Recovery Guru; Storage Array Profile - Dell PowerVault MD3200i Owner's Manual

Recovery Guru

The Recovery Guru is a component of MDSM that diagnoses critical events
on the storage array and recommends step-by-step recovery procedures for
problem resolution.
In the AMW, to display the Recovery Guru, perform one of these actions:
• Click Recovery Guru
In the Support tab, click the Recover from Failure link.
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• From the Status pane on the Summary tab, click the Storage Array Needs
Attention link.
You can detect a problem using the following indicators:
• Non-Optimal status icons
• Alert notification messages that are sent to the appropriate destinations
• Hardware indicator lights
The status icons return to Optimal status as problems are resolved.

Storage Array Profile

The storage array profile provides a description of all of the components and
properties of the storage array. The storage array profile also provides the
option to save the storage array profile information to a text file. You might
want to use the storage array profile as an aid during recovery or as an
overview of the current configuration of the storage array. Create a new copy
of the storage array profile if your configuration changes.
1 To open the storage array profile, in the AMW, perform one of the
following actions:
• Select Storage Array View Profile.
• Select the Summary tab, and click Storage Array Profile in the Status
area.
• Select the Support tab, and click View Storage Array Profile.
The Storage Array Profile dialog appears. The Storage Array Profile dialog
contains several tabs, and the title of each tab corresponds to the subject
of the information contained.
2 Perform one of these actions in the Storage Array Profile dialog:
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