solarwinds Smart Start Self-Led Project Plan for Storage Resource Monitor User Guide

User Guide for solarwinds models including: Smart Start Self-Led Project Plan for Storage Resource Monitor, Self-Led Project Plan for Storage Resource Monitor, Plan for Storage Resource Monitor, Storage Resource Monitor

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Smart Start Self-Led Project Plan for Storage Resource Monitor
INS TA L L ATION
Confirming installation for SRM
The first step in the engagement will be to make sure SRM is installed.
Install Orion® Platform products in a new environment:
Documentation
SRM NODE/ARRAY MANAGEMENT
Getting started with SRM and adding storage arrays
Learn the fundamental of SRM by going over the process for adding and configuring storage arrays.
Add your storage array for monitoring with SRM:
Documentation
Demonstrate and assist in adding storage arrays
Continue SRM training by working through adding all storage arrays to be monitored.
Add additional arrays:
Documentation
Supported arrays (A - H):
Documentation
Supported arrays (I - Z):
Documentation
Review how to manage storage objects
Further review of how to manage your storage arrays in the SRM web console.
Explore your SRM environment:
Documentation

SMART START SELF-LED PROJECT PLAN FOR STORAGE RESOURCE MONITOR
SRM licensing
Discuss how SRM handles licenses for storage arrays and best practices.
Licensing Storage Resource Monitor (SRM):
Documentation
Customizing storage object properties and polling frequencies:
Learn how to customize and edit storage object properties. Then review and discuss polling frequencies for devices and how to edit them.
Edit storage object properties in SRM:
Documentation
Edit array polling frequencies:
Documentation
NAVIGATING SRM
Review SRM summary view:
Learn about SRM summary views.
Log in to the Orion Web Console:
Documentation
Views and widgets in SRM:
Documendation
Review SRM details pages and SRM widgets
Please review the different SRM details pages including views for NAS, storage polls, and LUNs. You should also review the basics of SRM widget resources.
Views and widgets in SRM:
Documentation
SRM widgets:
Documentation
Storage controller monitoring
Learn about monitoring storage controllers in SRM and working with storage controller thresholds.

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Storage controller monitoring:
Documentation
SRM hardware health
Review hardware health monitoring for any of the following: Dell EMC VMAX, Clariion, Celerra, VNX Gateway, or IBM SVC/ v7000/V3700.
Monitor hardware health for SRM:
Documentation
Enable hardware health monitoring for SRM:
Documentaion
TROUBLESHOOTING WITH SRM/SRM ALERTS
Manage thresholds for SRM
In this section, we'll review how to manage the different storage thresholds used by SRM. We'll cover the difference between static and dynamic thresholds and configuring specific thresholds for objects.
Manage thresholds for SRM:
Documentation
Set SRM thresholds:
Documentation
Set SRM thresholds for specific storage objects:
Documentation
Managing and using SRM alerts:
Learn about out-of-the-box alerts available for SRM and how to use the Orion Alert Manager to review and customize SRM alerts.
Manage thresholds for SRM:
Documentation
Troubleshoot an unreachable array
Learn basic troubleshooting for issues where an array is unreachable.
Troubleshoot an unreachable array:
Documentation

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REPORTS/SRM SOLUTIONS
SRM reports
Review SRM reports and how to use the report write to create custom reports. We'll learn how to generate reports for storage arrays, NAS, storage polls, and LUNs.
Run reports in SRM:
Documentation
SRM capacity planning
Review capacity planning in SRM. This includes multi-vendor capacity planning, reviewing the capacity dashboard, and generating capacity reports.
What is multi-vendor capacity planning?:
Documentation
What is the capacity dashboard?:
Documentation
Generate capacity reports:
Documentation
Review how SRM works with PerfStackTM
Learn about using PerfStack to create data project presenting multiple devices and data points.
Use PerfStack with SRM:
Documentation
Review how SRM works with AppStackTM
Learn how SRM works with AppStack and connects to other objects being monitored in the Orion Platform.
Investigate a performance issue using AppStack:
Documentation

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Legacy software: SRM profiler
Discuss this legacy feature and how SRM works with SRM profiler.
Use SRM with SRM profiler:
Documentation
Mapping storage devices in SRM
Learn about SRM storage mapping and how to configure automated and manual mapping for storage objects. This is for Windows devices only.

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