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title	Create Storage System Users

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.

Create a BVQ user on the system

With SVC CLI:

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System preparation steps

Create a BVQ user on the SVC system

For

the communication of the BVQ SVC Scanner with the SVC CLI a user account on each SVC is mandatory, which should be at least member of the group 'Monitor'.

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svctask mkuser -name bvq -usergrp Monitor -password P@ssw0rd

For code level lower than 8.4 use:

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svctask mkuser -name bvq -usergrp Administrator -password P@ssw0rd

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communication between a SVC system and BVQ, a user account with at least user group 'Monitor' is required on each SVC system.

svctask mkuser -name bvq -usergrp Monitor -password <my_secure_password>

Please check if an NTP server

Check NTP, time and time zone

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Check if an NTP server is configured:

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svcinfo lssystem | grep

it is mandatory to use NTP to synchronize the time of all systems (SVC Systems and BVQ Server):

svcinfo lssystem | grep 'ntp_IP_address'

Set your NTP Server: Synchronize your SVC cluster with a specific NTP server:

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Adjust SVC cluster time zone: Set the time zone of your SVC cluster with:

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-timezone

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

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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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while

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do

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=~

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"$key

$value";

done

Enable

Change statistics

collection: Activate

collection

of system statistics:

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statistics_status on

Set statistics collection

frequency: Define how

frequently the

often system

collects

statistics

:

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statistics_frequency 1

Start statistics collection: Begin collecting system statistics at your defined frequency:

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svctask startstats -interval 1

Clear I/O statistics dumps: Clean old I/O statistics data from all nodes in the SVC with this command:

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svcinfo lsnode -nohdr | while read id rest ; do svctask cleardumps -prefix /dumps/iostats $id ; done

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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 with at least Operator role permissions.

Please create this user on your Unity system prior to configuring the the BVQ Scanner.

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'bvq' for this user.

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bvq

-application

http

-authentication-method

password

-role

readonly sec login create

readonly

BVQ Version < 2024.H2.1 or ONTAP version < 9.11
sec login create -user-or-group-name

bvq

-application

ontapi

-authentication-method

password

-role

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A user

is required for the operation of the BVQ Scanner, which should at least have readonly Role

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

Please create this user

before the configuration of

prior to configuring the BVQ Scanner.

We recommend using the name

: bvq

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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

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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:

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PureStorage FlashArray

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

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Create a BVQ user on the system

With SVC CLI:

System preparation steps

Create a BVQ user on the SVC system

For code level lower than 8.4 use:

Check NTP, time and time zone

Check performance statistics interval

The SVC performance statistics are generated

Gather information for BVQ Scanner configuration

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Old Version 4

New Version Current

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System preparation steps

Create a BVQ user on the SVC system

Create a BVQ user on the system

With SVC CLI:

For code level lower than 8.4 use:

Check NTP, time and time zone

Check performance statistics interval

The SVC performance statistics are generated

Gather information for BVQ Scanner configuration