HSM for Windows dashboard overview

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The IBM HSM for Windows Client dashboard provides a consolidated, real-time overview of the operational status of all connected HSM clients and server components. It is designed as a quick-assessment page that highlights system health, ongoing activities, service states, capacity usage, alerts, and the overall condition of the HSM infrastructure.

The IBM HSM for Windows Client dashboard displays various tiles, each focusing on a specific aspect of the environment such as storage use, service activity, alerts, and the status of connected Storage Protect (SP) servers. Each tile provides a summary metrics and the ability to drill-down entry points for more detailed analysis in other sections of the user interface.

At the top of the dashboard, global notifications, or error messages such as connection failures are displayed, to help administrators quickly identify systemic issues that may require attention.

HSM dashboard

Tiles description

  • HSM Clients: The HSM Clients tile displays the number of registered and connected HSM clients. A visual health indicator displayed as green, orange or red with percentage, indicates the current risk level.
  • File Server: The File Server tile displays capacity utilization of the connected file servers used by the HSM environment as following:
    • Used space
    • Free space
    • Migrated space
    • Migrated files
    This allows administrators to evaluate storage consumption at a glance.
  • Volumes: The Volumes tile displays the number of available HSM-managed volumes. A risk indicator displayed as green, orange or red with percentage, highlights potential volume-related issues.
  • Services : The Services tile displays the operational status of core HSM services as following:
    • Recall Services
    • Monitor Services
    • Net Services
    • Tasks Services
    For each service type, the tile displays the number of instances running or stopped. Thus, enabling the administrators identify service disruptions immediately.
  • Alerts: The Alerts tile provides an overview of active alerts, grouped by the category. A count is shown for each of the following categories:
    • Recall
    • Recall Quota
    • Migration
    • Reconcile
    • Other
  • Recalls: The Recalls tile displays the recent recall activities on the weekly, daily, or hourly biases. The display helps to understand file recovery activity patterns and detect unusual spikes.
  • SP servers: The SP servers tile displays the number and health of configured IBM Storage Protect (SP) servers. A risk indicator displayed as green, orange or red with percentage summarizes the overall server status.
  • Management Classes: The Management Classes tile lists the management class types defined for client operations such as:
    • Time-based, expires
    • Time-based, infinite
    The tile displays number of configured classes of each type.
  • File spaces: The File spaces tile displays the number of file spaces managed by the SP servers. A short description explains that SP Servers manage files pace data based on server policies.

Purpose and usage

The IBM HSM for Windows Client dashboard provides an immediate, concise overview of system health and activity. Administrators can primarily use it for the following:
  • Assess risk and detect operational issues
  • Monitor storage usage and volume health
  • Track service status and troubleshoot outages
  • Review alert categories and address problems
  • Observe client recall activity trends
  • Validate the availability of SP servers and file spaces