Adding a DS8000 system

This section describes how to add a DS8000® system to the list of SCOM-monitored IBM® storage systems.

About this task

The DS8000 management pack connects to the DS8000 storage system through a DS CIM agent. The DS CIM agent runs embedded on the DS8000 system (for microcode versions 5.4.3, 5.5.1 and 5.6.0) or in proxy mode (for microcode version 5.4.0).

Procedure

To add a DS8000 system to the monitoring list, type the following details in a single command line:

  • Type of system to be added (-t) – Use "ds8k" to specify DS8000 as the system type.
  • URL (--url) – Web address of the DS CIM agent
  • Namespace (--namespace) – CIM namespace of the DS CIM agent (for example: root/ibm)
  • Login user name (--username) and password (--password) – For a proxy DS CIM agent, use the CIM agent user account. For an embedded DS CIM agent, use the DS8000 user account.

Example

C:\Program Files\IBM\Storage\Host\IBMStorageSCOM\bin>
scomu.cmd --add -t ds8k --url https://host1.domain1.com:6989 
--namespace root/ibm --username usr1 --password pwd1
Connecting to the device ...
1 IBM DS8000 Storage System is found.
device ID: xx, code level: x.x.x.x, CIM server version: x.x.x.x

The connection is OK.
Trying to add the connection.
New connection is added.