Administrator Guide
Remote Data Collector
A remote Data Collector is installed at a remote site and connected to the primary Data Collector to provide access to disaster recovery
options when the primary Data Collector is unavailable. In the event that the primary Data Collector is down, you can connect to the
remote Data Collector at another site to perform Disaster Recovery.
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Remote Data Collector
Dell Storage Replication Adapter for VMware SRM
Storage Manager includes the DellStorage Replication Adapter (SRA), which allows sites to manage disaster recovery for VMware
infrastructure using the VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager.
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Storage Replication Adapter for VMware SRM
Monitoring and Reporting Features
Storage Manager provides the following reporting and monitoring features.
Threshold Alerts
The Threshold Alerts feature provides centralized administration and monitoring of threshold alert denitions. The types of usage metrics
that can be monitored are I/O, storage, and replication usage. The Storage Manager Data Collector collects the usage data from the
managed Storage Centers. Storage objects on the Storage Centers are assigned to threshold denitions and each threshold denition
contains one or more threshold values. When the value of a monitored metric reaches a threshold value, an alert occurs.
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Storage Center Threshold Alerts
Reports
The Reports feature allows a user to view Storage Center and Chargeback reports generated by Storage Manager. Storage Manager can
be congured to generate the reports on a scheduled basis.
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Storage Center Reports
Chargeback
The Chargeback feature monitors storage consumption and calculates data storage operating costs. Chargeback can be congured to
charge for storage based on the amount of allocated space or the amount of congured space. When cost is based on allocated space,
Chargeback can be congured to charge based on storage usage, which is the amount of space used, or storage consumption, which is the
dierence in the amount of space used since the last Chargeback run.
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Storage Center Chargeback
Storage Manager Overview
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