What is Veritas Volume Manager KM?

Veritas Volume Manager KM is a standard Knowledge Module (KM) that enables you to monitor your Veritas Volume Manager infrastructure in BMC TrueSight Operations Management or BMC Helix Operations Management. It is one of the three knowledge modules required for monitoring Veritas Infoscale. The other two being Veritas Cluster Server KM and Veritas File System KM.

Technically, Veritas Volume Manager KM is composed of:

• A KM for PATROL:

  • Compatible with Linux, Windows, Solaris, HP-UX, and IBM AIX
  • Deployable and configurable through TrueSight/Helix CMA
  • Configurable through Monitoring Studio X Web UI

• A Component for TrueSight Presentation Server (TSPS)

  • Enables the configuration of Veritas Volume Manager KM and facilitates the interaction with the PATROL Agent through the user-friendly Monitoring Studio X Web interface.

There are two possible options to setup Veritas Volume Manager KM and the PATROL Agent:

• Remote Monitoring: Install the KM and the Agent on a dedicated managed node that monitors one or more Veritas Volume Manager nodes remotely.
• Local Monitoring: Install the KM and the Agent on the Veritas Volume Manager node directly to monitor locally.

Standard KM for PATROL

Veritas Volume Manager KM monitors every component of Veritas Volume Manager to ensure it runs efficiently 24 hours a day:

• Server: health of the Veritas Volume Manager and its critical daemons
• Disks and Multi Paths: health of disk devices and dynamic multi-pathing (DMP)
• Logs: for any error in the system and event logs
• Logical Volumes: status and utilization of volumes, plexes and subdisks
• Replication (VVR): status and performance of replicated volume groups (RVGs) and replication links (RLINKs)
• I/O Performance: collects I/O performance statistics at disk, volume, plex & subdisk levels to help identify any bottleneck

As a KM for PATROL, Veritas Volume Manager KM runs natively on the BMC PATROL Agent. The monitored objects and metrics and their configuration are automatically integrated into the various BMC consoles:

• TrueSight Operations Management or Helix Operations Management
• TrueSight Central Monitoring Administration (CMA)
• TrueSight Infrastructure Management
• PATROL Console (Classic)
• PATROL Central - Windows Edition
• PATROL Central - Web Edition

Since Veritas Volume Manager KM,

• detects logical disk and path faults
• detects disk or volume space shortages
• helps prevent failures during volume replication
• detects any performance issues before failures

it ensures maximum data availability.