Hi Phil, Pls check this public report http://support.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol?Type=Detail&Display=206891 With the exception of generating warning and error events for SnapMirror lag, OCUM doesn't generate snapmirror related events uless they are managed. What is surprising to me is that, when its managed via BCO, and you dont get events. I will have to check on the same to confirm if its expected behavior or regression. Could pls let me know the version of your OCUM ? Regards adai
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Hi Jeff, Pls refer TR 3690 - Access to DataFabric Manager and Performance Advisor Data Using Database Access and Data Export\ This explains how to access the DFM DB, via a ODBC or JDBC connection. But this is restricted only to the Database views and not all data contained in the db. Regards adai
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Hi Branjo, All the abilities of dfmpurge and much more has been done in OCUM 5.2 as part of the upgrade and restore process. So there is wont be dfmpurge utility for version 5.2 and later. Also the purge that is being done only during upgrade and restore process as part of 5.2 is being automated on scheduled basis from the next version of 5.2 Hope this helps... Regards adai
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Hi Alex, OCUM/DFM allows to configure repeat notification for alarm, which sends repeated emails, until the condition is neutralized. Pls configure repeat notifications to your alarms... by using the advanced tab. Regards adai
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Hi Steve, You are right, the default time for a reaper to kick in and delete or reap a relationship is 90mins. If you want to make sure that reaper shouldn't interfere. Never remove a member from the dataset without relinquishing the relationship with dfpm dataset relinquish cli. When done so, reaper never kicks in... Regards adai
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Hi, You have all things that are required for datatransfer report. So at this time are out of ideas as to why you aren't getting the transfer reports for the VSM relationship that are discovered in OCUM. In order to show up the transfer reports, the relationship just needs to be monitored in OCUM and not necessarily managed. My first gut feel is may be due to the naming, as the hostname and the volume names both have the same, FAS2040, but that's my gut feel. I suggest you open a case with Netapp Support for more deeper investigation...and there by for a resolution. Regards adai
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Hi Steve, You will have to import as follows. IF your dataset is of type A>B>C then import B>C first and A>B later. Now let me answer why you get the errors you mentioned. If I try to import using the snapvault entry, it won't let me select the the volume and add it to the dataset (says it is "Not applicable to the Selected Connection). The reason is because, you have not changed the selection of the connection to Snapvault instead its still A>B in the upper portion of the import wizard. Pls select the snapvault connection and then the import the same. If I try to import using both entries (ctrl click to highlight both), I can only add the mirror and not the vault, getting the same error message for the vault. You cant import both entries, you can only do one type of relationship at a time. As the import wizard can only highlight snapmirror or snapvault.and not both at the same time. Regards adai
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Hi BTW was this a fresh install of OCUM 5.2 ? Pls check whats the value of this option lnx142-x2:~ # dfm option list dataTransferReports Option Value ------------------- ------------------------------ dataTransferReports Disabled lnx142-x2:~ # If its disabled, pls enable the same to get the datatrasnfer reports. Regards adai
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Hi, Can i export the PA historical data to CSV file manually? I am not sure if you got to see the section titled in TR-3690, Scenario 3: Exporting PA data to CSV or tab-separated text files. Can i delete the PA historical data (form YYYYMMDD -- YYYYMMDD) manually? You cant specify a time range, but as described in TR4090 Section 14. Data Collection, you can modify the retention. By default for most view data work 1year is kept unless you changed them. So now if you change it to 6months then all data older than 6months from now are deleted from the PA flat files. hope this helps. Regards adai
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Hi, What is the version of OCUM that you are running ? If you are running a version prior to 5.0 you may be a victim of bug 439756 http://support.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol?Type=Detail&Display=439756 Pls take a look at the below TR on how to control the data collection and retention of perf data. Refer the section 14. Data Collection Page 69 http://www.netapp.com/us/system/pdf-reader.aspx?m=tr-4090.pdf&cc=us Also OCUM allows you to export PA data and the same is describe in TR 3690 http://www.netapp.com/us/system/pdf-reader.aspx?m=tr-3690.pdf&cc=us Alternate way is to use the dfm perf data retrieve cli to extract only the data that is required. Hope this helps. Regards adai
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Hi Suresh, I checked the OCUM events and found that there are no events related to syncmirror aggr. There is one attribute about Aggregate Mirrored, which should say if aggregate is sync mirrored or not. lnx142-x2:~ # dfm report catalog list -R Aggregate | grep -i mirror Mirrored Aggregate Mirrored lnx142-x2:~ # But we do have event for sync and semi sync snapmirrors. lnx142-x2:~ # dfm eventtype list | grep -i sync snapmirror-resync:aborted Warning sm.resync snapmirror-resync:completed Normal sm.resync snapmirror-resync:failed Error sm.resync sync-snapmirror:in-sync Information sm.sync sync-snapmirror:out-of-sync Warning sm.sync lnx142-x2:~ # dfm eventtype list | grep -i degrade lnx142-x2:~ # dfm eventtype list | grep -i out snapmirror:nearly-out-of-date Warning sm.lag snapmirror:out-of-date Error sm.lag snapvault-replica:nearly-out-of-date Warning snapvault-replica snapvault-replica:out-of-date Error snapvault-replica sync-snapmirror:out-of-sync Warning sm.sync lnx142-x2:~ # Regards adai
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Hi, What version of OCUM that you are running ? What is the value of this option ? Are both source and destination controllers of the SnapMirror managed by OCUM ? When you say snapmirror are they, volume snapmirror relationships or qtree snapmirror ? Can you give an example of the relationship being discovered and reported by OCUM, but transfer report for the same is not being shown ? dfpm relationship list | grep <some relationship name> dfm report view <transfer report> | grep <same relationship name> Regards adai
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Let me help you teach fishing rather than catch fish. dfm perf data retrieve { [ -o object-name-or-id ... ] [ -C perf-counter ... ] [ -V view-name ] } [ -d duration ] [ -b start-time ] [ -e end-time ] [ -M month ... ] [ -D weekday ... ] [ -T time-range ... ] [ -m statistical-method [ -P percentile-value ] [ -S data-advance-method ] ] [ -s sample-rate ] [ -x output-format ] [ -R ] It does not tell you what correct values are for things like: -b start-time (format YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) -e end-time (format YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) -M month ... -D weekday ... -T time-range -m statistical-method (values min, max, mean, value_at_percentile) -P percentile-value (decimal, e.g. 95 for 95th percentile) -S data-advance-method -s sample-rate -x output-format Need CSV file output! -R 1) To get the data for the last 5 minutes : dfm perf data retrieve -o mpo-vsim16 -C volume:total_ops -d 300 2) To get the data between two different intervals: dfm perf data retrieve -o mpo-vsim16 -C volume:total_ops -b "2013-08-20 07:50:00" -e "2013-08-20 8:00:00" 3) To get the data of a View for last 5 minutes: dfm perf data retrieve -o mpo-vsim16 -V "Volume Summary View" -d 300 4) To get the Minimum value for the Specified interval of 5 minutes in a View : dfm perf data retrieve -o mpo-vsim16 -V "Storage System Summary View" -d 300 -m min 5) To get the list of Views available : dfm perf view list Hope this helps. Regards adai
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Hi Castro, This will only delete events from DFM database including performance events. But will not delete any of the performance data stored in the flat files. Regards adai
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Hi Murugappan, The email alert on dfm cant be customized. But you should be able to get hosting filer details via the link in the alert that takes you to the DFM ui. Other was is to attach a script to alert and get the hosting filer for the vfiler and then in turn generate a custom event with that details. Regards adai.
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Hi James, The clis mandatory parameter is the purge-interval I was able to run the cli in 5.2 with out any issue. The -s does the following "Shows the details of the events, without cleaning up them from DB" C:\>dfm purge event -S Information -s 5d Hisotry Event Counts Event Type Count cpu.load 32 resource-group.modified 32 volume.growthrate 23 host.snmp_status 9 df.snapshot.kbytes 8 data-export 5 df.kbytes 4 host.nfs_service_status 4 traplistener-start 3 df.inodes 2 respool.space 2 status.global 2 dfm.load 1 qtree.kbytes 1 dfm.free.space 1 disk.reconstruct 1 dfm.license.limit 1 volume.overcommit 1 database_backup.status 1 dfm.license.expiration 1 resource-group.created 1 Currrent Event Counts Event Type Count cpu.load 32 volume.growthrate 23 host.snmp_status 9 df.snapshot.kbytes 8 data-export 5 df.kbytes 4 host.nfs_service_status 4 df.inodes 2 respool.space 2 status.global 2 dfm.load 1 qtree.kbytes 1 dfm.free.space 1 disk.reconstruct 1 dfm.license.limit 1 volume.overcommit 1 traplistener-start 1 database_backup.status 1 dfm.license.expiration 1 resource-group.created 1 resource-group.modified 1 The cli without -s removed the above shown entires from the db. C:\>dfm purge event -S Information 5d Purged 135 events successfully in 0 seconds One can also run with out the -S or -s just with interval. C:\>dfm purge event 2d Purged 4 events successfully in 0 seconds Regards adai
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You may be hitting known issue of bug 741312 due to a change in the ontap API esp from ONTAP version 8.1.3 and later. Because of this PA doesn't collect data. Regards adai
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Hi Jason, OCUM 5.2 does not do monitoring of SnapVault/Snapmirror or Storage Efficiency parameters. OCUM 6.0 which is available now does all of this. Yes as you said, it doesnt have Performance Data. Also point to note is there is no upgrade path from 5.x to 6.x though it looks like next releases. OCUM 6.0 is a completely new, built grounds up. Regards adai
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Hi Rob, All of the functionality and much more of dfmpurge tool is already part of OCUM 5.2 which happens every-time during upgrade and restore of a db in 5.2 and later. Regards adai
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