO rate.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Slot Collision Per
Second floatA write miss due to the desired cache slot being locked by another request.
VMAX Front End Director Performance System Calls Per
Second float The total number of calls seen by this director.
VMAX Front End Director Performance
System Write Pending Events Per Second
floatA write miss due to the system write pending limit having been reached.
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Front End Director Performance Total Read IOPS float The total number of reads to the
FE directors.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Total Write IOPS float The total number of writes to the
FE directors.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Write Cache Hits Per
Second float
A write request that is immediately serviced from the cache (instead of having to wait for the data to be destaged to the disk.)
VMAX Front End Director Performance Write Hit Ratio float The percent of write requests that
were satisfied from cache.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Write IOPS float
A write data transfer between the director and the cache. An IO may require multiple requests depending on IO size, alignment or both. The requests rate should be either equal to or greater than the IO rate.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Write Misses Per
Second floatA write request that cannot be satisfied immediately from the cache and needs to wait for the data to be destaged to the disk.
VMAX Front End Director Performance Write Ratio float
The percent of write requests out of host commands for data transfer.
VMAX Front End Director Properties Number Of Ports integer The number of ports belonging to
this director.
VMAX Front End Director Properties
Value of 100 for Capacity Calculations
integerMetric generated with purpose of Value of 100 for Capacity Calculations.
VMAX Front End Director Relationships Array Parents string List of parent Array resources
VMAX Front End Director Relationships Front End Port
Children string List of child Front End Port resources
VMAX SLO Performance Number Of Storage Groups integer
The number of Storage Group resources that this SLO resource is associated with.
VMAX SLO Performance Number Of Workloads integer
The number of workloads that are associated with this SLO resource.
VMAX SLO Properties Storage Group ID stringA list of Storage Group resource IDs that this SLO resource is associated with.
VMAX SLO Properties Workload ID stringA list of workload IDs that are associated with this SLO resource.
VMAX SLO Relationships Storage Group Parents string List of parent Storage Group
resources
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX SLO Relationships Storage Resource Pool Children string List of child Storage Resource
Pool resources
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Aggregates
Maximum Observed Host Combined IOPS
floatMaximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Host Combined IOPS.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Aggregates Maximum Observed
Host Throughput floatMaximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Host Throughput.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Back End Read
Requests floatThe number of read requests each second performed by the disk directors to cache.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Back End Read
Throughput floatThe number of MBs read by the disk directors from the disk each second.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Back End Requests float
The number of read/write requests each second performed by the disk directors to cache.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Back End
Throughput floatThe number of MBs read per second + MBs written per second.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Back End Write
Requests floatThe number of writes requests each second performed by the disk directors to cache.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Back End Write
Throughput floatThe number of MBs written to the disk from the disk director each second.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Combined Latency float The average time it takes to
satisfy IO requests.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Host Combined
IOPS float The total number of read and write IOs per second.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Host Combined
Throughput floatCumulative number of host MBs read/writes per second by the SRP.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Host Read IOPS float The number of reads per second
for the SRP.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Host Read
Throughput float The reads per second in MBs.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Host Write IOPS float The number of writes per second
for the SRP.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Host Write
Throughput float The writes per second in MBs.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Read Latency float
The average time that it took the Symmetrix to serve one read IO for this group.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Reserved Capacity
Percent float The amount of capacity that is reserved on the SRP.
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Total Allocated
Capacity float The total allocated capacity of the SRP.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Total SRDF DSE
Allocated Capacity float The total SRDF DSE allocated capacity of the SRP.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Total Snapshot
Allocated Capacity float The total snapshot allocated capacity of the SRP.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Total Subscribed
Capacity float The total subscribed capacity of the SRP.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Total Usable
Capacity float The total usable capacity of the SRP.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Performance Write Latency float
The average time that it took the Symmetrix to serve one write IO for this group.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Properties Description string A description of the SRP.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Properties Disk Group ID string A list of disk group ID's
associated with the SRP.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Properties Emulation string The SRP's emulation.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Properties Number Of Disk
Groups integer The number of disk groups associated with the SRP.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Properties Number Of SRP SG
Demands integer The number of SRP SG demands.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Properties Number Of SRP SLO
Demands integer The number of SRP SLO demands.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Properties Remote Replica
Group DSE stringWhether or not the SRP is usable by Remote Replica Group (RDFA) DSE.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Properties SRP SG Demand ID string A list of storage group demand
ID's associated with the SRP.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Properties SRP SLO Demand ID string A list of SLO demand ID's
associated with the SRP.
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Relationships Disk Group Children string List of child Disk Group resources
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Relationships SLO Parents string List of parent SLO resources
VMAX Storage Resource Pool Relationships Volume Children string List of child Volume resources
VMAX Thin Pool AggregatesMaximum Observed Back End Throughput
floatMaximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Back End Throughput.
VMAX Thin Pool Aggregates Maximum Observed Total Back End IOPS float
Maximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Total Back End IOPS.
VMAX Thin Pool Aggregates Total Back End IOPS float Total Back End IOPS of the Thin Pool.
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Thin Pool Aggregates Total Free float Total free space of the Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Aggregates Total Subscribed float Total subscribed of the Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Allocated Pool Capacity float The number of GBs of the virtual
pool that are allocated.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Allocated Tracks float The total number of tracks of the virtual pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Average ORM Read Size float
The average read size of the read requests performed directly from disks bypassing the cache.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Average RDF Write Time float
The average time that it took the Symmetrix RDF/S to serve one write IO for this pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Average Read Miss Time float
The average time that it took the Symmetrix to serve one read miss IO for this pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Average Write Miss Time float
The average time that it took the Symmetrix to serve one write miss IO for this pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Back End Combined Latency float The average time it took the disk
to service IO (DATA pool).
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Back End Read IOPS floatThe number of read requests each second performed by the disk directors to cache.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Back End Read Latency float
The average time it took the disk to serve one read command (DATA pool).
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Back End Read Ratio float The percent of the back-end IO
that were read requests.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Back End Read Throughput float
The number of MBs read by the disk directors from the disk each second.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Back End Write IOPS floatThe number of write requests each second performed by the disk directors to cache.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Back End Write Latency float
The average time it took the disk to serve one write command (DATA pool).
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Back End Write Ratio float The percent of the back-end IO that were write requests.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Back End Write Throughput float
The number of MBs written to the disk from the disk director each second.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Egress Tracks float The number of tracks leaving the pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Enabled Pool Capacity float The capacity of the virtual pool
that is enabled.
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Enabled Space float Enabled space on this Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Free Space float Free space on this Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Ingress Tracks float The number of tracks entering the pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance ORM Read Misses floatNumber of read requests each second performed directly from disks bypassing the cache.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance ORM Read Throughput float
Number of host MBs read each second directly from disks bypassing the cache.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Percent Allocated integer The percent allocated on this Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Percent Compressed Tracks float The percent of compressed
tracks in a virtual pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Percent Subscription integer The percent subscription of this Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool PerformanceTotal Back End Requests Per Second
floatThe number of read/write requests each second performed by the disk directors to cache.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Total Back End Throughput float Calculated value: (MBs read per
sec + MBs written per sec).
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Total Pool Capacity float The total capacity of the virtual pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Total Space float Total space on this Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Used Capacity float The percent of the pools capacity that is used.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Used Pool Capacity float The capacity of the virtual pool that is used.
VMAX Thin Pool Performance Used Space float The used space on this Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Properties Bound Thin Volume string Bound Thin Volume of this Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Properties Disabled Data Volumes string List of disabled Data Volumes of
this Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Properties Disk Group string Disk Group that this Thin Pool belongs to.
VMAX Thin Pool Properties Disk Technology string Disk technology of this Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Properties Emulation string Emulation of this Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Properties Enabled Data Volumes string List of enabled Data Volumes of
this Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Properties Number Of Bound Thin Volumes integer Number of Bound Thin Volumes
on this Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Properties Number Of Disabled Data Volumes integer Number Of disabled Data
Volumes on this Thin Pool.
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Thin Pool Properties Number Of Enabled Data Volumes integer The number of enabled Data
Volumes on this Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Properties Raid string The raid type of this Thin Pool.
VMAX Thin Pool Relationships Disk Group Children string List of child Disk Group resources
VMAX Thin Pool Relationships Tier Parents string List of parent Tier resources
VMAX Thin Pool Relationships Volume Children string List of child Volume resources
VMAX Tier Performance Excess Space integer Excess space on this Tier.
VMAX Tier Performance FAST Free Space float FAST free space on this Tier.
VMAX Tier Performance FAST Usage float FAST usage of this Tier.
VMAX Tier Performance Free Capacity float Free capacity on this Tier.
VMAX Tier Performance Maximum SG Demand float Maximum SG demand on this
Tier.
VMAX Tier Performance Total Capacity GB float Total capacity of this Tier.
VMAX Tier Performance Used Capacity float Used capacity of this Tier.
VMAX Tier Properties Number Of Disk Groups integer Number of Disk Groups
associated with this Tier.
VMAX Tier Properties Number Of Thin Pools integer Number of Thin Pools on this Tier.
VMAX Tier Properties Technology string Technology of this Tier.
VMAX Tier Properties Thin Pools string List of Thin Pools on this Tier.
VMAX Tier Properties Type string Type of this Tier.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Average Read Size float The average number of kilobytes
for a single read command.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Average Write Size float The average number of kilobytes
for a single write command.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Busy Time float The percent of time that the disk
is busy serving IOs.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Combined IOPS float The total number of read and
write IOs per second.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Combined Latency float
Calculated value: (Total Read Time/sec + Total Write Time/sec) / (Reads/sec + Writes/sec)
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance
Combined Throughput float The total MBs read and written
per second.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Free Capacity float The percent of the disk capacity
that is free.
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance IO Density float
The number of BE requests per GB of disk. (Reads + Writes) / total capacity. With FAST moving active extents to higher tiers, this metric is a good indication of success (the IO density on Flash tiers should be higher than the density on SATA tiers.)
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Read IOPS float The number of reads per second
for the disk.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Read Latency float The average time it took the disk
to serve one read command.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Read Throughput float The read throughput (MBs) of the
disk per second.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance
SCSI Commands Per Second float
The total number of read commands, write commands, skip mask commands, verify commands, XOR write commands, and XOR write-read commands performed by the Symmetrix disk each second.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Total Disk Capacity float The total capacity of the disk in
GBs.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Used Capacity float The percent of the disk capacity
that is used.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Used Disk Capacity float The used capacity of the disk in
GBs.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Write IOPS float The number of writes per second
for the disk.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Write Latency float The average time it took the disk
to serve one write command.
VMAX Tier Storage Tier Performance Write Throughput float The write throughput (MBs) of the
disk per second.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Allocated Pool Capacity float The number of GBs of the virtual
pool that are allocated.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance Allocated Tracks float The total number of tracks of the
virtual pool.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Average Back End Requests Time float
The average time it takes to make a request by the disk directors to cache.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Average RDF Write Latency float
The average time that it took the Symmetrix RDF/S to serve one write IO for this pool.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Average Read Miss Latency float
The average time that it took the Symmetrix to serve one read miss IO for this pool.
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Average Write Miss Latency float
The average time that it took the Symmetrix to serve one write miss IO for this pool.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Back End Combined Latency float The average time it took the disk
to service IO (DATA pool).
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance Back End Read IOPS float
The number of read requests each second performed by the disk directors to cache.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Back End Read Latency float
The average time it took the disk to serve one read command (DATA pool).
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Back End Read Ratio float The percent of the back-end IO
that were read requests.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Back End Read Throughput float
The number of MBs read by the disk directors from the disk each second.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance Back End Write IOPS float
The number of write requests each second performed by the disk directors to cache.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Back End Write Latency float
The average time it took the disk to serve one write command (DATA pool).
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance Back End Write Ratio float The percent of the back-end IO
that were write requests.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Back End Write Throughput float
The number of MBs written to the disk from the disk director each second.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Back End to Cache Transfer float
The number of MBs read per second + MBs written per second.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Compressed Tracks Count float The number of compressed
tracks of the virtual pool.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance Egress Tracks float The number of tracks leaving the
pool.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Enabled Pool Capacity float The capacity of the virtual pool
that is enabled.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance Ingress Tracks float The number of tracks entering the
pool.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Percent Compressed Tracks float The percent of compressed
tracks in a virtual pool.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance
Total Back End Requests Per Second
floatThe number of read/write requests each second performed by the disk directors to cache.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance Total Pool Capacity float The total capacity of the virtual
pool.
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance Used Capacity float The percent of the pools capacity
that is used.
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Tier Thin Tier Performance Used Pool Capacity float The capacity of the virtual pool
that is used.
VMAX Tier Relationships FAST VP Policy Parents string List of parent FAST VP Policy
resources
VMAX Tier Relationships Thin Pool Children string List of child Thin Pool resources
VMAX Disk Group Aggregates Maximum Observed Combined IOPS float
Maximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Combined IOPS.
VMAX Disk Group AggregatesMaximum Observed Combined Throughput
floatMaximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Combined Throughput.
VMAX Disk Group Performance Average Read Size float The average number of kilobytes for a single read command.
VMAX Disk Group Performance Average Write Size float The average number of kilobytes for a single write command.
VMAX Disk Group Performance Busy Time float The percent of time that the disk group is busy serving IOs.
VMAX Disk Group Performance Combined IOPS float The total number of read and write IOs per second.
VMAX Disk Group Performance Combined Latency float The average time it took the disk group to service IO.
VMAX Disk Group Performance Combined Throughput float The total number of MBs per
second for the disk group.
VMAX Disk Group Performance Free Capacity float The percent of the disk group capacity that is free.
VMAX Disk Group Performance IO Density float
The number of BE requests per GB of disk: (BE Reads + BE Writes) / allocated capacity. With FAST moving active extents to higher tiers, this metric is a good indication of success (the IO density on Flash tiers should be higher than the density on SATA tiers.)
VMAX Disk Group Performance Read IOPS float The number of reads per second for the disk group.
VMAX Disk Group Performance Read Latency floatThe average time it took the disk group to serve one read command.
VMAX Disk Group Performance Read Throughput float The read throughput (MBs) of the disk group per second.
VMAX Disk Group Performance SCSI Commands Per Second float
The total number of read commands, write commands, skip mask commands, verify commands, XOR write commands, and XOR write-read commands performed by the disk group each second.
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Disk Group Performance Total Disk Capacity float The total capacity of all the disks in the disk group.
VMAX Disk Group Performance Used Capacity float The percent of the disk group capacity that is allocated.
VMAX Disk Group Performance Used Disk Capacity float The total capacity allocated for all the disks in the disk group.
VMAX Disk Group Performance Write IOPS float The number of writes per second for the disk group.
VMAX Disk Group Performance Write Latency floatThe average time it took the disk group to serve one write command.
VMAX Disk Group Performance Write Throughput float The write throughput (MBs) of the disk group per second.
VMAX Disk Group Relationships Storage Resource Pool Parents string List of parent Storage Resource
Pool resources
VMAX Disk Group Relationships Thin Pool Parents string List of parent Thin Pool resources
VMAX Masking View Properties Host Group ID stringThe ID of the host group associated with this masking view.
VMAX Masking View Properties Port Group ID stringThe ID of the port group associated with this masking view.
VMAX Masking View Properties Storage Group ID stringThe ID of the storage group associated with this masking view.
VMAX Masking View Relationships EMC VMAX Tag Parents string List of parent EMC VMAX Tag
resources
VMAX Masking View Relationships Host Group Children string List of child Host Group resources
VMAX Masking View Relationships Port Group Children string List of child Port Group resources
VMAX Masking View Relationships Storage Group Children string List of child Storage Group
resources
VMAX Masking View Relationships Storage Group Parents string List of parent Storage Group
resources
VMAX Masking View Relationships Volume Children string List of child Volume resources
VMAX Port Group Performance Average IO Size float The average IO size served by the port.
VMAX Port Group Performance Busy Time float The percent of time the port is busy.
VMAX Port Group Performance Combined IOPS float An IO command to the disk.
VMAX Port Group Performance Combined Throughput float The total IO (reads and writes) per
second in MBs.
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Port Group Performance Read IOPS float
A read data transfer between the director and the cache. An IO may require multiple requests depending on IO size, alignment or both. The requests rate should be either equal to or greater than the IO rate.
VMAX Port Group Performance Read Throughput float The reads per second in MBs.
VMAX Port Group Performance Write IOPS float
A write data transfer between the director and the cache. An IO may require multiple requests depending on IO size, alignment or both. The requests rate should be either equal to or greater than the IO rate.
VMAX Port Group Performance Write Throughput float The writes per second in MBs.
VMAX Port Group Properties Masking View stringA list of associated Masking View resources associated with this Port Group resource..
VMAX Port Group Properties Number Of Masking Views integer
The number of Masking View resources associated with this Port Group resource.
VMAX Port Group Properties Number Of Ports integerThe number of Port resources associated with this Port Group resource.
VMAX Port Group Properties Symmetrix Port Key string The key port of this Port Group resource.
VMAX Port Group Properties Type string The type of port for this Port Group resource.
VMAX Port Group Relationships Front End Port Children string List of child Front End Port
resources
VMAX Port Group Relationships Masking View Parents string List of parent Masking View
resources
VMAX Volume Aggregates Used Space float Used space (in megabytes) on the Volume resource.
VMAX Volume Performance Allocated Percent float Percent allocated.
VMAX Volume Performance Capacity float The capacity of this volume (MB).
VMAX Volume Performance Capacity Cylinders integer The capacity of the volume's cylinders.
VMAX Volume Properties Emulation string The volume's emulation.
VMAX Volume Properties Encapsulated string Whether or not the volume is encapsulated.
VMAX Volume Properties Number Of Front End Paths integer The number of front end paths on
the volume.
VMAX Volume Properties Number Of Storage Groups integer The number of storage groups
associated with the volume.
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RESOURCE KIND RESOURCE GROUP
RESOURCE ATTRIBUTE
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Volume Properties Physical Name string The physical name of the volume.
VMAX Volume Properties Pinned string Whether or not the volume is pinned.
VMAX Volume Properties Reserved string Whether or not the volume is reserved.
VMAX Volume Properties SSID string The SSID associated with the volume.
VMAX Volume Properties Status string The status of the volume.
VMAX Volume Properties Storage Group ID string An array of associated storage groups.
VMAX Volume Properties Symmetrix Port Key string An array of associated Symmetrix ports.
VMAX Volume Properties Type string The volume's type.
VMAX Volume Properties Volume Identifier string The volume identifier.
VMAX Volume Properties WWN string The volume's WWN
VMAX Volume Relationships Datastore Parents string List of parent Datastore resources
VMAX Volume Relationships EMC VMAX Related Objects Parents string List of parent EMC VMAX Related
Objects resources
VMAX Volume Relationships EMC VMAX Tag Parents string List of parent EMC VMAX Tag
resources
VMAX Volume Relationships Front End Port Children string List of child Front End Port
resources
VMAX Volume Relationships Masking View Parents string List of parent Masking View
resources
VMAX Volume Relationships Storage Group Parents string List of parent Storage Group
resources
VMAX Volume Relationships Storage Resource Pool Parents string List of parent Storage Resource
Pool resources
VMAX Volume Relationships Thin Pool Parents string List of parent Thin Pool resources
VMAX Front End Port Performance Average IO Size float The average IO size served by the
port.
VMAX Front End Port Performance Busy Time float The percent of time the port is
busy.
VMAX Front End Port Performance Combined IOPS float An IO command to the disk.
VMAX Front End Port Performance Combined
Throughput float The total IO (reads and writes) per second in MBs.
VMAX Front End Port Performance Read IOPS float
A read data transfer between the director and the cache. An IO may require multiple requests depending on IO size, alignment or both. The requests rate should be either equal to or greater than the IO rate.
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RESOURCE KIND RESOURCE GROUP
RESOURCE ATTRIBUTE
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Front End Port Performance Read Throughput float The reads per second in MBs.
VMAX Front End Port Performance Write IOPS float
A write data transfer between the director and the cache. An IO may require multiple requests depending on IO size, alignment or both. The requests rate should be either equal to or greater than the IO rate.
VMAX Front End Port Performance Write Throughput float The writes per second in MBs.
VMAX Front End Port Properties Director Status string The current status of the port's
director.
VMAX Front End Port Properties Identifier string The port identifier.
VMAX Front End Port Properties Number Of Cores integer The number of cores belonging to
this port.
VMAX Front End Port Properties Number Of Hypers integer The number of hypers belonging
to this port.
VMAX Front End Port Properties Port Group string The port group that this port
belongs to.
VMAX Front End Port Properties Port Interface string The port interface.
VMAX Front End Port Properties Port Status string The current status of the port.
VMAX Front End Port Properties Symmetrix Port Key string
The ID of the port's corresponding director and the ID of the port itself.
VMAX Front End Port Properties Type string The port type.
VMAX Front End Port Properties
Value of 100 for Capacity Calculations
integerMetric generated with purpose of Value of 100 for Capacity Calculations.
VMAX Front End Port Relationships Front End Director
Parents string List of parent Front End Director resources
VMAX Front End Port Relationships Port Group Parents string List of parent Port Group
resources
VMAX Front End Port Relationships Volume Parents string List of parent Volume resources
VMAX Host Group Properties Consistent LUN string Whether or not the LUN is consistent.
VMAX Host Group Properties Number of Initiators float The number of initiators in the Host Group.
VMAX Host Group Properties Port Flags Override Enabled string Whether or not the Port Flags
Override is set.
VMAX Host Group Properties Type string The type of Host Group.
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RESOURCE KIND RESOURCE GROUP
RESOURCE ATTRIBUTE
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Host Group Relationships Masking View Parents string List of parent Masking View
resources
VMAX Array Aggregates Cache Miss Ratio float Cache Miss Ratio of the Array.
VMAX Array Aggregates Combined Latency float Combined Latency of the Array.
VMAX Array Aggregates Maximum Observed Back End IOPS float
Maximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Back End IOPS.
VMAX Array Aggregates Maximum Observed Host Throughput float
Maximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Host Throughput.
VMAX Array Aggregates Maximum Observed Total Host IOPS float
Maximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Total Host IOPS.
VMAX Array Aggregates Number of Boards integer Number of Boards of the Array.
VMAX Array Aggregates Total Host IOPS float Total Host IOPS of the Array.
VMAX Array Aggregates Total Volume Capacity float The total capacity (in MB) of all
related Volumes.
VMAX Array Aggregates Total Volume Used Space float The total used space (in MB) of all
related Volumes.
VMAX Array Performance Average LRU0 Fall-Through Time float
The average time it takes a cache slot in LRU0 to be freed up. It is the average time from the first use of the contents to its reuse by another address.
VMAX Array Performance Back End Read IOPS float A data transfer of a read between the cache and the director.
VMAX Array Performance Back End Write IOPS float A data transfer of a write between the cache and the director.
VMAX Array Performance Cache Hit Ratio float
The percent of IO operations performed by all of the Symmetrix volumes, for which the read data was in cache and the write operation could be sent directly to cache without having to wait for data to be destaged from cache to the disks.
VMAX Array Performance Cache Hits Per Second float
The total requests from all FE directors per second that were satisfied from cache.
VMAX Array Performance Device Read Ratio floatThe percent of total read IO operations performed each second by all of the Symmetrix volumes.
VMAX Array Performance Device Write Ratio floatThe percent of total write IO operations performed by all of the Symmetrix volumes.
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RESOURCE KIND RESOURCE GROUP
RESOURCE ATTRIBUTE
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Array PerformanceDevices Write Pending Events Per Second
floatThe number of times each second that the write-pending limit for a specific Symmetrix volume was reached.
VMAX Array PerformanceFront End Read Requests Per Second
float
A read data transfer between the director and the cache. An IO may require multiple requests depending on IO size, alignment, or both. The requests rate should be either equal to or greater than the IO rate.
VMAX Array PerformanceFront End Write Requests Per Second
float
A write data transfer between the director and the cache. An IO may require multiple requests depending on IO size, alignment, or both. The requests rate should be either equal to or greater than the IO rate.
VMAX Array Performance Host Throughput floatThe total requests from all FE directors per second that were satisfied from cache.
VMAX Array Performance ORM Average Read Size float
The average read size of the read requests performed directly from disks bypassing the cache.
VMAX Array Performance ORM Read IOPS floatNumber of read requests each second performed directly from disks bypassing the cache.
VMAX Array Performance ORM Read Throughput float
Number of host MBs read each second directly from disks bypassing the cache.
VMAX Array Performance Prefetched Tracks Per Second float
The tracks per second pre-fetched from disk to cache upon detection of a sequential read stream.
VMAX Array Performance Read Cache Hits Per Second float
The total read requests from all FE directors per second that were satisfied from cache.
VMAX Array Performance Read IOPS floatThe number of host read operations performed each second by all Symmetrix volumes.
VMAX Array Performance Read Latency float The calculated system read response time.
VMAX Array Performance Read Misses Per Second float
Total read requests from all FE directors per second that were misses. A miss occurs when the requested read data is not found in cache.
VMAX Array Performance Read Throughput floatThe number of host MBs read by all of the Symmetrix volumes each second.
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RESOURCE KIND RESOURCE GROUP
RESOURCE ATTRIBUTE
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Array Performance Requests Per Second float
A data transfer between the director and the cache. An IO may require multiple requests depending on IO size, alignment, or both. The requests rate should be either equal to or greater than the IO rate.
VMAX Array PerformanceSystem Write Pending Events Per Second
float
The number of times each second that write activity was heavy enough to use up the system limit set for write tracks occupying cache. When the limit is reached, writes are deferred until data in cache is written to disk.
VMAX Array Performance Total Back End IOPS float A data transfer of a read between the cache and the director.
VMAX Array PerformanceTotal Back End Requests Per Second
floatA data transfer of a read or write between the cache and the director.
VMAX Array Performance Total Cache Utilization float The percent of system cache that
is write pending.
VMAX Array Performance Total Device IOPS float
The number of host IO operations performed each second by all Symmetrix volumes, including writes and random and sequential reads.
VMAX Array Performance Write Cache Hits Per Second float
The total write requests from all FE directors per second that were satisfied from cache.
VMAX Array Performance Write IOPS floatThe number of host write operations performed each second by all Symmetrix volumes.
VMAX Array Performance Write Latency float The calculated system write response time.
VMAX Array Performance Write Misses Per Second float
The total write requests from all FE directors per second that were misses. A miss occurs when the write operation had to wait while data was destaged from cache to the disks.
VMAX Array Performance Write Throughput floatThe number of host MBs written by all of the Symmetrix volumes each second.
VMAX Array Performance Writes Pending float The number of system cache slots that are write pending.
VMAX Array Performance Writes Pending Limit floatThe percent of the target % at which writes are delayed. The range is from 40% to 80%.
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RESOURCE KIND RESOURCE GROUP
RESOURCE ATTRIBUTE
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Array Properties Device Count floatThe number of Device resources associated with this Array resource.
VMAX Array Properties Local stringWhether or not this Array is local to the endpoint we are collecting against.
VMAX Array Properties Microcode string The microcode ID for this Array resource.
VMAX Array Properties Model string The model number of this Array resource.
VMAX Array PropertiesValue of 100 for Capacity Calculations
integerMetric generated with purpose of Value of 100 for Capacity Calculations.
VMAX Array Relationships Back End Director Children string List of child Back End Director
resources
VMAX Array Relationships EMC VMAX Tag Parents string List of parent EMC VMAX Tag
resources
VMAX Array Relationships Front End Director Children string List of child Front End Director
resources
VMAX Array Relationships Storage Group Children string List of child Storage Group
resources
VMAX Array Relationships Unisphere for VMAX Connection Parents string List of parent Unisphere for VMAX
Connection resources
VMAX Back End Director Aggregates Maximum Observed
Combined IOPS floatMaximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Combined IOPS.
VMAX Back End Director Aggregates
Maximum Observed Combined Throughput
floatMaximum observed value of metric Maximum Observed Combined Throughput.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Average Time Per
Syscall float The average time spent processing all system calls.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Busy Time float The percent of time that a director
is busy.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Busy Time Core 0 float The total percent of time that core
0 is busy serving IOs.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Busy Time Core 1 float The total percent of time that core
1 is busy serving IOs.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Busy Time with
Non-IO float The total percent of time that the DA is busy serving non-IO tasks.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Busy Time with Non-
IO Core 0 float The total percent of time that core 0 is busy serving non-IO tasks.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Busy Time with Non-
IO Core 1 float The total percent of time that core 1 is busy serving non-IO tasks.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Combined IOPS float An IO command to the disk.
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RESOURCE KIND RESOURCE GROUP
RESOURCE ATTRIBUTE
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Back End Director Performance Combined
Throughput float The total IO (reads and writes) per second in MBs.
VMAX Back End Director Performance
Compressed Combined Throughput
float The total size of compressed MBs (read and write) per second.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Compressed Read
Requests float The number of compressed read requests per second.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Compressed Read
Throughput float The size of compressed read MBs per second.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Compressed
Requests Count floatThe total number of compressed requests (read and write) per second.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Compressed Write
Requests float The number of compressed write requests per second.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Compressed Write
Throughput float The size of compressed write MBs per second.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Prefetched Tracks
Per Second floatThe number of tracks pre-fetched from disk to cache upon detection of a sequential read stream.
VMAX Back End Director Performance RDF Syscalls Per
Second float The number of calls sent using RDF to a remote system.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Read IOPS float A data transfer of a read between
the director and the cache.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Read Throughput float The reads per second in MBs.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Reference to Back
End Ports string A reference to the Back End Director's children ports.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Remote Syscalls Per
Second floatThe number of calls sent from the local director to another director in the same system.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Syscalls Per Second float The total number of calls seen by
this director.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Write IOPS float A data transfer of a write between
the cache and the director.
VMAX Back End Director Performance Write Throughput float The writes per second in MBs.
VMAX Back End Director Properties Number Of Ports integer The number of ports belonging to
this director.
VMAX Back End Director Relationships Array Parents string List of parent Array resources
VMAX Back End Director Relationships Back End Port
Children string List of child Back End Port resources
VMAX Back End Port Performance Average IO Size float The average IO size served by the port.
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RESOURCE KIND RESOURCE GROUP
RESOURCE ATTRIBUTE
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX Back End Port Performance Busy Time float The percent of time the port is busy.
VMAX Back End Port Performance Combined IOPS float An IO command to the disk.
VMAX Back End Port Performance Combined Throughput float The total IO (reads and writes) per
second in MBs.
VMAX Back End Port Performance Max Speed float The maximum speed of the port.
VMAX Back End Port Performance Read IOPS float
A read data transfer between the director and the cache. An IO may require multiple requests depending on IO size, alignment or both. The requests rate should be either equal to or greater than the IO rate.
VMAX Back End Port Performance Read Throughput float The reads per second in MBs.
VMAX Back End Port Performance Speed float The speed of the port.
VMAX Back End Port Performance Write IOPS float
A write data transfer between the director and the cache. An IO may require multiple requests depending on IO size, alignment or both. The requests rate should be either equal to or greater than the IO rate.
VMAX Back End Port Performance Write Throughput float The writes per second in MBs.
VMAX Back End Port Properties Director Status string The current status of the port's director.
VMAX Back End Port Properties Identifier string The port identifier.
VMAX Back End Port Properties Number Of Cores integer The number of cores belonging to this port.
VMAX Back End Port Properties Number Of Hypers integer The number of hypers belonging to this port.
VMAX Back End Port Properties Port Group string The port group that this port belongs to.
VMAX Back End Port Properties Port Interface string The port interface.
VMAX Back End Port Properties Port Status string The current status of the port.
VMAX Back End Port Properties Symmetrix Port Key stringThe ID of the port's corresponding director and the ID of the port itself.
VMAX Back End Port Properties Type string The port type.
VMAX Back End Port PropertiesValue of 100 for Capacity Calculations
integerMetric generated with purpose of Value of 100 for Capacity Calculations.
VMAX Back End Port Relationships Back End Director Parents string List of parent Back End Director
resources
VMAX FAST VP Policy Properties Number Of Tiers integer The number of tiers associated
with the FAST VP Policy.
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RESOURCE KIND RESOURCE GROUP
RESOURCE ATTRIBUTE
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
VMAX FAST VP Policy Properties Storage Group ID string An array of associated storage
groups.
VMAX FAST VP Policy Properties Success string Whether or not the FAST VP
Policy is successful.
VMAX FAST VP Policy Properties Tier 1 Capacity float
The percentage from Tier 1 that the FAST VP Policy is allowed to use at any given time.
VMAX FAST VP Policy Properties Tier 1 ID string The ID of Tier 1.
VMAX FAST VP Policy Properties Tier 2 Capacity float
The percentage from Tier 2 that the FAST VP Policy is allowed to use at any given time.
VMAX FAST VP Policy Properties Tier 2 ID string The ID of Tier 2.
VMAX FAST VP Policy Properties Tier 3 Capacity float
The percentage from Tier 3 that the FAST VP Policy is allowed to use at any given time.
VMAX FAST VP Policy Properties Tier 3 ID string The ID of Tier 3.
VMAX FAST VP Policy Properties Tier 4 Capacity float
The percentage from Tier 4 that the FAST VP Policy is allowed to use at any given time.
VMAX FAST VP Policy Properties Tier 4 ID string The ID of Tier 4.
VMAX FAST VP Policy Relationships Storage Group
Parents string List of parent Storage Group resources
VMAX FAST VP Policy Relationships Tier Children string List of child Tier resources
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11. Appendix II: Alerts
The Management Pack for Dell EMC VMAX creates alerts based on various symptoms that it detects in the environment. Refer to the full list of alerts as shown below:
• Storage Group has Severity Critical Event• Storage Group has Severity Alert Event• Storage Group has Severity Warning Event• Storage Group has Severity Info Event• Storage Group has Severity Emergency Event• Unisphere for VMAX Connection has Severity Critical Event• Unisphere for VMAX Connection has Severity Alert Event• Unisphere for VMAX Connection has Severity Warning Event• Unisphere for VMAX Connection has Severity Info Event• Unisphere for VMAX Connection has Severity Emergency Event• Front End Director has Severity Critical Event• Front End Director has Severity Alert Event• Front End Director has Severity Warning Event• Front End Director has Severity Info Event• Front End Director has Severity Emergency Event• SLO has Severity Critical Event• SLO has Severity Alert Event• SLO has Severity Warning Event• SLO has Severity Info Event• SLO has Severity Emergency Event• Storage Resource Pool has Severity Critical Event• Storage Resource Pool has Severity Alert Event• Storage Resource Pool has Severity Warning Event• Storage Resource Pool has Severity Info Event• Storage Resource Pool has Severity Emergency Event• Thin Pool has Severity Critical Event• Thin Pool has Severity Alert Event• Thin Pool has Severity Warning Event• Thin Pool has Severity Info Event• Thin Pool has Severity Emergency Event• Tier has Severity Critical Event• Tier has Severity Alert Event• Tier has Severity Warning Event• Tier has Severity Info Event• Tier has Severity Emergency Event• Disk Group has Severity Critical Event• Disk Group has Severity Alert Event• Disk Group has Severity Warning Event• Disk Group has Severity Info Event• Disk Group has Severity Emergency Event• Masking View has Severity Critical Event
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• Masking View has Severity Alert Event• Masking View has Severity Warning Event• Masking View has Severity Info Event• Masking View has Severity Emergency Event• Port Group has Severity Critical Event• Port Group has Severity Alert Event• Port Group has Severity Warning Event• Port Group has Severity Info Event• Port Group has Severity Emergency Event• Volume has Severity Critical Event• Volume has Severity Alert Event• Volume has Severity Warning Event• Volume has Severity Info Event• Volume has Severity Emergency Event• Front End Port has Severity Critical Event• Front End Port has Severity Alert Event• Front End Port has Severity Warning Event• Front End Port has Severity Info Event• Front End Port has Severity Emergency Event• Host Group has Severity Critical Event• Host Group has Severity Alert Event• Host Group has Severity Warning Event• Host Group has Severity Info Event• Host Group has Severity Emergency Event• Array has Severity Critical Event• Array has Severity Alert Event• Array has Severity Warning Event• Array has Severity Info Event• Array has Severity Emergency Event• Back End Director has Severity Critical Event• Back End Director has Severity Alert Event• Back End Director has Severity Warning Event• Back End Director has Severity Info Event• Back End Director has Severity Emergency Event• Back End Port has Severity Critical Event• Back End Port has Severity Alert Event• Back End Port has Severity Warning Event• Back End Port has Severity Info Event• Back End Port has Severity Emergency Event• FAST VP Policy has Severity Critical Event• FAST VP Policy has Severity Alert Event• FAST VP Policy has Severity Warning Event• FAST VP Policy has Severity Info Event• FAST VP Policy has Severity Emergency Event
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12. Appendix III: Capacity Definitions
The Management Pack uses the following capacity definitions, which help determine the value of Analysis Badges (refer to section “8. Analysis Badges”) within vRealize Operations. For more information on using Analysis Badges, refer to the VMware vRealize Operations online help.
Table 3: Capacity Definitions
CONTAINER USE IN WORKLOAD
Array
vRealize Calculated Cache Miss yes
vRealize Calculated Host IOPS yes
vRealize Calculated Volume Capacity yes
Back End Director
vRealize Calculated IOPS yes
vRealize Calculated Throughput yes
Back End Port
vRealize Calculated Busy yes
Disk Group
vRealize Calculated IOPS yes
vRealize Calculated Throughput yes
Front End Director
vRealize Calculated Cache Miss yes
vRealize Calculated IOPS yes
vRealize Calculated Throughput yes
Front End Port
vRealize Calculated Busy yes
Storage Group
vRealize Calculated Cache Miss yes
vRealize Calculated IOPS yes
vRealize Calculated Throughput yes
Storage Resource Pool
vRealize Calculated Disk Allocation yes
vRealize Calculated Disk Subscription yes
vRealize Calculated Host IOPS yes
vRealize Calculated Host Throughput yes
Thin Pool
vRealize Calculated Disk Subscription yes
vRealize Calculated Disk Usage yes
vRealize Calculated IOPS yes
vRealize Calculated Throughput yes
Volume
vRealize Calculated Disk Usage yes
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13. Appendix IV: Revision Notes
This installation guide is updated with each release of the product, or when necessary. The following table provides its revision history.
REVISION DATE DESCRIPTION
REV-02 24-MAR-2017 • Added VMAX2-only resource kinds to section “2.2 Data the Management Pack Collects”
• Added EMC VMAX 2 FAST VP Policy dashboard to section “3. Dashboards”• Updated section “4. Views” and section “5. Reports” to include new views and
reports• Updated appendix tables to include new metrics, alerts, and capacity definitions
• Updated screenshots and text throughout the document (where applicable) to reflect Management Pack name change
REV-01 16-SEP-2016 Initial release
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