Adding a SAN Volume Controller system

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

Procedure

After the --add command, specify the following parameters (CLI arguments followed by values):

IP address (--ip) or host name (--host) of the SAN Volume Controller system.
Type of system to be added (-t) – Use "svc" to specify SAN Volume Controller as the system type.

Authentication mode (--authmode) – You can specify the public key mode (publickey), or, if you are using microcode version 6.3 or later – you can specify the password mode (password).

If the public key authentication mode is used, enter the authentication user name (--username) and then the folder location and name of the private SSH key (--certpath). If the SSH requires a passphrase (--passphrase), enter it as well.

For example:

C:\Program Files\IBM\Storage\Host\IBMStorageSCOM\bin>
scomu.cmd --add -t svc --ip 192.0.2.10 
--authmode publickey --username john1 --certpath c:\svc.cert --passphrase xxxxx
Connecting to the device ...
1 IBM SAN Volume Controller Storage System is found.
cluster ID: xx, code level: x.x.x.x, location: local

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

If the password authentication mode is used (applicable only to microcode version 6.3 or later), enter the authentication user name (--username) and then the authentication password (--password).

For example:

C:\Program Files\IBM\Storage\Host\IBMStorageSCOM\bin>
scomu.cmd --add -t svc --ip 192.110.20.10
--authmode password --username john1 --password xxxxxxxxxx
Connecting to the device ...
1 IBM SAN Volume Controller Storage System is found.
cluster ID: xx, code level: x.x.x.x, location: local

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

Important:

If you are using a SAN Volume Controller system with microcode version 6.1 or earlier, only "admin" is accepted as the user name. Using "admin" does not necessarily mean that you have administrator credentials, but rather a user name spelled as "admin". It also does not mean that the matching user name defined on the storage system is also "admin". The pairing between the SCOM Management Pack user and the storage system user account is performed only by the SSH key pairing (any valid SSH key grants access).
The private SSH key (in all cases in which it is used) must be in the OpenSSH format. If your key is not in the OpenSSH format, you can use a certified OpenSSH conversion utility. For more information, see the OpenSSH website.