Default Parameters for EMCPvMeVDiskStTest

A Vdisk is a group of disk drives configured with a RAID level. The EMC PowerVault ME storage system can have a maximum of 16 Vdisks per controller in a dual controller system for a total of 32 virtual disks. In a single controller system, the maximum is 32 virtual disks.

If a user to the storage system is unable to access data in the storage system, it could be because a faulty, degraded, critical, or simply, an offline Vdisk is holding the disk drive that contains the data being accessed. To be able to proactively detect such abnormalities and promptly initiate corrective action, administrators need to periodically check the health of each Vdisk in the EMC PowerVault ME storage system. This is where the EMCPvMeVDiskStTest helps. This test reports the current operational status and the overall health of each Vdisk in the target storage system, so that administrators are instantly intimated of the abnormal state of a Vdisk and are enabled to rapidly initiate remedial action, so that critical data always remains accessible to users.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the EMCPvMeVDiskStTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• By default, this test always connects to the Host to collect metrics. If the Host is unavailable, then the test will not be able to execute. This is because, the Additional Controller IP is set to none by default.

  If the monitored storage device has two controllers, then you can configure the test to connect to an alternate controller, if the host is unreachable. For this purpose, specify the IP address of the alternate controller in the Additional Controller IP text box.

• In order to monitor a EMC PowerVault ME storage system, the eG agent has to be configured with the credentials of a user who has been assigned the Monitor role. Specify the login credentials of such a user in the USER and PASSWORD text boxes. To know how to create such a user, refer to Pre-requisites-for-monitoring-the-EMC PowerVault-ME-storage-system. Confirm the password by retyping it in CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

• The Management Controller of the EMC PowerVault ME storage system provides access for monitoring and management via the HTTP and HTTPS protocols for XML API request/response semantics. To enable the eG agent to access the management controller, invoke the XML API commands, and collect the required metrics, you need to specify the SERVICE PORT on the controller that listens for HTTP/HTTPS requests for XML API semantics. By default, this is port 80.

• Specify the time duration for which this test should wait for a response from the storage system in the TIMEOUT text box. By default, this is 60 seconds.

• By default, EMC PowerVault ME system is not SSL-enabled. This is why, SSL flag is set to False by default. If it is SSL-enabled, then change this flag to True.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.