Managing and Monitoring Data Collection > NetApp Cluster-Mode Data Collector Policy
  
Version 9.2.01
NetApp Cluster-Mode 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 the APTARE StorageConsole Certified Configurations Guide.
• Data collection requires a NetApp user with the necessary privileges to access the API. See “NetApp Cluster Mode Read-only User” in the APTARE StorageConsole Data Collector Installation Guide for Capacity Manager.
See also: NetApp E-Series/IBM Modular Data Collector Policy and NetApp Data Collector Policy.
 
 
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 NetApp Cluster-Mode.
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4. Enter 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 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.
 
NetApp Address*
One or more Cluster-Mode IP addresses or host names to probe. Comma-separated addresses or IP ranges are supported, for example, 192.168.0.1-250, 192.168.1.10, myhost. If you use VM’s in a management server configuration, be sure to connect to the filer node IPs and not the VM.
Note that these are for ONTAP Cluster-Mode and ONTAP 7 addresses cannot be used.
192.168.0.1-250, 192.167.1.10, myhost
User ID*
The view-only user ID for accessing NetApp ONTAP Cluster-Mode storage.
 
Password*
The password associated with the User ID.
 
Array Capacity
Check the box to collect array capacity data from your NetApp Cluster-Mode environment.
Click the clock icon to create a schedule. Every Minute, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, and Monthly schedules may be created. Advanced use of native CRON strings is also available.
Examples of CRON expressions:
*/30 * * * * means every 30 minutes
*/20 9-18 * * * means every 20 minutes between the hours of 9am and 6pm
*/10 * * * 1-5 means every 10 minutes Mon - Fri.
NOTE: Explicit schedules set for a Collector policy are relative to the time on the Collector server. Schedules with frequencies are relative to the time that the Data Collector was restarted.
1 */4 * * *
Array Performance
Check the box to collect array performance data. 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.
 
 
Data collection of NetApp Cluster-Mode requires a specific read-only role and user in order to collect data for a cluster.
To create a new user account with the required privileges, use the following Command Line Interface (CLI) steps. This set of commands creates a role as apt_readonly and then a user named apt_user with read-only access.
1. Create a read-only role using the following two commands.
security login role create -role apt_readonly -cmddirname DEFAULT -access readonly
security login role create -role apt_readonly -cmddirname security -access readonly
2. Create the read-only user using the following command. Once you have executed the create command, you will be prompted to enter a password for this user.
security login create -username apt_user -application ontapi -authmethod password -role apt_readonly
 
The resulting role and user login will look something like this:
Role Command/ Access
Vserver Name Directory Query Level
---------- ------------- --------- ------------------ --------
cluster1 apt_readonly DEFAULT readonly
cluster1 apt_readonly security readonly
 
 
cluster1::security login> show
Vserver: cluster1
Authentication Acct
UserName Application Method Role Name Locked
---------------- ----------- -------------- ---------------- ------
apt_user ontapi password apt_readonly no