What's New with EMC ControlCenter V6.

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Storage Resource Management Software

Magic Quadrant for Storage Resource Management and SAN Management Software, 2007

Source: Gartner Research Magic Quadrant for Combined SRM and SAN Management Software, 2007 Dave Russell, Robert E. Passmore March 19, 2007

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted March 19, 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This Magic Quadrant graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research note and should be evaluated in the context of the entire report. The Gartner report is available on EMC.com

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EMC Storage ManagementControlCenter Family

A comprehensive family of storage resource management (SRM) and device management software that integrates the deepest set of storage administration functions across the broadest set of storage resources.
Executing in three key areas: SRM Planning and Provisioning SRM Monitoring and Reporting Device Management

SRM Planning and Provisioning

Design, plan, and provision multi-vendor tiered storage to streamline operations and meet service-level agreements

Storage Management

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SRM Monitoring and Reporting

Monitor and report on multi-vendor tiered storage to improve asset usage and performance

Device Management
Configure and optimize EMC and non-EMC storage

New Features and Enhancements in ControlCenter V6.0

End-to-end management of VMware ESX Server environments

Discovery, provisioning, monitoring, and reporting

Increased flexibility in reporting

Easy access to data based on business needs

Single infrastructure for StorageScope and StorageScope File Level Reporter

Expanded EMC and non-EMC platform support Performance monitoring and reporting enhancements Enhanced security and serviceability

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Improved VMware Support

End-to-end relationship information from an ESX Server to the physical array devices
View physical and logical relationships to storage Enables storage management/allocation

View properties, capacity, and usage information for an ESX Server and corresponding virtual machines (VMs)

Discover and report on individual VMware guests

Guest name, operating system version, and IP address Report the capacity, utilization, and trending

Provisioning
Mask and zone storage to ESX Servers

Monitoring and reporting

VMware ESX sever up/down VM guest up/down, which tools are installed, running

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Improved VMware Support

Relationship View
Map logical relationships of VMware guests and hosts to storage Topology Views

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Improved VMware Support

Properties View
Display properties of a virtual machine View the most common attributes (including configuration) for the selected objects

Virtual Machines

VMware guests

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Improved VMware Support

Free Space View
Shows free space and allocated space for storage arrays related to a selected VMware server View detailed information for host bus adapters, ports, devices, and pools

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Improved VMware Support

Understanding the Virtualized Environment with VMware
StorageScope reports provide storage details including:
Properties of a VMware ESX Server What array it is connected to Virtual machine properties and utilization metrics Mapped raw devices VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) volumes Back-end array for VMware ESX Server

Detailed views for VMFS, raw devices, and individual virtual machines

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More Flexible Reporting

New Reporting Methods for StorageScope and StorageScope File Level Reporter
Reporting Method
User interface views

Description
Based on the ControlCenter StorageScope File Level Reporter interface, the Web-based views provide highlevel information for initial analysis Customizable report templates that summarize data at the enterprise level A wizard-based interface for detailed reporting; flexible data access with multiple output formats Custom Crystal reports can be imported and will be updated each new report session Open access to the centralized reporting database; data can be imported into other data stores for advanced reporting
Expert Novice

Built-in reports Query Builder Custom reports

Repository access

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Flexible Reporting
StorageScope DashboardEnterprise Summary
Enterprise Summary Customize to view what is important to you

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Flexible Reporting
Track Assets by Department Create custom groups for each department in the console Add assets allocated for the department in the group StorageScope provides built-in reports for:
Hosts by group Arrays by group
Group of Windows hosts

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Flexible Reporting
Charging Departments for Storage Use Departments need to pay for allocated storage Management can see detailed reports of charges Chargeback reports can be scheduled based on specific needs Assign cost/unit through Manage Calculated Column in StorageScope Query Builder

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Flexible Reporting
Analyzing Storage Needs for an Application See usage details for the database Trend data can help you predict when database will run out of storage

Forecast based on database usage trend data Database usage details

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Query Builder
StorageScope
Wizard-based interface for generating ad-hoc reports Commonly used queries provided out of the box Queries can be modified, copied, and saved for customization
Calculated fields Custom database joins Advanced sorting and filtering Totals and subtotals

Query output can be screen, e-mail, PDF, CSV, or XML SQL created by Query Builder can be viewed and exported

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Custom Reports

Custom reports to meet your needs Custom reports created using Crystal Reports can be imported SQL from Query Builder can be leveraged to create custom reports Report data is always up-to-date

Reports can be scheduled

EMC Global Services custom reporting implementation service can be used

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Report on File Details

StorageScope File Level Reporter ControlCenter V6.0 integrates StorageScope and StorageScope File Level Reporter into a single infrastructure and provides:
Single reporting user interface Single set of agents
Host and file agents merged

Single reporting server and data repository

New StorageScope Repository (Oracle 10g DSS database)

Merge reports on files and directories with StorageScope information on servers, storage devices, and arrays

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Built-In Reports
StorageScope
12 reports provided out of the box Template design based on primary use cases and most commonly requested reports User can adjust filtering and report format settings Reports can be scheduled based on business requirements

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Example of Built-In Reports

StorageScope

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Interface Views
StorageScope

View historical trends

Data Center View Drill-down for individual details Filter views

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Manage File-Related Storage Activity and Capacity

StorageScope File Level Reporter View detailed reports
Size of file Owner Last modified date Last access date

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Chargeback for Virtual Machines

Capacity usage

Chargeback $$

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Improved Performance Monitoring and Reporting

Monitor and Report on Tiered-Storage Infrastructure Performance
Increase productivity
Automate reporting of performance

Improve service level by pinpointing

Performance trends Future performancecapacity needs Implementation deficiencies

Support business growth

Forecast performance requirements

ControlCenter Performance Manager

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Improved Performance Monitoring and Reporting

Manage Performance by Exception with Automated Web Views
Performance summary reports with thumbnails
Show by date or by system Green, yellow, or red based on usage thresholds Systems sorted by severity Organized by front end, system, or back end

Generated automatically, based on schedule or performance thresholds Drill-down for detailed report

Performance Manager
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Improved Performance Monitoring and Reporting

CLARiiON Performance Monitoring and Analysis
CLARiiON statistics are extensive and consistent with Navisphere Analyzer Statistics displayed for:
Disks LUNs Storage processors

CLARiiON Agent supports asynchronous events, including call home alerts

Performance Manager

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Improved Performance Monitoring and Reporting

Deep Dive into Symmetrix Replication Performance
View replication performance, including SRDF/A and SRDF family director statistics

Performance Manager

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Improved Performance Monitoring and Reporting

Hitachi Performance Monitoring and Analysis
Extends support to include:
New statistics displayed for
Devices Ports

Multiple LDEV (logical device) masking support Discover mainframe devices

Tree View and Properties View

Performance Manager
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Security and Serviceability

Enhanced security
Expands Command History auditing coverage Provides console session timeout option

Improved usability
InstallShield-based installation Last discovered on object information in console and StorageScope

Improved serviceability
Better log-collection utility

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ControlCenter Service Offerings

Plan

Build
Planning, Design, Installation, Implementation, and Migration Services

Manage/Support

Assessment Services

Training and Certification

Storage-Managed Services Maintenance and Support PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATION

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