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Enterprise Reporting for Capacity Manager 5.1

User Guide

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Table of Contents

Preface .......................................................................................................................vii

NetApp Products ..................................................................................................viii

Documentation Set.................................................................................................x

Chapter 1 Overview ...................................................................................................1

1.1 Overview..........................................................................................................1

1.1.1 Who Can Use These Reports?...............................................................2

1.1.2 Enterprise Reporting Dashboards and Reports Data............................3

1.2 Installing Enterprise Reporting Feature...........................................................3

1.3 Prerequisites....................................................................................................4

1.4 In This User Guide ..........................................................................................4

Chapter 2 CM Capacity Forecast Dashboard......................................................5

2.1 Viewing the Dashboard ...................................................................................5

2.2 Capacity Consumption Forecast .....................................................................7

2.2.1 Using Colors ...........................................................................................7

2.3 Storage Capacity Trend ..................................................................................8

2.4 Storage Utilization ...........................................................................................9

2.5 Top BU Consumers by Data Center .............................................................10

2.6 Reports..........................................................................................................11

Chapter 3 CM - Capacity Forecast Detailed Reports............................................12

3.1 Creating a Report..........................................................................................13

3.2 Storage Capacity Planning by Timeframe [Usable Capacity] .......................14

3.3 Storage Capacity Usage Trends by Timeframe [Usable Capacity].............15

3.4 Tier Trends for Applications [Usable Capacity] .............................................16

3.5 Trending of Critical Applications [Usable Capacity] ......................................17

3.6 Virtualized Storage Coverage Trends [Usable Capacity]..............................18

3.7 VM Storage Utilization [Usable Capacity] .....................................................20

Chapter 4 CM Cost Accounting Dashboard........................................................23

4.1 Viewing the Dashboard .................................................................................23

4.2 Top BUs Capacity Usage..............................................................................25

4.3 BU Accountability ..........................................................................................26

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4.4 Top Capacity Consumer................................................................................27

4.5 Top Cost Contributors (BUs) .........................................................................28

4.6 Reports ..........................................................................................................29

Chapter 5 CM - Cost Accounting Detailed Reports .............................................30

5.1 Creating a Report ..........................................................................................31

5.2 Capacity Accountability by Application [Usable Capacity] ............................32

5.3 Capacity Accountability by Business Unit and Tier [Usable Capacity]..........33

5.4 Trending of Critical Applications [Usable Capacity].......................................34

5.5 VM Storage Utilization [Usable Capacity]......................................................35

Chapter 6 CM Tiers Dashboard ...........................................................................38


6.2 Tier Usage Trends.........................................................................................39

6.3 Tier Usage by BUs ........................................................................................40

6.4 BU Capacity by Data Center and Tier ...........................................................42

6.5 Average TB Price ..........................................................................................44

6.6 Tier Usage by Application..............................................................................44

6.7 Reports ..........................................................................................................46

Chapter 7 CM - Tiers Detailed Reports ..................................................................47


7.2 Storage Capacity Usage Trends by Timeframe [Usable Capacity]...............49

7.3 Tier Trends for Applications [Usable Capacity] .............................................50

7.4 Tier Trends for Business Units [Usable Capacity].........................................51

7.5 Tier Trends for Storage Devices [Usable Capacity] ......................................53

7.6 Trending of Critical Applications [Usable Capacity].......................................557.7 Virtualized Storage Coverage Trends [Usable Capacity]..............................56

Chapter 8 CM Port Forecast Dashboard.............................................................60


8.2 Port Consumption Forecast...........................................................................61

8.2.1 Using Colors..........................................................................................61

8.4 Port Usage Trends ........................................................................................62

8.4 Port Utilization ...............................................................................................63

8.3 Ports by Data Center, Vendor .......................................................................63

8.4 Ports by Data Center, Vendor, Port Speed ...................................................65

Chapter 9 CM - Port Forecast Detailed Reports ..............................................67


9.2 Switch Port Capacity by Data Center............................................................69

9.3 Switch Port Capacity Planning ......................................................................70

Chapter 10 Using Detailed Report Icons ...............................................................73

10.1 Setting Properties.........................................................................................73


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10.1.1 General Tab.......................................................................................74

10.1.2 Report Tab.........................................................................................75

10.1.3 Permissions Tab ................................................................................76

10.2 Running a Report .........................................................................................77

10.3 Creating a Report View ...............................................................................78

10.4 Schedule......................................................................................................7910.5 The MoreMenu ........................................................................................80


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Preface

The SANscreen Enterprise Reporting for Capacity Manager User

Guide is intended to provide your enterprise with a way to benefit

from the capacity data that is discovered and stored in SANscreen by

increasing the collaboration between groups and departments within

your organization.

Senior management, business unit managers and application

managers all have has different requirements and needs for capacityreport information. They each want interactive reports that can beeasily accessed through a dashboard GUI, as well as a variety ofways to save and publish the reports they either modify or create..

SANscreen Enterprise Reporting for Capacity Manager offers themanagement and distribution of capacity reports individually orthrough the dashboards by integrating with SANscreen DataWarehouse and manipulating the data it has extracted from theSANscreen database.

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NetApp Products

The following products comprise the NetApp SANscreen suite of

solutions:

Product Name Description

Service Insight Offers visibility into your SAN environment,including host-to-storage access paths, storageavailability and change management.

Service Assurance Enables risk-free migrations and real-timemonitoring of storage services.

Capacity Manager Capacity Manager manages the end-to-endresource order and allocation process to allowcompanies to accelerate application provisioning,manage resource reservations and forecast basedon past trends and future demand, enablingeducated capacity management decisions.

VM Insight Enables virtual machine to array path visibility fororganizations deploying VMware ESX technologycombined with VMware Virtual Center.

Application Insight Uses SAN traffic data to reclaim underutilizedresources, manage tiers, identify multipath risks

and troubleshoot ongoing performancebottlenecks. Discovers, collects, and maintainsperformance information measured by criticalarray metrics throughout the SAN.

Enterprise Reportingfor CapacityManager

Provides a centralized reports portal to supportviewing critical information from the datawarehouse in capacity-related reports such aschargeback, consumption analysis, capacityplanning, purchasing, storage tier analysis,storage service catalogs, trending, and historical

usage.

Enterprise Reportingfor Service Insight

Provides a centralized reports portal to supportviewing critical information from the datawarehouse to facilitate operational, strategic, andtactical storage-related decisions.

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Product Name Description

Data Warehouse Provides a central repository for all inventoryinformation, giving IT the ability to consolidatemultisite environments, provide global visibility ofdistributed infrastructures and allow access to

critical analysis and reporting.

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Documentation Set

The following table lists the full documentation set for NetApps

SANscreen products. These user guides and manuals are available

for download from the SANscreen Client Help menu and from theNOW site (URL): http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/docs.cgi

User Guide Description of Content

SANscreen Installationand Administration UserGuide

Overview of the suites architecture withinstructions to get the system up and running,discover the SAN and perform administrativetasks.

SANscreen Data Sources

User Guide

Describes the configuration parameters and

some installation procedures for data sourcesused by SANscreen. Provides recommendedmethods of discovering a SAN environmentfor a SANscreen deployment.

SANscreen ServiceInsight User Guide

Information about the tools and featuresavailable to help you gain visibility into yourSAN environment, including FC and iSCSIinventory.

SANscreen Service

Assurance User Guide

Overview of how to use Service Assurance to

analyze and validate your storage networkenvironment and to automate operationalmonitoring, as well as procedures to makesafe changes without disrupting availability.Includes FC and iSCSI paths, policies andviolation information.

SANscreen VM Insight Overview of virtualization in SANscreen,including the VC Plug-in feature.

SANscreen ApplicationInsight User Guide

Overview of how to use Application Insight to

reclaim underutilized resources, manage tiers,

identify multipath risks and troubleshoot on-

going performance bottlenecks. Information

about how Application Insight discovers,

collects and maintains performance

information measured by critical array metrics

throughout the SAN.

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User Guide Description of Content

SANscreen CapacityManager User Guide

Overview of how to use Capacity Manager toenable educated capacity managementdecisions by managing the end-to-endresource order and allocation process.

Enterprise Reporting forCapacity Manager UserGuide

Overview of the centralized reports portal thatsupports viewing critical capacity-relatedinformation from the data warehouse.

Enterprise Reporting forService Insight UserGuide

Overview of the centralized reports portal thatsupports viewing critical inventory informationfrom the data warehouse.

Enterprise ReportingData Model Reference

Manual

A description of the metadata model upon

which SANscreen reports are based.

Data Warehouse UserGuide

Overview of Data Warehouse structure.

SANscreen Connect APIUser Guide

Overview of how to use the API interface toenable integration with other applications,such as reporting and monitoring systems.


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Chapter 1 Overview

1.1 Overview

SANscreen Enterprise Reporting for Capacity Manager provides you

with the ability to view summary reports and to generate ad hoc

customized reports based on the summary data that appear in

reporting snapshots, lists and graphs available on the SANscreen

Reporting Connection dashboards, including:

CM Capacity Forecast

CM _ Cost Accounting

CM Tiers

CM Port Forecast

Violations

You can create new reports at any time with refreshed data andpublish them to other users. No special system build or system reboot

is necessary. The ad hoc reporting capabilities let you filter,

summarize and edit existing capacity reports.

NOTE: Access to the SANscreen Reporting Connection is defined by roles,

which are explained in that user guide.

The data for these reports are built and scheduled from the

SANscreen Data Warehouse. See the SANscreen Data Warehouse

User Guide and the dynamic DB Schema on the Data Warehouseportal for more information.

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1.1.1 Who Can Use These Reports?

Anyone interested in improving the operation of their organization can

benefit from the generation of capacity reports using the EnterpriseReporting feature. These include:

Business Unit Managers

VP of Infrastructure

Application Managers

Storage Managers

1.1.1.1 Application Manager

This user manages only hosts and would like to get information on thehosts in the network to find out:

1. For managed hosts what is the usable capacity each hostcan access?

2. Are there any outstanding violations that are relevant tomanaged applications?

3. For each of the managed hosts, can he see informationabout its HBA, switch connectivity and speed? This isinformation that improves communication with the SANteam.

4. What volumes are accessed by managed hosts, andwhat is their capacity? What is their redundancy?

1.1.1.2 Storage Manager

This user manages the storage environment or a subset of theenvironment and would like to get information on the following:

1. Status of available capacity and ports in managed datacenters. This is information that can assist and drivepurchase decisions.

2. Prioritization of storage service violations according toapplication priority.

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3. Inventory summary list, including: number of fabrics, numberof hosts, number of arrays, number of tapes, number ofswitch devices, number of available switch ports, number ofconnected switch ports and switch port utilization.

4. A summary of the current storage utilization showing:

a. Total array capacity

b. Total configured volume capacity

c. Total volume allocated capacity

d. Total masked

e. Total replication

f. Total uncarved raw capacity

g. Storage utilization

5. Top 10 arrays and their allocation utilization.

6. Service status, including:

a. Number of paths

b. Total Accessed Capacity

c. Number of violations and the percentage of the entirecapacity that is under violation.

1.1.2 Enterprise Reporting Dashboards and Reports Data

Data in these reports is based upon the SANscreen licenses that you

have purchased. If you do not have Capacity Manager installed, then

you will not receive any data in the capacity reports.

1.2 Installing Enterprise Reporting Feature

The instructions for installing Enterprise Reporting features appear in

the SANscreen Installation and Administration User Guide.

Please refer to that book for all installation and licensing procedures.

For additional information on Enterprise Reporting, see also the

Enterprise Reporting Service Insight User Guide and the Enterprise

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1.3 Prerequisites

The following environment is necessary to provide optimum use of

SANscreen Enterprise Reporting for Capacity Manager:

SANscreen version 5.1

Data Warehouse 5.1

SANscreen Reporting 2.0

This user guide does not describe how to use the SANscreen

Reporting Connection portal, which is based on Cognos technology.

A link to Cognos documentation is available on that portaljust click

the question mark to the right of the Launch menu:

The Cognos documentation can also be accessed in your Start menu

after you have installed SANscreen Reporting.

1.4 In This User Guide

Subsequent chapters describe how SANscreen Enterprise Reporting

for Capacity Manager manages the data it has collected from the

SANscreen Data Warehouse in the pre-canned reports.

For each dashboard there is:

A chapter describing the dashboard and the drill-down

options that exist within the report snapshots, lists and graphs

that it contains.

A chapter describing the individual reports that are generated

from and attached to that dashboard.


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Chapter 2 CM Capacity ForecastDashboard

The CM - Capacity Forecast dashboard lets you:

Generate capacity trend reports per tier and datacenter.

Review the time to run out of reservation space and request

space for each tier.

Verify that there are no major changes that may affect

resource availability.

Get a capacity planning report per datacenter.

Get a capacity planning report per tier.

Know which top BUs are using a certain tier.

2.1 Viewing the Dashboard

Click on the CM - Capacity Forecast tab at the top of the SANscreen

Reporting Connection screen to get the following view shown on thenext page:



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The rest of this chapter explains the different sections of the dashboard.

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2.2 Capacity Consumption Forecast

This dashboard portlet presents in months the estimated time you will

run out of storage for a specific tier and data center combination.

The dashboard shows at a glance where there are potentially

problematic areas. When there are fewer than four months remaining,

the intersection of the tier and data center is shaded in red, signaling

a need for attention.

NOTE: Clicking on any part of the charttier, data center, or value

automatically refreshes the rest of the dashboard portlets to match

the outcome signaled by that attribute or intersection.

2.2.1 Using Colors

Colors are indicators for the thresholds and can be finely granulated.

For positive far intersection, use 99. For negative slope, use 99.1.

For example, you can set the thresholds as follows (in months):



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Note that 99.1 is white with grayed- out text.

2.3 Storage Capacity Trend

Observe the dashboard when you make a change to any element in

the Capacity Consumption Forecast portlet described in section 2.2.

Changes immediately affect the data shown in the Storage Capacity

Trend portlet.

This line graph shows the capacity planning report for the entire

organization, including all tiers and all data centers This graph gives

you visibility into past trends and can serve as a basis for a futureforecast of capacity thresholds:

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2.4 Storage Utilization

This dashboard report helps you understand how resource allocation

is being used. It shows two dials per data center:

Storage Utilization by Data Center = the percent of allocated

capacity vs. available capacity.

Global Storage Utilization = the total percent for the entire

environment (an aggregate all data centers).

The dial pointer indicates a safe level of capacity allocation in green.

Resource problems exist when the dial points to yellow or red (see

also section 2.2.1):



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2.5 Top BU Consumers by Data Center

This bar graph shows the top 7 Business Units that use capacity in

each data center. With the graph, you can generate and review thedetailed usage report on the data centers and tiers that will run out inthe near future:

Click on a Business Unit in a data center on the graph. The Storage

Capacity Usage Trends by Timeframe [Usable Capacity] report

opens:

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Usage data in the graph and in the table show the usage growth rate

for the selected Business Unit and tier.

The table gives report values:

Field Description

Date The timeline selected to measure the data.Capacity in TB Raw capacity in terabytes.

Total Capacity in TB Total raw capacity in terabytes for all data centersand all tiers.

Threshold A percent level of the total allocated capacity that isused as a safety level. If the used capacity is aboutto cross that threshold, immediate action is needed.

Forecast Amount of time in which current capacity will runout.

2.6 Reports

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Chapter 3 CM - Capacity ForecastDetailed Reports

The Detailed Reports section of the CM - Capacity Forecast

dashboard provides links to a subset of reports that are relevant to

storage capacity. Some of these reports have been shown in Chapter

2 for the report snapshots and graphs on the dashboard.

All capacity forecast reports are described in this chapter.

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Click on in the upper left of the portlet to

see the rest of the available host reports. The icons on the right can

be used to perform the following actions for the report entry. NOTE: To

schedule reports, set properties or restore default values, see Chapter 10:

is used to specify properties.lets you select how you want to run and receive your report

specifies a name and location.

lets you schedule this entry to run at a recurring date and

time.

opens the Report Studio (not part of the SANscreen

Reporting Connection).

NOTE: For all trend charts, if there is no data for the corresponding date (forexample if you select End of Quarter and have no DWH data for that

particular date) the chart will be missing that data point.

3.1 Creating a Report

Individual reports allow you to select additional parameters to get

filtered results. The following process can be used to create all

reports in this chapter.

1. Click on the link for the desired report in the Detailed Reports

section of the dashboard. The setup view for that report

opens.

2. Each setup view contains configurable elements for each

type of report. Select the criteria you want and click Finish at

the bottom of the page.

NOTE: If you make no selections in the setup view, this is equivalent

to selecting ALL parameters for the report.

3. The next view opens to show the expanded results in a

graph.

4. Every graph has a table of parameters that correspond to the

criteria you selected. Definitions for those parameters are

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3.2 Storage Capacity Planning by Timeframe [UsableCapacity]

This report is a capacity planning report that presents in months the

estimated time you will run out of storage for a specific tier and data

center combination.

The report provides a forecast of future consumption based on past

trends to determine when additional capacity is needed based on

start and end time, data center, tier, business unit, and storage.

After you have made your selections, click on Finish to run the results

report:


Field Description

Date The timeline selected to measure the data.

Capacity in TB Raw capacity in terabytes.


Threshold A percent level of the total allocated capacity that is

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Field Description

used as a safety level. If the used capacity is aboutto cross that threshold, immediate action is needed.


3.3 Storage Capacity Usage Trends by Timeframe[Usable Capacity]

Usage data in the graph and in the table provide a forecast of future

storage consumption by start and end time, application, host, tier and

business unit based on past trends.




Field Description






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Field Description


Forecast Amount of time in which current capacity will run

out.

3.4 Tier Trends for Applications [Usable Capacity]

This report provides trend charts for selected tiers, applications, and

data centers to show the trends of capacity used by applications:

After you have made your selections, click on Finish to open the

results report:

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The table above the graph displays report values showing Usable

Capacity in terabytes by tier for all data centers and applications

triggered on a quarterly basis.

3.5 Trending of Critical Applications [Usable Capacity]

This report allows trending and comparing of allocated capacity for a

set of applications over time. The information can be sliced by

business unit, application, and time period:

The following information displays report values for Usable Capacity

in terabytes:

Field Description

Time Frame The timeline selected to measure the data.

Application Name Name of application in the data center.



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3.6 Virtualized Storage Coverage Trends [UsableCapacity]

This report can be used to monitor the current coverage status of

projects, for example, when data is being migrated from a SAN to a

virtualized SAN environment. The report displays the percentage of

migration to the new virtualized environment within the quarter.

The report can also monitor the progress of the project and receive

the coverage status according to applications, business units or data

center

This report, shown on the next page, provides trend charts for

selected data centers, applications, and business units to compare:

Virtualized vs. Non-Virtualized usage

Breakdown by Tier

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The table information displays report values, showing the total

capacity in GB for non-virtual machines (VMs) by specified month (or

other timeline):

3.7 VM Storage Utilization [Usable Capacity]

This report provides detailed information on storage capacity usage at

the level of the host, datastore, and inactive VMs to enable increasing

utilization or reclamation of unused capacity.

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The table information displays report values for Unused Capacity ESX

LUNs not in Datastores, letting you identify the inactive virtual machines

which are using high tier storage:



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Field Description

ESX VMWare ESX server.

LUN Number assigned to a logical unit (volume).

Total Capacity inTB

Total capacity in terabytes.

Tier Tier where the capacity resides.

Storage Name of the storage array (may be empty if novolume is mapped to the LUN).

Volume Volume name (left blank if no volume is mapped to

the LUN).


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Chapter 4 CM Cost AccountingDashboard

The Capacity Chargeback dashboard lets you:

Identify the entities accountable for resource usage andwhat the usage amount is.

Drive a responsible behavior pattern with the storageconsumers.

Enable charging for provided services. Provide detailed report of resources used. Identify heavy consumers (in terms of storage capacity or

cost). Receive a detailed explanation of resources and services

used. Balance the business needs against the price of

resources and services.


Click on the Capacity Chargeback tab at the top of the SANscreen

Reporting window to get the view shown on the next page:



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The rest of this chapter explains the different sections of the

dashboard.

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4.2 Top BUs Capacity Usage

The pie chart shows the top 5 Business Units in terms of total

capacity each has used, measured in terabytes.

When you click on a Business Unit in the pie chart, a chargeback

report is generated for that Business Unit. The Capacity

Accountability by Application [Usable Capacity] report opens:



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4.3 BU Accountability

This dashboard report presents the total usage by each Business Unit

in terabytes for each tier.

When you click on a value in the table, a chargeback report is

generated for the specific BU. Each link is slightly different:

When you click on a BU, then the report should show only

that BU and all tiers.

If you click on a tier, the report should show only that tier and

all BUs (shown in the sample view below).

If you click on a number the report should show only that tier

and BU.

The Capacity Accountability by Application [Usable Capacity] report

opens:

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4.4 Top Capacity Consumer

The dashboard report presents a bar graph of the top 5 Business

Units according to tier capacity (in terabytes).

When you click on a Tier Name in the bar graph, a chargeback report

is generated for the specific BU and tier. The Capacity Accountability

by Application [Usable Capacity] report opens:



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4.5 Top Cost Contributors (BUs)

This dashboard report shows the top 5 Business Units. EachBusiness Unit has a cost associated to its tier usage (in

terms of price). If you set a price per tier, the dashboard

report provides a quick estimation for the price contribution

per Business Unit.

The size of each bar in the graph is proportional to the used

capacity of a specific tier, multiplied by the price per tier as

set in SANscreen Capacity Manager.

NOTE: Note: if no price is set in SANscreen Capacity Manager, $1/TB is

used.

When you click on a Tier Name in the bar graph, a chargeback report

is generated for the specific BU and tier. The Capacity Accountability

by Application [Usable Capacity] report opens:

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4.6 Reports

SeeChapter 5 for a description of the Detailed Reports section of the

CM Cost Accounting dashboard.



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Chapter 5 CM - Cost AccountingDetailed Reports

The Detailed Reports section of the CM Cost Accounting dashboard

provides links to all summary reports. Some of these have also been

available by drilling down from the report snapshots and graphs on

the dashboard. (See Chapter 4.)

All CM Cost Accounting reports are described in this chapter.

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Click on in the upper left of the portlet

to see the rest of the available host reports. The icons on the right can


schedule reports, set properties or restore default values, see Chapter 10.




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5.2 Capacity Accountability by Application [UsableCapacity]

This capacity accountability report shows which Business Units areusing capacity, allowing the data to be accounted for by application,

business unit, and tier.

The following is a sample report outcome, displaying report values for

Usable Capacity in terabytes:

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5.3 Capacity Accountability by Business Unit and Tier[Usable Capacity]

This report shows which Business Units are using capacity, allowing

the data to be accounted for by Business Unit and tier.

In the sample outcome, report values are shown for the Gold tier and

Marketing BU:



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set of applications over time. The information can be configured by


In the sample outcome, report values are shown for the applications

and the Marketing BU:

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The following information displays report values for Usable Capacity

in terabytes:

Field Description

Time Frame The timeline selected to measure the data.

Application Name Name of application in the data center.

5.5 VM Storage Utilization [Usable Capacity]

This report provides detailed information on storage capacity usage at

the level of the host, datastore, and inactive VMs to enable increasing

utilization or reclamation of unused capacity:



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The table information displays report values for Unused Capacity ESX

LUNs not in Datastores, letting you identify the inactive virtual machines

which are using high tier storage:

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Field Description

ESX VMWare ESX server.

LUN Number assigned to a logical unit (volume).

Total Capacity inTB

Total capacity in terabytes.

Tier Tier where the capacity resides.

Storage Name of the storage array (may be empty if novolume is mapped to the LUN).

Volume Volume name (left blank if no volume is mapped tothe LUN).



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Chapter 6 CM Tiers Dashboard

The CM - Tiers dashboard lets you:

Review tier trends.

See increases in usage by tier.

Verify that the usage of expensive tiers shift over timetowards less expensive tiers.

See whether global indicators such as average price perTB and yield go down.

Reduce cost.


Click on the CM - Tiers tab at the top of the SANscreen Reporting

window to get the view shown on the next page:

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dashboard.

6.2 Tier Usage Trends

This dashboard report lets you review raw capacity indicator trends

and drill into top tier users. Based on the information you can make

decisions about increasing or decreasing tier usage.

The top tiers are selected based on the top highest priced tiers within

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6.3 Tier Usage by BUs

The pie chart shows the percentage distribution of the top 7 Business

Units and how much each one is using the different tiers. You can see

this distribution at a glance:

Select a tier and click on any Business Unit portion of the pie. The

Storage Capacity Usage Trends by Timeframe [Usable Capacity]report opens:




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The following information displays report values:

Field Description








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6.4 BU Capacity by Data Center and Tier

The pie chart shows the capacity distribution of Business Units and

how much each one is using the different tiers in each data center:

The top 7 BUs in each tier are shown. Select a Business Unit from

any portion of the bar graph.

The Storage Capacity Planning by Timeframe [Usable Capacity]

report opens:

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The report provides a forecast of future consumption based on past

trends to determine when additional capacity is needed based on

start and end time, data center, tier, business unit, and storage.

The following information in the table displays report values:

Field Description








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6.5 Average TB Price

This dashboard report presents the trend of average price per

terabyte over time. As an organization becomes more efficient in

utilizing more inexpensive resources, that number should be going

down. You can quickly assess whether the organization issuccessfully implementing a tiering strategy that drives cost savings:

NOTE: if there is no cost assocated with a tier the field shows $1.

6.6 Tier Usage by Application

The pie chart shows the percentage distribution of applications and

how much each one is using the different tiers:

The top 7 applications are shown in each tier. Select a tier and click

on any application portion of the pie. The Storage Capacity Usage

Trends by Timeframe [Usable Capacity] report opens:

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storage consumption by start and end time, application, host, tier an


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Field Description






6.7 Reports

SeeChapter 7 for a description of the Detailed Reports section of the

CM Tiers dashboard.


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Chapter 7 CM - Tiers Detailed Reports

The Detailed Reports section of the CM - Tiers dashboard provides

links to all summary reports. Some of these have also been available

by drilling down from the report snapshots and graphs on the

dashboard. (See Chapter 6.)

All capacity tier reports are described in this chapter.



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Click on in the upper left of the portlet to

see the rest of the available host reports. The icons on the right can






time.











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7.2 Storage Capacity Usage Trends by Timeframe[Usable Capacity]




Usage data in the graph and in the table show the usage growth rate,

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Field Description






The table displays report values showing Usable Capacity by tier and aspecified timeline as Allocated or Allocated [and] Configured, with Total

capacity amounts included for each:

7.3 Tier Trends for Applications [Usable Capacity]

This report provides trend charts for selected tiers, applications, and

data centers to show the trends of capacity used by applications:


results report:

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The table above the graph displays report values showing Usable

Capacity in terabytes by tier for three data centers and associated

applications in chosen time period

7.4 Tier Trends for Business Units [Usable Capacity]

This report provides trend charts for selected tiers, business units,

and data centers to compare the trends of total, configured, and total

capacity by tier:


results report:



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The table displays report values showing Usable Capacity by tier and a

specified timeline as Allocated or Allocated [and] Configured, with Total

capacity amounts included for each:

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7.5 Tier Trends for Storage Devices [Usable Capacity]

This dashboard report provides trend charts for selected tiers, datacenters, and storage models to compare:

Trends of total, configured, and total capacity by tier.

Trends of each tier by total, allocated and configured

capacity.


results report shown on the next page:



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The table within the report displays values showing Usable Capacity by

tier and a specified timeline as Allocated or Allocated [and] Configured,

with Total capacity amounts included for each:

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set of applications over time. The information can be sliced by



results report:



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The table in the report returns values for the specified date and time

range:

7.7 Virtualized Storage Coverage Trends [UsableCapacity]

This report can be used to monitor the current coverage status of

projects, for example, when data is being migrated from a SAN to a

virtualized SAN environment. The report displays the percentage of

migration to the new virtualized environment within the quarter.

The report can also monitor the progress of the project and receive

the coverage status according to applications, business units or data

center

This report provides trend charts for selected data centers,

applications, and business units to compare:

Virtualized vs. Non-Virtualized usage

Breakdown by Tier

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results report, shown on the next page:



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The table information displays report values, showing the total

capacity in GB for non-virtual machines (VMs) by specified month (or

other timeline):



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Chapter 8 CM Port ForecastDashboard

The CM - Port Forecast dashboard enables you to generate and

review the detailed switch port capacity planning reports in the data

centersaccording to vendor and speedthat will run out in the near

future. Using this dashboard, you can:

Estimate what type of port capacity is needed, indicating

whether the organization is about to run out of ports of acertain speed or from a certain vendor.

Determine in what location this capacity is needed.

Estimate the optimal time to purchase that capacity andmake it available.


Click on the CM - Port Forecast tab at the top of the SANscreenReporting window to get the following view:

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dashboard.

8.2 Port Consumption Forecast

With this report you are able to monitor storage resources

consumption to ensure that your organization is on track as planned.

The report helps you determine where and when current port usage

trends will negatively impact resource availability. Areas shaded in

red indicate less than four months of capacity resources remain:

Click on a link in any column or row in the table. The Switch Port

Capacity Planning by Timeframe [Usable Capacity] report opens.

If you click on a vendor, then the report shows only that

vendor and all port speeds.

If you click on a port speed, the report will show all vendorsand only that port speed.

If you click on the number, the report will only show that

vendor and that port speed.

This report provides a forecast of future port consumption by data

center, switch vendor and port speed to determine when additional

ports are needed:

8.2.1 Using Colors

Colors are indicators for the thresholds and can be finely granulated.

For positive far intersection, use 99. For negative slope, use 99.1.

For example, you can set the thresholds as follows (in months):



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Note that 99.1 is white with grayed out text.

8.4 Port Usage Trends

Observe the dashboard when you make a change to any element in

the Port Consumption Forecast portlet described in section 8.2.

Changes immediately affect the data shown in the Port Usage Trends

portlet.

This line graph shows the port capacity planning report for the entire

organization, including all tiers and all data centers This graph gives

you visibility into past trends and can serve as a basis for a futureforecast of port capacity thresholds:

NOTE: For all trend charts, if there is no data for the corresponding date (for

example if you select End of Quarter and have no DWH data for that


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8.4 Port Utilization

This dashboard report helps you understand how resource allocation

is being used. It shows two dials per data center:

Port Utilization by Data Center = the percent of allocated

capacity vs. available capacity.

Global Port Utilization = the total percent for the entire

environment (an aggregate all data centers).

The dial pointer indicates a safe level of capacity allocation in green.

Resource problems exist when the dial points to yellow or red (see

also section 8.2.1):

8.3 Ports by Data Center, Vendor

This report lets you review ports used by data center and

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Click on any vendor segment in the bar graph. The Switch Port

Capacity by Data Center [FC Ports] report opens:

The table gives information on the ports selected for the speed of 1G,

showing the data center (New York), the vendor (Cisco Systems,

Inc.), the individual number of Host, Switch, Storage, and Tape ports

in the data center and the total number of ports (65).

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8.4 Ports by Data Center, Vendor, Port Speed

This report displays the number of active ports, grouped by data

center, vendor, and port speed. It allows you to see the number of

ports of each vendor and speed as well as where they are located:

Click on any segment in the bar graph. The Switch Port Capacity by

Data Center [FC Ports] report opens:

The table in the report gives information on the ports selected for the

speed of 1G, showing the data center (Tokyo), the vendor (Brocade

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storage ports in the data center, as well as the total number of ports

(53).

The table below gives report values:

Field Description

Date The month the timeline is being measured.

Total Active Ports Total number of active ports.

All Available Ports Total number of all ports.




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Chapter 9 CM - Port ForecastDetailed Reports

The Detailed Reports section of the CM - Port Forecast dashboard

provides links to all summary reports for Port Capacity. Some of these

have also been available by drilling through the report snapshots and

graphs on the dashboard. (See Chapter 8.)

All port capacity reports are described in this chapter.



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to see the rest of the available host reports. The icons on the right can






time.











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9.2 Switch Port Capacity by Data Center

This report provides a chart that shows what port speeds are

available for each data center.

This view sets up the report, and includes a threshold percentage:


results report:

The table gives information showing all port speeds, data centers,

and vendors. The individual number of Host, Switch, Storage, and

Tape ports are shown according to speed. The total number of ports

is provided (264):



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9.3 Switch Port Capacity Planning

This report provides a forecast of future port consumption by data

center, switch vendor and port speed to determine when additional

ports are needed.

The view shown on the next page sets up the report, and includes a

threshold percentage. The prompt for the threshold % allows you to

control where the threshold line is drawn as a percentage of the total.

The default is 80%:


results outcome:

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The table in the report gives information showing all port speeds, datacenters, and vendors. At a Threshold of 80%, the forecasted growth

rate is a total of 855 ports per month for the designated time period:



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Field Description


Total Active Ports Total number of active ports.

All Available Ports Total number of all ports.



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Chapter 10 Using Detailed Report Icons

The Actions menu appears in the Detailed Reports section of the

dashboard. It can be used to perform the following actions for each of

the reports that are listed:

is used to specify properties.

lets you select how you want to run and receive your report.

creates a Report View.


time.



10.1 Setting Properties

The default tab that appears first in the Set Properties page is

the General tab. NOTE: The Permissions tab shown in the screenshot will

only appear if the user is an administrator or the author of the report:



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10.1.1 General Tab

To customize the General tab data for individual reports:

1. Click on the Help link in the upper right-hand corner. All fieldsare defined, with expanded explanations on how to use them.These include ownership of the report, name and description,additions of new icons, and location and date history.

2. After making changes and closing out of the Help window,click on the Source Properties link at the bottom of the pageto open an expanded view of properties:

With this view, you can now also add contacts, set run historyand report output, and link to a package. Note that anadditional tab appears: Report.

3. After filling in the added fields, click on Link to a packageThis takes you into the Public Folders directory, where all packagesare listed:

You can select a package and link it to the parameters youhave just set in the properties view.

4. Click OK to enter all General tab information into the system.

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10.1.2 Report Tab

This tab appears if you expand the original Set Properties view:

From this view you can see the most recent report or run the report,

override default values, save the values you want, and select to run

the report as owner only. See also the Help link on the upper right-

hand corner of the page.

1. After entering selections, click on Advanced Options:

These options let you determine the outcome for HTMLreports.

2. Check the appropriate boxes.

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10.1.3 Permissions Tab

Access to the SANscreen Reporting Connection is determined

through the roles assigned to users in the User Management sectionof the SANscreen Data Warehouse. You can modify the access

criteria for those roles using this tab.

NOTE: The Permissions tab shown in the screenshot will only appear if the

user is an administrator or the author of the report.

NOTE: See Chapter 12, Reporting User Management in the SANscreen

Istallation and Administration User Guide for a description of how roles are

created and assigned.

1. Select a role by checking a box in the left pane. Individualand Group roles are designated. NOTE: If you click the box onthe header of the Name column, all checkboxes are automaticallyfilled in.

2. Grant or deny access privileges by checking the boxes in theright pane. (See the Help link for detailed information.)

3. Click on the green arrow to transfer those privileges to therole or remove them from the role. The icons for thoseprivileges appear beside each role in the list.

If the right of access is denied, the icons appear with a linethrough them.

4. Click OK to enter your changes into the system, or click onthe Add link at the bottom of the left pane to open the viewshown on the next page:

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Using this screen you can add the names and roles to theentries.

5. Add the new information into the Available Entries box. Clickthe green arrow. That information is transferred into the

Selected Entries box, enabling the new additions.6. Click OK to confirm the entries.

You have successfully customized access privileges for a specific

report.

10.2 Running a Report

The Run with Options page lets you select how you want to

run and receive your report, including format and delivery:

:

1. Fill in the fields you want to change.

2. Click on Advanced Options:



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You can view the report now, let it run in the background, orschedule it for a specific time.

3. Click Run. The SANscreen Reporting setup view for thatreport will appear.

4. Set the parameters for the report and click on Finish.

5. Your new report is created and available for viewing.

10.3 Creating a Report View

A Report View uses the same report specification as the source

report, but has different properties such as prompt values, schedules,delivery methods, run options, and output formats. NOTE: Creating a

report view does not change the original report.

The New Report View Wizard page specifies a name and description

for the report, as well as screen tips. It lets you navigate to a location

for storing the reportincluding My Foldersif you do not want it

showing up on the default dashboard. NOTE: Storing any report in My

Folders makes it visible to yourself only:

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Click Finish to complete the wizard. See the Help link for moreinformation.

10.4 Schedule

With the Schedule view , you can set up the report to run at a

recurring date and time and set its runtime priority. You can run it

using the default values or specify the options. You can disable the

schedule without losing any of its details.

NOTE: It is important to set the email address to receive the reports in User

Preferences and to configure the SMTP server/port for sending the emails.

Enter the parameters for the report. See also the Help link for

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10.5 The MoreMenu

The last icon on the Detailed Reports is , which takes you to

the list of all available actions you can render with the report:

If you decide to remove a report, you can do so instantly from this

view by selecting . The report can be restored again at

any time if you have saved it in the New Report Wizard shown in

10.3.

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