Requirements

The computer on which you install BMC Performance Manager Express for NetApp Filers should already have:

1.	BMC Performance Manager Portal version 2.5.00

2.	Access to an RSM i.e. Remote Service Monitor

The RSM program must be installed on a Windows platform. This can either be same as the server where the Portal is installed or, any other Windows computer on the network.

Once you install BMC Performance Manager Express for NetApp Filers, you can add as many elements as you require in your monitoring environment.

User Privileges

7-Mode:

To monitor a NetApp storage system in 7-mode, you need to create a user with read-only access to the DATA ONTAP API. Please copy-paste the following command lines into the NetApp CLI:

1.	Create a new role to access the Data ONTAP API used by BMC Performance Manager Express for NetApp Filers:

> useradmin role add newrole -a login-http-admin,api-license-list-info,api-system-get-version,api-perf-object-get-instances,api-aggr-list-info,api-volume-list-info,api-lun-list-info,api-lun-map-list-info,api-qtree-list,api-system-get-info,api-storage-adapter-get-adapter-list,api-storage-adapter-get-adapter-info,api-net-config-get-active,api-fcp-adapter-list-info,api-fcp-adapter-stats-list-info,api-cifs-list-config,api-iscsi-service-status,api-iscsi-adapter-list-info,api-nfs-status,api-sis-status,api-snapmirror-get-status,api-snapvault-primary-destinations-list-info,api-storage-shelf-list-info,api-disk-list-info,api-storage-shelf-environment-list-info,api-vfiler-list-info,api-

cifs-status,api-vfiler-get-status,api-snapvault-primary-get-relationship-status,api-quota-report

2.	Create a new group using the previously created role:

> useradmin group add newgroup -c "adding group for newuser" -r newrole

3.	Create a new user in the previously created group:

> useradmin user add newuser -g newgroup

Cluster-Mode:

To monitor a NetApp storage system in Cluster mode, you need to create a user with read-only access to the DATA ONTAP API. Please copy-paste the following command lines into the NetApp CLI:

>::security >login create -username newuser -application http -authmethod password -role readonly

>::security >login create -username newuser -application ontapi -authmethod password -role readonly

Enabling TLS on NetApp (7-mode only)

Data ONTAP supports SSLv3 and TLS (disabled by default) to secure its connection with BMC Performance Manager Express for NetApp Filers. When using Java 1.8, which no longer uses SSLv3 but TLS, BMC Performance Manager Express for NetApp Filers cannot connect to Data ONTAP. To guarantee the correct operation of BMC Performance Manager Express for NetApp Filers, you will have to first enable TLS. For more information, please refer to the NetApp documentation.