Version 102 of the Hitachi Data Systems: VSP PowerPack added the ability to monitor LUN configuration and performance and the ability to monitor storage pool configuration. This PowerPack can discover both regular and thin storage pools.
- Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.2.0
Before You Install or Upgrade
Ensure that you are running version 8.2.0 or later of SL1 before installing "Hitachi Data Systems: VSP" PowerPack version 102.
For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.
Installation or Upgrade Process
To install version 102 of the Hitachi Data Systems: VSP PowerPack, perform the following steps:
By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack will overwrite all content in that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent the new version of the PowerPack from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields.
If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in this PowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles during the installation of a new version. To prevent collection errors during an upgrade, you can optionally disable collection for monitored devices before performing the following steps and re-enable collection after the upgrade.
To install this PowerPack:
- Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
- See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 8.2.0 or later release.
- Download the "Hitachi Data Systems: VSP" version 102PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
- Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import "Hitachi Data Systems: VSP" version 102.
- Click the button. For details on installing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.
Features
This release includes the following features:
- Dynamic Applications that discover and collect data from Hitachi VSP devices
- Event Policies that are triggered when VSP devices meet certain status criteria
- Device Classes for each type of VSP device monitored
- A sample credential for discovering VSP devices
Enhancements and Issues Addressed
The following enhancements and addressed issues are included this release of the "Hitachi Data Systems: VSP" PowerPack:
- The "HDS: VSP Storage Pool Config," "HDS: VSP LUN Config," and "HDS: VSP LUN Stats" Dynamic Applications were added to the PowerPack to provide information about monitored storage pools and LUNs.
- The "HDS: VSP Storage Pool Discovery" and "HDS: VSP Storage Pool Config" Dynamic Applications were updated to collect health information about monitored storage pools and Event Policies were added to alert users when a storage pool's health status is anything other than normal.
- The "HDS: VSP Array Config" Dynamic Application was updated to ensure that it can be aligned to all VSP arrays.
- The "HDS: VSP Thin Provisioned Pool Discovery" and "HDS: Thin Provisioned Pool Stats" Dynamic Applications were updated to collect health information about monitored thin provisioned pools.
Known Issues
This release has no known issues.