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Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization

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Table of Contents...........................................................................................................................4Support Information

...........................................................................................................................5Legal Notices

...........................................................................................................................10Pre-requisites

...........................................................................................................................11Packages

...........................................................................................................................12Installing BCO v9.0.03

...........................................................................................................................15Installing the Storage Capacity Views and Reports

...........................................................................................................................17Importing Data into the Storage Capacity Views

...........................................................................................................................25Displaying the Pools Overview from a Storage System

...........................................................................................................................27Generating Log Files

...........................................................................................................................30Customizing the Oversubscription Risk Indicator

...........................................................................................................................35Allocating Storage Capacity to New Servers

...........................................................................................................................42Analyzing Storage Capacity Utilization

...........................................................................................................................46Identifying Oversubscription Risks

...........................................................................................................................48Planning for Additional Storage Capacity

...........................................................................................................................53Reclaiming Unused Storage Capacity

Introduction

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Support Information

You can obtain technical support by using the Support page on the BMC Software Web site or bycontacting Customer Support by telephone or email.

Support Web Site

You can obtain technical support from BMC Software 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at http://www.bmc.com/support/. From this Web site, you can:

Read overviews about support services and programs that BMC Software offers

Find the most current information about BMC Software products

Search a database for problems similar to yours and possible solutions

Order or download product documentation

Report a problem or ask a question

Subscribe to receive email notices when new product versions are released

Find worldwide BMC Software support center locations and contact information, including emailaddresses, fax and telephone numbers

Support by Telephone or Email

In the United States and Canada, if you need technical support and do not have access to the Web,call 800 537 1813. Outside the United States and Canada, please contact your local support centerfor assistance. To find telephone and email contact information for the BMC Software support centerthat services your location, refer to the Contact Customer Support section of the Support page on theBMC Software Web site at http://www.bmc.com/support/.

Additional Resources

You can also access product documents and search the Knowledge Base for help with an issue at http://www.sentrysoftware.com.

http://www.bmc.com/support/



http://www.sentrysoftware.com

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Legal Notices

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Overview

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Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization is an additional componentspecifically designed for BMC Capacity Optimization to display capacity information about all thestorage systems, storage pools, and volumes present in your environment. Storage Capacity Viewsand Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization leverages the connectors developed by Sentry Softwareto collect all the metrics required for:

allocating storage capacity to new servers

analyzing storage capacity utilization

keeping an eye on over-subscribed thin pools

planning for additional storage capacity

reclaiming unused storage capacity.

Storage Capacity View s and Reports for BM C Capacity Optim ization diagram

Preparing for Integration

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This chapter details all the tasks to be performed before integrating Storage Capacity Views andReports for BMC Capacity Optimization such as:

reviewing the pre-requisites

downloading the installation package

installing BMC Capacity Optimization v.9.0.03.

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Pre-requisites

Supported versions of BMC Capacity Optimization

Before you can install Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization, you musthave previously installed and configured BMC Capacity Optimization v9.0.03.

Supported versions of connectors

Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization supports the followingconnectors:

Dell Compellent Enterprise Manager ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization version 3.0.00

EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization version 3.0.00

Hitachi Device Manager ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization version 3.0.00

These connectors need to be properly installed and configured in BMC Capacity Optimization. Formore information, please refer to the related user documentation.

http://www.sentrysoftware.com/Support/user_documentation.asp

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Packages

Before integrating Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization, you need todownload:

BMC Capacity Optimization v9.0.03

the connector package that corresponds to the platform for which you wish to have storagecapacity views

the Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization package.

Downloading BMC Capacity Optimization v9.0.03

BMC Capacity Optimization v9.0.03 is available on BMC Software EPD (electronic product download)and consists in two files:

BCO_9.0.03.00_AS.zip, which is registered as BMC Capacity Optimization 9.0 SP3-AS in EPD

BCO_9.0.03.00_EE.zip, which is registered as BMC Capacity Optimization 9.0 SP3-EE in EPD.

Downloading the Connector Package

The following packages can be downloaded from the Sentry Software Website:

Dell-Compellent-Enterprise-Manager-ETL-for-BCO-3.0.00.zip

EMC-SMIS-Agent-ETL-for-BCO-3.0.00.zip

Hitachi-Device-Manager-ETL-for-BCO-3.0.00.zip

Downloading the Storage Capacity Views and Reportsfor BMC Capacity Optimization Package

The Storage-Capacity-Views-and-Reports-for-BCO-3.0.00.zip package can be downloadedfrom the Sentry Software Website.

http://www.bmc.com/available/epd.html

http://www.sentrysoftware.com/Products/index.asp

http://www.sentrysoftware.com/Products/index.asp

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Installing BCO v9.0.03

Before installing BMC Capacity Optimization 9.0.03:

1. Make sure that your version of BMC Capacity Optimization is 9.0.01 or 9.0.02. If not, firstupgrade to one of these versions.

2. Disable Atrium SSO in BMC Capacity Optimization.

To install BMC Capacity Optimization 9.0.031. Access the BMC Capacity Optimization Console.

2. In the Administration tab, click System > Maintenance.

3. Select the Patches tab.

4. First install the Application Server patch archive:

In the Upload patch or additional component file section, click Browse to locate andselect the BCO_9.0.03.00_AS.zip file.

Click Upload.

Click Next.

Click Proceed.

The patch is automatically deployed to all selected hosts, it stops and restarts the required productcomponents.

5. If needed, install the ETL Engine patch archive:

In the Upload patch or additional component file section, click Browse to locate andselect the BCO_9.0.03.00_EE.zip file.

Click Upload.

Click Next.

Click Proceed.

The patch is automatically deployed to all selected hosts and will stop and restart the appropriateproduct components.

Post-Installation Tasks

After installing the BMC Capacity Optimization Service Pack 3 (9.0.03):

1. Reinstall all built-in BMC Capacity Optimization dashboards, from Administration > System >Maintenance.

2. Clear browser cache.

3. Rebuild the BMC Capacity Optimization search index (main index).

For more information, please refer to the BMC Capacity Optim ization documentation.

https://docs.bmc.com/docs/display/public/bcmco90/Home

Integrating the AdditionalComponent for BCO

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To integrate Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization to BCO, you needto:

install the Storage Capacity Views and Reports

import data into the Storage Capacity Views.

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Installing the Storage CapacityViews and ReportsTo install the storage capacity view:

1. Access the BCO Console.


Select the Additional components tab.

In the Upload patch or additional component file section, click Browse to locate andselect the file to be uploaded (Storage-Capacity-Views-and-Reports-for-BCO-3.0.00)

Click Upload

3. Read the Overview and click Next to continue.

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4. Read and accept the End User License Agreement.

5. Select the server on which the package will be installed.

6. Click Proceed.

7. A successful installation will result in a green line in the Additional components table.

It is possible (and recommended, in case of unsuccessful outcome, e.g. a yellow WARNING line) to inspect the

deployment log, which can be done by clicking the icon.

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Importing Data into the StorageCapacity ViewsTo import storage capacity data into the Storage Capacity Views, you need to install and configurethe connectors of the platforms for which you wish to have storage capacity views:

Dell Compellent Enterprise Manager ETL for BMC Capacity OptimizationEMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC Capacity OptimizationHitachi Device Manager ETL for BMC Capacity Optimization.

For more information about the installation and configuration of the above ETLs, please refer to the related userdocumentation.

Once the ETLs are properly installed and configured, the Storage Capacity views will be automaticallymaterialized every day by the Storage Capacity Views and Reports - Data Mart Materializertask. If the ETLs have been installed at the same time as the Storage Capacity Views, you will haveto wait for at least 24 hours before visualizing data in the views.



Managing Storage CapacityViews

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The Storage Capacity Views show data for the following components:

Storage systems

Storage pools

Volumes

Storage Systems

The Storage Systems tab lists all the storage systems and shows the following information:

Column Description

System Name Name of the system.

Vendor System vendor.

Model Model of the system.

Size (TB) Overall size of the component in Terabytes. For a storage system, this value is the sum of theraw size of all disks.

Capacity (TB) Total capacity. For storage systems, unused raw space plus sum of the capacity for all storagepools.

Subscribed Capacity (TB) Sum of the host visible capacity for all volumes in the storage pool. Can be greater than theactual capacity of the storage pool for over-subscribed thin pools.

Available Capacity (TB) Capacity not consumed. For storage systems, unused raw space plus available capacity instorage.

Consumed Capacity (TB) Capacity actually consumed in Terabytes.

Consumed Capacity (%) Percentage of capacity actually consumed.

Bandwidth (Gb/s)* Bandwidth available in the storage system.

Bandwidth Utilization (%) Amount of bandwidth currently in use by the port.

Number of ports* Total number of ports.

* Columns hidden by default. Click show/hide cols to display them.

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To view the details of a storage system, click its name in the Storage Systems table. Theconfiguration data as well as the storage summary are displayed:

The Configuration data section displays all the configuration data metrics available for the entity.For more information about these metrics, please refer to the Connectors User Documentation.

Storage summary Description

Size Overall size of the storage system in Terabytes.

Capacity Total capacity.

System and Parity Total amount of storage dedicated to system and data parity.

Consumed Capacity Capacity actually consumed in Terabytes.

Available in Storage Pools Raw space available for storage pool creation.

Available for Storage Pools Sum of capacity not consumed in all storage pools.

Susbcribed Capacity Sum of the host visible capacity for all volumes.


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Storage Pools

The Storage Pools tab lists all of the storage pools and shows the following information:

Column Description

Pool Name Name of the pool.

System Name Name of the storage system.

Pool Type Type of pool.

Size (TB) Overall size of the component. For a storage pool this value is the external size.

Capacity (TB) Total capacity.

Subscribed Capacity (TB) Sum of the host visible capacity for all volumes.

Available Capacity (TB) Capacity not consumed.

Consumed Capacity (TB) Capacity actually consumed.

Consumed Capacity (%) Percentage of capacity actually consumed.

Saturation Risk Whether the storage pool is at a risk of running out of space. Possible values are: No Risk,Saturated, Not enough data, and n day(s) before saturation.

Oversubscription Risk Indicates when oversubscribed thin-pools will soon not be able to allocate additional space toa volume when requested by the subscriber host. Such situation will lead to catastrophic dataloss and corruption. Possible values are: No Risk, Warning, and Critical.

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To display the storage pools available in a specific storage system, select its name in the pull-downlist.

To view the details of a storage pool, click its name in the Storage Pools table. The configurationdata as well as the storage summary are displayed:



Capacity Total capacity.

Consumed Capacity Capacity actually consumed.

Available Capacity Capacity not consumed.

Subscribed Capacity Sum of the host visible capacity.


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Volumes

The Volumes tab in the Storage Capacity view lists all the volumes and shows the followinginformation:

Column Description

Volume Name Name of the volume.

Storage System Name of the storage system.

Pool Name Name of the storage pool.

Mapped Indicates whether the volume is mapped or unmapped.

Time Since Last Activity(Days)

Number of days since the last read or write operation has been observed on the monitoredvolume.

Host Visible Capacity (GB) Amount of capacity exposed to the host (i.e. subscribed capacity).

Consumed Capacity (GB) Capacity actually consumed.

Consumed Capacity (%) Percentage of the volume subscribed capacity that has been actually consumed by the host.Will be typically less than 100% for thin volumes. Will be exactly 100% for all traditionalvolumes.

To display the volumes available in a specific storage system, select its name in the pull-down list.

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To view the details of a volume, click its name in the Volumes table. The configuration data as wellas the storage summary are displayed:



Host Visible Capacity Amount of capacity exposed to the host (i.e. subscribed capacity).

Consumed Capacity Capacity actually consumed.


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Displaying the Pools Overview froma Storage SystemTo display the pools overview from a storage system:

1. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab.

2. In the Navigation pane, expand the All Views and Storage folders and select the StorageCapacity view. The following table is displayed:

3. Click a storage system.

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4. In the Related information section, click Pools Overview. The storage pools of the storagesystem are now displayed:

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Generating Log Files

The Sentry Software support team may ask you to provide log files to better identify the issueencountered. These log files can be obtained by executing the Log Grabber from the BCO console:

1. Access the BCO Console.


3. Select the Maintenance Activities tab.

4. Click to execute the Log Grabber.



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5. Click Next.

6. Select the host for which you wish to obtain logs and click Proceed to execute the Log Grabber.



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7. Refresh the Maintenance Activities page to check the request status.

8. When the request status is "ENDED", click to view the deployment log.

9. Click to download the deployment log.

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Customizing the OversubscriptionRisk IndicatorThe Oversubcription Risk metric, available in the Storage Pools view, indicates whenoversubscribed thin-pools will soon not be able to allocate additional space to a volume whenrequested by the subscriber host. By default, this metric displays:

No risk when the Storage Used Space Percentage (ST_USED_PCT) metric is lower than 75%.

Warning when the Storage Used Space Percentage (ST_USED_PCT) metric is greater than orequal to 75% and the number of days before saturation is greater than or equal to 7.

Critical when the Storage Used Space Percentage (ST_USED_PCT) metric is greater than orequal to 75% and the number of days before saturation is less than 7.

This behavior can however be modified to warn administrators sooner about an oversubscription risk by customizing the oversubcription risk indicator.

To customize the oversubscription risk indicator:



3. Click the Storage Pools tab.



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4. Click the storage pool for which you wish to create thresholds.

5. In the Related information section, click Thresholds.

6. If the oversubscription risk indicator has not already been customized:

Click Add threshold.

From the Metric pull-down list, select Storage Used Space Percentage.

Select Fixed value.

In the Good Threshold and Warn Threshold fields, enter the value of your choice. In theexample above, we entered 50 and 80 so that a warning is triggered when the Storage UsedSpace Percentage is greater than or equal to 80% and the number of days before saturationis greater than or equal to 7 and a critical situation is indicated when the Storage Used



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Space Percentage is higher than 80% and the number of days before saturation is less than7.

Click Save.

7. If the oversubscription risk indicator has already been customized, the following line will beappear in the Thresholds table:

Click the button to modify the threshold set for the Storage Used Space Percentagemetric.

Modify the Good Threshold and Warn Threshold fields.

Click Save.

Use Cases

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Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization leverages BMC CapacityOptimization capabilities to automatically analyze, forecast, and optimize performance and storagecapacity in your IT environment. The following use cases provide some basic managementoperations that can be easily performed with Storage Capacity Views and Reports for BMC CapacityOptimization:

better allocate storage capacity to new servers

analyze storage capacity utilization

keep an eye on over-subscribed thin pools

plan for additional storage capacity

reclaim unused storage capacity.

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Allocating Storage Capacity to NewServersAllocating storage capacity to new servers consists in identifying which storage pool from whichstorage system is best suited to host the storage capacity required. To identify these storage pools,administrators need to:

list the storage systems that can meet allocation requirements

verify the storage systems bandwidth

choose the most relevant storage pool

verify the protection level.

Listing the Storage Systems that Meets AllocationRequirements1. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab.


3. List the storage systems that meet your allocation requirements. You can for example apply afilter on the Available Capacity column to only display the storage systems for which morethan 5000 GB are available:

In the Available Capacity column, click .

From the operator pull-down list, select >.

Type 5000.

From the pull-down list, select GB.

Press the Enter key.



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Verifying the Storage Systems Bandwidth

Verifying the storage systems bandwidth is an essential step that will help administrators choose thestorage system that better meets their allocation requirements. To perform this operation,administrators must check the bandwidth utilization and the number of ports available for eachstorage system.



3. Show the Number of Ports column:

Click the link show/hide cols.

Check the Number of Ports box.

Click Apply.



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4. Verify the bandwidth utilization of each storage system. If the value is:

low, the storage system can be used to allocate storage capacity to new servers

high, check the number of ports currently available to know if additional ports can be added.

Choosing the Most Relevant Storage Pool 1. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab.




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3. Select the Storage Pools tab.

4. Apply a filter to the Pool Type column:

In the Pool Type column, click .

From the operator pull-down list, select like

Enter the Pool Type of your choice. You can for example enter DP Pool for Hitachi VSP,Parity Group for Hitachi AMS and Hitachi HUS, Thin pool or RAID Group for EMC, andDisk Folder for Dell Compellent.

5. Check the Available Capacity of the different storage pools displayed and theOversubscription Risk. If there's no risk of oversubscription and if the available capacity issufficient to meet your allocation requirements, you can choose this storage pool. If no storagepools meet your requirement, you'll then have to create a new one.



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Verifying the Protection Level

The protection level can be viewed with the Storage Capacity Views at the storage pools or at thevolumes levels.

To verify the protection level:



3. To verify the protection level at the storage pools level:

Select the Storage Pools tab.

Click the pool of your choice to display its detail.



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Check the Pool Protection Level metric.

4. To verify the protection level at the volumes level:

Select the Volumes tab.

Click the volume of your choice to display its detail.



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Check the Volume RAID Level metric.

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Analyzing Storage CapacityUtilizationStorage demand exponentially grew over the past years and lead to runaway storage costs. Tocontrol these costs, SAN administrators are asked to better plan for future capacity needs, which isalmost impossible without a clear view of the storage capacity utilization. With Storage CapacityViews and Reports for BMC Capacity Optimization, administrators can analyze storage capacityutilization at the storage systems and storage pools levels.

At the Storage Systems Level1. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab.


4. In the Storage Systems tab, verify the capacity of the storage systems and more especially:

their overall size (Size metric).

their total space (Capacity metric).

the host visible capacity (Subscribed Capacity metric).

the total space not consumed (Available Capacity metric).

the space actually consumed (Consumed Capacity metric).



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5. Click the storage system for which you wish to get more information.

6. In the graph pane, click to analyze the trend of your storage system utilization.

7. You can now export this data to Excel for further analysis by first clicking and then .



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At the Storage Pools Level1. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab.


3. Select the Storage Pools tab to display the Storage Pools Overview.

4. If needed, select from the pull-down list the storage system for which you wish to study thestorage pools (in our example: VSP+85678).

5. Verify the capacity of your storage pools and more especially:

their overall size (Size metric).


the host visible capacity (Subscribed Capacity metric).





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8. Click the storage pool for which you wish to get more information.

9. In the graph pane, click to analyze the trend of your storage pool utilization.

10. You can now export this data to Excel for further analysis by first clicking and then .

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Identifying Oversubscription Risks

We call an oversubscription situation when:

1. The storage pool is configured for thin provisioning (“thin storage pool”)

2. The storage pool is oversubscribed, i.e. the total disk space visible to the hosts (subscribers) isgreater than its actual capacity (this situation is normal for a thin pool since it is its very purpose)

3. The storage pool actual consumed capacity has crossed the configured threshold (refer to thesection Customizing the Oversubscription Risk Indicator).

Such situation is highly critical because the inability to allocate additional space to a volume whenrequested by the subscriber host will lead to catastrophic data loss and corruption.

To make sure no oversubscription situation is about to occur, administrators can check the Oversubscription Risk column available in the Storage Capacity View. By default, this metricdisplays:

No risk when the Storage Used Space Percentage (ST_USED_PCT) metric is lower than 75%.

Warning when the Storage Used Space Percentage (ST_USED_PCT) metric is greater than orequal to 75% and the number of days before saturation is greater than or equal to 7.

Critical when the Storage Used Space Percentage (ST_USED_PCT) metric is greater than orequal to 75% and the number of days before saturation is less than 7.

The threshold of the Storage Used Space Percentage (ST_USED_PCT) metric can however be modified for eachstorage pool to warn adm inistrators sooner about an oversubscription risk. For more information, please refer to Custom izing the Oversubscription R isk Indicator.

To Identify Oversubscription Situations1. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab.


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3. Select the Storage Pools tab.


5. Apply a filter to the Pool Type column to only display thin pools:

In the Pool Type column, click .

From the operator pull-down list, select like.

Type Thin Pool.


5. Identify the thin-pools that will soon not be able to allocate additional space to a volume:

In the Oversubcription Risk column, click .


Type Critical to list thin-pools that will saturate in less than 7 days.


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Planning for Additional StorageCapacityAdministrators are not only asked to assign storage resources but also to plan for both current andfuture storage requirements. Because under-purchasing and over-purchasing capacity willrespectively result in downtimes and wasted storage, both situations must be prevented. Smoothlystorage administration can only be achieved if administrators know exactly:

when their storage pools will be running out of capacity

by how much the capacity of their storage pools must be extended to meet allocationrequirements

if there are enough unused disks in the storage systems to extend the capacity of the existingstorage pools.

With this information, they will be able to guarantee enough remaining space to answer allocationrequests as quickly as possible.

When will Storage Pools be running out of Capacity?1. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab.




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5. Verify the capacity of your storage pools and more especially:




5. Identify which storage pools are at a risk of being saturated:

In the Saturation Risk column, click .


Type saturation




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By how much does the Capacity of the Storage PoolNeed to be Extended? 1. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab.





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4. Click the storage pool of your choice to display its details and check its Consumed CapacityTrendline.

Are There Enough Unused Disks in the StorageSystems?

Before purchasing additional space, administrators can also check if there are unused disks in theirstorage systems that could still be used to extend the capacity of the existing storage pools. Toperform this verification:





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3. Click the storage system for which you wish to check the number of unused disks.

4. Check the Available for Storage Pools metric.

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Reclaiming Unused StorageCapacityOver time, as servers connected to a SAN get decommissioned, administrators find an increasingnumber of unmapped volumes that are no longer used by any server. These volumes, while unused,still occupy disk space in the storage system. Being able to identify such unmapped volumes andreclaim the disk space uselessly consumed by these volumes will help administrators avoidunnecessary upgrades and extensions of their storage systems.

Identifying Unmapped Volumes1. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab.




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3. Select the Volumes tab.

4. If needed, select from the pull-down list the storage system for which you wish to study thestorage pools (in our example: HUS110+91250153).

5. Apply a filter to the Mapped column to only display the unmapped volumes:

In the Mapped column, click .


Type Not Mapped.


The list of unmapped volumes is displayed:

Please note that volumes might be tagged as Not Mapped but be required for the correct operationof the system.



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Identifying Unused Volumes1. In the BMC Capacity Optimization console, select the Views tab.


3. Select the Volumes tab.

4. If needed, select from the pull-down list the storage system for which you wish to study thestorage pools (in our example: HUS110+91250153).

5. Apply a filter to the Time Since Last Activity (Days) column:

In the Time Since Last Activity (Days) column, click .

From the operator pull-down list, select =.

Type the number of days required (e.g.: 30).



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The list of volumes that have not been used since 30 days is displayed.

The Time Since Last Activity parameter is evaluated from the date the ETL was initially started.

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Index

- A -Additional Component

Integrate 14Allocate

Storage Capacity 35Analyze

Storage Capacity 7

Storage Capacity Utilization 42

Storage Pools 42

Storage Systems 42Architecture

Diagram 7

- B -Bandwidth 35

BCO 9

Installation 12

- C -Choose

Storage Pool 35Customize

Oversubscription Risk 30

Thresholds 30

- D -Data

Import 17

Storage Capacity Views 17Diagram

Architecture 7Disks

Storage Systems 48

Unused 48Display

Pools Overview 25Download

Packages 11

- I -Identify

Oversubcription Risks 46

Unmapped Volumes 53Import

Data 17

Storage Capacity Views 17Installation

BCO 12

Storage Capacity Views and Reports 15Integrate

Additional Component 14Integration

Prepare 9

- L -List

Storage Systems 35

- M -Manage

Storage Capacity Views 19Metrics

Available for Storage Pools 48

Oversubscription Risk 46

ST_USED_PCT 46

Storage Used Space Percentage 46

- O -Optimize

Storage Capacity 7Oversubscription Risk

Customize 30Oversubscription Risks

Identify 46

- P -Packages 9

Download 11Plan

Storage Capacity 7, 48

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Pools Overview

Display 25Prepare

Integration 9Pre-requisites 10

Pre-requistes 9

Protection Level

Pool Protection Level 35

Verify 35

Volume RAID Level 35

- R -Reclaim

Storage Capacity 7

Unused Storage Capacity 53

- S -Storage Capacity

Allocate 35

Analyze 7

Bandwidth 35

Consumed Capacity Trendline 48

Optimize 7

Plan 7, 48

Reclaim 7

Storage Pools 48Storage Capacity Utilization

Analyze 42Storage Capacity Views

Configuration data 19

Data 17

Import 17

Manage 19

Storage Pools 19

Storage Systems 19

Summary 19

Volumes 19Storage Capacity Views and Reports

Installation 15Storage Pool

Choose 35Storage Pools

Capacity 48


Storage Capacity Views 19

Summary 19

Storage Systems


List 35


Summary 19

Unused Disks 48

- T -Thresholds

Customize 30Time Since Last Activity 53

- U -Unmapped

Volumes 53Unused Storage Capacity

Reclaim 53Use Cases 34

- V -Verify

Protection Level 35Volumes



Summary 19

Time Since Last Activity 53

Unmapped 53

About BMC® SoftwareBMC Software, Inc. NYSE:BMC, is a leading provider of enterprise management solutionsthat empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from a business perspective.Delivering Business Service Management, BMC Software solutions span enterprisesystems, applications, databases, and service management. Founded in 1980, BMCSoftware has offices worldwide and fiscal 2004 revenues of more than $1.4 billion. For

more information about BMC Software, visit www.bmc.com.

Sentry Software, a strategic Technology Alliance Partner of BMC Software, provides keymonitoring solutions specifically designed to expand the capabilities of BMCPerformance Manager, thus enabling up to 100% coverage of any infrastructure. SentrySoftware specializes in single solutions for multi-platform monitoring of hardware,custom applications or any IT component, and blackout windows. Sentry Softwareproducts are deployed in 45 countries across the globe and lead the list of BMCSoftware’s third-party product sales. For more information about Sentry Software,

please visit www.sentrysoftware.net.

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