MDM tasks
This topic describes the device
management tasks you can perform with MDM when it has been installed and configured,
and the supported storage devices have been discovered.
The following sections list the tasks you can perform using Device Manager, Replication Manager, and Performance Manager.
Device Manager
You can perform the following tasks using the Device Manager:
- Discover supported storage devices on the SAN
- View essential information about storage devices
- Examine the relationships between storage devices
- Change storage device configurations
- View inventory information about a storage device
- View hardware records about status changes for storage devices
- View configuration information about storage devices in the configuration
database
Replication
Manager
You can perform the following tasks using the Replication Manager:
- Create and maintain logical unit number (LUN) groups
- Set up a group for replication
- Create, save, and name a replication task
- Schedule a replication session using the user interface
- Start a replication session
You can also perform these tasks using the Replication Manager command-line
interface.
Performance Manager
You can perform the following tasks using the Performance Manager:
- Collect data from storage devices
- Set performance thresholds for each device type
- Detect when the performance thresholds are exceeded
- Extract performance data from the Performance Manager database
- Purge performance data from the Performance Manager database
- Better allocate data to meet performance requirements by using the Performance
Manager database
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