Storage Array Pre-Installation Setup > Adding an HP 3PAR Data Collector Policy
   
Version 9.1.01
Adding an HP 3PAR Data Collector Policy
Before adding the policy:
• A Data Collector must exist in the Portal, to which you will add Data Collector Policies. See Adding/Editing Data Collectors. For specific prerequisites and supported configurations, see Capacity Manager: Collection of Array Capacity and Host Data and the APTARE StorageConsole Certified Configurations Guide.
• Data collection requires the CIM server on the HP 3PAR array to be enabled. See Enabling and Disabling the CIM Server for HP 3PAR.
 
 
1. Select Admin > Data Collection > Collectors. The list of currently configured Portal Data Collectors is displayed.
2. Select a Data Collector from the list.
3. Click Add, and then select HP 3PAR.
4. Add or select the parameters. Mandatory parameters are denoted by an asterisk (*):
Field
Description
Sample Value
Collector Domain
The domain of the collector to which the collector backup policy is being added. This is a read-only field. By default, the domain for a new policy will be the same as the domain for the collector. This field is set when you add a collector.
 
Policy Domain
The Collector Domain is the domain that was supplied during the Data Collector installation process. The Policy Domain is the domain of the policy that is being configured for the Data Collector. The Policy Domain must be set to the same value as the Collector Domain.
The domain identifies the top level of your host group hierarchy. All newly discovered hosts are added to the root host group associated with the Policy Domain.
Typically, only one Policy Domain will be available in the drop-down list. If you are a Managed Services Provider, each of your customers will have a unique domain with its own host group hierarchy.
To find your Domain name select Admin > Hosts and Domains > Domains.
yourdomain
HP 3PAR Storage System Address(es)*
Enter a comma-separated list of IP addresses or host names of the HP 3PAR Storage Systems from which you want to collect data. If collecting via the CIM Server, ports 5988/5989 will be used by default. To specify a different port number, append to the IP address as: <port>. e.g. ,172.16.10.101, 172.16.10.102:7876.
3PAR_server1
Collection Method*
Choose Use Command Line Interface (CLI) to login to the HP 3PAR Storage System via SSH and use the command line. Choose Use Cim Server to force the collector to collect via the HP 3PAR CIM Server. Choose Use Cim Server over HTTPS to connect to the HP 3PAR CIM Server via HTTPS.
 
User ID*
Specify the User ID for the HP 3PAR Storage Systems. The User ID and Password must be the same for all systems identified in the Host Address field. The HP 3PAR user account should have been created with Browse rights.
Admin
Password*
Enter the password associated with the User ID. Note: The password is encrypted prior to saving in the database and is never visible in any part of the application.
Password1
Array Details
Select the check box to activate the array details collection. Click the clock icon to create a schedule frequency. You schedule the collection frequency by minute, hour, day, week and month. Relative schedules are relative to when the Data Collector is restarted. Advanced use of native CRON strings is also available.
 
Array Performance
Select the check box to activate performance collection. Note that at least one collection from this array must be performed BEFORE array performance data can be collected.
Click the clock icon to create a schedule frequency. You can schedule the collection frequency by minute, hour, day, week and month. Relative schedules are relative to when the Data Collector is restarted. Advanced use of native CRON strings is also available.
 
5. Click OK to save the Policy and return to the Collection Administration window where the Policy will be listed under the Data Collector. From here you can add an additional Policy record (for example, if the data collector needs to communicate with other servers), or make changes to the Policy you just created.
Special Considerations:
• For CIM Servers, version 2.3.1, you must use a CLI (command-line-interface) collector, not the SMI-S collector.
 
 
Enabling and Disabling the CIM Server for HP 3PAR
By default, the CIM Server is disabled and must be manually enabled on each HP 3PAR array by an administrator before it can be used. For HP 3PAR, the CIM server runs on the HP 3PAR array. The CIM Server is not necessarily a Linux server. The user must have the Service role or Super role.
Enabling the CIM Server
To enable the CIM Server via the console on the HP 3PAR array, issue the startcim command:
# startcim
CIM server will start in about 90 seconds.
Disabling the CIM Server
To disable the CIM Server via the console on the HP 3PAR array, issue the stopcim command:
# stopcim –f
CIM server stopped successfully.
Without the -f option, you are prompted to confirm your intent to disable the CIM Server.
Displaying the CIM Server Status
To display the CIM Server status information via the console on the HP 3PAR array, issue the showcim command.
# showcim
-Service- -State- --SLP-- SLPPort -HTTP-- HTTPPort -HTTPS- HTTPSPort PGVer CIMVer
Enabled Active Enabled 427 Enabled 5988 Enabled 5989 2.9.1 3.1.1
The showcim command shows the overall status of the CIM Server; the status and ports used for the HTTP, HTTPS, and SLP; the version of the internal Pegasus CIM Object Manager; and the version of the CIM Server. Note that 3.1.1 is the version supported by APTARE StorageConsole.