Adding servers with Storage Resource agents

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You can deploy a Storage Resource agent to a server if you want to view information about the resources that are internal to a server, or about the fabrics that are visible to the server. Internal resources include controllers, disks, file systems, logical volumes, shares, and directories.

Before you begin

To deploy a Storage Resource agent, you must have Administrator privileges.

For each installation of IBM Spectrum Control, you can deploy only one Storage Resource agent on each server. If you attempt to deploy additional Storage Resource agents on a server, the deployments fail.

Procedure

  1. In the menu bar, go to Servers > Servers.
  2. Click Deploy Agent.
  3. Select one of the following methods for deploying Storage Resource agents:
    • Enter information about the server and the Storage Resource agent manually.
    • Import configuration information from a comma-delimited file.
  4. On the Deploy Agent page, configure deployment information for the Storage Resource agents.

    If you deploy multiple agents with different operating systems, separate configuration pages are displayed for agents that are deployed on Windows servers and agents that are deployed on UNIX servers.

  5. On the Configure page, schedule the deployment of the Storage Resource agents.

    If you are deploying agents on multiple servers, a time span is calculated during which the agents are deployed. The agents are deployed at regular intervals during the time span to avoid excessive load on the IBM Spectrum Control server.

  6. Schedule the time and frequency that probes are run for the servers.

    If you add multiple servers, a time span is calculated during which the servers are probed.

  7. To add the servers, click Finish.

Results

A probe is automatically run for a server after the agent is successfully deployed.

What to do next

Use Agent State on the Servers page to monitor the status of the agent deployment.
Managing alert conditions and notification settings: Review the alert configuration for the server.

Each server is automatically added to the default alert policy for the server type. You can change which alert policy manages a server, and you can also set a server to not be managed by any policy.

You can also create an alert policy from the alert definitions and notification settings of a server. Click Servers > Servers. Right-click the server from which you want to create an alert policy, then click View Alert Definitions. Click Create Policy from the Policy Actions menu.