13.1 Monitoring Options
maxView Storage Manager provides many ways to monitor the status of your storage space:
- Event Log—The main window of maxView Storage Manager features
an event log that provides at-a-glance status information about activity
(or events) occurring in your storage space. All Warning- and
Error-level events are also recorded in your operating system's
event log.
See 13.2.1 Viewing Activity Status in the Event Log and 13.4 Changing an Operating System's Event Log Setting.
- Task Log—The main window also features a task log that provides status information about the progress of tasks in your storage space, such as the creation of a logical drive.
- Storage Dashboard—Occupying the
largest portion of the main window in maxView Storage Manager, the Storage Dashboard
provides complete, at-a-glance, information about the components of your storage space,
including status information, physical and logical device properties, resources, and
reliability indicators for hard drives and SSDs.
See 13.2.3 Viewing Component Status in the Storage Dashboard.
- Chart View—Provides a visual representation of free and used space for a system, controller, or your entire storage space.
- Notifications—You can set maxView
Storage Manager to email status
notifications in your choice of format to help you monitor activities in your storage space,
such as:
- Changes in the status of physical devices, such as disk drive failures.
- Changes on local or remote systems, such as the creation of a hot spare.
- Changes in temperature in storage enclosures, or that fans or power supplies within an enclosure have failed.
See 13.3 Notifying Users by Email About Status and Activity .
- Audible Alarm—A series of beeps sounds whenever a serious event occurs on your storage space.