Storage: Optimize, Monitor, Automate Hello everyone and thank you for attending this breakout session. I am Bertrand Martin, Sentry Software’s CEO. I am here today to present the solutions developed by Sentry to help you monitor, optimize and automate storage.

Agenda IT = Compute + Network + Storage Optimize Storage Storage is key. BMC and Sentry solutions around storage Optimize Storage With Sentry and BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization Monitor Storage With Sentry and BMC TrueSight Operations Management Challenges and Conclusion

IT = Compute + Network + Storage Why Storage is Important

IT = Compute + Network + Storage The value is in the data. Always 3 domains Compute System Administrators Network Network Administrators Storage Storage Administrators … of equal complexity Storage Data Compute Present Network Transport User Consumes … work together to deliver a service

Storage Infrastructure SAN Switches Connect the servers (hosts) and disk arrays (storage) Monitor FC Ports Link, Speed, Type Traffic Brocade, Cisco and various OEMs Disk Arrays, Storage Systems Store the data, read and write Disks, controllers, storage pools, LUNs Monitor Storage allocation Data traffic, I/Os EMC, Hitachi, NetApp, IBM, HP, Dell, Fujitsu Backups Store the data long-term, WORM Backup Servers Retrieve the data from the servers (hosts) NetBackup, TSM, NetWorker, etc. Tape libraries Store the data on tape Quantum, IBM, VTL .

BMC and Sentry’s Portfolio Around Storage Function Products Discover BMC Atrium Discovery and Depending Mapping (ADDM) Modules for Dell, EMC, Hitachi, HP, IBM, NetApp, etc. Monitor BMC TrueSight Operations Management Modules for Veritas NetBackup, IBM TSM, EMC Networker, etc. Optimize BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization Modules for Dell, EMC, Hitachi, HP 3PAR, NetApp, etc. Automate BMC Atrium Orchestrator Modules for Cisco, Brocade, Dell, EMC, Hitachi, IBM, NetBackup, etc.

With BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization and Sentry Optimize Storage With BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization and Sentry

Pain Points Reported by Managers

What Storage Vendors Ship, What Customers Deploy If we now have a look at what customers usually deploy we can notice that cloud computing does not represent much. This means that storage still needs to be managed internally. Storage management will therefore continue to have an impact on your budget.

Storage Budget

Storage Capacity Optimization Collect data about storage systems EMC, Hitachi, NetApp, Dell, HP 3PAR IBM (coming) Out-of-the-box views and reports Ensure enough capacity is available for future demand Don’t make unnecessary investments Reports on storage consumers. Se

Consolidated, Vendor-Agnostic Architecture ETLs collect data Vendor-specific Capacity metrics Performance metrics Normalized data Consolidated views out-of-the-box Customizable

Look Inside, Look Ahead Locate available capacity Predict and prevent saturation (trend analysis) Manage over-subscription and thin provisioning

Optimize: Reclaim Unused Capacity Disk Array Content

Storage Utilization Reports

With BMC TrueSight Operations Management and Sentry Monitor Storage With BMC TrueSight Operations Management and Sentry

Time Spent in Storage, 2014 H1

Compute + Network + Storage in One Console Improve performance by quickly arbitrating between servers, network and storage Reduce costs with reduced complexity

Vendor-agnostic Architecture

Immediate Visibility Into the SAN Identify disk arrays under hard pressure Identify big users (servers) Analyze the impact of the nightly backups Analyze the impact of a new application

In-depth Monitoring of All Disk Arrays Diagnose unbalanced workload Between controllers, disks, LUNs Keep an eye on capacity Consumed, subscribed, thin provisioning Detect Hardware failures Power supplies, FC ports, disks, controllers, etc. Detect performance bottlenecks Ports? Controllers? Volumes? Disks?

Storage Performance Impact

Performance and Availability of Backups Detect mechanical problems Tape libraries, tape drives StorageTek, Quantum, IBM Detect backup software problems Veritas NetBackup Symantec BackupExec EMC NetWorker IBM Tivoli Storage Manager HP Data Protector CA ARCserve Availability, performance and capacity Ensure compliance with backup policies Report problems with backup clients

How BMC and Sentry helps manager your storage infrastructure Conclusion How BMC and Sentry helps manager your storage infrastructure

Challenges and Solutions Challenges Without BMC and Sentry Unpredictable storage growth Delays because of shortages Buy more than needed Wasted capacity Performance problems Long time-to-resolution Multi-vendor complexity or vendor lock-in Failed backups Failed restores Failed compliancy Solutions With BMC and Sentry Plan ahead Don’t run out of capacity Buy what is necessary only Optimized capacity Improved performance Wide and in-depth visibility All storage vendors are covered and consolidated into one view Monitored backups Restore will work Compliancy is ensured