Dell EMC VMAX / PowerMax Monitoring

Dell EMC VMAX is Dell EMC’s flagship enterprise storage array product line. It evolved out of the EMC Symmetrix array, EMC’s primary storage product of 1990s and early 2000s.

Type of Technology

• Hybrid / All Flash Storage Array

Requirements

Import the LogicMonitor_Collector_Snippets DataSource to ensure that your collector supports the code in this monitoring suite, or update to EA Collector 32.100 or later.

Compatibility

The Dell EMC VMAX / PowerMax modules are compatible with:

• VMAX-3, VMAX AFA, PowerMax 2000 and 8000 series.
• Unisphere versions 9.0 – 9.2

Credentials

LogicMonitor must provide the appropriate credentials in order to successfully access the resource. These credentials must belong to a Unisphere REST API user account that has been assigned the following minimum permissions:

Role	Description
Read-only	The Unisphere Management REST API Programmer’s Guide defines this role as Performance Monitor

Once a Unisphere REST API user account is established, the following properties must be set on the EMC VMAX / PowerMax resource within LogicMonitor. For more information on setting properties, see Device Properties.

Property	Value
emc.unisphere.user	Unisphere REST API username
emc.unisphere.pass	Unisphere REST API password
emc.unisphere.port	(Optional) Unisphere REST API Port; default is 8443

Documentation found here: Unisphere Management REST API Programmer’s Guide

The modules have been tested and verified to work with both a standard API user and LDAP-SSL based user credentials.

Migration from Legacy LogicModules

In November of 2021, LogicMonitor released a new suite of Dell EMC VMAX/PowerMax modules. The new modules provide many advantages, including:

• Access to more data
• Improved graphs and datapoint descriptions
• Streamlined version handling

The release of these new DataSources serves to deprecate the following legacy DataSources:

• EMC_VMAX_Array
• EMC_VMAX_Array_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_BEDirectors
• EMC_VMAX_BEDirectors_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_BEEmulation
• EMC_VMAX_BEEmulation_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_BEPort
• EMC_VMAX_BEPort_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_Board
• EMC_VMAX_Board_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_Core
• EMC_VMAX_Core_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_DSEPool
• EMC_VMAX_DSEPool_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_Disk
• EMC_VMAX_Disk_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_DiskGroup
• EMC_VMAX_DiskGroup_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_EDSDirector
• EMC_VMAX_EDSDirector_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_EDSEmulation
• EMC_VMAX_EDSEmulation_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_FASTPolicy
• EMC_VMAX_FEDirectors
• EMC_VMAX_FEDirectors_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_FEEmulation
• EMC_VMAX_FEEmulation_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_FEPort
• EMC_VMAX_FEPort_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_FICONEmulation
• EMC_VMAX_FICONEmulation_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_IMDirector
• EMC_VMAX_IMDirector_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_IMEmulation
• EMC_VMAX_IMEmulation_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_RDFDirector
• EMC_VMAX_RDFDirector_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_RDFEmulation
• EMC_VMAX_RDFEmulation_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_RDFPort
• EMC_VMAX_RDFPort_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_RDFS
• EMC_VMAX_RDFS_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_StorageGroup
• EMC_VMAX_StorageGroup_V8.3
• EMC_VMAX_ThinPoolLUN
• EMC_VMAX_ThinPoolLUN_V8.3

If you are currently monitoring Dell EMC VMAX devices using any of these legacy DataSources, you will not experience data loss upon importing the new DataSources. This is because DataSource names have been changed to eliminate module overwriting.

However, you will collect duplicate data and receive duplicate alerts for as long as both sets of DataSources are active. For this reason, we recommend that you disable the above-listed DataSources after importing the new set of DataSources and confirming that they are working as intended in your environment.

When a DataSource is disabled, it stops querying the host and generating alerts, but maintains all historical data. At some point in time, you may want to delete the legacy DataSources altogether, but consider this move carefully as all historical data will be lost upon deletion. For more information on disabling DataSources, see Disabling Monitoring for a DataSource or Instance.

LogicModules in Package

LogicMonitor’s out-of-the-box monitoring package for Dell EMC Unity contains:

Display Name	Type	Description
addCategory_PowerMax	PropertySource	Collects the current PowerMax version and adds to system.categories.
Arrays	DataSource	Array statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Back End Directors	DataSource	BE Director statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Back End Emulation	DataSource	BE Emulation statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Back End Port	DataSource	BE Port statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Board	DataSource	Board statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Core	DataSource	Core statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Delta Set Extension Pools	DataSource	DSE Pool statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Disks	DataSource	Disk statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Disk Groups	DataSource	Disk Group statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Enginuity Data Services Director	DataSource	Enginuity Data Services Director statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Enginuity Data Services Emulation	DataSource	Enginuity Data Services Emulation statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
FICON Emulation	DataSource	FICON Emulation statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Front End Directors	DataSource	FE Director statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Front End Emulation	DataSource	FE Emulation statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Front End Port	DataSource	Fe Port statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Infrastructure Manager Director	DataSource	Infrastructure Manager Director statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Infrastructure Manager Emulation	DataSource	Infrastructure Manager Emulation statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
RDF Director	DataSource	RDF Director statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
RDF Emulation	DataSource	RDF Emulation statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
RDF Port	DataSource	RDF Port statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
RDFS	DataSource	RDFS statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Storage Group	DataSource	Storage Group statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.
Thin Pool LUN	DataSource	Thin Pool statistics for EMC PowerMax/VMAX/Symmetrix devices.

Ensure that all of these LogicModules are imported into your LogicMonitor platform.

When setting alert thresholds on the various metrics tracked by this integration package, LogicMonitor follows the technology owner’s best practice KPI recommendations. If necessary, we encourage you to adjust these predefined thresholds to meet the unique needs of your environment. For more information, see Tuning Alert Thresholds.