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 stepsCreate a BVQ user on the SVC systemFor communication between a SVC system and BVQ, a user account with at least user group 'Monitor' is required on each SVC system. codesvctask
mkuser
-name
bvq
-usergrp
Monitor
-password
<my_secure_password>
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grep
'ntp_IP_address'
Set your NTP Server: Synchronize your SVC cluster with a specific NTP server: codesvctask
chcluster
-ntpip
<IP
address
of
NTP
Server>
Adjust SVC cluster time zone: Set the time zone of your SVC cluster with: codesvctask
settimezone
-timezone
360
Show SVC clock settings: Check the current time setting on your SVC: | Code Block |
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svqueryclock
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The SVC performance statistics are generated 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: | Code Block |
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svcinfo
lssystem
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while
read
key
value;
do
[[
"$key"
=~
^(statistics_status|statistics_frequency)$
]]&&
echo
"$key
$value";
done
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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 with at least have Operator Role role permissions.  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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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. Ontap CLI| Code Block |
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login
create
-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
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readonly
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Configure a user with minimum role "read_only" and API token on each array. |