Monitoring and Reporting for an ONTAP Account

This chapter contains the following sections:

About Monitoring and Reporting for an ONTAP Account

Cisco UCS Director displays all managed components in each of the ONTAP accounts. These components can be hardware or software. You can also add a component and set up a component, and view reports for each of the discovered or added components.

Components You Can Monitor

You can monitor each component and perform tasks such as creating, deleting, and modifying these components. The following components are monitored in an ONTAP account:

  • Aggregates

  • Volumes

  • QTrees

  • Quotas

  • VMs

  • LUNs

  • Disks

  • Initiator Groups

  • Initiators

  • License

  • SnapMirrors

  • SnapVault

  • vFilers

  • IP Spaces

  • Interfaces

  • FC Adapters

  • NFS Exports

  • CIFS Shares

About Disks

Disks are grouped together in an aggregate. These aggregates provide storage to the volumes that are associated with the aggregate.

When you click Disks, all the disks that are available in that account are displayed. Click the row of the disk and then click View Details to view the summary details of the disk.

Managing Filers

The NetApp filer is a type of disk storage device that owns and controls a file system and presents files and directories over the network. It uses an operating system called Data ONTAP.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and the following actions become available:

Action Description

View Details

Displays information about the current status of the selected component.

Persist Network Configuration

Displays the number of changes detected between the previously saved persistent configuration and the newly generated persistent configuration.

Add Hosts

Allows you to update the IP address and name of remote system for host address resolution.

Managing Virtual Machines

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click VMs.

When you choose a VM, the following additional actions appear:
Action Description

View Details

Displays summary and service request details of the VM.

Stack View

Displays the stack view of the VM.

Access VM Credentials

Displays the credentials of the VM.

Launch VM Client

Launches the VM client through one of the following access scheme:

  • Web Access

  • Remote Desktop

  • VMRC Console

Assign VM

Assigns the VM to a user group and a user.

To assign the VM to a user group and a user, complete the following fields:

  • VM Name field—Display Only. The name of the VM.

  • User Group drop-down list—Choose a user group to which you want to assign the VM.

    Note

     

    You can choose only groups with valid virtual data center (VDC).

  • Assign to Users check box—Check this check box to assign the VM to a user. Choose a user from the User drop-down list that appears when you choose the Assign to Users check box.

  • vDC drop-down list—Choose a vDC from the list.

  • Category drop-down list—Choose a category under which the VM needs to be categorized.

  • VM User Label field—The label for the VM user.

  • Set Provision Time check box—Check this check box to set the time at which the VM needs to be provisioned. Set the date and time in the Provision Date/Time field that appears when you choose the Set Provision Time check box.

  • Comments field—Comments, if any.

Configure Lease Time

Sets the lease time for configuring the VM.

Resize VM

Resizes the VM.

To resize the VM, complete the following fields:

  1. VM Name field—Display Only. The name of the VM.

  2. Current Allocated CPU field—Display Only. The current size of CPU allocated to the VM.

  3. Current Allocated Memory (GB) field—Display Only. The current allocated memory of the VM.

  4. New CPU Count drop-down list—Choose the new CPU size of the VM.

  5. New Memory drop-down list—Choose the new memory size of the VM.

Power ON

Turns on the VM.

To turn on the VM, complete the following fields:

  1. VM Name field—Display Only. The name of the VM.

  2. Task field—Display Only. The task to be applied for the VM.

  3. Comments field—Comments, if any.

  4. Schedule Action Pane—Choose Execute Now or Execute Later to turn on the VM immediately or later.

Note

 
Once the VM is turned on, execute the VM level inventory collection to get the updated IP address.

Power OFF

Turns off the VM.

To turn off the VM, complete the following fields:

  1. VM Name field—Display Only. The name of the VM.

  2. Task field—Display Only. The task to be applied for the VM.

  3. Comments field—Comments, if any.

  4. Schedule Action Pane—Choose Execute Now or Execute Later to turn off the VM immediately or later.

Managing Interfaces

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click Interfaces.

Creating a VLAN

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click Interfaces.

Step 8

Click Create VLAN and complete the required fields:

  1. From the Select Interface drop-down list, choose a network interface from the list of physical interfaces and interface groups.

  2. In the VLAN ID field, enter a range of 0 to 4094.

Step 9

Click Create.

Managing IP Spaces

An IP space defines a distinct IP address space in which vFiler units can participate. IP addresses defined for an IP space are applicable only within that IP space. A distinct routing table is maintained for each IP space. No cross-IP space traffic is routed.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click IP Spaces.

When you choose an IP Space, the following additional actions appear:
Action Description

Create

Creates an IP space in the filer.

View Details

Displays the service request details of the IP space.

Delete

Deletes the selected IP space after confirmation.

Assign

Assigns the IP space to a VLAN.

Creating an IP Space

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click IP Spaces.

Step 8

Click Create, and in the IP Space Name field, enter the IP space name.

Step 9

Click Create.

Managing vFilers

vFilers are ONTAP 7-mode virtual containers that create separate virtual filer instances within a physical controller. When you use a vFiler, you can partition the storage and network resources of a single storage system so that it appears as multiple storage systems on the network.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click vFilers.

When you choose a vFiler, the following additional actions appear:
Action Description

Create

Creates a vFiler in the NetApp ONTAP account.

Setup

Sets up a vFiler.

Setup CIFS

Sets up a CIFS server for the vFiler.

Stop CIFS

Stops the CIFS service configured for the vFiler.

Delete

Deletes the vFiler.

View Details

Displays a storage summary of the vFiler. Click the tabs in the window for more details about the following vFiler component:

  • Volumes

  • LUNs

  • Qtrees

  • Quotas

  • Initiator groups

  • Initiators

  • SnapMirrors

  • NFS exports

  • CIFS shares

  • Service request details

Assign Group

Assigns a vFiler to a group. Provide inputs for the following fields and click Submit:

  1. Assign To Users check box—Check this box to allow resource assignment to users.

  2. Group drop-down list—Choose a group to which the vFiler has to be assigned.

  3. Label field—Enter the label for the assigned group.

Add Hosts

Adds a host to the vFiler. Provide inputs for the following fields and click Submit:

  1. Host IP field—Enter the Host IP address.

  2. Host Name field—Enter the name of the host.

Creating a vFiler

Before you begin

Ensure that IP Space is created and assigned to a VLAN.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click vFilers.

Step 8

Click Create.

Step 9

On the Create vFiler screen, complete the following fields:

Name Description

Select IP Space Name drop-down list

Choose the IP Space to control the configuration of multiple IP address spaces (ipspaces) on a vFiler.

vFiler Name field

Enter a unique name that you assign to this vFiler.

IP Address field

Enter the IP address of the vFiler.

Select Storage Unit drop-down list

Choose the storage unit from the list.

Step 10

Click Create.

Setting up a vFiler

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click vFilers.

Step 8

Click the row of the vFiler and then click Setup.

Step 9

On the Setup vFiler screen, complete the following fields:

Name Description

Subnet Mask field

Enter the subnet mask of the vFiler.

DNS Domain field

Enter the DNS domain.

DNS Server Addresses field

Enter a comma-separated list of DNS server IP addresses.

Default Gateway field

Enter the default gateway IP address.

Interface Name drop-down list

Choose a VLAN interface.

Protocols check boxes

Check the box for each protocol that the vFiler supports:

  • IP

  • TCP

  • UDP

  • ICMP

Step 10

Click Submit.

Setting up a CIFS Server for a vFiler

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click vFilers.

Step 8

Click the row of the vFiler and then click Setup CIFS.

Step 9

On the Setup CIFS screen, complete the following fields:

Name Description

Authentication drop-down list

Choose Active Directory.

The authentication style determines the method by which clients are authenticated when connecting to the CIFS Server.

Security Style drop-down list

Choose NTFS or Multi-Pprotocol.

The security style determines whether the CIFS service will support multi-protocol access.

DNS Domain Name field

Enter the name of the domain that the CIFS server will join.

It can be NetBIOS or any fully-qualified domain name; for example, cifsdomain, cifs.domain.com.

Login User field

Enter the name of the domain user who has the ability to add the CIFS server to the domain given in the DNS Domain Name field.

Login Password field

Enter the password of the login user.

Organizational Unit field

Enter the name of the organizational unit.

Site Name field

Enter the name of the site to which the CIFS service will become a member.

vFiler Root Password field

Enter the password of the vFiler root user.

Step 10

Click Submit.

The CIFS service starts automatically when this configuration is completed. You can stop the CIFS service by clicking Stop CIFS.

Managing Aggregates

An aggregate is a collection of one or two plexes, depending on whether you take advantage of RAID-level mirroring. A plex is a collection of one or more RAID groups that provide the storage for file system volumes. If the aggregate is unmirrored, it contains a single plex. If the SyncMirror feature is licensed and enabled, Data ONTAP adds a second plex to the aggregate, which serves as a RAID-level mirror for the first plex in the aggregate.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click Aggregates.

When you choose an aggregate, the following additional actions appear:
Action Description

Create

Creates an aggregate in the NetApp ONTAP account.

Delete

Deletes an existing aggregate.

Online

Moves the aggregate to an online state.

Offline

Moves the aggregate to an offline state.

Add Disk

Adds a disk to the aggregate.

Manage Tags

Adds a tag to the aggregate, edits the assigned tag, and deletes the tag from the aggregate group.

Note

 
The tags for which the Taggable Entities are assigned as physical storage and NetApp aggregate are displayed. For more information on the tab library, see Cisco UCS Director Administration Guide.

Add Tags

Adds a tag to the aggregate.

Note

 
The tags for which the Taggable Entities are assigned as physical storage and NetApp aggregate are displayed. For more information on the tab library, see Cisco UCS Director Administration Guide.

Delete Tags

Deletes the tag(s) from the aggregate.

Note

 
The tags for which the Taggable Entities are assigned as physical storage and NetApp aggregate are displayed. For more information on the tab library, see Cisco UCS Director Administration Guide.

Creating an Aggregate

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click Aggregates.

Step 8

Click Create.

Step 9

On the Create Aggregate screen, complete the following fields:

Name Description

Aggregate Name field

Enter the name of the aggregate.

Disk Count field

Enter the number of disks in the aggregate.

Disk List check boxes

Check the boxes to select the disks.

Raid Type drop-down list

Choose the RAID type.

Step 10

Click Submit.

Managing Initiator Groups

Initiator groups (igroups) specify which hosts can access specified logical unit numbers (LUNs) on the storage system. Initiator groups are protocol-specific.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click Initiator Groups.

When you choose an initiator group, the following additional actions appear:
Action Description

View Details

Displays the service request details of the selected initiator group.

Create

Creates an initiator group in the NetApp ONTAP account.

Delete

Deletes the initiator group.

ALUA

Enables the Asymmetric Logical Unit Access (ALUA) protocol to identify optimized paths between a storage system and a host.

Creating an Initiator Group

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click Initiator Groups.

Step 8

Click Create.

Step 9

On the Create Initiator Group screen, complete the following fields:

Name Description
Initiator Group Name

Enter a unique name that you assign to this initiator group.

Group Type drop-down list

Choose the type of the initiator group from one of the following:

  • ISCSI

  • FCP

OSType drop-down list

Choose the OS type of the initiators within the group.

Portset field

Enter the name of a current port set to bind to the newly created igroup.

Step 10

Click Create.

Creating an Initiator

An initiator is a part of an initiator group. You can add an initiator to an initiator group.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click Initiators.

Step 8

Click Create.

Step 9

On the Create Initiator screen, complete the following fields:

Name Description

Initiator Group Name drop-down list

Choose the initiator group under which the initiator is to be added.

Initiator Name field

Enter a unique name that you assign to this initiator.

Force check box

Check this box to forcibly add the initiator to the group.

Step 10

Click Create.

Managing LUNs

A logical unit number (LUN) is used to identify a logical unit, which is a device that is addressed by the SCSI protocol or similar protocols such as Fibre Channel or iSCSI. LUNs are central to the management of block storage arrays shared over a storage area network (SAN).

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click LUNs.

When you choose a LUN, the following additional actions appear:
Action Description

Create

Creates a LUN in the NetApp ONTAP account.

View Details

Displays summary and service request details of the LUN.

View Connectivity

Displays connectivity of the LUNs to Datastores. Cisco UCS Director provides the four types of view mode: Hierarchical, Concentric, Circular, and Force Directed. Depending on the view mode that you choose, you can adjust item spacing, distance, radius, rigidity, and force distance.

On/Off

Moves the LUN to the online or offline state.

UnMap iGroup

Unmaps the iGroup from the selected LUN.

Map iGroup

Maps the LUN to one of the existing initiator groups. Choose the iGroup from the Initiator Group drop-down list. Check the Specify LUN ID box to specify the LUN ID. If not specified, the system generates a LUN ID automatically.

Resize

Resizes the LUN.

To resize the LUN, complete the following fields:

  1. New Size field—Enter the required size of the LUN.

  2. Size Unit drop-down list—Choose the size of the LUN as MB, GB, or TB.

Move

Moves the LUN to a new path.

Clone

Clones the LUN in another destination.

Modify ID

Changes the LUN ID.

Delete

Deletes the LUN.

Creating a LUN

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click LUNs.

Step 8

Click Create.

Step 9

On the Create LUN screen, complete the following fields:

Name Description

Select Volume list

Expand the volume list and choose the volume in which you want to create the LUN.

LUN Name field

Enter the name of the LUN.

LUN Size field

Enter the size of the LUN to be created.

Size Unit drop-down list

Choose the size of the volume as MB, GB, or TB.

OSType drop-down list

Choose the OS type from the list.

Space Reserve check box

By default, the LUN has a reserved space. Check this box to manage the space usage manually and to create a LUN without any space being reserved.

Step 10

Click Create.

Managing Volumes

A volume is a logical file system whose structure is made visible to users when you export the volume to a UNIX host through an NFS mount or to a Windows host through a CIFS share. A volume is the most inclusive of the logical containers. It can store files and directories, qtrees, and LUNs.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click Volumes.

When you choose a volume, the following additional actions appear:

Action

Description

View Details

Displays a summary of the volume including more details about the volume component:

  • Qtrees

  • LUNs

  • VMs

  • Snapshot

  • Service request details

Create

Creates a volume in the NetApp ONTAP account.

Delete

Deletes the volume.

Resize

Resizes an existing volume.

To resize the volume, complete the following fields:

  1. New Size field—Enter the required size of the volume.

  2. Size Units drop-down list—Choose the size of the volume as MB, GB, or TB.

  3. File System Size Fixed check box—Check this box to fix the file system size.

Offline

Moves the volume to the offline state.

Online

Moves the volume to the online state.

Dedup On

Enables data deduplication on the volume.

Dedup Off

Disables data deduplication on the volume.

NFS Export

Exports the volume as a file through NFS.

To export the volume, complete the following fields:

  1. Export Path field—Enter the path where the volume should be mounted in the UNIX environment.

  2. Read-Write Hosts field—Enter the comma-separated list of hosts that have read write access to the volume.

  3. Root Hosts field—Enter the comma-separated list of hosts that have root access to the volume.

  4. Security drop-down list—Choose the security applicable for this export.

  5. Persists NFS Export Rule check box—Check this check box to persist the NFS export rule.

Snapshot

Creates a snapshot for the volume.

To create a snapshot of the volume, complete the following fields:

  1. Snapshot Name field—Enter the name of the Snapshot.

  2. Is Valid LUN Clone Snapshot check box—Check this box when the snapshot created has been requested by snapvault so that all backup snapshots for the LUN clones are locked.

  3. Async check box—Check this box to create the snapshot asynchronously.

Resize Snapshot

Resizes the snapshot space allocated on a volume. The space within a volume can be defined for the snapshots taken on a volume in terms of percentage.

  1. Current Snapshot Reserved (%)—Display Only. The current percentage of volume space reserved for snapshots.

  2. New Percentage (%)—Enter a different percentage of volume space to be reserved for snapshots.

Creating a Volume

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click Volumes.

Step 8

Click Create.

Step 9

On the Create Flexible Volume screen, complete the following fields:

Name Description

Aggregate list

Select an aggregate to create the volume.

Space Guarantee drop-down list

Choose one of the following as the space guarantee to allocate space for the volume in the aggregate:

  • Volume

  • File

  • None

Volume Name field

Enter the name of the volume.

Volume Size field

Enter the size of the volume to be created.

Size Unit drop-down list

Choose the size of the volume as MB, GB, or TB.

Snapshot Size (%) field

Enter the snapshot size as a percentage.

Security Style NTFS check box

Check this box to set the security style as NTFS.

NFS Export check box

Check this box to create the NFS export path automatically.

Step 10

Click Create.

Creating CIFS Shares

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click Volumes.

Step 8

Click the row of the volume where you want to create a CIFS share.

Step 9

From the More Actions drop-down list, choose Create CIFS Share.

Step 10

On the Add CIFS Share screen, complete the following fields:

Name Description

Share Name field

Enter a unique name that you assign to the CIFS share.

Comment field

Enter comments, if any.

Step 11

Click Share.

Setting CIFS Share Access

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click Volumes.

Step 8

Click the row of the volume where you want to set CIFS share access.

Step 9

From the More Actions drop-down list, choose Set CIFS Share Access.

Step 10

On the Set CIFS Share Access screen, complete the following fields:

Name Description

Share Name drop-down list

Choose the share for which you want to provide access.

Select Role drop-down list

Choose the role from the available list.

Role ID field

Enter a role ID.

Domain Name field

Enter a domain name.

Access Type drop-down list

Choose one of the following as the access type:

  • Read

  • Change

  • Full Control

  • No Access

Comment field

Enter comments, if any.

Step 11

Click Submit.

Managing QOS Policy Groups

The QOS policy group allows you to control the resources that can be consumed by storage objects (such as volumes, LUNs, VMDKs, or SVMs) to manage network performance.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click QOS Policy Groups.

When you choose a QOS policy group, the following additional actions appear:
Action Description

Create

Creates a QOS policy group in the NetApp OnCommand account.

Modify

Changes the QOS policy group.

Delete

Deletes the QOS policy group.

Creating a QOS Policy Group

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click QOS Policy Groups.

Step 6

On the Create QOS Policy Groups screen, complete the following fields:.

Name Description

SVM field

Click Select to choose the SVM and click Select.

QOS Policy Group Name field

Enter the name of the QOS policy group.

Maximum Throughput field

Maximum transfer rate.

Unit of Throughput drop-down list

Choose the unit of transfer rate.

Managing SnapMirror Relationships

NetApp SnapMirror software is an enterprise-level disaster recovery and data distribution solution. SnapMirror mirrors data to one or more network filers at high speed over LAN or WAN connections.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click SnapMirrors.

The following actions are available:

Action Description

Create Connection

Sets up a new SnapMirror connection.

Delete Connection

Deletes a SnapMirror connection.

Remote Access

Provides access to a remote filer (source filer) to the destination volume.

Schedules

Creates a SnapMirror schedule.

Enable

Turns on SnapMirror.

Disable

Turns off SnapMirror.

Step 8

Click a row and the following additional actions appear:

Action Description

Inventory

Runs a SnapMirror inventory.

View Details

Displays the status history and allows you to edit, delete, and run the inventory on a schedule.

Initialize

Initializes a SnapMirror relationship. After initializing a SnapMirror relationship, you get the following actions:

  • Quiesce—Pauses a transfer to the destination.

  • Break—Breaks the SnapMirror relationship. You cannot check whether the operation is legal, or whether it is successful. The result is updated after the inventory is collected in this task.

  • Update—Updates the SnapMirror relationship.

Delete

Deletes the SnapMirror relationship.

Configuring a SnapMirror Relationship

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click SnapMirrors.

Step 8

Click Create Connection.

Step 9

On the Configure screen, complete the following fields:

Name Description

Connection Name drop-down list

Choose the connection name to modify the connection. Choose New Connection to create a new connection.

New Connection Name field

If you have chosen to configure a new connection, enter the name of the connection in the field.

Mode drop-down list

Choose one of the following as the type of mode:

  • Multi

  • Failover

Note

 
In multi-mode, the first address pair provides a connection path. In failover mode, the first address pair provides the preferred connection path.

Source Address field

The source address in the form of the filer name or IP address in the Address Pair 1 and Address Pair 2 area.

Destination Address field

The destination address in the form of the filer name or IP address in the Address Pair 1 and Address Pair 2 area.

Step 10

Click Submit.

Scheduling a SnapMirror Relationship

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click SnapMirrors.

Step 8

Click Schedules.

Step 9

On the Schedules screen, expand the Schedule list and then click Add.

Step 10

On the Add Entry to Schedule screen, complete the following fields:

Name Description

Source Location field

Expand the Source Location list and choose the source location of a schedule to set.

Select Option drop-down box

Choose one of the following options to choose either an existing volume or a new volume in the current filer or vFiler:

  • Existing Destination

  • New Destination

Destination Location drop-down box

Choose the destination location.

Minutes field

Minutes in the hour for which the schedule is set. Possible values are (-) = match nothing, (1) = match minute 1, (1,3) = match minute 1 and 3, and (*) = match all possible legal values.

Hours field

Hours in the day for which the schedule is set. Possible values are (-) = match nothing, (1) = match hour 1, (1,3) = match hour 1 and 3, and (*) = match all possible legal values.

Days of Month field

Days in the month for which the schedule is set. Possible values are (-) = match nothing, (1) = match day 1, (1,3) = match day 1 and 3, (2-5) = match day 2,3,4,5, and (*) = match all possible legal values.

Days of Week field

Days in the week for which the schedule is set. 0 represents Sunday, and 6 represents Saturday. Possible values are (-) = match nothing, (1) = match day 1 (Monday), (1,3) = match day 1 (Monday) and 3 (Wednesday), (2-5) = match day 2,3,4,5 (Tuesday to Friday), and (*) = match all possible legal values.

Max Transfer Rate (KB) field

Maximum transfer rate kilobytes per second.

Step 11

Click Submit.

Managing SnapVault Relationships

SnapVault is a collection of snapshot copies of the primary volume, which can be restored with minimal downtime when there is data loss or when a system is corrupted. The SnapVault relationships can be managed through the SnapMirrors tab.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click SnapVault.

When you choose a SnapVault relationship, the following additional actions appear:
Action Description

View Details

Displays information about the current status of the selected component.

Create

Sets up a new SnapVault relationship.

Modify

Updates an existing SnapVault relationship.

Delete

Deletes the SnapVault relationship.

Release

Releases the SnapVault relationship.

Abort

Aborts the SnapVault transfer before it is complete.

Update

Starts a fresh SnapVault transfer.

Restore

Restores the previous SnapVault relationship.

Creating a SnapVault Relationship

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click SnapVault.

Step 8

Click Create.

Step 9

On the Create SnapVault screen, complete the following fields:

Name Description

Source Path drop-down list

Choose the source QTree from which the data has to be transferred.

Destination Volume drop-down list

Choose the destination volume to which the data has to be copied.

New Destination QTree Name field

Enter the new destination QTree name to which the data has to be copied. The new QTree will be created in the selected destination volume.

Maximum Transfer Rate field

Optionally, you can enter the number of kilobytes that can be transferred.

Tries Count field

Specify the maximum number of tries to connect to the source volume before giving up.

Connection Mode field

Specify the IP connection mode when the source is contacted for transfer.

Use Compression field

Set this option to On when the data transferred from the source is compressed.

Step 10

Click Submit.

Viewing Schedules and Status History of SnapVault Relationships

You can also view the schedules and status history of a SnapVault relationships through SnapMirrors. See Managing SnapMirror Relationships.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click SnapVault.

Step 8

Click the row of the SnapVault relationship for which you want to view the schedules and status history and then click View Details.

Step 9

From the More Reports drop-down list, choose one of the following reports:

  • Schedules

  • Status History

Managing QTrees and Creating Quotas

A QTree is similar in concept to a partition. It creates a subset of a volume to which a quota can be applied to limit its size. As a special case, a QTree can be the entire volume. A QTree is more flexible than a partition because you can change the size of a QTree at any time.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click Qtrees.

When you choose a QTree, the following additional actions appear:
Action Description

Delete

Deletes a QTree after confirmation.

Create Quota

Creates a quota in the QTree.

To create a quota, complete the following fields:

  • Disk Space Hard Limit (GB) —Enter the maximum disk space value in GB.

  • Disk Space Soft Limit (GB)—Enter the soft limit disk space value in GB.

  • Files Hard Limit—Enter the maximum number of files in the quota.

  • Files Soft Limit—Enter the soft limit for the number of files in the quota.

  • Threshold (GB)—Enter the threshold limit disk space value in GB.

  • Quota Type—Choose Tree from the drop-down list.

Creating a QTree

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click Filers.

Step 6

Click the row of a filer and then click View Details.

Step 7

On the Storage Filer page, click Volumes.

Step 8

Click the row of the volume where you want to create a QTree.

Step 9

From the More Actions drop-down list, choose Create QTree.

Step 10

On the Create QTree screen in the QTree Name field, enter the name of the QTree.

Step 11

Click Create.

Managing System Tasks

A multi-node setup improves scalability by offloading the processing of system tasks, such as inventory data collection, from the primary node to one or more service nodes. You can assign certain system tasks to one or more service nodes. The number of nodes determines how the processing of system tasks are scaled.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the NetApp ONTAP account and then click View Details.

Step 5

Click System Tasks.

The tasks that are defined for the account are displayed. For more information about how to manage system tasks, see the Cisco UCS Director Administration Guide.