Administrator Guide

a) In the Error Setting field, type the CPU usage percentage that must be exceeded.
b) Next to the Error Setting field, in the Iterations before email field, type the number of times the threshold must be exceeded
to trigger the alert.
8. Select the Recommend Storage Center check box.
9. Configure the other options as needed. These options are described in the online help.
10. When you are finished, click OK.
• If you selected the All Objects check box, the threshold definition is created and the Create Threshold Definition dialog box
closes.
• If you did not select the All Objects check box, the Add Objects dialog box appears.
11. Choose the Storage Center controllers that you want to monitor.
a) In the table, select the Storage Center to which the controllers belong.
b) Below the table, choose a method to select controllers:
• To apply the threshold definition to all controllers in a Storage Center, select All Controllers on Storage Center, then click
Finish. The threshold definition is added and the Create Threshold Definition dialog box closes.
• To apply the threshold definition to individual controllers in a Storage Center, select Select Controllers, then click Next. The
wizard advances to the next page and displays a table of volumes.
c) Select the check box for each Storage Center controller that you want to monitor with the threshold definition, then click Finish.
The threshold definition is added and the Create Threshold Definition dialog box closes.
Create a Threshold Definition to Monitor the Percentage of Used
Storage for a Storage Center
When the Storage Center storage usage percentage exceeds the value set for the error threshold, Storage Manager triggers a threshold
alert with a volume movement recommendation.
Steps
1. Click the Threshold Alerts view.
2. Click the Definitions tab.
3. Click Create Threshold Definition. The Create Threshold Definition dialog box appears.
4. In the Name field, type a name for the threshold definition.
5. Configure the threshold definition to monitor Storage Center storage usage.
a) From the Type drop-down menu, select Storage.
b) From the Alert Object Type drop-down menu, select Storage Center.
c) From the Alert Definition drop-down menu, select Percent Used.
6. (Optional) Select the All Objects check box to apply the threshold definition to all Storage Centers.
7. Configure the storage usage percentage that must be exceeded to trigger a threshold alert with a volume movement
recommendation.
a) In the Error Setting field, type the storage usage percentage that must be exceeded.
b) Next to the Error Setting field, in the Iterations before email field, type the number of times the threshold must be exceeded
to trigger the alert.
8. Select the Recommend Storage Center check box.
9. Configure the other options as needed. These options are described in the online help.
10. When you are finished, click OK.
• If you selected the All Objects check box, the threshold definition is created and the Create Threshold Definition dialog box
closes.
• If you did not select the All Objects check box, the Add Objects dialog box appears.
11. Select the check box for each Storage Center that you want to monitor with the threshold definition, then click Finish. The Create
Threshold Definition dialog box closes.
Moving a Volume Based on a Recommendation
If the volume movement recommendation was triggered by a threshold definition that monitors volume latency, automatically move the
volume by creating a Live Volume or Live Migration. If the recommendation was triggered by a threshold definition that monitors Storage
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