GUI – Attaching and detaching storage systems on the vCOps server

The IBM® storage systems connected to Spectrum Control Base must be added to the vCOps Manager as well.

About this task

To enable monitoring of the IBM storage systems, they must be attached to the vCOps server. You can also detach the systems that do not require monitoring by the vCOps.

To manage the storage systems on the vCOps server:

1. On the Monitoring pane, click the vCOps server to which you want to attach storage systems.
2. In the Storage Systems pane, click a system that you intend to attach to the defined vCOps server. The attached system color changes to green to indicate the connection to the vCOps server. Spectrum Control Base starts pushing the information to vCenter Operations Manager, using HTTP post requests.

   

   You can detach a storage system from the vCOps server by clicking the attached system. When detached, the system color changes to gray.

   You can prevent the vCOps server from collecting performance data from the XIV® systems by toggling the Activate switch ().

   The legend below the vCOps server specifies how many XIV storage systems are attached to the server out of total number of systems defined on Spectrum Control Base. The color of the vCOps server changes from dark to bright green in accordance with the number of attached systems.