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Moving a CM-REST Server to a Clustered Environment   Because Configuration Manager API (CM-REST API) is a commonly used management tool, it’s always a good idea to run it from a clustered environment to avoid any disruption. However, it’s also a challenging task for a customer to move their entire existing API environment from a non-clustered environment to a clustered environment instead of deploying a new API environment in a clustered environment.   In this blog, we’ll provide details for moving an existing API environment (Hitachi Ops Center API Configuration Manager) from a non-clustered environment to a clustered environment using the ...
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In Ops Center Administrator v10.9.0, a new enhancement for the Server Group Management feature has been added. This enhancement allows you to use the path of an existing cluster server node to map a newly added server node to the server group. Alternatively, ports can be introduced to a server group cluster when adding a new server node. In addition, the same enhanced server group workflow removes paths and volumes when removing a server node from the server group. Simplified depiction: Adding a path for a new server This blog consists of the following sections: Enhancement advantages. Adding a server in the Server Group and attaching volumes. ...
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Introduction Recently, Malicious and Ransomware attacks have increased dramatically and are getting so complex that the threats are now multi-dimensional. These numerous attacks range from infrastructure disruption to data leakages. This means that every organization needs a strategy for threat detection and investigation to avoid disruptions. In this blog, we explore two features of Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer, that can assist you with threat investigation. Ops Center Analyzer provides an end-to-end intuitive UI for data performance monitoring, analysis, planning, management, operation, and troubleshooting. Ops Center Analyzer detail view collects data ...
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Objective Validate the Global Replication Report (GRR) in Hitachi Ops Center Protector v7.3 in a large-scale environment. Validate the impact of running the reports on an Ops Center V10.8.0 API Configuration Manager (CM-REST) server by registering ten VSP 5600 storage systems (approximately 9K replication pairs) Introduction The Global Replication Reports provide a complete list of all replications on the storage systems including replications that are not managed by Protector. This feature works by interfacing with the Ops Center CM-REST server, which provides an inventory of all replications on each storage system. Protector caches the result from ...
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Objective Ops Center v10.8.0 supports data-in-place upgrades of storage systems moving from VSP 5500 to VSP 5600. This blog highlights how easily Ops Center adapts to the upgrade. The upgrade was tested in the lab and the impact on Ops Center products was tracked. Introduction Data-in-place (DIP) upgrades provide the following benefits: You can upgrade current-generation controllers to the next generation controllers without data migration. You do not need new drives because the next-generation controllers continue to use the current controller drives. These changes are transparent to Ops Center, so the Ops Center products adapt to the upgrade ...
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Tune in to this interesting new mini webinar series including interesting demos from our CoE on the Hitachi Ops Center Suite modules. Special Thanks to our expert speaker Johnny Koen! Hitachi Ops Centre – A Deep Dive Hitachi Ops Center enables AI-driven management operations that address the key challenges of IT management tool sprawl, critical IT incident response, overburdened staff and on-time resource delivery. Link: https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/company/events-webinar/webcast.hitachi-ops-centre-a-deep-dive.html Hitachi Ops Center Management Learn about managing storage across data ...
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IT operational Automation is a key strategy for IT organizations to provide relief for overburdened staff and  improve the on-time delivery of critical resources such as storage. Using Hitachi’s Ops Center Automator for the orchestration of repetitive steps within IT operational tasks simplifies the process, redu cin g the number of steps and time required to allocate resources. With Ops Center Automator the number of steps can be reduced by up to 70% while the time required to execute the task by up to 90%. The benefits of Ops Center Automator can deliver a self-service model through the creation of a service catalogue that enables ...
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Storage Management solutions. Consolidate. Simplify. Innovate The Center of Excellence offers support which includes Demo`s, PoC`s and sales/pre-sales support functions. For more information CLICK HERE To Request support CLICK HERE   See below the Demo overview. Hitachi-Ops Center Automator :   Provide self-service storage infrastructure. Automation Direc​​tor simplifies common and repeatable storage tasks with intelligent automated workflows that incorporate storage management best practices and infrastructure abstraction. Showing our automation framework and how it can assist with providing the business and the users with much ...
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