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Storage Virtual Machines

You can use Storage Manager to manage the SVMs in your cluster.

  • SVM Dashboard window
    The dashboard provides a cumulative at-a-glance information about your storage virtual machine (SVM) and its performance. You can use the Dashboard window to view important information related to your SVM such as the protocols configured, the volumes that are nearing capacity, and the performance.
  • Monitoring SVMs
    The dashboard in Storage Manager enables you to monitor the health and performance of a storage virtual machine (SVM) .
  • Editing SVM settings
    You can use Storage Manager to edit the properties of storage virtual machines (SVMs), such as the name service switch, name mapping switch, and aggregate list.
  • Deleting SVMs
    You can use Storage Manager to delete storage virtual machines (SVMs) that you no longer require from the storage system configuration.
  • Starting SVMs
    You can use Storage Manager to provide data access from a storage virtual machine (SVM) by starting the SVM .
  • Stopping SVMs
    You can use Storage Manager to stop a storage virtual machine (SVM) if you want to troubleshoot any issue with the SVM, delete the SVM, or stop data access from the SVM .
  • Managing SVMs
    storage virtual machine (SVM) administrators can administer SVMs and its resources, such as volumes, protocols, and services, depending on the capabilities assigned by the cluster administrator. SVM administrators cannot create, modify, or delete SVMs .
  • Types of SVMs
    A cluster consists of four types of SVMs, which help in managing the cluster and its resources and data access to the clients and applications.
  • Why you use SVMs
    SVMs provide data access to clients regardless of the physical storage or controller, similar to any storage system. SVMs provide benefits such as nondisruptive operations, scalability, security, and unified storage.
  • How ONTAP name service switch configuration works
    ONTAP stores name service configuration information in a table that is the equivalent of the /etc/nsswitch.conf file on UNIX systems. You must understand the function of the table and how ONTAP uses it so that you can configure it appropriately for your environment.
  • Storage Virtual Machines window
    You can use the Storage Virtual Machines window to manage your storage virtual machines (SVMs) and display information about them.
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