Storage Capacity Views And Reports For Bco 4.0.00 Documentation

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Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 User Documentation May 2014 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Table of Contents Release Notes v4.0.00 ...........................................................................................................................4 Support Information ...........................................................................................................................5 Pre-requisites ...........................................................................................................................1 0 Packages ...........................................................................................................................1 1 Installing the Storage ...........................................................................................................................1 Capacity Views and Reports 4 Importing Data into ...........................................................................................................................1 the Storage Capacity Views 7 Managing Storage ...........................................................................................................................20 Capacity ...........................................................................................................................20 Managing Storage Systems ...........................................................................................................................22 Managing Storage Pools ...........................................................................................................................24 Managing Volumes Managing Hosts ...........................................................................................................................26 ..................................................................................................................27 From the Host Mapping Tab ..................................................................................................................31 From the Reconciled Host Mapping Tab Managing Filers ...........................................................................................................................36 Managing Shares...........................................................................................................................37 Performing Common ...........................................................................................................................39 Operations ...........................................................................................................................39 Customizing the Oversubscription Risk Indicator ...........................................................................................................................42 Displaying the Entity Name in the Host Column ...........................................................................................................................44 Displaying the Pools Overview from a Storage System ...........................................................................................................................45 Generating Log Files Allocating Storage ...........................................................................................................................50 Capacity to New Servers Analyzing Storage ...........................................................................................................................55 Capacity Utilization Identifying Oversubscription ...........................................................................................................................60 Risks Planning for Additional ...........................................................................................................................62 Storage Capacity Reclaiming Unused ...........................................................................................................................66 Storage Capacity Reporting the Capacity ...........................................................................................................................69 Consumed per Host Table of Contents 2 Introduction Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Release Notes v4.0.00 What's New Information regarding metrics consolidation function and time resolution has been added to the product documentation. Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization now reports on Filers and Shares (when available). Changes and Improvements The Storage Pools tab of the Storage Capacity view now provides information about aggregates, when available. The Volumes tab of the Storage Capacity view now provides information about the volume types. The Volumes Overview mapping tab and the Host to Volumes view now provide information regarding the Volume Tiering Policy. Release Notes v4.0.00 4 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Support Information You can obtain technical support by using the Support page on the BMC Software Web site or by contacting Customer Support by telephone or email. Support Web Site You can obtain technical support from BMC Software 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at http:// www.bmc.com/support/. From this Web site, you can: Read overviews about support services and programs that BMC Software offers Find the most current information about BMC Software products Search a database for problems similar to yours and possible solutions Order or download product documentation Report a problem or ask a question Subscribe to receive email notices when new product versions are released Find worldwide BMC Software support center locations and contact information, including email addresses, fax and telephone numbers Support by Telephone or Email In the United States and Canada, if you need technical support and do not have access to the Web, call 800 537 1813. Outside the United States and Canada, please contact your local support center for assistance. To find telephone and email contact information for the BMC Software support center that services your location, refer to the Contact Customer Support section of the Support page on the BMC Software Web site at http://www.bmc.com/support/. Additional Resources You can also access product documents and search the Knowledge Base for help with an issue at http:// www.sentrysoftware.com. Support Information 5 Overview Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization is an additional component specifically designed for BMC Capacity Optimization to display capacity information about all the storage systems, storage pools, volumes, hosts, filers and shares present in your environment. Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization leverages the connectors developed by Sentry Software to collect all the metrics required for: allocating storage capacity to new servers analyzing storage capacity utilization keeping an eye on over-subscribed thin pools planning for additional storage capacity reclaiming unused storage capacity reporting the capacity consumed per host reporting the capacity consumed per share. Sto ra g e Ca p a city Vie ws a nd R e p o rts fo r BM C Ca p a city Op tim iza tio n d ia g ra m 7 Preparing for Integration Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 This chapter details all the tasks to be performed before integrating Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization such as: reviewing the pre-requisites downloading the installation package. 9 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Pre-requisites Supported Versions of BMC Capacity Optimization Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization requires BMC Capacity Optimization v9.5 or higher. Supported Versions of Connectors Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization supports the following connectors: Dell Compellent Enterprise Manager ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization version 4.0.00 or higher EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization version 4.0.00 or higher Hitachi Device Manager ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization version 4.0.00 or higher NetApp Data ONTAP ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization version 4.0.00 or higher These connectors need to be properly installed and configured in BMC Capacity Optimization. For more information, please refer to the product-specific user documentation. Pre-requisites 10 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Packages Downloading the Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Package The following package can be downloaded from the Sentry Software Website: Storage-Capacity-Views-and-Reports-for-BCO-4.0.00.zip. Downloading the Connectors' Packages Connectors' Packages Dell-Compellent-Enterprise-Manager-ETL-for-BCO-4.0.00.zip EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-4.0.00.zip Hitachi-Device-Manager-ETL-for-BCO-4.0.00.zip NetApp-Data-ONTAP-ETL-for-BCO-4.0.00.zip Packages 11 Integrating the Additional Component for BCO Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 To integrate Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization to BCO, you need to: install the Storage Capacity Views and Reports import data into the Storage Capacity Views. 13 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Installing the Storage Capacity Views and Reports To install the Storage Capacity Views and Reports: 1. 2. Access the BCO Console. In the Administration tab, click System > Maintenance. Select the Additional Packages tab. Verify the installation status of the already uploaded packages. If their status are "READY" or "RUNNING", wait for the installation to complete before proceeding. In the Upload patch or additional package file section, click Browse to locate and select the file to be uploaded (Storage-Capacity-Views-and-Reports-for-BCO-4.0.00) Click Upload. 3. Read the Overview and click Next to continue. Installing the Storage Capacity Views and Reports 14 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 4. Read and accept the End User License Agreement. 5. Select the server on which the package will be installed and click Proceed. Installing the Storage Capacity Views and Reports 15 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 6. A successful installation will result in a green line in the Additional Packages table. In case of unsuccessful outcome (e. g. a y ellow W A R NING line), click the Installing the Storage Capacity Views and Reports 16 icon to inspect the deploy ment log. Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Importing Data into the Storage Capacity Views To import storage capacity data into the Storage Capacity Views, you need to install and configure the connectors of the platforms for which you wish to obtain capacity information: Dell Compellent Enterprise Manager ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization Hitachi Device Manager ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization NetApp Data ONTAP ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization. F or more information about the installation and configuration of the abov e ETLs, please refer to the product-specific user documentation. Once the ETLs are properly installed and configured, the Storage Capacity views will be automatically materialized every day by the Storage Capacity Views and Reports - Data Mart Materializer task. If the ETLs have been installed at the same time as the Storage Capacity Views, you will have to wait for at least 24 hours before visualizing data in the views. Importing Data into the Storage Capacity Views 17 Using the Storage Capacity View Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 The Storage Capacity view is a useful utility for administrators who want to efficiently manage their storage capacity needs as it provides capacity information for all the storage systems, all the storage pools, all the volumes, all the hosts, all the filers and all the shares available in the environment. The Storage Capacity view can be accessed through the Views tab, under the All Views > Storage folders. 19 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Managing Storage Capacity The Storage Capacity view allows you to manage the storage capacity of your storage systems, storage pools, volumes, hosts, filers and shares from a single interface. Managing Storage Systems To manage the storage capacity of your storage systems: 1. 2. 3. Access the Storage Capacity View: In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. Click the Storage Systems tab. Click are: to show or hide columns. The columns available for the Storage Systems Overview Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Updated* Date and time of the latest update. Latest day System Name Name of the system. n/a Vendor System vendor. n/a Model Model of the system. n/a Size (TB) Overall size of the component in Terabytes. For a storage system, this value is the sum of the raw size of all disks. Average on the latest day Capacity (TB) Total capacity in Terabytes. For storage systems, unused raw space plus sum of the capacity for all storage pools. Average on the latest day Subscribed Capacity (TB) Sum of the host visible capacity (in Terabytes) for all volumes in the storage system. Can be greater than the actual capacity of the storage system for over-subscribed thin pools. Average on the latest day Available Capacity (TB) Capacity not consumed in Terabytes. For storage systems, unused raw space plus available capacity in storage. Average on the latest day Managing Storage Capacity 20 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Consumed Capacity (TB) Capacity actually consumed in Terabytes. Average on the latest day Consumed Capacity (%) Percentage of capacity actually consumed. Average on the latest day Number of Ports* Total number of ports. n/a Bandwidth (GB/s)* Data transfer rate in Gigabytes per second. n/a Bandwidth Utilization (%) Amount of bandwidth currently in use by the port. Average on the last 30 rolling days * C olumns hidden by default. 4. Click a specific storage system to display its details: Storage summary Description Size Overall size of the storage system. Capacity Total capacity in Terabytes. System and Parity Total amount of storage dedicated to system and data parity (in Terabytes). Consumed Capacity Capacity actually consumed in Terabytes. Available in Storage Pools Raw space available for creating storage pool. Managing Storage Capacity 21 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Storage summary Description Available for Storage Pools Sum of capacity not consumed in all storage pools. Subscribed Capacity Sum of the host visible capacity (in Terabytes) for all volumes. The C onfiguration data section display s all the configuration data metrics av ailable for the entity . They are described in the C onnectors User Documentation. Managing Storage Pools To manage the storage capacity of your storage pools: 1. 2. Access the Storage Capacity View: In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. Click the Storage Pools tab. 3. Click to show or hide columns. The columns available for the Storage Pools Overview are: Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Updated* Date and time of the latest update. Latest day Pool Name Name of the pool. n/a System Name Name of the storage system. n/a Pool Type Type of pool. n/a Size (TB) Overall size (in Terabytes) of the component. For a storage pool this value is the external size. Average on the latest day Managing Storage Capacity 22 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Capacity (TB) Total capacity in Terabytes. Average on the latest day Subscribed Capacity (TB) Sum of the host visible capacity (in Terabytes) for all volumes. n/a Available Capacity (TB) Capacity not consumed in Terabytes. Average on the latest day Consumed Capacity (TB) Capacity actually consumed in Terabytes. Average on the latest day Consumed Capacity (%) Percentage of capacity actually consumed. Average on the latest day Saturation Risk Whether the storage pool is at a risk of running out of space. Possible values are: No Risk, Saturated, Not enough data, and n day(s) before saturation. n/a Oversubscription Risk Indicates when oversubscribed thin-pools will soon not be able to allocate additional space to a volume when requested by the subscriber host. Such situation will lead to catastrophic data loss and corruption. Possible values are: No Risk, Warning, and Critical. Note: The ov ersubscription risk indicator can be customized if y ou want to be warned sooner about an ov ersubscription risk. F or more information, refer to C ustomizing the O v ersubscription R isk Indicator. n/a * C olumns hidden by default. Managing Storage Capacity 23 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 4. 5. From the pull-down list, select a storage system to display its storage pools. Click a specific storage pool to display its details: Storage summary Description Capacity Total capacity in Gigabytes. Consumed Capacity Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes. Available Capacity Capacity not consumed in Gigabytes. Subscribed Capacity Sum of the host visible capacity (in Gigabytes). The C onfiguration data section display s all the configuration data metrics av ailable for the entity . They are described in the C onnectors User Documentation. Managing Volumes To manage the storage capacity of your volumes: 1. Access the Storage Capacity View: In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. Managing Storage Capacity 24 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 2. Click the Volumes tab. 3. Click to show or hide columns. The columns available for the Volumes Overview are: Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Updated* Date and time of the latest update. Latest day Volume Name Name of the volume. n/a System Name Name of the storage system. n/a Pool Name Name of the storage pool. n/a Volume Type* Type of the volume. n/a Volume Tiering Policy* Tiering policy applied to the volume. Mapped Indicates whether the volume is mapped or unmapped. n/a Time Since Last Activity (Days) Number of days since the last read or write operation has been observed on the monitored volume. n/a Host Visible Capacity (GB) Amount of capacity exposed to the host (i.e. subscribed capacity) in Gigabytes. n/a Consumed Capacity (GB) Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes. Average on the latest day Consumed Capacity (%) Percentage of the volume subscribed capacity that has been actually consumed by the host. Will be typically less than 100% for thin volumes. Will be exactly 100% for all traditional volumes. Can be greater than 100% when the storage system saves additional metadata that are not taken into account in the volume's capacity. Average on the latest day * C olumns hidden by default. Managing Storage Capacity 25 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 4. 5. From the pull-down list, select a storage system to display its volumes. Click a specific volume to display its details: Storage summary Description Host Visible Capacity Amount of capacity exposed to the host (i.e. subscribed capacity) in Gigabytes. Consumed Capacity Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes. The C onfiguration data section display s all the configuration data metrics av ailable for the entity . They are described in the C onnectors User Documentation. Managing Hosts Managing host with Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization is made easy with the Host Mapping and the Reconciled Host Mapping views. Mapping consists in controlling which hosts have access to specific volumes within a system. Mapping a volume to a host makes the volume accessible to the WWPNs or iSCSI names such as iSCSI qualified names (IQNs), for example. Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization provides both Host Mapping and Reconciled Host Mapping information for your entire managed storage environment to offer you a detailed and a consolidated view of the multiple paths available to the volumes. From the Storage Capacity view you have direct access to the Host Mapping and the Reconciled Host Mapping tabs. Managing Storage Capacity 26 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 From the Host Mapping Tab The Host Mapping tab lists the discovered interconnection between hosts and one or several volumes where the path to a volume is represented as a separate storage device. This list provides a thorough and detailed inventory of all the managed hosts and their respective mapped volumes. To manage hosts from the Host Mapping tab, access the Storage Capacity View: 1. 2. 3. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. Click the Host Mapping tab. Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization provides four different mapping (or masking) level of details to rapidly track which hosts have access to specific volumes within the system: 1. Managing the capacity consumed per host a. Click Hosts to display a list of mappings grouped by hosts. b. Click to show or hide columns. The columns available are: Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Updated* Date and time of the latest update. Latest day Host Name of the host. Depending on the information available, the value will either be the entity name, the collected host name or the collected WWN. n/a Host Type* Host type. n/a System Name Name of the system n/a Vendor System vendor. n/a Pool Name Name of the pool. n/a Managing Storage Capacity 27 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Pool Type* Type of the pool. n/a RAID Level RAID Level of the pool. n/a Service Level Service level of the pool. n/a Number of Volumes Number of volumes mapped to the host. n/a Consumed Capacity (GB) Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes. Average on the latest day Host Visible Capacity (GB) Amount of capacity exposed to the host (i.e. subscribed capacity) in Gigabytes. Average on the latest day * C olumns hidden by default. 2. Managing the capacity consumed per system: a. Click Hosts to Systems to display a list of mappings grouped by Storage System. b. Click to show or hide columns. The columns available are: Column Description Statistics consolidatio n function and time resolution Updated* Date and time of the latest update. Latest day Host Name of the host. Depending on the information available, the value will either be the entity name, the collected host name or the collected WWN. n/a Host Type Host type. n/a System Name Name of the system mapped to the host. n/a Vendor System vendor. Managing Storage Capacity 28 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Column Description Statistics consolidatio n function and time resolution Number of Pools Number of storage pools of the storage system that are actually mapped to the host. n/a Number of Volumes Number of volumes of the storage system that are actually mapped to the host. n/a Consumed Capacity (GB) Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes. Average on the latest day Host Visible Capacity (GB) Amount of capacity exposed to the host (i.e. subscribed capacity) in Gigabytes. n/a * C olumns hidden by default. 3. Managing the capacity consumed per pool: a. Click Hosts to Pools to display a list of mappings grouped Storage Pool. b. Click to show or hide columns. The columns available are: Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Updated* Date and time of the latest update. Latest day Host Name of the host. Depending on the information available, the value will either be the entity name, the collected host name or the collected WWN. n/a Host Type Host type. n/a System Name Name of the system. n/a Vendor System vendor. n/a Pool Name Name of the storage pool associated to the volume. n/a Pool Type Type of the storage pool associated to the volume. n/a RAID Level RAID level of the volume (if available). n/a Managing Storage Capacity 29 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Service Level Level of service required. This information is not collected by the Sentry Software's connectors but specified by the Administrator from the Workspace or a dedicated ETL. n/a Number of Volumes Number of volumes of the storage pool that are actually mapped to the host. n/a Consumed Capacity (GB) Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes. Average on the latest day Host Visible Capacity (GB) Amount of capacity exposed to the host (i.e. subscribed capacity) in Gigabytes. n/a * C olumns hidden by default. 4. Managing the volume mapping: a. Click Hosts to Volumes to display a list of all mappings. b. Click to show or hide columns. The columns available are: Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Updated* Date and time of the latest update. Latest day Host Name of the host. Depending on the information available, the value will either be the entity name, the collected host name or the collected WWN. n/a Host Type* Host type. n/a Hostname* Host name collected by the connector. n/a WWN* WWN address of the host collected by the connector. n/a System Name Name of the system. n/a Vendor System vendor. n/a Managing Storage Capacity 30 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution RAID Level* RAID level of the volume (if available). n/a Pool Name Name of the storage pool associated to the volume. n/a Pool Type* Type of the storage pool associated to the volume. n/a Service Level* Level of service required. This information is not collected by the Sentry Software's connectors but specified by the Administrator from the Workspace or a dedicated ETL. n/a Volume Tiering Tiering policy applied to the volume. Policy* n/a Volume Name Name of the volume. n/a Consumed Capacity (GB) Capacity actually consumed. Average on the latest day Host Visible Capacity (GB) Amount of capacity exposed to the host (i.e. subscribed capacity). n/a * C olumns hidden by default. From the Reconciled Host Mapping Tab The Reconciled Host Mapping tab lists the discovered interconnection between hosts to one or several volumes which share the same mapping information. When a volume is mapped to several servers, the servers are grouped, or reconciled, and displayed as a single host and listed only once in the view; this representation allows SAN administrators to get an exhaustive list of actual hosts. To manage hosts from the Reconciled Host Mapping tab access the Storage Capacity View: 1. 2. 3. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. Click the Reconciled Host Mapping tab. Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization provides four different mapping (or masking) level of details to rapidly track which hosts have access to specific volumes within the system: 1. Managing the capacity consumed per host a. Click Hosts to display a list of mappings grouped by hosts. Managing Storage Capacity 31 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 b. Click to show or hide columns. The columns available are: Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Updated* Date and time of the latest update. Latest day Host Name of the host. Depending on the information available, the value will either be the entity name, the collected host name or the collected WWN. n/a Host Type* Host type. n/a Number of Systems* Number of systems that are attached to the host. n/a Number of Pools* Number of storage pools that are allocated to the host. n/a Number of Volumes Number of volumes mapped to the host. n/a Consumed Capacity (GB) Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes. Average on the latest day Host Visible Capacity (GB) Amount of capacity exposed to the host (i.e. subscribed capacity) in Gigabytes. n/a * C olumns hidden by default. 2. Managing the capacity consumed per system a. Click Hosts to Systems to display a list of mappings grouped by Storage System. Managing Storage Capacity 32 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 b. Click to show or hide columns. The columns available are: Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Updated* Date and time of the latest update. Latest day Host Name of the host. Depending on the information available, the value will either be the entity name, the collected host name or the collected WWN. n/a Host Type* Host type. n/a System Name Name of the system. n/a Vendor Vendor name. n/a Number of Pools* Number of storage pools that are allocated to the system. n/a Number of Volumes Number of volumes mapped to the host. n/a Consumed Capacity (GB) Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes. Average on the latest day Host Visible Capacity (GB) Amount of capacity (in Gigabytes) exposed to the host (i.e. subscribed capacity). n/a * C olumns hidden by default. 3. Managing the capacity consumed per pool: a. Click Hosts to Pools to display a list of mappings grouped by Storage Pool. Managing Storage Capacity 33 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 b. Click to show or hide columns. The columns available are: Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Updated* Date and time of the latest update. Latest day Host Name of the host. Depending on the information available, the value will either be the entity name, the collected host name or the collected WWN. n/a Host Type* Host type. n/a System Name Name of the system. n/a Vendor Vendor name. n/a Pool Name Name of the storage pool. n/a Pool Type* Type of storage pool. n/a RAID Level* RAID level of the storage pool. n/a Service Level Level of service required. This information is not collected by the Sentry Software's connectors but specified by the Administrator from the Workspace or a dedicated ETL. n/a Number of Volumes Number of volumes mapped to the host. n/a Consumed Capacity (GB) Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes. Average on the latest day Host Visible Capacity (GB) Amount of capacity (in Gigabytes) exposed to the host (i.e. subscribed capacity). n/a * C olumns hidden by default. Managing Storage Capacity 34 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 4. Managing the capacity consumed per volume a. Click Hosts to Volumes to display a list of all mappings. b. Click to show or hide columns. The columns available are: Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Updated* Date and time of the latest update. Latest day Host Name of the host. Depending on the information available, the value will either be the entity name, the collected host name or the collected WWN. n/a Host Type* Host type. n/a System Name Name of the system. n/a Vendor Vendor name. n/a RAID Level* RAID level of the volume. n/a Pool Name* Name of the storage pool. n/a Pool Type* Pool type. n/a Service Level* Level of service required. This information is not collected by the Sentry Software's connectors but specified by the Administrator from the Workspace or a dedicated ETL. n/a Volume Tiering Policy* Tiering policy applied to the volume. n/a Volume Name Name of the volume. n/a Consumed Capacity (GB) Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes. Average on the latest day Host Visible Capacity (GB) Amount of capacity (in Gigabytes) exposed to the host (i.e. subscribed capacity). n/a * C olumns hidden by default. Managing Storage Capacity 35 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Managing Filers To manage the storage capacity of your filers: 1. 2. Access the Storage Capacity View: In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. Click the Filers tab. 3. Click to show or hide columns. The columns available for the Filers Overview are: Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Updated* Date and time of the latest update. Latest day Filer Name Name of the filer. n/a System Name Type of the file. n/a Filer Type* Name of the storage pool. n/a Number of Shares Number of shares in the filer. n/a Capacity (GB) Total capacity in Gigabytes. n/a Consumed Capacity (GB) Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes. Average on the latest day Consumed Capacity (%) Percentage of the filer subscribed capacity that has been actually consumed by the host. Will be typically less than 100% for thin filers. Will be exactly 100% for all traditional filers. Can be greater than 100% when the storage system saves additional metadata that are not taken into account in the filer's capacity. Average on the latest day CPU Utilization (%)* Percentage of used CPU. Average on the latest day * C olumns hidden by default. Managing Storage Capacity 36 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Managing Shares To manage the storage capacity of your shares: 1. 2. Access the Storage Capacity View: In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. Click the Shares tab. 3. Click to show or hide columns. The columns available for the Shares Overview are: Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Updated* Date and time of the latest update. Latest day Share Name Name of the share. n/a System Name Name of the system. n/a Share Type* Type of the share. n/a State State of the share. n/a Space Guarantee Space allocated for a volume from its containing aggregate--whether the space is preallocated for the entire volume or for only the reserved files or LUNs in the volume, or whether space for user data is not preallocated. Average on the latest day Size (GB) Overall size of the component in Gigabytes. Average on the latest day Managing Storage Capacity 37 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Column Description Statistics consolidation function and time resolution Capacity (GB) Total capacity in Gigabytes. n/a Available Capacity (GB) Capacity not consumed in Gigabytes. Average on the latest day Available Capacity (%)* Percentage of capacity not consumed. Average on the latest day Consumed Capacity (GB) Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes. Average on the latest day Consumed Capacity (%) Percentage of the share subscribed capacity that has been actually consumed by the host. Will be typically less than 100% for thin shares. Will be exactly 100% for all traditional shares. Can be greater than 100% when the storage system saves additional metadata that are not taken into account in the share's capacity. Average on the latest day * C olumns hidden by default. Managing Storage Capacity 38 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Performing Common Operations Customizing the Oversubscription Risk Indicator The Oversubscription Risk metric, available in the Storage Pools view, indicates when oversubscribed thin-pools will soon not be able to allocate additional space to a volume when requested by the subscriber host. By default, this metric displays: No risk when the Storage Consumed Capacity Percentage metric is lower than 75% and the number of days before saturation is greater than 30 days . Warning when the Storage Consumed Capacity Percentage metric is greater than or equal to 75% and the number of days before saturation is greater than or equal to 7. Critical when the Storage Consumed Capacity Percentage metric is greater than or equal to 75% and the number of days before saturation is less than 7. This behavior can however be modified to warn administrators sooner about an oversubscription risk by customizing the oversubscription risk indicator. To customize the oversubscription risk indicator: 1. 2. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. The following table is displayed: 3. Click the Storage Pools tab. Performing Common Operations 39 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 4. Click the storage pool for which you wish to create thresholds. 5. In the Related information section, click Thresholds. 6. If the oversubscription risk indicator has not already been customized: Click Add threshold. From the Metric pull-down list, select Storage Consumed Capacity Percentage. Select Fixed value. Performing Common Operations 40 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 7. In the Good Threshold and Warn Threshold fields, enter the value of your choice. In the example above, we entered 50 and 80 so that a warning is triggered when the Storage Used Space Percentage is greater than or equal to 80% and the number of days before saturation is greater than or equal to 7 and a critical situation is indicated when the Storage Used Space Percentage is higher than 80% and the number of days before saturation is less than 7. Click Save. If the oversubscription risk indicator has already been customized, the following line will appear in the Thresholds table: Click the metric. button to modify the threshold set for the Storage Used Space Percentage Modify the Good Threshold and Warn Threshold fields. Click Save. Performing Common Operations 41 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Displaying the Entity Name in the Host Column The information displayed in the Host column of the Host Mapping and Reconciled Host Mapping views is computed by the data mart. Depending on the information available, the value will either be the entity name, the collected host name or the collected WWN. To make sure the entity name is always displayed, you can specify either the alias name or the host name identifier for all your systems. To specify the alias name or the host name identifier of your systems: 1. 2. 3. 4. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Workspace tab. Expand the folders All Domains > > Systems. Click the system of your choice to display its details. Click the Metrics tab. 5. Specify the alias name for this host: Click Add system conf. From the Resource pull-down list, select Alias Name. In the Value field, enter your system WWN. Click Save. Performing Common Operations 42 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 6. Specify the network host name identifier: Click Add system conf From the pull-down list, select Host name identifier In the Value field, enter the name provided by the Sentry Software's connectors, in the metrics of the STOHOST dataset. Click Save. Performing Common Operations 43 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Displaying the Pools Overview from a Storage System To display the pools overview from a storage system: 1. 2. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. The following table is displayed: 3. Click a storage system. Performing Common Operations 44 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 4. In the Related information section, click Pools Overview. The storage pools of the storage system are now displayed: Generating Log Files The Sentry Software support team may ask you to provide log files to better diagnose the nature of a problem when you need help on a specific matter. These log files can be obtained by executing the Log Grabber from the BCO console: 1. 2. 3. Access the BCO Console. In the Administration tab, click System > Maintenance. Open the Maintenance Activities tab. 4. Click to execute the Log Grabber. Performing Common Operations 45 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 5. Click Next. 6. Select the host for which you wish to obtain logs and click Proceed to execute the Log Grabber. 7. Refresh the Maintenance Activities page to check the request status. Performing Common Operations 46 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 8. When the request status is "ENDED", click 9. Click to view the deployment log. to download the deployment log. Performing Common Operations 47 Use Cases Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization leverages BMC Capacity Optimization capabilities to automatically analyze, forecast, and optimize performance and storage capacity in your IT environment. The following use cases provide some basic management operations that can be easily performed with Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization: better allocate storage capacity to new servers analyze storage capacity utilization keep an eye on over-subscribed thin pools plan for additional storage capacity reclaim unused storage capacity report the capacity consumed per host. 49 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Allocating Storage Capacity to New Servers Allocating storage capacity to new servers consists in identifying which storage pool from which storage system is best suited to host the storage capacity required. To identify these storage pools, administrators need to: list the storage systems that can meet allocation requirements verify the storage systems bandwidth choose the most relevant storage pool verify the protection level. Listing the Storage Systems that Meet Allocation Requirements 1. 2. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. The following table is displayed: 3. List the storage systems that meet your allocation requirements. You can for example apply a filter on the Available Capacity column to only display the storage systems for which more than 5000 GB are available: In the Available Capacity column, click . From the operator pull-down list, select >. Type 5000. From the pull-down list, select GB. Press the Enter key. Once the storage systems matching your search criteria have been displayed, you can verify the storage systems’ bandwidth and the number of ports available. Allocating Storage Capacity to New Servers 50 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Verifying the Storage Systems Bandwidth Verifying the storage systems bandwidth is an essential step that will help administrators choose the storage system that better meets their allocation requirements. To perform this operation, administrators must check the bandwidth utilization and the number of ports available for each storage system. 1. 2. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. The following table is displayed: 3. Show the Number of Ports column: Click and select Show/hide columns. Check the Number of Ports box. Click Apply. 4. Verify the bandwidth utilization of each storage system. If the value is: low, the storage system can be used to allocate storage capacity to new servers high, check the number of ports currently available to know if additional ports can be added. The most relevant storage system is now identified. You can now proceed to the next step, i.e choosing a storage pool according to its pool type, its available capacity, and the oversubscription risk. Allocating Storage Capacity to New Servers 51 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Choosing the Most Relevant Storage Pool 1. 2. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. The following table is displayed: 3. Select the Storage Pools tab. 4. Apply a filter to the Pool Type column: 5. In the Pool Type column, click . From the operator pull-down list, select like Enter the Pool Type of your choice. You can for example enter DP Pool for Hitachi VSP, Parity Group for Hitachi AMS and Hitachi HUS, Thin pool or RAID Group for EMC, and Disk Folder for Dell Compellent. Check the Available Capacity of the different storage pools displayed and the Oversubscription Risk. If there is no risk of oversubscription and if the available capacity is sufficient to meet your allocation requirements, you can choose this storage pool. A list of potential storage pools is now available. You can verify the protection level of each storage pool to choose the one that better suits your needs. Allocating Storage Capacity to New Servers 52 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Verifying the Protection Level The protection level can be viewed with the Storage Capacity Views at the storage pools or at the volumes levels. To verify the protection level: 1. 2. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. The following table is displayed: 3. To verify the protection level at the storage pools level: Select the Storage Pools tab. Click the pool of your choice to display its detail. Check the Pool Protection Level metric. Allocating Storage Capacity to New Servers 53 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 4. To verify the protection level at the volumes level: Select the Volumes tab. Click the volume of your choice to display its detail. Check the Volume RAID Level metric. Once this last step is performed, you should know which storage pool from which storage system is best suited to host the storage capacity required. If no storage pools meet your requirement, you will then have to create a new one. Allocating Storage Capacity to New Servers 54 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Analyzing Storage Capacity Utilization Storage demand exponentially grew over the past years and lead to runaway storage costs. To control these costs, SAN administrators are asked to better plan for future capacity needs, which is almost impossible without a clear view of the storage capacity utilization. With Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization, administrators can analyze storage capacity utilization at the storage systems and storage pools levels. At the Storage Systems Level 1. 2. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. The following table is displayed: 4. In the Storage Systems tab, verify the capacity of the storage systems and more specifically: their overall size (Size metric). their total space (Capacity metric). the host visible capacity (Subscribed Capacity metric). the total space not consumed (Available Capacity metric). the space actually consumed (Consumed Capacity metric). Analyzing Storage Capacity Utilization 55 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 5. Click the storage system for which you wish to get more information. Analyzing Storage Capacity Utilization 56 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 6. In the graph pane, click to analyze the trend of your storage system utilization. 7. You can also export this data to Excel for further analysis by first clicking and then . Based on the capacity information available, you can now plan for your current and future capacity needs. Analyzing Storage Capacity Utilization 57 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 At the Storage Pools Level 1. 2. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. The following table is displayed: 3. Select the Storage Pools tab to display the Storage Pools Overview. 4. If needed, select from the pull-down list the storage system for which you wish to study the storage pools. Verify the capacity of your storage pools and more especially: their overall size (Size metric). their total space (Capacity metric). the host visible capacity (Subscribed Capacity metric). the total space not consumed (Available Capacity metric). the space actually consumed (Consumed Capacity metric). 5. Analyzing Storage Capacity Utilization 58 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 8. Click the storage pool for which you wish to get more information. 9. In the graph pane, click to analyze the trend of your storage pool utilization. 10. You can also export this data to Excel for further analysis by first clicking This capacity information will help you better control your storage costs. Analyzing Storage Capacity Utilization 59 and then . Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Identifying Oversubscription Risks An oversubscription situation is automatically identified when: 1. 2. 3. the storage pool is configured for thin provisioning (“thin storage pool”) the storage pool is oversubscribed, i.e. the total disk space visible to the hosts (subscribers) is greater than its actual capacity (this situation is normal for a thin pool since it is its very purpose) the storage pool actual consumed capacity has crossed the configured threshold (refer to the section Customizing the Oversubscription Risk Indicator). Such situation is highly critical because the inability to allocate additional space to a volume when requested by the subscriber host will lead to catastrophic data loss and corruption. To make sure no oversubscription situation is about to occur, administrators can check the Oversubscription Risk column available in the Storage Capacity View. By default, this metric displays: No risk when the Storage Consumed Capacity Percentage metric is lower than 75% and the number of days before saturation is greater than 30 days . Warning when the Storage Consumed Capacity Percentage metric is greater than or equal to 75% and the number of days before saturation is greater than or equal to 7. Critical when the Storage Consumed Capacity Percentage metric is greater than or equal to 75% and the number of days before saturation is less than 7. The threshold of the Storage Consumed Capacity Percentage metric can however be modified for each storage pool to warn administrators sooner about an oversubscription risk (Refer to the section Customizing the Oversubscription Risk Indicator). To Identify Oversubscription Situations 1. 2. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. The following table is displayed: Identifying Oversubscription Risks 60 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 3. Select the Storage Pools tab. 4. 5. If needed, select from the pull-down list the storage system for which you wish to study the storage pools. Apply a filter to the Pool Type column to only display thin pools: 5. In the Pool Type column, click . From the operator pull-down list, select like. Type Thin Pool. Press the Enter key. Identify the thin-pools that will soon not be able to allocate additional space to a volume: In the Oversubscription Risk column, click . From the operator pull-down list, select like. Type Critical to list thin-pools that will saturate in less than 7 days. Press the Enter key. You now have all the information required to prevent oversubscription situations and unrecoverable data loss and corruption. Identifying Oversubscription Risks 61 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Planning for Additional Storage Capacity Administrators are not only asked to assign storage resources but also to plan for both current and future storage requirements. Because under-purchasing and over-purchasing capacity will respectively result in downtimes and wasted storage, both situations must be prevented. Smoothly storage administration can only be achieved if administrators know exactly: when their storage pools will be running out of capacity by how much the capacity of their storage pools must be extended to meet allocation requirements if there are enough unused disks in the storage systems to extend the capacity of the existing storage pools. With this information, they will be able to guarantee enough remaining space to answer allocation requests as quickly as possible. When will Storage Pools be running out of Capacity? 1. 2. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. The following table is displayed: 3. Select the Storage Pools tab to display the Storage Pools Overview. Planning for Additional Storage Capacity 62 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 4. 5. 5. If needed, select from the pull-down list the storage system for which you wish to study the storage pools. Verify the capacity of your storage pools and more especially: their total space (Capacity metric). the total space not consumed (Available Capacity metric). the space actually consumed (Consumed Capacity metric). Identify which storage pools are at a risk of being saturated: In the Saturation Risk column, click . From the operator pull-down list, select like. Type saturation Press the Enter key. You will now be able to take the necessary actions at the right time to ensure that storage pools will never run out of capacity. By how much does the Capacity of the Storage Pool Need to be Extended? 1. 2. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. The following table is displayed: 3. Select the Storage Pools tab to display the Storage Pools Overview. Planning for Additional Storage Capacity 63 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 4. Click the storage pool of your choice to display its details and check its Consumed Capacity Trendline. After completing the above steps, you should know exactly by how much the capacity of your storage pool needs to be extended. Planning for Additional Storage Capacity 64 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Are There Enough Unused Disks in the Storage Systems? Before purchasing additional space, administrators can also check if there are unused disks in their storage systems that could still be used to extend the capacity of the existing storage pools. To perform this verification: 1. 2. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. The following table is displayed: 3. Click the storage system for which you wish to check the number of unused disks. 4. Check the Available for Storage Pools metric. You now know which disks can be used to extend the capacity of your storage pools. Planning for Additional Storage Capacity 65 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Reclaiming Unused Storage Capacity Over time, as servers connected to a SAN get decommissioned, administrators find an increasing number of unmapped volumes that are no longer used by any server. These volumes, while unused, still occupy disk space in the storage system. Being able to identify such unmapped volumes and reclaim the disk space uselessly consumed by these volumes will help administrators avoid unnecessary upgrades and extensions of their storage systems. Identifying Unmapped Volumes 1. 2. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. The following table is displayed: 3. Select the Volumes tab. 4. If needed, select from the pull-down list the storage system for which you wish to study the storage pools. Apply a filter to the Mapped column to only display the unmapped volumes: 5. In the Mapped column, click . From the operator pull-down list, select like. Reclaiming Unused Storage Capacity 66 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Type Not Mapped. Press the Enter key. The list of unmapped volumes is displayed: Volumes might be tagged as Not Mapped but be required for the correct operation of the system. You can now reclaim the disk space uselessly consumed by these volumes to avoid unnecessary upgrades and extensions. Identifying Unused Volumes 1. 2. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. The following table is displayed: Reclaiming Unused Storage Capacity 67 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 3. Select the Volumes tab. 4. If needed, select from the pull-down list the storage system for which you wish to study the storage pools. Apply a filter to the Time Since Last Activity (Days) column: 5. In the Time Since Last Activity (Days) column, click From the operator pull-down list, select =. Type the number of days required (e.g.: 30). Press the Enter key. . The list of volumes that have not been used for 30 days is displayed. You can now take the necessary actions and reclaim the unused space. The Time Since Last A ctiv ity parameter is ev aluated from the date the ETL was initially started. Reclaiming Unused Storage Capacity 68 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Reporting the Capacity Consumed per Host Because hosts are not always well-identified, determining the capacity consumed per host is not an easy task. Administrators must not only find out what are the physical hosts but also verify the capacity that was initially allocated and finally determine the capacity that is actually consumed by each host. All these operations can be performed with Storage Capacity View. The capacity consumed by the virtual machines cannot be represented by Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization since the datastores' logical assembly is not visible. Reporting the Capacity Consumed Per Host To determine the capacity actually consumed per host: 1. 2. 3. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. Open the Reconciled Host Mapping tab and click Hosts. 4. 5. 6. Identify the host to which storage has been allocated (Host metric). Verify the capacity exposed to this host (Host Visible Capacity metric). Verify the capacity actually consumed per host (Consumed Capacity metric). The capacity consumed per host is now clearly identified. It could now be interesting to determine from which storage system or which storage pool this capacity has been allocated. Reporting the Capacity Consumed per Host 69 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Determining Storage Capacity Allocation Source Determining the capacity actually consumed per host is not always sufficient to manage storage capacity needs. You may also need to know from which storage system or which storage pool this capacity has been allocated. To obtain this information from the Reconciled Host Mapping tab: 1. 2. 3. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the Storage Capacity view. Open the Reconciled Host Mapping tab and click Hosts to Systems: 4. Apply a filter on the System Name column to only display the storage system of your choice: In the System Name column, click . From the operator pull-down list, select Like. Type the storage system name (in our example VSP). Press the Enter key. Verify the capacity exposed to the host for the storage system specified (Host Visible Capacity Reporting the Capacity Consumed per Host 70 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 5. metric). Verify the capacity actually consumed on the storage system specified (Consumed Capacity metric). To obtain additional information about a storage pool, click Hosts to Pool. 6. Apply a filter on the Pool Name column to only display the storage pool of your choice: In the Pool Name column, click . From the operator pull-down list, select Like. Type the storage pool name (in our example ThinProvisioning). Press the Enter key. 7. Verify the capacity exposed to the host for the storage pool specified (Host Visible Capacity metric). Verify the capacity actually consumed on the storage pool specified (Consumed Capacity metric). You can also refer to the RAID Level and Service Level columns to respectively know the levels of protection and service. You now have all the information required to manage your storage capacity needs and cleverly allocate resource. Reporting the Capacity Consumed per Host 71 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 -E- Index Entity Name 42 Entity Name -A- Display 42 Additional Component Integrate Allocate 13 Storage Capacity Analyze -F50 Filers Storage Capacity Utilization Storage Pools 55 Storage Systems 55 36 -HHost -BBandwidth BCO 9 Manage 55 Capacity Consumed Column 42 Mapping 27 Host Mapping 27 50 Reconciled Hosts -C- Manage 69 31 26 Capacity Consumed Host 69 Report 69 Choose -IIdentify Storage Pool 50 Consolidation function 37 Customize 20, 22, 24, 27, 31, 36, Oversubscription Risk Thresholds 39 39 Oversubcription Risks 60 Unmapped Volumes 66 Import Data 17 Storage Capacity Views Installation 17 -D- Storage Capacity Views and Reports Integrate Data Additional Component Integration Import 17 Storage Capacity Views Disks Storage Systems Unused 62 Display 62 Prepare -LList Storage Systems Entity Name 42 Pools Overview 44 Download Packages Index 9 17 11 72 50 13 14 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 -MManage Filers 36 Hosts 26 Shares 37 Storage Capacity Views Storage Pools 22 Storage Systems 20 Volumes 24 Mapping 19 Host 27 Volume 27 Metric Available Capacity 20, 22 Available Capacity (%) 37 Available Capacity (GB) 37 Available for Storage Pools 20 Available in Storage Pools 20 Bandwidth 20 Bandwidth Utilization 20 Capacity 20, 22, 36, 37 Consumed Capacity 20, 22, 24, 27, 31, 69 Consumed Capacity (%) 36, 37 Consumed Capacity (GB) 36, 37 CPU Utilization (%) 37 Filer Name 36 Filer Type 36 Host Type 27, 31 Host Visible Capacity 24, 27, 31, 69 Hostname 27 Mapped 24 Model 20 Number of Pools 27, 31 Number of ports 20 Number of Shares 36 Number of Systems 27, 31 Number of Volumes 27, 31 Oversubscription Risk 22 Pool Name 22, 24, 27, 31 Pool Type 22, 27, 31 RAID Level 27, 31, 69 Saturation Risk 22 Service Level 27, 31, 69 Share Name 37 Share Type 37 Size 20, 22, 37 Index Space Guarantee 37 State 37 Storage Used Space Percentage 39 Subscribed Capacity 20, 22 Susbcribed Capacity 20 System and Parity 20 System Name 20, 22, 24, 27, 31, 36, 37 Time Since Last Activity 24 Updated 20, 22, 24, 27, 31 Vendor 20, 27, 31 Volume Name 24, 27, 31 WWN 27 Metrics Available for Storage Pools 62 Oversubscription Risk 60 ST_USED_PCT 60 Storage Used Space Percentage -OOversubscription Risk Customize 39 Oversubscription Risks Identify 60 -PPackages 9 Download Plan 11 Storage Capacity Pool 27, 31 Pools Overview Display Prepare 62 44 Integration 9 Pre-requisites 9, 10 Protection Level Pool Protection Level 50 Verify 50 Volume RAID Level 50 -RReclaim Unused Storage Capacity Report 73 66 60 Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization Version 4.0.00 Report Time Since Last Activity Capacity Consumed per Host 69 -U- -S- Unmapped Shares Volumes 66 Unused Storage Capacity Manage 37 Storage Capacity Allocate 50 Bandwidth 50 Consumed Capacity Trendline Plan 62 Storage Pools 62 Storage Capacity Utilization Reclaim Use Cases 62 Analyze 55 Storage Capacity Views Configuration data 19 Data 17 Import 17 Manage 19 Storage Pools 19 Storage Systems 19 Summary 19 Volumes 19 Storage Capacity Views and Reports Installation Storage Pool Verify Protection Level 50 Volume 31 Volume Mapping 27 Volumes Configuration data 19 Manage 24 Storage Capacity Views Summary 19 Time Since Last Activity Unmapped 66 14 Capacity 62 Configuration data 19 Manage 22 Storage Capacity Views Summary 19 Storage Systems Configuration data 19 List 50 Manage 20 Storage Capacity Views Summary 19 Unused Disks 62 System 27, 31 66 49 -V- Choose 50 Storage Pools 19 19 -TThresholds Customize 39 Time resolution 20, 22, 24, 27, 31, 36, 37 Index 66 74 19 66 452600 About BMC® Software BMC Software helps leading companies around the world put technology at the forefront of business transformation, improving the delivery and consumption of digital services. From mainframe to cloud to mobile, BMC delivers innovative IT management solutions that have enabled more than 20,000 customers to leverage complex technology into extraordinary business performance— increasing their agility and exceeding anything they previously thought possible. For more information about BMC Software, visit www.bmc.com. About Sentry Software™ Sentry Software, a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Software, provides comprehensive multi-platform monitoring solutions that enable management of the hardware and software aspects of all servers and SANs and covering up to 100 % of custom applications within the BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management environment. Sentry Software also develops adapters for BMC Atrium Orchestrator that enables IT administrators to automate the execution of common requests and tasks that occur in the daily course of IT operations. Combined with BMC’s servers and network automation tools, the adapters allow IT administrators to implement provisioning and decommissioning workflows that cover all layers of their IT infrastructure. Finally, Sentry Software designs connectors that bring storage capacity metrics into BMC Capacity Optimization to ensure IT administrators that their storage infrastructure is properly sized for their current and future needs. The combination of its monitoring, automation, and capacity optimization capabilities for IT infrastructures, makes Sentry Software a key-partner in the storage management marketplace. For more information about Sentry Software, please visit www.sentrysoftware.com.