solarwinds Smart Start Self-Led Project Plan for Storage Resource Monitor User Guide

: June 12, 2024
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Table of Contents

INSTALLATION
SRM NODE/ARRAY MANAGEMENT
NAVIGATING SRM
TROUBLESHOOTING WITH SRM/SRM ALERTS
REPORTS/SRM SOLUTIONS
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Smart Start Self-Led Project Plan
for Storage Resource Monitor

INSTALLATION

Confirming installation for SRM
The first step in the engagement will be to make sure SRM is installed.
Install Orion® Platform products in a new environment:
Documen Install or upgrade User Device Tracker (solarwinds.com)tation

SRM NODE/ARRAY MANAGEMENT

Getting started with SRM and adding storage arrays
Learn the fundamental of SRM by going over the process for addinconfiguring storage arrays.
Add your storage array for monitoring with SRM:
Add your storage array for monitoring with SRM (solarwinds.com)
Demonstrate and assist in adding storage arrays
Continue SRM training by working through adding all storage arrays to be monitored.
Add additional arrays:
Add additional arrays (solarwinds.com)
Supported arrays (A – H):
Documentation
Supported arrays (I – Z):
Supported arrays (I – Z) (solarwinds.com)
Review how to manage storage objects
Further review of how to manage your storage arrays in the SRM web console.
Explore your SRM environment:
Explore your SRM environment (solarwinds.com)
SRM licensing
Discuss how SRM handles licenses for storage arrays and best practic
Licensing Storage Resource Monitor (SRM):
Licensing Storage Resource Monitor (SRM) (solarwinds.com)
Customizing storage object properties and polling frequencies:
Learn how to customize and edit storage object properties. Then revdiscuss polling frequencies for devices and how to edit them.
Edit storage object properties in SRM:
Edit storage object properties in SRM (solarwinds.com)
Edit array polling frequencies:
https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/SRM/Content/srm-array- polling.htm

NAVIGATING SRM

Review SRM summary view: Learn about SRM summary views.
Log in to the Orion Web Console:
Documentation
Views and widgets in SRM: ocumendation
Review SRM details pages and SRM widgets Please review the different SRM details pages including views for NAS, storage polls, and LUNs. You should also review the basics of SRM widget resources.
Views and widgets in SRM:
Views and widgets in SRM (solarwinds.com)
SRM widgets:
Views and widgets in SRM (solarwinds.com)
Storage controller monitoring
Learn about monitoring storage controllers in SRM and working with storage controller thresholds.
Storage controller monitoring:
Storage Controller monitoring (solarwinds.com)
SRM hardware health
Review hardware health monitoring for any of the following: DellClariion, Celerra, VNX Gateway, or IBM SVC/ v7000/V3700.
Monitor hardware health for SRM:
Monitor hardware health for SRM (solarwinds.com)
Enable hardware health monitoring for SRM:
Enable hardware health monitoring for SRM (solarwinds.com)

TROUBLESHOOTING WITH SRM/SRM ALERTS

Manage thresholds for SRM
In this section, we’ll review how to manage the different storage thresholds used by SRM. We’ll cover the difference between static and dynamic thresholds and configuring specific thresholds for objects.
Manage thresholds for SRM:
Set SRM thresholds for specific storage objects (solarwinds.com)
Set SRM thresholds:
Set SRM thresholds for specific storage objects (solarwinds.com)
Set SRM thresholds for specific storage objects:
Set SRM thresholds for specific storage objects (solarwinds.com)
Managing and using SRM alerts: Learn about out-of-the-box alerts available for SRM and how to use the Orion Alert Manager to review and customize SRM alerts.
Manage thresholds for SRM:
Set SRM thresholds for specific storage objects (solarwinds.com)
Troubleshoot an unreachable array
Learn basic troubleshooting for issues where an array is unreachable.
Troubleshoot an unreachable array:
Set SRM thresholds for specific storage objects (solarwinds.com)

REPORTS/SRM SOLUTIONS

SRM reports Review SRM reports and how to use the report write to create custom reports. We’ll learn how to generate reports for storage arrays, NAS, storage polls, and LUNs.
Run reports in SRM:
REPORTS/SRM SOLUTIONS
SRM reports
Review SRM reports and how to use the report write to create custom reports. We’ll learn how to generate reports for storage arrays, NAS, storage polls, and LUNs.
Run reports in SRM: cumentation
SRM capacity planning
Review capacity planning in SRM. This includes multi-vendor capacity planning, reviewing the capacity dashboard, and generating capacity reports.
What is multi-vendor capacity planning?:
Run reports in SRM (solarwinds.com)
What is the capacity dashboard?:
Run reports in SRM (solarwinds.com)
Generate capacity reports:
Run reports in SRM (solarwinds.com)
Review how SRM works with PerfStack™
Learn about using PerfStack to create data project presenting multiple devices and data points.
Use PerfStack with SRM:
Run reports in SRM (solarwinds.com)
Review how SRM works with AppStack™
Learn how SRM works with AppStack and connects to other objects being monitored in the Orion Platform.
Investigate a performance issue using AppStack:
Investigate a performance issue using AppStack (solarwinds.com)
M capacity planning
Review capacity planning in SRM. This includes multi-vendor capacity planning, reviewing the capacity dashboard, and generating capacity reports. □What is multi-vendor capacity planning?:
Run reports in SRM (solarwinds.com)
What is the capacity dashboard?:
Run reports in SRM (solarwinds.com)
Generate capacity reports:
Run reports in SRM (solarwinds.com)
Review how SRM works with PerfStack™
Learn about using PerfStack to create data project presenting multiple devices and data points.
Use PerfStack with SRM:
Run reports in SRM (solarwinds.com)
Review how SRM works with AppStack™ Learn how SRM works with AppStack and connects to other objects being monitored in the Orion Platform.
Investigate a performance issue using AppStack:
Run reports in SRM (solarwinds.com)
Legacy software: SRM profiler
Discuss this legacy feature and how SRM works with SRM profiler.
Use SRM with SRM profiler:
Run reports in SRM (solarwinds.com)
Mapping storage devices in SRM
Learn about SRM storage mapping and how to configure automated and mmapping for storage objects. This is for Windows devices only.