Monitoring Celerra usage

Question

We need to be able to identify files by user/group and/or directory tree so that we can charge the relevant business area based on volume of storage used. At the moment the nas directories are all exported to a single machine and scripts trawl the directory tree - this is really slow. Is there a different/better way to do this ?

Thanks

Rainer_EMC · Answer

depending on how much you want to and can program, I can see the following possibilities

- maybe you can track what you need for chargeback using quota's - running a quota report is a lot faster than crawling

- look into EMC VisualSRM - I believe it has some provisions or hooks for chargeback

- there is an XML API that talks directly to the data mover - could be faster using that

- there also is a bulk attribute retrieval available as part of the FileMover API - basically you send the Celerra a find-like command via XML and some time later retrieve the results as a report file - I believe you need to be part of the Celerra Partner program to get access to the API

Doesnt hurt to talk to your EMC technical contact - I know we have done custom professional service work in that area before. Also ask about (future) integration with quota management software.

Rainer_EMC · Answer

since someone asked

Information about the Celerra XML API can be found on the Celerra Documentation CD

just look into the Document Library section under the XML API heading

or below DocCDCSPublish\help\Documentation\XMLAPI\XMLAPIIntro.htm
dont forget the PDF in DocCDCSPublish/help/Documentation/XMLAPI/Celerra_XML_API_v2_Guide.pdf

includes a complete API description plus a programmers reference

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