IBM Storage management pack SCOM

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With the SCOM management pack for IBM you can monitor the following systems:

  • DS8000
  • Flex Systems
  • SAN Volume Controller (SVC)
  • Storwize V3500
  • Storwize V3700
  • Storwize V5000
  • Storwize V7000 & Unified
  • XIV Systems

Logon to your storage system. Add a user for monitoring purpose in the monitoring user group.
Be sure that port 22 is open from the SCOM landscape to the IBM Management Addresses.

Download the newest IBM_Storage_MP_for_SCOM_#.#_Windows setup from the IBM site.
Install the IBM Storage SCOM-control utility.

Import the SCOM management packs, the setup placed them on:
C:\Program Files\IBM\Storage\Host\IBMStorageSCOM\mps

Open the configuration utility command line.

Link IBM Storage SCOM-Control utility with SCOM:
scomu.cmd --sc-set --servername scomsrv01 --domain domain01 --username usr --password pass

Choose:

  • Password authentication mode:
    scomu.cmd --add -t storwize --ip #### --authmode password --username ### --password ###
  • Public key authentication mode:
    scomu.cmd --add -t storwize --ip #### --authmode publickey --username ### --certpath c:\storwize.cert --passphrase xxxxx

List the added storage systems:
scomu.cmd --list

Delete a connection:
scomu.cmd --del -t storwize.v7000 --ip 172.24.101.175

One comment

  1. Hi can you send me SCOM MP for IBM Storage 2.4.0? I have V7000, but IBM disable download MP SCOM for IBM storage from IBM fix central. Its terrible. Thank you

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