EMC ControlCenter SRM
Technical Review
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IT Challenges Addressed by Storage Management
Understanding what you have in your current
environment:
– How well is it utilized?
– How well is it performing?
Planning for changes in your environment
– Deploying, re-deploying, consolidating
Provisioning resources
– Coordinating people and tools
Manual, time-consuming, error-prone
processes
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EMC Storage Management ControlCenter Family
Key enabler for information lifecycle management
– Comprehensive management of multi-vendor storage infrastructure
Executing in three key areas:
SRM Planning and Provisioning
SRM Planning and Design, plan, and provision multi-vendor tiered
Storage Management
storage to streamline operations and meet
Provisioning service-level agreements
Services
SRM Monitoring and Reporting
SRM Monitoring Monitor and report on multi-vendor tiered
and Reporting storage to improve asset utilization and
performance
Device Device Management
Configure and optimize EMC storage
Management
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IT Challenges Addressed by SRM Planning and Provisioning
Challenges
– Complex to manage multi-vendor SANs
– Takes days or weeks to fulfill provisioning requests
– Difficult to design new and growing SANs
Today’s processes don’t work
– Multiple tools for zoning and LUN Masking
– Expertise required across multiple organizations
– Frequent changes in SAN component interoperability
The result
– Service-level commitments cannot be met
– Manual, time-consuming, and error-prone processes
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ControlCenter SRM Planning and Provisioning
Value Proposition
View SAN topology, health, and performance
– Correlate and display the relationship of SAN infrastructure
Centralize active SAN management
– Reduce management overhead
Automate provisioning based on business requirements
– Reduce provisioning errors
SRM Planning
– Meet time-to-provision service-level and Provisioning
agreements
SAN Manager
Accelerate SAN planning and design
– Reduce risk of interoperability errors Automated Resource
– Improve change control Manager
SAN Advisor
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ControlCenter Family Shared Infrastructure
Management frameworks
Common look and feel
– Powerful, intuitive, task-oriented
console ControlCenter ControlCenter
Console Console
Shared repository
LAN
Shared services
– Authentication to control user ControlCenter agents ControlCenter
rights Servers
– Common agents Server
Standards-based integration
– SMI-S SAN Repository
Modular functionality added as
required Store
Storage
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View of End-to-End SAN Topology
Automatically discovers
heterogeneous SAN elements
– Servers
– SAN devices:
McDATA
Brocade
Cisco
Inrange
EMC Connectrix
– Storage arrays:
HP StorageWorks
HDS
CLARiiON
Symmetrix
Automatically correlates and
displays the relationship of
SAN infrastructure
SAN Manager
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Analyzes SAN Performance and Health
Performance monitoring
– Graphical / tabular
performance views and
thresholds
– Historical trend analysis
(available through
Performance Manager)
– Data can be exported to .csv
file
Consolidated alerts view for
all SAN devices
– Policy-based, error,
performance, availability,
health
Display device health for all
SAN elements
– HBAs, switches, storage
arrays
SAN Manager
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Active Management of Multi-vendor SAN Devices
LUN Masking
Storage-enforced
masking of volumes for
maximum protection
Configure storage to
specific servers or
clusters
Multi-vendor LUN
Masking capability
– Symmetrix
– CLARiiON
– HP
– HDS
Select host
Select array / port
Choose devices
SAN Manager
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Active Management of Multi-vendor SAN Devices
Consolidate Zoning
Manage switches from a common
interface instead of multiple vendor-
specific tools
Zone multi-vendor SAN devices and
storage arrays
– Storage arrays supported:
• Symmetrix
• CLARiiON
• HP StorageWorks
• HDS (and OEMs)
– Switches supported:
• McDATA
• Brocade
• Cisco
• Inrange
• Connectrix
Choose new or existing zone
Select ports
Create zone SAN Manager
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Foundation for Automating Storage Provisioning
Servers Storage
Application and Provisioning
database management Difficult
Filesystem management Time-consuming
Error-prone
Volume management
Zoning SAN
Manager
Automated
LUN Masking Resource
Manager
Assign volumes ports
Configure LUNs
Storage arrays
Automated Resource
Manager
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Automates Provisioning
Provision storage based on business
requirements
– OLTP application requires tier one-level
storage
– E-mail application needs tier two-level
storage
– Telemarketing requires tier three-level
storage
Automate storage allocation process
via CLI or GUI
– Pre-defined policies handle all the details Tier 1
—LUN Masking, zoning, pathing, Tier 2
replication Tier 3
– Multi-vendor support
EMC Symmetrix and CLARiiON
HP StorageWorks
Automated Resource
Manager
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Storage Provisioning Services
As Easy as 1-2-3!
Select
− Server and amount of storage needed
Find and review
− Find available storage meeting request
parameters
− Review proposed configuration
Schedule execution
− Storage Provisioning Services handles the
details
• LUN Masking, zoning, and pathing for
primary and secondary hosts
Automated Resource
Manager
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Storage Provisioning Services
De-allocation Wizard
– If a host is decommissioned, storage has been “over-allocated” to a host or
in preparation for an application migration
– Steps through the necessary tasks to de-allocate storage
Device masking removal, meta devices dissolved, devices are unmapped, host access to any
associated replicas, device groups are updated
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SAN Planning, Design, and Validation
Online application for the design, modeling, and validation
of networked storage environments
– Eliminates the guesswork from SAN design and change
management
– Accelerates SAN planning and design projects
Model “what-if” scenarios to understand impact of changes
and arrive at best-choice solutions
Download configuration details into Visio and Excel
Centralized, web-based application
SAN Advisor
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How SAN Advisor Works
Local Install at
Customer Site
SAN Advisor
EMC Auto-update Service
• ESM
• Rules
eLab
• Product Information
Product Database
SAN Designers • Industry data
and IT • Device library
Administrators • Interoperability data
• Best practices
SAN Advisor
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Results: Valid SAN Blueprint
Save unlimited
configurations online
Output results to:
– Visio
– Excel
– Hard copy
SAN Advisor
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ControlCenter Family
SRM Planning and Provisioning
SAN Manager
SAN Advisor
Automated Resource Manager Servers
SRM Monitoring and Reporting
StorageScope
SAN
StorageScope File Level Reporter
Performance Manager
Storage Device Management Storage
Symmetrix Manager
Symmetrix Optimizer
Navisphere Management Suite
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EMC Storage Management ControlCenter Family
Key enabler for Information Lifecycle Management
– Comprehensive management of multi-vendor storage infrastructure
Executing in three key areas:
SRM Planning and Provisioning
SRM Planning and Design, plan, and provision multi-vendor tiered
Storage Management
storage to streamline operations and meet
Provisioning service-level agreements
Services
SRM Monitoring and Reporting
SRM Monitoring Monitor and report on multi-vendor tiered
and Reporting storage to improve asset utilization and
performance
Device Device Management
Configure and optimize EMC storage
Management
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IT Challenges Addressed by SRM Monitoring and Reporting
Challenges facing IT Administrators
– Difficult to improve utilization and performance
– Reduce unutilized storage and optimize performance
– Too many tools results in decentralized monitoring
Today’s processes don’t work
– Reports don’t scale across the enterprise and are immediately stale
– Gathering and correlating information is a manual, error-prone process
– Separate tools to collect data for each element
The result
– Limits your ability to ensure efficient asset utilization and performance
– Difficult to meet service-level commitments
– Reactive versus proactive
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ControlCenter SRM Monitoring and Reporting
Value Proposition
Automatic end-to-end discovery and mapping
– Relationship from the host logical object to storage
– View storage infrastructure from a business context
Monitor health, utilization, and performance of tiered storage to help
meet service levels
Effectively utilize storage assets
– Reclaim / reallocate storage to appropriate tier to reduce TCO
– Historical reports and trending for capacity planning
Performance analysis for problem
isolation and tuning StorageScope
– Correlate host, SAN, and array
performance information StorageScope
– Isolate and quickly resolve performance File Level Reporter
problems
Performance Manager
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Automate End-to-End Discovery and Mapping
Relationship View shown here depicts…
• Host • Logical volume manager
• Database • Server raw devices
• Oracle instance • Storage logical devices
• Tablespaces • Storage physical devices
• Filesystem …automatically
Reduce time spent collecting and updating mapping information manually
Streamlines change management by providing a shared view across the
Database Administrator, host, and storage realms
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Monitor Health, Utilization, and Performance to Help Meet
Service Levels
Define…
– What to monitor
Databases
Backup applications
Hosts
Switches
Arrays (DAS, SAN, NAS)
– How frequently to monitor
– When to take action
– What action to take
Integrates with leading system
management frameworks
– BMC Patrol
– CA Unicenter
– HP Openview
– Micromuse
– Tivoli Netview
– Microsoft MOM
– Any SNMP-based application
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Utilize Tiered Storage Assets More Effectively
Detailed File-level Reports Enterprise-wide Reports
Provides detailed views of file-related Reallocate storage more efficiently
storage use – Identification of file-related storage activity
Use selectively on targeted hosts Plan future capacity requirements
– Separate lightweight infrastructure for fast
deployment and resolution
Track your IT assets
Take action on file-related storage Built to scale across the enterprise
problems
– Improve user behavior
– Clean up files
StorageScope
StorageScope
File Level Reporter
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Monitor and Report on Tiered-Storage Infrastructure
Utilization
How are applications
using storage
resources?
Manage your storage
from a business
context
– Specialized grouping
allows you to see how
storage assets are
being used
Inefficiencies can be
quickly identified
StorageScope
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Simplify the Storage Inventory Process
Report shows information that was once labor-intensive and time-
consuming with a single click
StorageScope
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Maximize Asset Utilization
View database utilization
reports
– Oracle
– Sybase
– SQL Server
– Informix
– UDBC
Backup reports answers
data protection concerns
VERITAS, LEGATO, and
Tivoli backup information in a single report
StorageScope
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Leverage Flexible Reporting Capabilities
Define report content Organize reports by group
– Servers – Location, business unit, application, etc.
Operating system level, filesystems,
databases, HBAs, etc. Access ControlCenter Repository via
– SAN StorageScope API
– Storage
Configured, allocated, used, internal
storage, etc.
StorageScope
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Intelligently Plan for the Future
Historical reports, trend lines enable better planning
Seven-day Trend
11.2
11.1
11.0
10.9
10.8
10.7
10.6
4/11 4/12 4/13 4/14 4/15 4/16 4/17 4/18 4/19 4/20 4/21 4/22
2004
Trendline
L82at202—filesystem—used (GB) StorageScope
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StorageScope File-Level Summary Details
Provides file age and
capacity distribution
statistics
Create top 10 reports
– Largest files
– Largest directories
– Dormant files
StorageScope
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View Detailed File-Level Reports
View detailed
reports
– Size of file
– Owner
– Last-modified date
– Last-accessed
date
Multiple report
formats and
delivery options
StorageScope
File Level Reporter
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Manage File-Related Storage Activity and Capacity
View detailed reports
– Size of file
– Owner
– Last-modified date
– Last-accessed date
Execute file-level actions
for proactive
management
– Reclaim storage capacity
– Stage data to less-
expensive disk
– Compress data files
StorageScope
File Level Reporter
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Display and Analyze Performance Data
Select data source(s)
Performance views
– Graphical and tabular
– Vital signs
– User defined
Data manipulation
– Correlation / auto-correlation
– Drill down
– Analyze multiple datasets
– Export data as .csv
Configuration views
– Current configuration
– Configuration changes
– Sorting and mapping to user-
selected metrics
Define view(s)
Performance Manager
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Performance Analysis for Faster Problem Resolution
Correlate Symmetrix,
CLARiiON and HDS
performance with…
– Oracle database
– Host
– SAN performance
Investigate on a wide Correlate file with
host and storage
variety of metrics
– Oracle files and segments
– Host throughput, response
time, and CPU utilization
– Switch port throughput, credits,
and errors
– Cache and physical disk usage
Performance Manager
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Relate Host and Array Performance
Array volumes
Associated host devices
Response times
as seen by host
Performance Manager
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Celerra Performance Monitoring and Analysis
Investigate on a wide
variety of metrics
– Data mover statistics
– File system usage and I/O
statistics
– Network statistics
Performance Manager
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ControlCenter Family
SRM Planning and Provisioning
SAN Manager
SAN Architect
Automated Resource Manager Servers
SRM Monitoring and Reporting
StorageScope
SAN
StorageScope File Level Reporter
Performance Manager
Device Management Storage
Navisphere Management Suite
Symmetrix Manager
Symmetrix Optimizer
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EMC Storage Management ControlCenter Family
Key enabler for Information Lifecycle Management
– Comprehensive management of multi-vendor storage infrastructure
Executing in three key areas:
SRM Planning and Provisioning
SRM Planning and Design, plan, and provision multi-vendor tiered
Storage Management
storage to streamline operations and meet
Provisioning service-level agreements
Services
SRM Monitoring and Reporting
SRM Monitoring Monitor and report on multi-vendor tiered
and Reporting storage to improve asset utilization and
performance
Device Device Management
Configure and optimize EMC storage
Management
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ControlCenter Device-Management Value Proposition
Simplify configuration for EMC
storage systems
Enable proactive monitoring and
alerting
Automatically move highly active
Symmetrix logical volumes to
maintain optimal performance
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Simplifies Symmetrix Configuration
Creating Logical Devices
Select from flexible list of device properties
Leverage properties from existing configuration
View list of proposed changes before executing
Symmetrix Manager
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Simplifies Symmetrix Configuration
Creating Metadevices
Present Symmetrix logical volumes as one large volume to application
host(s)
Drag-and-drop multiple logical devices in a single step
Symmetrix Manager
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Simplifies Symmetrix Configuration
Adding Device Protection
Flexibility to increase
or decrease the data-
protection level of
existing devices
Prepares existing
devices to be
mapped to front-end
ports
Symmetrix Manager
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Simplifies Symmetrix Configuration
Mapping to Front-End Ports
Copy a device
– Map a device to a front-end
port
Move a device
– Unmap a device from a front-
end port and map it to a
different front-end Director
port
Symmetrix Manager
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Enables Symmetrix Monitoring
Performance Alerts and Thresholds
Hardware-error alerts:
– Symmetrix hardware-component status
– Symmetrix hardware-problem diagnostics
– Symmetrix service-process health and dial home activity
– Environmental
Performance-threshold alerts:
– Device
– Disk
– Fabric access/SA port
– FA / SA / DA Director
– Symmetrix
Symmetrix Manager
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Enables Symmetrix Monitoring
Real-Time Performance
Real time
– Real-time data refresh of display
– …Each polling cycle
Exponential average
– A combination of old and new data
– Uses the older data to mitigate more recent data
– Does not overemphasize peaks or valleys
Symmetrix Manager
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Enables Symmetrix Monitoring
Visual Storage
Displays front-end and
back-end Symmetrix
information on same
display
Selected managed object
is highlighted in all views
Information can be
colored or filtered
Symmetrix Manager
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Manages Symmetrix Replication
TimeFinder Commands
Establish
Split
Restore
Symmetrix Manager
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Manages Symmetrix Replication
SRDF Family Commands
Establish
Split
Restore
Suspend
Resume
Failover
Failback
Symmetrix Manager
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Automatic Performance Tuning of RAID 5 & RAID 1 Devices
Workload distribution over disks becomes lopsided due to:
– Suboptimal activity distribution across the disk
– Aging of information across its lifecycle
– Changes in workload over time
Symmetrix Optimizer restores optimal performance
– Monitors back-end (disk) activity
– Analyzes based on your business cycle
– Achieves uniform workload distribution
Improve performance with no effect on data availability
– Optimizer works transparently to end user and applications
Symmetrix Optimizer
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Symmetrix Optimizer — How it Works
You define your environment…
– Logical volumes you want optimized
– Priority of those volumes
– Window of time that profiles your business workload
– Define volume (device) pools
– Define disk (physical disks) pools
…Symmetrix Optimizer does the rest
– Collects logical-volume activity
– Analyzes activity and determines solution
Compares drive-performance characteristics
Identifies “hot” and “cold” logical volumes
Determines which volume swaps would reduce drive contention and minimize average
disk-service times
– Moves logical volumes to balance activity
Symmetrix Optimizer
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How Volume Migration Works
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
A DRV1 A DRV1 B DRV1 B DRV1
B DRV2 B DRV2 A DRV2 A DRV2
Identify volumes Copy volume to Copy DRV to Drives are
to swap DRV, set as new location balanced
primary DRVs available
for next swap
DRV: Dynamic Reallocation Volume Symmetrix Optimizer
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ControlCenter CLARiiON Management
Navisphere Management
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Suite
55
ControlCenter Celerra 管理
Discovery and Monitoring
– Data Mover
– Device and Volumes
– Adapter and IP Interface
– Mount Points
– Export
– File System
– Snapsure
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ControlCenter Device Management Value Proposition
Centralize the management of multiple
EMC arrays
Be proactively alerted to performance-
or health-related issues
Optimize the performance of your
Symmetrix
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ControlCenter Family
SRM Planning and Provisioning
SAN Manager
SAN Architect
Automated Resource Manager Servers
SRM Monitoring and Reporting
StorageScope
SAN
StorageScope File Level Reporter
Performance Manager
Device Management Storage
Navisphere Management Suite
Symmetrix Manager
Symmetrix Optimizer
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ControlCenter Family
SRM Planning and Provisioning
SAN Architect—Design and plan SAN environment
SAN Manager—Discovers SAN topology and provides active SAN management
Automated Resource Manager—Enables automated policy-based provisioning
SRM Monitoring and Reporting
StorageScope—Provides integrated asset utilization reporting across multi-vendor, multi-tiered
storage infrastructure
StorageScope File Level Reporter—Automate file-level reporting to resolve file-related storage
problems
Performance Manager—Provides asset performance reporting across multi-vendor, multi-tier
storage infrastructure
Device Management
Navisphere Management Suite—Enable device management for CLARiiON
Symmetrix Manager—Enable device management for Symmetrix
Symmetrix Optimizer—Optimize Symmetrix back-end performance automatically
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