Uses for Cluster and Volume Tagging

[TMADOCTHOMAS]

We are upgrading this week to OnTAP 9.14.1 and I just reviewed the new cluster and volume tagging feature. It appears very straightforward and could prove useful to us, however I'm wondering what NetApp tools are available that could make use of them in some kind of reporting. I don't currently see anything in ActiveIQ Unified Manager (I am on version 9.14) and we don't have Cloud Insights. What would be the primary way these tags could be used to generate reports and/or dashboards?

[Vikram]

Hi,

   You could use System Manager to add tags to a cluster/volumes  to identify objects as belonging to a category, such as projects or cost centers.

You define a tag by specifying a key and associating a value to it using the format “key:value”. For example: “dept:engineering” or “location:san-jose”.

Detailed Procedure is available in the below links:

Assign tags to a cluster

Assign tags to volumes

Regards.

[TMADOCTHOMAS]

Thank you @Vikram ! I am actually familiar with the feature itself, my question is about which other NetApp tools make use of the tags once created. In other words - how would I report on all devices with a particular tag, etc. As I said, I didn't see anything in ActiveIQ Unified Manager and don't use Cloud Insights. Wondering if anyone has insight on this question.

[customernumber10]

You can use harvest for reporting.

https://github.com/NetApp/harvest/pull/3273 

You can use REST API for reporting based on various filters ( Tag name example below which will display all volumes on the cluster with tag Team:NetApp )

curl -k -u netappuser -X GET "https://netapp.cluster.com/api/storage/volumes?_tags=Team:NetApp"

[TMADOCTHOMAS]

Thanks @customernumber10 ! Unfortunately I know nothing about REST API's language or how I would use it. I was hoping for AIUM or one of the other NetApp tools (SnapCenter? OnTAP Tools plug-in?) to utilize the tagging.

[customernumber10]

Hopefully NetApp integrates it in AIQUM soon. I had looked into it and only found these two options so far.  Checkout https://nabox.org which is easier way to implement harvest. Closest thing to Cloud Insights.

[TMADOCTHOMAS]

Thanks. I have heard of Harvest before, I may have to try this out.