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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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System preparation steps

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Create a BVQ user on the SVC system

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For communication between a SVC

system

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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Check if an NTP server is configured: it is

mandatory to

mandatory to use NTP

to synchronize the time of all systems 

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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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

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Show SVC clock settings: Check the current time setting on your SVC:

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svqueryclock

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Check performance statistics interval

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The SVC performance statistics are generated

regularly

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

frequent the

often system

collects

statistics

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are collected:

startstats

-interval

<interval_in_minutes>



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A user is required for the operation of the BVQ Scanner , who should with at least have Operator Role role permissions.

(warning) Please create this user at on your Unity System before the configuration of system prior to configuring the the BVQ Scanner. We recommend to name the user: bvq

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Gather information for BVQ Scanner configuration

BVQ scanners need the following information to be configured for each Dell EMC Unity System:

  • Cluster IP address or hostname
  • Cluster user ID and password of the bvq user

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-user-or-group-name

bvq

-application

http

-authentication-method

password

-role

readonly

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login

create

-user-or-group-name

bvq

-application

ontapi

-authentication-method

password

-role

readonly

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A user with at least 'read-only' role permissions on the ONTAP Cluster is required to operate the BVQ Scanner.

Please create this user prior to configuring the BVQ Scanner.

We recommend using the name 'bvq' for this user.

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Configure a user with minimum role "read_only" and API token on each array.