pre-con ed: monitor your storage infrastructure with ca unified infrastructure management

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Pre-ConEd:MonitorYourStorageInfrastructurewithCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagement

RajSundaram,Sr.PrincipalProductManager,CATechnologies

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Abstract

CAUnifiedInfrastructureManagementforstoragedeviceshelpsyoupreventoutages,quicklypinpointsystemissuesandoptimizestorageusage.JoinusinthissessiontolearnhowtomonitorkeytraditionalandsoftwaredefinedstoragewithCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagementsuchasEMC,PureStorage,NimbleStorage,NetApp,Nutanix andIBM.Topicscoveredwillincludetechnologyoverviewforadministrators,monitoringconfigurationforprobes,metricssupported,anddashboards/reportgeneration.

RajSundaramCATechnologiesSr.PrincipalProductManager


Agenda

CAUNIFIEDINFRASTRUCTUREMANAGEMENTFORSTORAGEMONITORING

NETAPP

PURESTORAGE

EMC

HP

IBM

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CAUnifiedInfrastructureManagementforStorageMonitoring


StorageAdminJobstoBeDoneJob Percent TasksManagecurrentstorageenvironment 20% • Resolveanystorageshortages

• Alertandresolveanyperformanceissuesandnotifyend-users• Insurethatdataisavailabletoallapplications

Applicationsupport 20% • Workwithapplicationdeveloperstodeterminestoragerequirements

• Workwithexistingprogrammers,DBAstooptimizestorage

Backup 15% • Maintainproperbackupschedule• Restoreandrecoverdataasrequested• Facilitateoff-sitestorageoftape

Monitorcurrentstorageenvironment 15% • Usage, Performance ,Availability, Reportingonstatus

Capacityplanning 10% • Forecaststoragegrowth• Determineallocationofdifferentstoragetypes

Evaluations 10% • Provideinputfromvendorproposals• Duediligenceonnewsoftware• Drivevendortesting

Newinstalls 10% • Responsible forplanning,executionofdeviceinstallation


StorageBottlenecksComponents Issues Key Metrics

I/OIntensiveapplications

• ToomanyVMsperserver• vMotion (CPU,memorymovebutstorageremains,

solvedwithstoragevMotion)• PoorlysizedVMs(notenoughmemorycausesIO

bottlenecks)

• IOPS(readsandwrites;randomandsequential;averageofoverallIOPS)

• Averagediskqueuelength

• AverageI/Osizeinkilobytes

• Throughputinmegabytespersecond.

• Writepercentagevs.readpercentage

• Capacity(free,usedandreserve)

Response timeintensiveapplications

• Toomany usersusingemail,ERP,databaseetc.• Manyrequests,randominnature,morereadsmore

thanwrites,andsmallI/Osize• Requestsqueueup,responsetimesincrease

Bandwidthintensiveapplications

• Few usersdatabackup,videostreaming/editingorsecuritylogging

• Root causecouldbeinsufficientnumberofdrivestoservicetheI/Os,contentionatthecontroller,orinadequatebandwidthatthearray'sfront-endports

Diskfailure • If inRAIDgroup,thiskicksoffrebuildcausingperformancedegradation


StorageBottlenecksComponents Issues

Storage controllers

• OversaturatingthecontrollerwithI/O,limitingtheIOPSthatcanbeprocessedfromthecachetothearray

• Throughputoverwhelmingtheprocessor• OverloadedCPU/insufficientprocessingpower• Inabilitytokeepupwiththeperformanceof solidstate drives(SSDs)

Disk• Toomanyapplicationshittingdisks• InsufficientnumberofdrivesforthroughputorIOPSthatapplicationrequires• Diskstooslowtomeetperformanceneedsandsupportaheavyuserworkload

Cache• Insufficientcachememory• Overloadingthecachewithwrites,causingslowperformance• Thrashingthecachebyfrequentlyaccessingnon-sequentialdata

SANfabric/frontendports

• Oversaturation/overutilizationifthere'saninadequatenumberofportsinthearray• Toomuchoversubscriptioninavirtualserverenvironment• Improperloadbalancingacrossports• Contention/trafficoverloadatinterswitch links• HBAcongestion


StorageMonitoringRequirements

Single,unifiedsolution tomonitorvastenterprisestoragetechnologies

Highscaleandperformancetohandlelargeelastic

environments

Elasticconfigurationatscale

Servicelevelvalidation


CAUIMforStorageAtAGlance

§ Rapidlyidentifyandcorrectstoragerelatedoutages

§ Preventproblemsbeforetheyhappenbyapplyingintelligentthresholdstometrics

§ Optimizestorageallocationsbytrackingstorageusageandrelatingthattoapplicationsandbusinessservices

§ Automaticallyidentify,deployandconfiguremonitoringforstoragecomponentsandelements

§ Monitorandmanagenotonlystorage,butalltheoperatingsystems,virtualizationenvironments,cloudenvironments,businessapplicationsandcriticalITservicesthatdependuponthatstorage

WhyMonitor?


ComprehensiveInsightsonPerformanceandUtilizationIdentifyIssuesRapidlyandBetterPlanforCapacity


IntelligentAlarmsProactivelyIdentifyIssues

§ Richalertswiththeabilitytotriggerauto-remediation

§ Dynamicthresholdseliminatefalsealarms

§ Timetothresholdalarmssendadvancewarningsoncapacitybottlenecks


ComprehensiveSupportForStorageWithCAUIM

Vendor/Type Series

EMC VNX,Celerra, Clarrion,VMAX,VPLEX

IBM SVC,V7000,V3700,DS3k, DS5k,DS8K

HP 3Par

Hitachi VSP, USP,USP-V

NetApp 7.XandC-Mode(beta)

All flash/hyperconvereged PureStorage, Nutanix

Cloud storage Ceph*,Swift,S3

Underconsideration:NimbleStorage,Tintri,Symplivity,EMCXtremeIO,AzureBlob,GoogleCloudStorage


MonitoringNetAppWithCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagement


NetAppStorageMonitoringwithCAUIM

§ Probe sendsSNMPGETqueriestospecifiedNetAppdevices– Probethentransformsthequeryresultsintoalarmsandqualityofservicemessages

forservicelevelagreement– NetAppprobe usesasetofpredefinedSNMPOIDtemplatesavailableonmost

NetAppdevices– AprofilecanbeconfiguredtointegratetheNetAppdeviceintotheCAUIM

monitoringsolution

§ NetAppfilerorNetAppfabric-attachedstorage(FAS)isatypeofdiskstoragedevice;thisdeviceownsandcontrolsfilesystems,directories,andfilespresentoverthenetwork

§ NetAppfilerusestheDataONTAPoperatingsystem(basedonFreeBSD)



§ ProbecanbeconfiguredforNetAppOntap 7.2xto8.1c-modeand7-modeoperatingsystem

§ Componentsthatcanbemonitoredusingthenetapp probeare:

GeneralProductinformation& SystemStatistics

Clusterstatus Disk

Ethernetinterface Aggregates Volumes

vFiler SnapMirrors SnapVaults



§ Proberemotelymonitorsthehealthandperformanceof storageobjectsandsystemsrunningDataONTAP8.2xand8.3xversions inClustermode

§ Probecanmonitorthefollowingstoragecomponents:

Aggregates Controllers Disk

vServers• LUNs• Qtrees• Volumes

Hardware• Disks• Ethernet

interfaces


NetAppStorageMonitoringwithCAUIMSampleProbeConfiguration


NetAppStorageMonitoringwithCAUIMSampleDeviceDashboard


MonitoringEMCCelerraWithCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagement


MonitoringEMCCelerra withCAUIM

§ ProbeconnectstoCelerra networkservernodestocollectandstoremonitoringinformationintheprobe

§ Definealarmsthataregeneratedwhenthespecifiedthresholdsarebreached

§ Probecanmonitorthefollowingstoragecomponents:– Datamovers– Storagesystemsandprocessors– Filesystems– Networks– Storagesystems– Storagevolumes


MonitoringEMCCelerrawithCAUIMSampleConfigurationScreen


MonitoringEMCCelerrawithCAUIMSampleDeviceDashboard


MonitoringEMCClariionWithCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagement


MonitoringEMCClariionwithCAUIM

§ ProbemonitorstheperformanceandavailabilityofthefollowingcomponentsoftheEMCClariion storagesystems:– Fastcache– Hosts– LUNs– RAIDgroups– Storagegroups– Thinpools– Mirrorviews– Storageprocessors


MonitoringEMCClariion withCAUIM

§ Probeusesnavisec CLI(acommand-linetoolavailablefromEMC)thatcollectsandstoresmonitoringinformationfromthemonitoredEMCClariionstorageserversatcustomizableintervals

§ Alarmsthataregeneratedwhenthespecifiedthresholdsarebreached

§ Theprobeiscertifiedonthefollowingstorageservers:– EMC ClariionCX4Models:CX4-480– EMC ClariionVNXModels:VNX5100,VNX5300,andVNX5700– EMC ClariionVNX2Models:VNX5400andVNX8000


MonitoringEMCClariionwithCAUIMSampleConfiguration


MonitoringEMCClariion withCAUIM


HitachiStorageMonitoringwithCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagement


MonitoringHitachiwithCAUIM

§ Probehandlesallcommonmonitoringanddatacollectiontasksforthefollowingstoragearrays:– HitachiUSP_V– HitachiUSP_VM– HitachiAdaptableModularStorage(AMS)– HitachiUnifiedStorage(HUS)– HitachiVirtualStoragePlatform(VSP)

§ HitachiUSP_VandUSP_VMSeriesarediskstoragesolutionsforsmallandlargeenterprises



§ HitachiAMSisafamilyofblockstoragesystemsfortargetingthemid-tierenterprisemarket;asinglesystemcanmanageasmuchas1,417terabytes(TBs)ofstorage

§ Hitachireplacesitsmid-rangeAMSstoragearraywiththeHitachiUnifiedStorage(HUS)familyofsystems– Thesedevicesallowyoutomanageblock,file,andobjectdatainahighly

scalableandcost-efficientmanner– Asinglesystemcanmanagealmost3petabytes(PBs)ofstorage



§ Probecanmonitorthefollowingcomponents:– Storagearray– Controllersandports– Storagepools– Thinprovisioningpools– Arraygroups– Components– Logicalvolumes– Disks

§ ProbeusesanSMI-SinterfacetocommunicatewiththeHitachistoragesystemarrays


MonitoringHitachiwithCAUIMSampleConfiguration


HP_3ParStorageMonitoringwithCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagement


MonitoringHP_3ParwithCAUIM

§ HP3PARstoragemonitoring(hp_3par)probeenablesyoutomonitortheperformanceandusageofHP3PARStoreServ Storagesystems;itobtainsperformanceandstorageutilizationstatisticsonthefollowingstorageobjects:– Controllernodes– Commonprovisioninggroups(CPGs)– Diskcagesandapplicableinterfaces,powersupplies,andfans– Physicaldisks– Logicaldisks– Ports– Virtualvolumes


MonitoringHP_3ParwithCAUIM

§ Proberetrievesthefollowinginformationaboutthecompletestoragesystem:– Performanceandscalability forthetotalnumberofstoragetransactionsbeing

processedeverysecondandthelatencyofthestoragesystem– Statisticaldata forallobjectsofthestoragesystemasawhole;forexample,

theconfiguredusedandfreespaceinformationforthestoragesystem

§ ProbeiscertifiedonthefollowingHP3PARversions:– HP3PARINServ F200– (version1.11andlater) HP3PARStoreServ 740


IBMStorageMonitoringwithCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagement


MonitoringIBMStoragewithCAUIM

§ IBMDiskStorageSystem8000SeriesMonitoring(ibm_ds_next)probemonitorsIBMDS8xxxstoragesystems;phe probeusesanSMI-SinterfacetocommunicatewiththeIBMDSstoragesystem

§ Theprobecanmonitorthefollowingcomponents:– Arrays– Disks– Pools– Ports– Ranks– Volumes



§ ProbemonitorsIBMDS3xxx,IBMDS4xxx,andIBMDS5xxxstoragearrays

§ ProbeusesanSMI-SinterfacetocommunicatewiththeIBMDSstoragesystem

§ Probecanmonitorthefollowingcomponents:– Storagearray– Controllersandports– Storagepols– Arraygroups– Logicalvolumes– Disks



§ MonitorsthefollowingcomponentsofIBMSystemStorageSANVolumeController(SVC)andIBMV7000storagesystems:– vDisk,mDisk,mDisk group– Node,cluster,host,IOgroups,port

§ ProbesupportsuserauthenticationthroughSSH only;requires apasswordoravalidSSHkeyfiletoaccessCLI


MonitoringIBMStoragewithCAUIMSampleConfiguration


MonitoringIBMStoragewithCAUIMSampleDashboard


PureStorageMonitoringwithCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagement


MonitoringPureStoragewithCAUIM

§ EnablesyoutomonitortheperformanceandusageofthePureStorageFlashArraysystems

§ Thefollowingphysicalandlogicalstoragecomponentsaremonitored:– PureStorageFlashArray– Drives– Hardware– Hosts– Hostgroups– Network– Volumes



§ Proberetrievesvitalarrayinformation,suchas:– IOPS– Latency– Datareduction– Snapshotcapacity– Totalbandwidth


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