To establish an access point for BVQ, it's necessary to create user accounts on the respective systems you wish to monitor.
For instance, if you have three NetApp clusters, you'll need to create a user account on each cluster.
This procedure is applicable to all systems you aim to connect to BVQ.
After creating a specific new user on a system, proceed to set up a BVQ Scanner on your BVQ Server using that user account.
The BVQ Scanner will then establish a connection to the system to collect the requisite data.
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Create a BVQ user on the SVC system |
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system and BVQ, a user account with at least user group 'Monitor' is required on each SVC system. |
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svctask mkuser -name bvq -usergrp Monitor -password <my_secure_password> |
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Check NTP, time and time zone |
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to synchronize the time of all systems (SVC Systems and BVQ Server): |
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svcinfo lssystem | grep 'ntp_IP_address' |
Set your NTP Server: Synchronize your SVC cluster with a specific NTP server: |
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titleSVC CLI | svctask chcluster -ntpip <IP address of NTP Server> |
Adjust SVC cluster time zone: Set the time zone of your SVC cluster with: |
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svctask settimezone -timezone 360 |
Show SVC clock settings: Check the current time setting on your SVC: |
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regularly (in intervals) by the SVC and picked up by the BVQ SVC Scanner. BVQ supports all intervals possible in the SVC (1min to 60min). We recommend to set the time interval to 1 minute. Check statistics status and frequency: Use this command to see if and how often your system collects statistics: |
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svcinfo lssystem | while read key value; do [[ "$key" =~ ^(statistics_status|statistics_frequency)$ ]]&& echo "$key $value"; done |
Change statistics collection frequency: Define how |
statistics are collected: |
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startstats -interval <interval_in_minutes> |
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A user is required for the operation of the BVQ Scanner, who should at least have Operator Role permissions.  Please create this user at your Unity System before the configuration of the BVQ Scanner. We recommend to name the user: bvq Image Removed
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sec login create -user-or-group-name bvq -application http -authentication-method password -role readonly
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