Configuring NetApp Storage monitoring
The Monitoring Agent for NetApp Storage monitors the NetApp storage systems by using the NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager, the OnCommand API Services, and the OnCommand Performance Manager.
Before you begin
- Review the hardware and software prerequisites. For the up-to-date system requirement information, see the Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR) for the NetApp Storage agent.
- Ensure that the following components are installed on your machine:
- OnCommand Unified Manager
- OnCommand Performance Manager
- OnCommand API Services
- Ensure that the versions of the OnCommand API Services, the OnCommand Unified Manager, and the OnCommand Performance Manager are compatible. For example, to configure the OnCommand API Services V1.0, pair the OnCommand Unified Manager V6.2, V6.1, or V6.0 with the OnCommand Performance Manager V1.1. For compatible product versions, see the Interoperability Matrix Tool.
- Ensure that the user, who connects to the OnCommand Unified Manager, has the GlobalRead privilege for the NetApp storage system that is being monitored. Use an existing user ID with this privilege, or create a new user ID. For information about creating the user ID in your NetApp storage system, see the NetApp documentation.
- Ensure that the user, who you use to configure the OnCommand API Services, is an administrator or a monitor. These user types have default permissions to run the rest API.
- Download the NetApp Manageability SDK JAR file (manageontap.jar) from the NetApp website and install the file in the monitoring agent lib directory by completing the steps that are mentioned in Downloading and installing the NetApp Manageability SDK JAR file.
About this task
The NetApp Storage agent is a multiple instance agent. You must create the first instance, and start the agent manually.
The product version and the agent version often differ. The directions here are for the most current release of this agent. For information about how to check the version of an agent in your environment, see Agent version command. For detailed information about the agent version list and what's new for each version, see the Change history.
- To configure the agent on Windows systems, you can use the IBM Performance Management window or the silent response file.
- To configure the agent on Linux® systems, you can run the script and respond to prompts, or use the silent response file.