Itzikr's Blog

Back in august 2018, I blogged about CloudIQ that now support XtremIO, if you are new to CloudIQ, I highly encourage you to first read the post here

https://volumes.blog/2018/08/27/vmworld-2018-xtremio-integration-with-cloudiq/ but in a nutshell, CloudIQ is the Software as a Service (SaaS) platform offered by Dell EMC that allows customers to manage all of their EMC arrays in a single pane of management. A Dell EMC customer needs to simply log into the CloudIQ application, and he will automatically be presented with an Overview of all of the Dell EMC arrays deployed

now, since CloudIQ IS a SaaS based application, we have updated it monthly since august 2018 with new features, here what’s new based on the month / XtremIO releases:

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 – CloudIQ now has a unified Alert View

We’ve consolidated alerts from different product types into a single alert log, and added support for XtremIO systems. Now you can view alerts from all monitored systems in one single view. In the Alert view, clicking the “Refine” button now includes filtering alerts based on product family and model.

Thursday, November 1, 2018 – New Mobile App

Monitoring Dell EMC storage systems just got easier – CloudIQ’s mobile application is now LIVE in the Apple App and Google Play stores! CloudIQ customers, trusted advisors and partners can now receive notifications about changes in users’ storage environments, view health details, and forward issues to others. Make sure to download the CloudIQ App now!

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 – Management Software Upgrade Indications

You will now see an indication when a VMAX or XtremIO storage system has a management software update available. These indications are visible in the system details Configuration tab for VMAX and XtremIO storage systems. Clicking the ‘Learn More’ link will open a dialog with summary information and relevant links to support resources.

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 – CloudIQ now supports XtremIO Hosts

In the Hosts listing page, users can now view XtremIO hosts. In a Host’s details page, users can see the Host’s attributes, including Volumes and Initiators related to the Host.

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 – Capacity prediction for XtremIO systems

We’ve added Capacity Prediction support for XtremIO. The System historical capacity chart displays Actual Free and Used Capacity. The prediction provides Forecasted Free and Used capacity with the Confidence range. Users can also optionally display Provisioned capacity as a reference.

Thursday, February 28, 2019 – Display Data Reduction Chart for XtremIO systems

This new chart in the System Details Capacity Tab for XtremIO systems visualizes deduplication and compression ratios of the system.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 – XtremIO Anomaly Support

We’ve added support for anomaly detection on XtremIO systems. You can now view a range of statistically normal behavior for each of your systems’ performance metrics on the system Performance details page. Based on a rolling three week analysis per metric, the metrics charts visuals now highlight an anomaly any time the metric breaches the normal range within the last 24 hours

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 – Enhanced Storage Object Activity on XtremIO System Performance Page

We’ve expanded the scope of the Storage Object Activity lists on the Performance details pages for XtremIO systems. You can now explore all of your system’s volumes with a paginated list, sorted by the highest average activity over the last 24 hours.

Thursday, April 18, 2019 – VMware XtremIO Integration

Added VMware support for XtremIO systems in CloudIQ. Now you can get details about virtual machines in your XtremIO storage environment including performance and capacity at the VM level. To enable VMware data collection, you must first deploy and configure the new CloudIQ Collector vApp which is accessed directly from CloudIQ.

Thursday, April 18, 2019 – New Volume Properties View for XtremIO Systems

We’ve added a Volume Properties page for XtremIO systems. You can view a Volume’s attributes, including Hosts and Consistency Groups related to the Volume, from either the System Configuration Details view or the Host Details view of an XtremIO system.