Administering applications

Go to the pages for creating and administering the applications and application subcomponents that you want to monitor.

Table 1. Create and administer applications and subcomponents
Actions Navigation
Add and assign storage resources to applications.
  1. From the Groups menu, click Applications.
  2. Click Create Application.
Add and assign storage resources to subcomponents.
  1. From the Groups menu, click Applications.
  2. Right-click the application, and then click View Details.
  3. In the General section, click Subcomponents.
  4. Click Create Subcomponent.
Add applications as subcomponents to applications.
  1. From the Groups menu, click Applications.
  2. Right-click the applications that you want to add as subcomponents, and then click Add to Application.
  3. Select the application or applications that you want to add the applications as subcomponents to.
  4. Click Save.
Add applications to departments.
  1. From the Groups menu, click Applications.
  2. Right-click the applications that you want to add to departments, and then click Add to Department.
  3. Select the departments.
  4. Click Save.

Add selected resources to applications and subcomponents.
  1. From the Groups menu, click Block Storage Systems, or File Storage Systems, or Object Storage Systems.
  2. Right-click a storage system and click View Details.
  3. In the Internal Resources section, click the storage resource.
  4. Optional: In the Members section, click the storage resource that is part of the application.
  5. Right-click the resources that you want to add and click Add to Application.
  6. Click the application or subcomponent and then click Save.
Assign storage resources to applications. 1
  1. From the Groups menu, click Applications.
  2. Right-click the application, and then click View Details.
  3. In the Members section, click Filters.
  4. Click Create Filter.
Tip: When the filter is created, you can edit or remove it.
Assign storage resources to subcomponents. 1
  1. From the Groups menu, click Applications.
  2. Right-click the application, and then click View Details.
  3. In the General section, click Subcomponents.
  4. Right-click the subcomponent, and click View Details.
  5. In the Members section, click Filters.
  6. Click Create Filter.
Tip: When the filter is created, you can edit or remove it.
Add subcomponents to departments
  1. From the Groups menu, click Applications.
  2. Right-click the application, and then click View Details.
  3. In the General section, click Subcomponents.
  4. Right-click the subcomponents, and click Add to Department.
  5. Select the departments.
  6. Click Save.
Remove the applications that you do not want to monitor.
  1. From the Groups menu, click Applications.
  2. Right-click the applications that you want to remove, and then click Remove.
Remove application subcomponents from an application.
  1. From the Groups menu, click Applications.
  2. Right-click the application, and then click View Details.
  3. In the General section, click Subcomponents.
  4. Right-click the subcomponents, and click Remove.

Remove selected resources from applications and subcomponents

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  1. From the Groups menu, click Block Storage Systems, or File Storage Systems, or Object Storage Systems.
  2. Right-click a storage system and click View Details.
  3. In the Internal Resources section, click the storage resource.
  4. Optional: In the Members section, click the storage resource that is part of the application.
  5. Right-click the resources that you want to remove and click Remove from Application.
  6. Click the application or subcomponent and then click Save.
Troubleshoot applications
  1. From the Groups menu, click Applications.
  2. Right-click the application, and then click View Details.
Investigate the performance of the storage resources that are associated with the application by viewing the charts on the Overview page. You can investigate the performance of related resources by clicking the resource in the General section, and clicking the Performance tab.
Troubleshoot subcomponents.
  1. From the Groups menu, click Applications.
  2. Right-click the application, and then click View Details.
  3. In the General section, click Subcomponents.
  4. Right-click the subcomponent, and click View Details.
Investigate the performance of the storage resources that are associated with the subcomponent by viewing the charts on the Overview page. You can investigate the performance of related resources by clicking the resource in the General section, and clicking the Performance tab.
  1. When you add a volume to an application, the performance information for that volume, including historical information, is aggregated with the information for the existing volumes.
  2. When you remove a member volume from an application, the performance information for that volume, including historical information, is no longer aggregated with the information for the existing volumes.
Note: The View Performance feature for applications isn't available to all IBM Storage Insights users. Look for news from IBM® about when this feature will be available to you.