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Performance monitoring workflow

Monitoring cluster performance involves installing Unified Manager for DM Series software, setting up basic monitoring tasks, and identifying performance issues.


This workflow shows the steps necessarily to complete the performance monitoring Express Guide.
  1. Verifying that your VMware environment is supported
    For successful installation of Unified Manager for DM Series, you must verify that your VMware environment meets the necessary requirements.
  2. Unified Manager for DM Series worksheet
    Before you install, configure, and connect Unified Manager for DM Series, you should have specific information about your environment readily available. You can record the information in the worksheet.
  3. Installing Unified Manager for DM Series
    To install Unified Manager for DM Series to monitor cluster performance, follow these procedures.
  4. Specifying the clusters to be monitored
    You must add a cluster to a Unified Manager for DM Series to monitor the cluster, view the cluster discovery status, and monitor its performance.
  5. Setting up basic monitoring tasks
    You can monitor your systems for performance issues by checking the systems daily, by establishing weekly and monthly performance trends, and by specifying thresholds for receipt of notifications about potential performance issues.
  6. Identifying performance issues in Unified Manager for DM Series
    If a performance event occurs, you can locate the source of the issue within Unified Manager for DM Series and use other tools to fix it. You might receive an email notification of an event or notice the event during daily monitoring.