Administrator Guide

Table Of Contents
Create a QoS Profile
QoS profiles include a set of attributes that control the QoS behavior for any volume to which it is applied.
Prerequisites
To enable users to set QoS profiles for a Storage Center, the Allow QoS Profile Selection option must be selected on the
Storage Center Preferences settings.
To enable QoS profiles to be enforced, the QoS Limits Enabled and Server Load Equalizer Enabled options must be
selected on the Storage Center Storage settings.
Steps
1. If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2. In the Storage tab navigation tab, right-click QoS Profiles and select Create QoS Profile.
The Create QoS Profiles. dialog box opens.
3. Configure the QoS profile.
a. In the Name field, type a name for the QoS profile.
b. Select a profile type: either Volume QoS Profile or Group QoS Profile.
c. (Optional for volume QoS profiles only) In the Relative Priority field, type a number to identify the priority compared to
other QoS profiles.
d. (Optional for volume QoS profiles only) Select Enable Latency Threshold Alert, then type a latency threshold alert
value is ms.
e. (Optional) Select Limit by IOPS, then type a value for the maximum IOPS allowed.
f. (Optional) Select Limit by Bandwidth, then type a value for the maximum MB/sec allowed.
4. Click OK.
Edit a QoS Profile
Modify the QoS profile to change the attributes that control the QoS for any volume or group to which it is applied.
Steps
1. If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2. In the Storage tab navigation tab, right-click QoS Profiles and select Edit Settings.
The Edit QoS Profile dialog box opens.
3. Where allowed, modify the values. The profile type field cannot be modified.
4. Click OK.
Delete a QoS Volume Profile
Delete a QoS profile for a volume.
Prerequisites
Only QoS profiles that are not currently in use by any volume can be deleted. The Default QoS Volume profile cannot be deleted
even if there are no volumes assigned to it. Group QoS Profiles can be removed or reassigned; however, Volume QoS profiles
can be reassigned only.
Steps
1. If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2. In the Storage tab navigation tab, expand QoS Profiles and select the profile to be deleted.
3. Right-click the profile and select Delete.
A confirmation dialog box opens to request approval for the deletion.
4. Click OK.
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