celerra
Nimsoft Celerra Monitoring probe

The Nimsoft celerra probe monitors the health and performance of Celerra storage systems.

Note

When adding attributes to the Auto Configurations, Auto Monitors, or Templates, the attributes associated with the “Control Station” node cannot be added as they are static throughout the operation of the probe and thus add no value for monitoring.
Revision history
Date Description State Version
30.10.2017 md5sum: 0da8a8fe62f203ea8f30b65a4fd0fd30
sha1sum: 96077ee33f9a497664ef120f1826c28ccb65b13b
2.12
07.07.2017

What's New:

  • The probe always generates QoS messages for the total capacity of the storage server.

Fixed Defects:

  • Added a note which recommends users to deploy ppm version 3.23 or later to view subsystem IDs. For more information, see (UIM 8.20 or earlier) NAS Subsystem ID Requirements. Support case number 412895
md5sum: 32fc28a00a2949b9b5c9c7b296c8064e
sha1sum: 246291ba0d05bfe69c31d8721335b80aa74219df
2.11
12.08.2016 What's New:
1. Added support to disable generation of audit json files. For more information, see Known Issues and Workarounds. Support case number 409542
2. Added support to generate monitoring information for Control Station monitors as the total size of all sectors. Earlier versions of the probe incorrectly displayed the storage size as the number of sectors instead of the size of all sectors in Control Station monitors. For more information, see the Create a Profile section of celerra AC Configuration. Support case number 287698

Fixed Defects:
1. Updated the celerra Metrics article with the monitor for Control Station port. Support case number 463050
2. The probe did not generate alarms for the following monitors when the monitored value was calculated a 0 due to command failure. Support case number 444794
(i) cs_ConfiguredTotalCapacity
(ii) cs_ConfiguredTotalCapacityFree
(iii) cs_ConfiguredTotalCapacityUsed
(iv) cs_RawTotalCapacity
(v) cs_RawTotalCapacityFree
(vi) cs_RawTotalCapacityUsed
(vii) cs_TotalNumberOfConfiguredDisks
(viii) cs_TotalNumberOfDevices
(ix) cs_TotalNumberOfDisks
(x) cs_TotalNumberOfHotSpares
(xi) cs_TotalNumberOfUnconfiguredDisks
3. The probe incorrectly displayed the USM group as storage instead of Storage. For more information, see Known Issues and Workarounds. Support case number 426864
4. Updated the Preconfiguration Requirements for Migration and NAS Subsystem ID Requirements sections with the correct CA UIM version required. Support case number 412895
5. On upgrade from version 1.65, the probe did not correctly migrate monitors to standard static thresholds. For more information, see Upgrade Considerations. Support case number 409312

For Detailed Release Notes-Please refer
https://wiki.ca.com/rest/ca/product/latest/topic?format=rendered&language=&space=UIMPGA&hid=celerra_RN

Note: Salesforce case(s) may not be viewable to all customers.
2.10
22.03.2016 Added templates to configure multiple profiles with the same monitor configuration. For more information, see celerra Apply Monitoring with Templates.

For Detailed Release Notes-Please refer
https://wiki.ca.com/rest/ca/product/latest/topic?format=rendered&language=&space=UIMPGA&hid=celerra_RN
2.02
01.10.2015 Removed support for templates using Template Editor interface.

For Detailed Release Notes-Please refer
https://wiki.ca.com/rest/ca/product/latest/topic?format=rendered&language=&space=UIMPGA&hid=celerra_RN
2.01
26.09.2015 What's New:
1. The probe is now available only through the Admin Console.
2. Alarms for metric monitors are now configured using standard static thresholds.
3. Added the ability to create monitoring configuration templates. The templates allow you to apply consistent monitoring configurations across multiple profiles using filters.
4. Added factory template for monitors available on the Celerra Unified Dashboard.
5. Added support for dynamic variables using CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.31 or later.
6. Added support for localization.
7. The following monitors in Control Station are no longer available:
cs_zUserName
cs_zPassword
cs_zIPAddress
8. Added support to define or modify the maximum size of the log file.
Note: The probe requires CA UIM 8.1 or later.

Fixed Defect:
1. The probe did not parse device data correctly and displayed inaccurate data. Salesforce case 00158809

For Detailed Release Notes-Please refer
https://wiki.ca.com/rest/ca/product/latest/topic?format=rendered&language=&space=UIMPGA&hid=celerra_RN
Note: Salesforce case(s) may not be viewable to all
2.00
30.04.2015 The heap size for the celerra probe has been changed to: -Xms512m -Xmx1024m.(Salesforce Case: 00156337)
For Detailed Release Notes-Please refer
https://wiki.ca.com/rest/ca/product/latest/topic?format=rendered&language=&space=UIMPGA&hid=celerra_RN
Note:Salesforce case(s) may not be viewable to all
1.65
27.10.2014 1. Added Source Override option to allow users to provide their own QoS source instead of using the default source.
2. Added support for VNX and VNX2.
3. Certified the probe for:
VNX Models: VNX5300 and VNX5700
VNX2 models: VNX5400 and VNX8000

For Detailed Release Notes- Please Refer http://docs.nimsoft.com/prodhelp/en_US/Probes/AdminConsole/celerra/ReleaseNotes/index.htm
1.64
10.07.2014
1. Fixed a defect where QoS Name field is shown as blank.

2. Fixed a defect where configured monitor was not assigned to the new file system. (Salesforce Case: 00115057)

3· Fixed a defect where probe was sending clear alarm on every interval.

For Detailed Release Notes- Please refer
http://docs.nimsoft.com/prodhelp/en_US/Probes/AdminConsole/celerra/ReleaseNotes/index.htm
1.63
18.04.2014 Fixed an issue where the QoS data for Disk Groups was not getting updated.

For Detailed Release Notes- Please refer
http://docs.nimsoft.com/prodhelp/en_US/Probes/AdminConsole/celerra/ReleaseNotes/index.htm
1.62
26.09.2013 Fixed metID issues 1.61
04.09.2013 Fixed defect of celerra subsystem id. Fixed defects around localization 1.60
01.09.2011 Certification of probe functionality on the EMC VNX platform.
1.50
02.08.2011
  • Added “Total Count” metrics for storage capacity and number of disks, etc…
  • Enabled caching of CI metric values
  • Critical data gathering bug fix from code reading (static vs. dynamic values)
  • Critical bug fixes
  • CI enabled as per TNT2
  • 1.40
    27.05.2011 Critical bug fixes
    CI enabled as per TNT2
    1.15
    09.03.2011 Initial release.
    1.02
    17.02.2011 Intitial Release
    1.00
    25.01.2011 Fixed the issue in which right-clicking didn’t add to template.
    Fixed the column headers on the resource group view.
    Implemented a consistent usage of Kbytes, Bytes, GBytes, etc.
    Implemented correct unit labels on ss_* measurement fields as well as sssp_* measurement fields.
    Updated the Celerra.cfx template file to include all the recently added QOS measurements.
    0.99
    21.01.2011 Added fix to allow QOS measurements to be correctly captured and passed along to the Service Level Management console.
    Changed the source of the QOS measurements being captured, from the Control Station IP address to the Resource Name.
    0.98
    14.01.2011 Added top level "Network" node.
    Added second data set for demonstration and testing
    0.97
    07.01.2011 Implemented bug fixes 0.96
    31.12.2010 Initial version of the probe
    0.95
    Requirements
    Platform: Any supported Nimsoft Robot platform with Java 1.6 or newer
    Celerra: EMC Celerra Control Station Linux release 3.0 (NAS 6.0.36)
    Software: Nimsoft Robot 3.02 or newer
    Java 1.6 or newer
    ssh connectivity to celerra management node
    Hardware: None