Following table summarizes discovery, monitoring, and analysis for the Server Manager features. Each of these features is described in detail in later chapters of this book.
Feature |
Discovery |
Monitoring |
Analysis |
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Atmos Management |
Uses SNMP to discover the following:
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Uses SNMP to monitor Atmos nodes and Atmos services. |
Provides root-cause and impact analysis for Atmos node and Atmos service. |
VMware management |
Uses the vCenter API (VMware Infrastructure API) to discover the following VMware elements and associates each one with a topology element discovered by the IP Availability Manager:
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Uses the vCenter API to monitor VMware elements. |
Provides root-cause and impact analysis for availability problems within VMware elements, cross-correlating host system problems, and virtual element problems. |
Microsoft Hyper-V virtual server management |
Uses Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to discover Hyper-V virtual servers. |
Uses WMI to monitor Hyper-V virtual servers. |
Performs root-cause and impact analysis and creates notifications on Hyper-V virtual server problems and risks. |
KVM hypervisor management |
Uses OpenStack NOVA API to discover KVM hypervisors. |
Uses the OpenStack NOVA API and RESTful web services API to monitor KVM hypervisor elements. |
Performs root-cause and impact analysis and creates notifications on KVM hypervisor problems and risks. |
ScaleIO management |
Uses REST API to discover ScaleIO components.. |
Uses the RESTful web services API to monitor ScaleIO elements. |
Performs root-cause and impact analysis and creates notifications on ScaleIO problems and risks. |
Cluster management |
Identifies the Virtual IP address associated with the cluster (protection group) and the active host system. |
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Performs root-cause and impact analysis and creates notifications on cluster problems and risks. |
Process monitoring |
Monitors configured application processes that are running on a host. Also monitors application service groups which is a redundancy group, consisting of one or more application processes running on one or multiple hosts and on Atmos nodes. |
Uses SNMP or WMI for Windows. |
Cross-correlates host system problems and application process problems. Generates an alert for a configured application process on a given host when:
Generates an alert for a configured application service group when:
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F5 BIG-IP management |
Discovers F5 BIG-IP Load Balancers by providing a new object class, the LoadBalancer class, which enables the IP Managers to discover the devices and collect the traps. |
The Server Managermonitors:
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Environmental and host resource monitoring
Note:
Host resource monitoring is for Windows systems only. |
For the environmental objects (Fan, TemperatureSensor, VoltageSensor, and PowerSupply), the Server Managerqueries vendor-specific MIBs for the following systems:
Discovery and monitoring of host resource objects requires use of WMI. For information about the Dell OpenManage product, refer to: www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/sitelets/solutions/management/openmanage?c=us&l=en&cs=555 For information about the Sun Management Center, refer to: www.sun.com/software/products/sunmanagementcenter/index.xml For information about the IBM Systems Director product, refer to: www-03.ibm.com/systems/software/director/index.html For information about the HP Systems Insight Manager, refer to: www.hp.com/products.com |
Discovers and monitors the following environmental objects by using vendor-specific MIBs:
Discovers and monitors the following host resource objects by using WMI only:
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Creates notifications when objects exceed configured parameter thresholds. |
F5 BIG-IP load balancer discovery and monitoring |
Uses SNMP to discover load balancer hosts, virtual servers, and groups (pools) of hosts that receive traffic from the load balancer. |
Discovers and monitors the following by using SNMP:
Monitors performance of the following by using SNMP:
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Creates notifications when elements exceed configured parameter thresholds. |
Storage Area Network (SAN) |
Uses Web Interface API to discover the following SAN components:
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Uses EMC M&R Web Interface API to monitor SAN components. |
Provides root-cause and impact analysis for SAN components. |
Software-Defined Networks management |
Uses the RESTful web services API to discover the following VMware elements and associates each one with a topology element discovered by the IP Availability Manager. Refer to the previous VMware management list. Plus:
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Uses the RESTful web services API to monitor VMware elements. |
Provides root-cause and impact analysis for availability problems within VMware elements, cross-correlating host system problems, and virtual element problems. |
XenServer management |
Uses XenAPI to discover hypervisors and virtual machines and also its health components like memory and processor. |
Uses XenAPI to monitor XenServer hypervisors and virtual machines. |
Performs root-cause and impact analysis and creates notifications on XenServer problems and risks. |