CA Chorus for Storage Management

The following enhancements are made to this discipline since the Version 3.0 release:

You can change values in the Customer Site Costs Data object directly in the Investigator. (PTF RO63077 required.)
You can launch the storage engine Host Configuration Client from the Storage Management interface which is available in the Quick Links Module. (PTF RO62885 required.)
New storage object tree category added, CA SRM Open Systems Objects. (Back-end PTF RO60081 required.)
The storage engine installation and configuration for CA Chorus for Storage Management is simplified for new CA Chorus customers. (Back-end PTF RO64747 required.)
You can open the Investigator from the Alerts that are listed in the Alert module. This functionality let you investigate and resolve any (Alert) issues in the Investigator. (PTF RO65056 required.)

The Version 3.0 release adds the Cost Analysis feature:

This feature provides automatic analysis of systems, highlights anomalies, and presents information from the analysis in both quantitative metrics about the technologies, and also applies cost information to the analysis.
This feature includes a set of standard system analysis scripts that provide various cost and quantitative analysis of your environment. These scripts help you manage your storage data center costs.

Version 3.0 includes the following enhancements:

Topology is improved to show better hierarchy relationships to your storage resources in graphical format.
The storage object tree is reorganized to improve your access to data. The storage object tree appears when you select the Storage tab in the Investigator. The storage objects are now placed in the following new main category folders:
- All Storage Solutions
- Cost Analysis
- Diagnostics & Investigations
- Reports & Views Utilization
- Statistics
- Volumes & Utilization
Note: The Storage Engine Information object is above the main category folders in the storage object tree.