From the Lab

New Product: HP EVA Monitoring

November 16, 2010
  • Status: RELEASED

Sentry Software is releasing a solution that enables administrators to monitor their HP EVA disk arrays directly from the PATROL console avoiding the need to use a separate monitoring solution. The product collects and brings critical performance data and useful metrics into your BMC Performance Manager environment.

HP EVA KM for PATROL and its agentless version, BMC Performance Manager Express for HP EVA are part of the Sentry Software Storage solution.

Supported HP EVA storage devices and features

  • Controllers
  • Host Connections
  • Host Port Status
  • Host Port Statistics
  • Nodes
  • Physical Disks
  • Physical Disks Groups
  • Virtual Disks
  • Virtual Disks Groups
  • Data Replication Tunnels
  • Data Replication Groups (in development)

HP EVA KM for PATROL requires HP StorageWorks Command View 9.1as well as Storage System Scripting Utility (SSSU.EXE) to be properly installed on the server. Most information is collected via the HP EVAPERF.EXE utility, which requires no configuration. However, some additional information such as virtual disk size, node name, RAID array, etc. is collected via the Storage System Scripting Utility. Valid account credentials (username and password) are required to run SSSU.

Downloads

Overview Download
HP EVA KM for PATROL 1.0.00
BMC Performance Manager Express for HP EVA 1.0.00