HPE StoreOnce Appliance Overview Test

This test continuously monitors the HPE StoreOnce backup appliance and reports the status of the appliance, data services, user storage, license, etc. In addition, this test also tracks the local and cloud storage capacity and utilization of the appliance. It also helps administrators keep an eye on the amount of data stored, the number of catalysts, replication, VTL, and NAS sessions running on the appliance. This way, administrators can be proactively alerted to potential failures, slowdowns, or problematic conditions due to resource contention, overload, or any critical status of the appliance and associated services.

Target of the test : HPE StoreOnce Backup 4.x

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every HPE StoreOnce Backup 4.x appliance being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameters Description

Test Period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The host for which the test is to be configured.

Port

The port at which the host is listening. By default, this is set to Null.

Username and Password

By default, the eG agent executes REST APIs on the target HPE StoreOnce Backup 4.x appliance to collect the required metrics. For the eG agent to execute the REST APIs, a special user with an Observer role is required. Specify the credentials of such a user in the Username and Password text boxes.

Confirm Password

Confirm the password by retyping it here.

Timeout Seconds

Specify the duration (in seconds) beyond which the test will timeout in this text box. The default value is 120 seconds.

DD Frequency

Refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 4:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against DD frequency.

Detailed Diagnosis

To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option.

The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:

  • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability
  • Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.
Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Appliance status

Indicates the current status of this appliance.

 

The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are tabulated below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Critical 0
Warning 1
Not hardware 2
Not applicable 3
OK 100

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values that indicate the current status of the appliance. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the measure values as mentioned in the table above.

The detailed diagnosis of this measure provides the appliance details such as UUID, Host name, Platform type, Software version, and Recommended software version.

Data services status

Indicates the current status of the data services on this appliance.

 

The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are tabulated below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Critical 0
Warning 1
Not hardware 2
Not applicable 3
OK 100

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values that indicate the current status of the data services on the appliance. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the measure values as mentioned in the table above.

User storage status

Indicates the user storage status of this appliance.

 

The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are tabulated below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Critical 0
Warning 1
Not hardware 2
Not applicable 3
OK 100

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values that indicate the user storage status of the appliance. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the measure values as mentioned in the table above.

Hardware status

Indicates the current hardware status of this appliance.

 

The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are tabulated below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Critical 0
Warning 1
Not hardware 2
Not applicable 3
OK 100

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values that indicate the current hardware status of the appliance. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the measure values as mentioned in the table above.

Remote support status

Inidcates the remote support status of this appliance.

 

Write protection is used to prevent further backup to the share. If enabled, any backup jobs currently using that share will fail.

The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are tabulated below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Critical 0
Warning 1
Not hardware 2
Not applicable 3
OK 100

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values that indicate the remote support status of the appliance. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the measure values as mentioned in the table above.

License status

Indicates the current license status of this appliance.

 

The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are tabulated below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Critical 0
Warning 1
Not hardware 2
Not applicable 3
OK 100

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values that indicate the current license status of this appliance. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the measure values as mentioned in the table above.

Is software update recommended ?

Indicates whether or not software update is recommended for this appliance.

 

The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are tabulated below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Yes 1
No 0

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values that indicate whether or not software update is recommended for the appliance. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the measure values as mentioned in the table above.

Total capacity - local disk

Indicates the total local disk capacity of this appliance.

TB

 

Total data stored - local disk

Indicates the total amount of data stored in the local disk on this appliance.

TB

 

Available capacity - local disk

Indicates the currently available local disk capacity for this appliance.

TB

A low value for this measure indicates low space on the local disk to store data. This in turn cause space contention that can cause backup and restore operations to fail thereby leading loss of data.

Local usage

Indicates the percentage of utilization of local disk by this appliance.

Percent

 

User data stored - local disk

Indicates the total amount of user data stored on the local disk of this appliance.

TB

 

User data stored - cloud

Indicates the amount of user data stored on the cloud for this appliance.

TB

 

Capacity saved

Indicates amount of storage capacity saved through deduplication of user data on this appliance.

TB

 

Percentage of capacity saved

Indicates the percentage of capacity saved through deduplication of user data on this appliance.

Percent

 

Overall dedupe ratio

Indicates the overall ratio of duplicate data against new data identified in the data job on this appliance.

Number

 

Catalyst data job sessions

Indicates the number of catalyst data job sessions currently running on this appliance.

Number

If data is being moved between the StoreOnce System and a media server or application server, it is a data job.

If the number of data jobs starts getting high, the StoreOnce System can be loaded heavily. Then the jobs fail to start or run slowly due to insufficient resources being available.

NAS open dedupe sessions

Indicates the number of currently open NAS dedupe sessions on this appliance.

Number

 

VTL active sessions

Indicates the number of currently active VTL sessions on this appliance.

Number

 

Total active sessions

Indicates the total number of active sessions on this appliance.

Number

 

Catalyst inbound copy job sessions

Indicates the number of active catalyst inbound copy job sessions running on this appliance.

Number

If the data transfer is between two StoreOnce Systems, it is a StoreOnce Catalyst copy job.

If the number of copy jobs gets high then you must optimize the queuing and running of jobs based on the resources available.

Catalyst outbound copy job sessions

Indicates the number of active catalyst outbound copy job sessions running on this appliance.

Number

Replication source jobs

Indicates the number of replication source jobs currently running on this appliance.

Number

 

Replication target jobs

Indicates the number of replication target jobs currently running on this appliance.

Number

 

Percentage of used memory

Indicates the percentage utilization of memory on this appliance.

Percent

This measure can help in identifying any possible memory contentions. If this measure is near to 100 percent, then it indicates probable memory bottleneck conditions.

Percentage of disk utilization

Indicates the percentage utilization of disk on this appliance.

Percent

This measure can help in identifying any possible storage space contentions. If this measure is near to 100 percent, then it indicates probable resource crunch.

Total capacity - cloud

Indicates the total capacity on cloud for this appliance.

TB

 

Total data stored - cloud

Indicates the total amount of data stored in cloud on this appliance.

TB

 

Available capacity - cloud

Indicates the capacity available in the cloud for this appliance.

TB

 

Cloud usage

Indicates the percentage utilization of cloud by this appliance.

Percent

 

Total user data stored

Indicates total amount of user data stored on this appliance.

TB

 

Total data stored

Indicates the total amount of data stored on this appliance.

TB