Storage Health dashboard

As an administrator, use the Storage Health dashboard to view information about the health of your storage systems. You can view this dashboard only if you use the Storage Analyzer KM.

The following image shows the Storage Health dashboard:

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 To view the dashboard:

  1. In BMC Helix Dashboards from the navigation menu, click Dashboards.
  2. Click the Operations Management folder and click Storage Health.

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Panels in the Storage Health dashboard

PanelDescriptionExample
Storage System Status

Displays the status and the count of the storage systems.

The following values are valid:

  • Healthy
  • Warning

Click anywhere on the panel to view details in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard.

Example:

drilldown_storage_sys_stat.png

Click any row in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard to view the Storage Overview dashboard.

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Storage System Spare Disks

Displays the status and the count of the available spare disks in the storage systems.

The following values are valid:

  • Healthy
  • Warning

Click anywhere on the panel to view details in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard.

Example:

drilldown_storage_sys_disks.png

Click any row in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard to view the Storage Overview dashboard.

storage_health_storage_sys_spare_disks.png
Storage System Oversubscription Situation

Displays the count of the system oversubscription situations. An alarm is triggered when both the following conditions are met:

  • The subscribed capacity is greater than 100%.
  • The consumed capacity is higher than 75%.

The following values are valid:

  • Healthy
  • Warning

Click anywhere on the panel to view details in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard.

Example:

drilldown_storage_oversub_sit.png

Click any row in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard to view the Storage Overview dashboard.

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Storage Endpoint Collection Status

Displays the status of the storage endpoint collection.

The following values are valid:

  • Healthy
  • Warning

Click anywhere on the panel to view details in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard.

Example:

drilldown_storage_endpt_coll_stat.png

Click any row in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard to view the Storage Overview dashboard.

storage_health_storage_endpoint_coll_stat.png
Storage Controllers Status

Displays the count of controllers based on their status.

The following values are valid:

  • Healthy
  • Warning

Click anywhere on the panel to view details in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard.

Example:

drilldown_contr_stat.png

Click any row in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard to view the Storage Overview dashboard.

storage_health_storage_contr_stat.png
Storage Controllers Processor Utilization

Displays the percentage of utilization of the controller processors.

The following values are valid:

  • Healthy
  • Warning

Click anywhere on the panel to view details in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard.

Example:

drilldown_storage_contr_proc_util.png

Click any row in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard to view the Storage Overview dashboard.

storage_health_storage_contr_proc_util.png
Storage Ports Status

Displays the count of storage ports based on their status.

The following values are valid:

  • Healthy
  • Warning

Click anywhere on the panel to view details in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard.

Example:

drilldown_storage_port_stat.png

Click any row in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard to view the Storage Overview dashboard.

storage_health_storage_port_stat.png
Storage  Filesystem Status

Displays the count of storage filesystems based on their status.

The following values are valid:

  • Healthy
  • Warning

Click anywhere on the panel to view details in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard.

Example:

drilldown_storage_filesys_stat.png

Click any row in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard to view the Storage Overview dashboard.

storage_health_storage_filesys_stat.png
Storage Physical Disks Status

Displays the count of storage physical disks based on their status.

The following values are valid:

  • Healthy
  • Warning

Click anywhere on the panel to view details in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard.

Example:

drilldown_storage_phy_disks_stat.png

Click any row in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard to view the Storage Overview dashboard.

storage_health_storage_phy_disk_stat.png
Storage Pools Status

Displays the count of storage pools based on their status.

The following values are valid:

  • Healthy
  • Warning

Click anywhere on the panel to view details in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard.

Example:

drilldown_storage_pools_stat.png

Click any row in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard to view the Storage Overview dashboard.

storage_health_storage_pools_stat.png
Storage Pools Oversubscription Situation

Displays the count of the storage pool oversubscription situations.

The following values are valid:

  • Healthy
  • Warning

Click anywhere on the panel to view details in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard.

Example:

drilldown_storage_pools_oversub_sit.png

Click any row in the Storage Health Drilldown dashboard to view the Storage Overview dashboard.

storage_health_pools_oversubs_sit.png

 

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