Controlling storage system monitoring on the vROps server

The IBM® storage systems connected to Spectrum Connect must be added to the vROps Manager as well to enable their monitoring.

To enable monitoring of the IBM storage systems, they must be added to the vROps server. You can also remove the systems that do not require monitoring by the vROps.

To monitor the storage systems on the vROps server:

  1. On the Monitoring pane, click the vROps server which you want to use for monitoring.
  2. In the Storage Systems pane, right-click a storage system that you intend to monitor, and select Start vROps monitor..., or click the Start Monitoring button on the storage system.
    The monitored system color changes to indicate the connection to the vROps server. Spectrum Connect starts pushing the information to vRealize Operations Manager, using HTTP post requests.
    Figure 1. Storage system monitored by the vROps server
    This image shows the storage systems monitored by the vROps server.

    You can stop monitoring a storage system by clicking the Stop Monitoring button on the monitored system.

    You can prevent the vROps server from collecting performance data from the monitored storage systems by toggling the Activate switch ().

    The legend below the vROps server specifies how many storage systems are being monitored by the server out of total number of systems defined on Spectrum Connect. The color of the vROps server changes from dark to bright blue in accordance with the number of monitored systems.