wbbouldin wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by bridging the gaps so if there are specific features that you're asking about, please let me know.
There are functional gaps between external system reporter (eSR) on on-array/SSMC system reporter (OASR). For example, On-Array SR does not send alerts or reports to email... but with SSMC installed, it can bridge that gap, but unfortunately the email feature is still not on-par with legacy eSR. SSMC will send alerts/reports to one list of email address, for all alerts and all reports, one list for everything. eSR allows each alert and each report to have different email recipients.
Another feature missing from SSMC and OASR that we have in external System reporter is the single SR database for multiple arrays. This allows aggregate reports such as by customer hosts/applications that span or migrate across multiple arrays. This also allows for report data to remain available even after the array is decommissioned, and its all query-able and usable from one place, and does not require extracting data from several places and merging into excel for further manipulation.
We like to keep 3 years of daily history to better plan future capacity needs. I can craft a single report in eSR for an application owner (VLUN capacity, all arrays, filtered by a list host names for that application, or even a list of VVs) that shows their "used chunklet" growth rate over 3 years. Since we're thin provisioned, that data is pretty useful as a gauge for measuring the application real capacity growth rate. I can then save that report url to schedule eSR to email it on a schedule to that application owner periodically.
I am anxiously awaiting HP to patch the System Reporter platform to accommodate the recent change from all numeric 3PAR serial numbers to the new alpha-numeric. 3.1 MU4 P01 patch disappointing only fixes this for MySql instalations, and not for the other supported database platforms like Oracle. We just purchased a new 8450 that has an alphanumeric serial number and cannot be polled by our eSR environment.