Monitoring EMC Centera Storage System using OpStor
OpStor provides monitoring and management of EMC Centera Storage Systems
| Features supported |
| Inventory Details |
Logical Details |
Monitors |
Report Details |
- Centera Clusters
- Centera Nodes (Access & storage)
- Centera Internal Switches
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- CenteraClusterPools
- CenteraProfiles
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- Centera HeartBeat
- Cluster status
- Node status
- Free space of Clusters / Nodes
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- Availability reports for Cluster
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| Prerequisites for Monitoring EMC Centera |
- OpStor uses CLI interface to monitor EMC Centera
- Ensure that CenteraCLI software is installed in the server in which OpStor is installed (By default this is C:\Program Files\EMC\Centera\2_4\SystemOperator\lib )
- Copy the following jars to {Opstor Install Dir/classes/ directory .
- C:\Program Files\EMC\Centera\2_4\SystemOperator\lib\CenteraViewer.jar
- C:\Program Files\EMC\Centera\2_4\SystemOperator\_jvm\lib\jsse.jar
- Ensure that OpStor is restarted (shutdown & started) after copying this jars.
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| Steps to add the EMC Centera in OpStor |
- Navigate to Admin Tab --> Manage Storage Devices link in OpStor client
- Provide IP Address of Centera array
- Choose the Device Type as 'RAID'
- Choose the Vendor as 'EMC'
- Choose the Model as 'Centera'
- Provide the administrator Username and Password
- If needed, change the Timeout value (default is 5 seconds)
- Click on Add Device
Note : If the Ping facility is disabled for the device, then please uncheck 'Ping the given IP' field.
Note : In case of non discovery of the device, please follow the troubleshooting tips displayed in the webclient and try re-adding the device. |
