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Registering a Disk Array

CA SRM now supports a generic SMI-S based data collection for any SMI-S (1.2 and above) conformant disk arrays. EMC Symmetrix and Hitachi disk arrays data collection now happens through SMI-S instead of SYMAPI and the Hi command.

Prerequisites

The application host is a computer that has the SMI-S provider software installed, configured, and running. Some disk arrays have in-built SMI-S provider information. You can use such disk arrays as the application hosts.

The proxy collector is the computer through which CA SRM performs data collection on the disk array.

Typically, the application host and the proxy collector reside on the same computer, but they can reside on two separate computers.

Register a Disk Array

You can run the CA SRM Disk Array Registration Wizard from any computer on which the Windows Client is installed. You can perform data collection from any managed computer.

Follow these steps:

1. Select Open Systems, Register, Disk Array.

   The CA SRM Disk Array Registration Wizard dialog appears.

2. Click Next on the Welcome dialog.

   The Defining Security and Data Collection dialog appears.

   If you have disk arrays made by several different vendors, run the CA SRM Disk Array Registration Wizard for each vendor.

3. Provide the following information:

   Name:

   Specifies the name of the application host.

   IP Address:

   Specifies the IP address of the application host.

   User Name:

   Specifies the username used on the SMI-S provider software.

   Password:

   Specifies the password of the user used on the SMI-S provider software.

   Port number:

   Specifies the port number on which the application host is listening for information.

4. Select the proxy collector from the drop-down list.

   The proxy collector is the computer through which CA SRM performs data collection on the disk array.

   Note: If you want to use a computer as a proxy collector, register the computer with CA SRM. For more information about registering a computer with CA SRM, see Registering New Objects.

5. Specify how often you want CA SRM to perform data collection on the disk array.

   The default is to collect data once each day. Use the ellipsis button to open the Data Collection Frequency dialog, which lets you set the data collection frequency you want.

6. Click Next.

   The Selecting Database Access Method dialog appears.

   Note: When the namespace or the family is not resolved with the known namespaces or the known families in the ini file, this dialog appears.

7. Select the namespace and corresponding family from the drop-down list and click Next.

   The Devices managed by the Disk Array Application dialog appears.

8. Select the check box next to the devices that you want to manage and click Next.

   The Set Organization and Location dialog appears.

9. Edit the fields in this dialog if you want to add a different location, organization, and contact:
   • Location-Lets you attach a geographic location to the computer or server. Select a location from the drop-down list. You can also click New Location to add the details of the new location in the Create New Location dialog. Click OK to exit the dialog.
   • Organization- Lets you attach organization to the computer or server. Select an organization from the drop-down list. You can also click New Organization to add the details of the new organization in the Create New Organization dialog. Click OK to exit the dialog.
   • Contact- Lets you add a contact. Click New Contact to add a contact using the Create New Contact dialog. Enter the name, telephone number, and email address of the new contact. You can access your default address book by clicking the To: Button and select the email address from there.

   Note: You can also add new contacts by clicking New Contact in the Create New Location dialog or Create New Organization dialog.

10. Click Register to register the Disk Array.

    The summary of registered disk arrays displays.

11. Click Close to exit the CA SRM Disk Array Registration Wizard.