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Opstor: - A Multi Vendor Storage Resource Management and Capacity Forecasting Software

OpStor is a multi-vendor storage resource management and capacity forecasting software that helps storage administrators address challenges such as preventing system failures, forecasting storage growth, and operating with products from different vendors. It automates the discovery of storage devices and components, generates reports on capacity, performance, and availability, and forecasts future storage demands. OpStor provides a unified view of the storage environment, reduces downtime through problem detection, and lowers costs through effective reporting and integration with other ManageEngine products.

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Opstor: - A Multi Vendor Storage Resource Management and Capacity Forecasting Software

OpStor is a multi-vendor storage resource management and capacity forecasting software that helps storage administrators address challenges such as preventing system failures, forecasting storage growth, and operating with products from different vendors. It automates the discovery of storage devices and components, generates reports on capacity, performance, and availability, and forecasts future storage demands. OpStor provides a unified view of the storage environment, reduces downtime through problem detection, and lowers costs through effective reporting and integration with other ManageEngine products.

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OpStor

- A multi vendor storage resource management and


capacity forecasting software

AGENDA
Understanding the user i.e, Storage
Administrator, his duties and the challenges he
faces
Introduction about OpStor
Overview of OpStor
Advantages of using OpStor
Benefits of using OpStor

STORAGE ADMINISTRATORS - Duties


Create LUNs
Resolve storage shortages
Maintain a proper backup schedule and perform
backups
System performance tuning
Forecast Storage growth
Monitor current storage environment
Make hardware / configuration changes when
adding new servers

CHALLENGES FACED BY STORAGE ADMINISTRATORS

Prevent system panic


Isolating the problem
Responsiveness
Forecasting future storage demands
Operate with products from different OEM
Security of the data (availability and retention)

OPSTOR

OpStor from Manage Engine is a multi vendor SRM (Storage


Resource Management) solution
It monitors Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network
Attached Storage (NAS) devices such as storage arrays,
fabric switches, tape libraries, host servers and host bus
adapter cards
It performs auto-discovery to deliver asset, capacity,
performance, and configuration information on storage
devices and their components
It generates reports, forecasts storage demand and also
performs escalations on alerts

5 EASY STEPS TO UNDERSTAND


OPSTOR

Home - Autodiscovers devices and shows recent alarm logs


Alarms - Allows you to select device type and view their
alarms
Maps - Gives a pictorial representaion of the storage
network
Reports - Gives reports on performance, capacity,
availability etc
Admin - Helps in scheduling the reports and for custom
setting

HOME - Autodiscovers devices and shows recent


alarm logs

ALARMS - Allows you to select device type and view


their alarms

ALARMS - Allows you to select device type and view


their alarms

MAPS - Gives a pictorial representation of the


storage network

Bad / disrupted Connection


Good / Operational Connection

REPORTS - Gives reports on performance, capacity, availability


etc
Summary Reports - gives the summary of activity for all the
devices for the day

REPORTS
Capacity Reports - monitors the existing capacity and the used
capacity for different storage device

REPORTS
Forecasts - Helps you to understand the storage demand
requirements for the future

REPORTS
Availability - Show the Uptime, Downtime, MTTR and MTBF for
different devices that are connected to the network

REPORTS
Performance - Provides performance reports for all devices

REPORTS
Threshold - Shows the limits for raising alarms on each device as
well as the rate of data collection from each device (Polling
Interval)

ADMIN
Discovery - Helps you to add devices manually using their IP
addresses

ADMIN - Helps in scheduling the reports and for custom


settings

Schedule Alarm
Actions - This
helps in sending
alert mails to the
mentioned email
ids

ADMIN
Escalates Alarms which are
not attended to

Sends daily and weekly reports to prespecified


email ids

ADMIN
Global Settings - Helps
you to manage accounts
and mail servers, change
polling, threshold rules
etc

SUPPORT - for any queries or assistance

Forums - helps you to


interact within the
Opstor community about
product upgrades and
queries

ADVANTAGES OF USING OPSTOR

Supports devices from different vendors


Auto discovers all the devices that are connected in the
storage network
Captures sensor faults such as power supply, temperature, fan
and battery, as well as status change notifications
Has the map facility which provides the pictorial view of the
storage network
Administrators receive alarms through email or SMS messages
based on pre-set rules
Can be integrated with different ME products. Customers need
not use different software for different applications

BENEFITS OF USING OPSTOR

Increased visibility with unified view of your storage


environment
Reduced downtime with timely detection of problems
Saves administrative time with effective reporting and
escalations
Lowers Total Cost of Ownership with NO extra software
purchases
Simplified management at an affordable price

Download OpStor now

http://www.manageengine.com/products/opstor/download.
html

For more inputs

http://www.manageengine.com/products/opstor/he
lp.html

For personalized support


Write to us: [email protected]
+1-888-720-9500

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