Chapter 4. Storwize V7000 User Interfaces For Servicing Your System; Management Gui Interface; When To Use The Management Gui; Copyright Ibm Corp. 2010 - IBM Storwize V7000 Troubleshooting And Maintenance Manual

Chapter 4. Storwize V7000 user interfaces for servicing your
system
Storwize V7000 provides a number of user interfaces to troubleshoot, recover, or maintain your system.
The interfaces provide various sets of facilities to resolve any situation that you encounter.
Use the initialization tool to do the initial setup of your system. Use the management GUI to monitor and
maintain the configuration of storage that is associated with your clusters. Perform service procedures
from the service assistant. Use the command-line interface (CLI) to manage your cluster.

Management GUI interface

The management GUI is a browser-based GUI for configuring and managing all aspects of your system.
It provides extensive facilities to help troubleshoot and correct problems.
You use the management GUI to manage and service your system. The Troubleshooting panel provides
access to problems that must be fixed and maintenance procedures that step you through the process of
correcting the problem.
v Recommended Actions. For each problem that is selected, you can:
– Run a fix procedure.
– View the properties.
v Event log. For each entry that is selected, you can:
– Run a fix procedure.
– Mark an event as fixed.
– Filter the entries to show them by specific minutes, hours, or dates.
– Reset the date filter.
– View the properties.

When to use the management GUI

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4 The management GUI is the primary tool that is used to service your system.
Regularly monitor the status of the system using the management GUI. If you suspect a problem, use the
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4 management GUI first to diagnose and resolve the problem.
Use the views that are available in the management GUI to verify the status of the system, the hardware
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4 devices, the physical storage, and the available volumes. The Troubleshooting panel provides access to
problems that must be fixed and to maintenance procedures that step you through the process of
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correcting the problem.
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The Recommended Actions panel provides an analysis of the event log and identifies the most important
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alert to resolve. If there is a service error code for the alert, you can run a fix procedure that assists you
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4 in resolving the problem. These fix procedures analyze the system and provide more information about
the problem. They suggest actions to take and step you through the actions that automatically manage
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4 the system where necessary. Finally, they check that the problem is resolved.
If there is an error that is reported, always use the fix procedures within the management GUI to resolve
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4 the problem. Always use the fix procedures for both software configuration problems and hardware
4 failures. The fix procedures analyze the system to ensure that the required changes do not cause volumes
to be inaccessible to the hosts. The fix procedures automatically perform configuration changes that are
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