Using the IBM Storage Management Pack for VMware
vRealize Operations Manager
Use the IBM® Storage Management Pack for VMware
vRealize Operations Manager to obtain comprehensive monitoring information about the IBM storage resources that are utilized in your virtualized
environment.
About this task
After successfully configuring Spectrum Control Base with vRealize Operations Manager, it
periodically starts sending the storage system information to vRealize Operations Manager. You can
view the detailed IBM storage dashboards, together with the graphical relationships between the
storage elements (storage systems, ports, storage pools, volumes) and virtual elements (datastores,
virtual machines, hosts) in a drill-down interactive style.
Note: In version 3.3.0, the IBM Storage Management Pack for
VMware vRealize Operations Manager does not support the DS8000 family storage systems.
Three main dashboards are available for IBM® storage systems:
Note: Not all informational-level severity events are reported by Spectrum Control Base to vRealize
Operations Manager. All other severity events (Warning, Minor, Major, Critical) are reported.
Procedure
To view the IBM storage dashboards, complete the following steps.
Log in to vRealize Operations Manager user interface.
Click Dashboard List > IBM Storage and select the required dashboard.Figure 1. vROps GUI – IBM STORAGE option
The selected dashboard is displayed. The following icons are used to represent the IBM storage elements.
