Using NetApp Capacity Views for BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization


This topic describes all the operations that can be performed on the NetApp Capacity Views for BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization:

Displaying Overview tables

Quick links are available from the HA Pairs/Clusters and Aggregates details page to easily access the following  overviews:

  • VFilers/Vservers Overview (HA Pairs/Clusters details page only)
  • Aggregates Overview (HA Pairs/Clusters details page only)
  • Volumes Overview
  • LUNs Overview

Customizing Overview tables

Several metrics are available by default in the Overview tables but you can choose to show/hide some to better suit your needs.

This section lists all the metrics available. Metrics marked with an asterisk are hidden by default.

Metrics Available in the HA Pairs/Clusters Tab

Column

Description

Statistics consolidation function and time resolution

Updated*

Date and time of the latest update.

Latest day

Name

Name of the HA Pair/Cluster.

n/a

Model

Model of the HA Pair/Cluster.

n/a

Size (TB)

Overall size of the component in Terabytes.

Average on the latest day

Capacity (TB)

Total capacity in Terabytes.

Average on the latest day

Subscribed Capacity (TB)

Sum of the host visible capacity (in Terabytes) for all volumes in the HA Pair/Cluster.

Average on the latest day

Available Capacity (TB)

Capacity not consumed in Terabytes.

Average on the latest day

Consumed Capacity (TB)

Capacity not consumed in Terabytes.

Average on the latest day

Consumed Capacity (%)

Percentage of capacity actually consumed.

Average on the latest day

Number of Ports*

Total number of ports.

n/a

Bandwidth (Gb/s)*

Data transfer rate in Gigabytes per second.

n/a

Bandwidth Utilization

Amount of bandwidth currently in use by the port.

Average on the last 30 rolling days

Metrics Available in the vFilers/Vservers Tab

Column

Description

Statistics consolidation function and time resolution

Updated*

Date and time of the latest update.

Latest day

Name

Name of the vFiler/Vserver.

n/a

NetApp System Name

Name of the NetApp System.

n/a

Filer Type

Type of filer.

n/a

Number of Volumes

Number of volumes in the vFiler/Vserver.

n/a

Capacity (GB)

Total capacity in Gigabytes.

n/a

Consumed Capacity (GB)

Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes.

Average on the latest day

Consumed Capacity (%)

Percentage of the filer subscribed capacity that has been actually consumed by the host.

Average on the latest day

CPU Utilization (%)

Percentage of used CPU.

Average on the latest day

Metrics Available in the Aggregates Tab

Column

Description

Statistics consolidation function and time resolution

Updated*

Date and time of the latest update.

Latest day

Name

Name of the Aggregate.

n/a

NetApp System Name

Name of the NetApp System.

n/a

Size (TB)

Overall size (in Terabytes) of the component.

Average on the latest day

Capacity (TB)

Total capacity in Terabytes.

Average on the latest day

Subscribed Capacity (TB)

Sum of the host visible capacity (in Terabytes) for all Volumes.

n/a

Available Capacity (TB)

Capacity not consumed in Terabytes.

Average on the latest day

Consumed Capacity (TB)

Capacity actually consumed in Terabytes.

Average on the latest day

Consumed Capacity (%)

Percentage of capacity actually consumed.

Average on the latest day

Over Commitment (%)

Percentage of overcommited space consumed by the volume.

Average on the latest day

Metrics Available in the Volumes Tab

Column

Description

Statistics consolidation function  and time resolution

Updated*

Date and time of the latest update.

Latest day

Volume Name

Name of the volume.

n/a

NetApp System Name

Name of the NetApp System.

n/a

Volume Type

Type of the volume.

n/a

State

State of the NetApp.

n/a

Space Guarantee

Space allocated for a volume from its containing aggregate--whether the space is preallocated for the entire volume or for only the reserved files or LUNs in the volume, or whether space for user data is not preallocated.

Average on the latest day

Size (GB)

Overall size of the component in Gigabytes.

Average on the latest day

Capacity (GB)

Total capacity in Gigabytes.

n/a

Available Capacity (GB)

Capacity not consumed in Gigabytes.

Average on the latest day

Available Capacity (%)

Percentage of capacity not consumed.

Average on the latest day

Consumed Capacity (GB)

Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes.

Average on the latest day

Consumed Capacity (%)

Percentage of the volume subscribed capacity that has been actually consumed by the host. Will be typically less than 100% for thin volumes. Will be exactly 100% for all traditional volumes. Can be greater than 100% when the NetApp system saves additional metadata that are not taken into account in the volume's capacity.

Average on the latest day

Metrics Available in the LUNs Table

Column

Description

Statistics consolidation function  and time resolution

Updated*

Date and time of the latest update.

Latest day

Name

Name of the LUN.

n/a

NetApp System Name

Name of the NetApp System.

n/a

Aggregate Name

Name of the Aggregate.

n/a

Volume Name

Name of the Volume.

n/a

Mapped

Indicates whether the LUN is mapped or unmapped.

n/a

Time Since Last Activity (Days)

Number of days since the last read or write operation has been observed on the monitored LUN.

n/a

Host Visible Capacity (GB)

Amount of capacity exposed to the host (i.e. subscribed capacity) in Gigabytes.

n/a

Consumed Capacity (GB)

Capacity actually consumed in Gigabytes.

Average on the latest day

Consumed Capacity (%)

Percentage of the LUN subscribed capacity that has been actually consumed by the host. Will be typically less than 100% for thin LUNs. Will be exactly 100% for all traditional LUNs. Can be greater than 100% when the NetApp system saves additional metadata that are not taken into account in the LUN's capacity.

Average on the latest day

Filtering information

This section describes the advanced filters available to only display the information that is most important to you.

Filtering information by domain

To filter information by domain:

  1. Access the NetApp Systems view:
    1. In the BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization console, click the Views tab. All views available are displayed.
    2. In the Storage category, click NetApp Systems.  
  2. Click the HA Pairs/Clusters, vFilers/Vservers, Aggregates, Volumes, or LUNs tab.
  3. Locate the Domain filter.
    Domain_Filter.png
  4. Click Edit_Icon.png to display the domains available.
  5. Click the required domain.
Filtering information by NetApp system

To filter information by NetApp system:

  1. Access the NetApp Systems view:
    1. In the BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization console, click the Views tab. All views available are displayed.
    2. In the Storage category, click NetApp Systems.  
  2. Click the vFilers/Vservers, Aggregates, Volumes, or LUNs tab.
  3. Locate the NetApp System filter.
    Storage_Systems_Filter.png
  4. Click the required NetApp system.
Filtering information by mapping status

To filter information by mapping status:

  1. Access the NetApp Systems view:
    1. In the BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization console, click the Views tab. All views available are displayed.
    2. In the Storage category, click NetApp Systems.  
  2. Click the LUNs tab.
  3. Locate the Mapped / Not Mapped filter.
    Mapped_Filter.png
  4. Select the required option.

 

Viewing detailed information

Detailed information are available for HA Pair/Cluster, aggregate, volume, and LUNs.

Viewing HA Pair/Cluster details
  1. Access the NetApp Systems view:
    1. In the BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization console, click the Views tab. All views available are displayed.
    2. In the Storage category, click NetApp Systems.  
  2. Click the HA Pairs/Clusters tab.
    103_Clusters_TableView.png
  3. Click a HA Pair/Cluster to display its details.
  4. On this page, you can read:
    1. configuration data. The information displayed depends on the configuration data metrics available for the entity. They are described in the NetApp Data ONTAP ETL User Documentation.
      103_Clusters_Details_ConfigurationData.png
    2. the Storage summary which provides the following information:

      103_Clusters_Details_StorageSummary.png

      Storage summary

      Description

      Size

      Overall size of the HA Pair/Cluster.

      Capacity

      Total capacity in Terabytes.

      System and Parity

      Total amount of storage dedicated to the HA Pair/Cluster and data parity (in Terabytes).

      Consumed Capacity

      Capacity actually consumed in Terabytes.

      Available in Storage Pools

      Raw space available for creating aggregates.

      Available for Storage Pools

      Sum of capacity not consumed in all storage pools.

      Subscribed Capacity

      Sum of the host visible capacity (in Terabytes) for all volumes.

    3. the Controllers Overview which provides the following information:

      103_Clusters_Details_Controllers.png

      Column

      Description

      Statistics consolidation function and time resolution

      Name

      Controller name.

      n/a

      Number of Ports

      Total number of ports.

      n/a

    4. the Ports Overview which provides the following information:
      103_Clusters_Details_Ports.png

      Column

      Description

      Statistics consolidation function and time resolution

      Name

      Port Name.

      n/a

      Controller Name

      Name of the controller connected to the port.

      n/a

      Type

      Type of port.

      n/a

      Address

      Port address.

      n/a

      Bandwidth (Gb/s)

      Data transfer rate in Gigabytes per second.

      n/a

    5. the Disks Overview which provides the following information
      103_Clusters_Details_Disks.png

      Column

      Description

      Statistics consolidation function and time resolution

      Name

      Disk name.

      n/a

      Model

      Disk model.

      n/a

      Type

      Type of disk.

      n/a

      RPM

      Disk speed in revolutions per minute.

      n/a

      Size (GB)

      Overall size in Gigabytes.

      n/a

Viewing aggregate details
  1. Access the NetApp Systems view:
    1. In the BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization console, click the Views tab. All views available are displayed.
    2. In the Storage category, click NetApp Systems.  
  2. Click the Aggregates tab.
    105_Storage_Pools_Tab.png
  3. Click an aggregate to display its details:
    103_Aggregates_DetailView.png
  4. On this page, you can read:
    1. the configuration data. The information depends on the configuration data metrics available for the entity. They are described in NetApp Data ONTAP ETL User Documentation.
    2. the Storage Summary:

      Storage summary

      Description

      Capacity

      Total capacity.

      Consumed Capacity

      Capacity actually consumed.

      Available Capacity

      Capacity not consumed.

      Subscribed Capacity

      Sum of the host visible capacity.

Viewing volume details
  1. Access the NetApp Systems view:
    1. In the BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization console, click the Views tab. All views available are displayed.
    2. In the Storage category, click NetApp Systems.  
  2. Click the Volumes tab.
    103_NetAppView_VolumesTab.png
  3. If needed, filter the information displayed.
  4. Click a specific volume to display its details.
  5. On this page, you can read:
    1. the configuration data. The information depends on the configuration data metrics available for the entity. They are described in the NetApp Data ONTAP ETL User Documentation.
    2. the Storage summary:

      Storage summary

      Description

      Capacity

      Total capacity.

      Consumed Capacity

      Capacity actually consumed.

      Available Capacity

      Capacity not  consumed.

    3. the data traffic from IO (Operations/s) graph.
    4. quotas information:

      Column

      Description

      Statistics consolidation function and time resolution

      Updated*

      Date and time of the latest update.

      Latest day

      Type

      Type of quota.

      n/a

      ID

       User ID, UNIX group name.

      n/a

      Tree

      Qtree to which the quota is applied.

      n/a

      Used (MB)

      Capacity actually used by the quota.

      Average on the latest day

      Hard Limit (MB)

      Disk space limit applied to hard quotas.

      Average on the latest day

      Soft Limit (MB)

      Disk space limit applied to soft quotas.

      Average on the latest day

      Threshold (MB)

      Disk space threshold.

      Average on the latest day

      Files Used

      Total number of files used.

      Average on the latest day

      Files Hard Limit

      Hard limit on files as specified in the /etc/quotas file of the storage system.

      Average on the latest day

      Files Soft Limit

      Soft limit on files as specified in the /etc/quotas file of the storage system.

      Average on the latest day

Viewing LUN details
  1. Access the NetApp Systems view:
    1. In the BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization console, click the Views tab. All views available are displayed.
    2. In the Storage category, click NetApp Systems.  
  2. Click the LUNs tab.
    103_LUNs_Tab.png
  3. If needed, filter the information displayed.
  4. Click a specific LUN to display its details.
  5. On this page, you can read:
    1. the configuration data. The information depends on the configuration data metrics available for the entity. They are described in the NetApp Data ONTAP ETL User Documentation.
    2. the Storage summary:

      Storage summary

      Description

      Host Visible Capacity

      Amount of capacity exposed to the host (i.e. subscribed capacity).

      Consumed Capacity

      Capacity actually consumed.

    3. the data traffic from the Transfer Rates (Bytes/sec) and IO (Operations/s) graphs.

 

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