HPE StoreOnce NAS Shares Test

The HP StoreOnce Backup system is designed as the target storage for backup applications that need rapid restores and reduced backup windows. The target backup system offers flexibility to use Network-attached storage (NAS) targets in non-tape environments. The NAS target is a dedicated file storage that enables multiple users and heterogeneous client devices to retrieve data from centralized disk capacity. The NAS targets consist of one or more file shares that appear to the backup application as standard CIFS drive shares, while still supporting data deduplication, replication, flash storage and multiprotocol access. When using NAS targets, only files that are bigger than 24MB will be deduplicated. If the NAS suddenly becomes unavailable or stops abruptly, the data stored in that NAS Share may become inaccessible to the users. To ensure continuous availability of data, it is essential to monitor the status of each NAS share attached to the target HPE StoreOnce Backup system. The HPE StoreOnce NAS Shares test helps administrators in this regard!

This test auto-discovers the NAS shares attached to the target HPE StoreOnce Backup system and for each NAS share, this test reports the current status, health and replication health. Besides, this test also reports the amount of data that is stored before and after deduplication. Using this test, administrators can figure out the count of files and directories assigned to each NAS share. The detailed diagnostics reveals the replication role and deduplication ratio of each NAS share.

Target of the test : HPE StoreOnce Backup

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each NAS share attached to the HP StoreOnce Backup System that is 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 system to collect the required metrics. For the eG agent to execute the REST APIs, a special user with user 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.
Service Set	A service set is a collection of services such as Virtual Tape Library(VTL), Network Attached Storage(NAS), Replication and StoreOnce Catalyst. There is one instance of each service per service set. By default, the target HPE StoreOnce Backup system is associated with a service set. Therefore, the Service Set parameter is set to 1 by default. If you are monitoring multiple HPE Storeonce Backup systems in your environment, then, specify the exact number associated with the service set that is assigned to each HPE StoreOnce Backup system that is to be monitored.
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

Status

Indicates the current status of this NAS share attached to the target backup system.

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

Measure Value	Numeric Value
Offline	0
Starting	1
Stopping	2
Failed to start	3
Failed to stop	4
Creating	5
Deleting	6
Online	100

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values only. However, in the graph of this measure, the status will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents only.

Health level

Indicates overall health of this NAS share.

The values that this measure can report and the states they indicate are tabulated below:

Measure Value	Numeric Value
Unknown	0
OK	1
Information	2
Warning	3
Critical	4

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values only. However, in the graph of this measure, the status will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents only.

Replication health level

Indicates the current replication health of this NAS share.

The values that this measure can report and the states they indicate are tabulated below:

Measure Value	Numeric Value
Unknown	0
OK	1
Information	2
Warning	3
Critical	4

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values only. However, in the graph of this measure, the status will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents only.

User data stored before deduplication

Indicates the amount of user data that is stored on this NAS share before the deduplication process.

Compare the values of these measures across NAS shares to figure out the NAS share that is storing the maximum amount of data before and after deduplication.

Data stored after deduplication

Indicates the amount of data stored on this NAS share after the deduplication process.

Number of files

Indicates the number of files assigned for this NAS share.

Number

Number of directories

Indicates the number of directories assigned for this NAS share.

Number