AFAIK, you don't need the extra SRM license for tracking quotas graphically, just the basic DFM core license is enough to see individual user quotas.

-G

 

On 3/30/06, David Dalby <Ddalby@asi.com.au> wrote:

Hi Mike,

Have you had a look at the SRM (Storage Resource Management) module for
DFM.....

Look at Chapter 7 :
http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/DFM_win/rel33/html/software/adm
in/srm.htm

This allows you to install host agents on Windows / Unix / Linux systems
that access shares & exports.  The DFM module communicates with the
agents on a regular basis and instructs them to walk shares / exports to
gather statistics such as file use by user amongst other things.

Rgds
Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com ]
On Behalf Of Sphar, Mike
Sent: Friday, 31 March 2006 8:34 AM
To: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: Individual quota data via snmp?

So we're fighting the constant battle here about never enough space, no
matter how much we buy, and the complaints we get back are "well, I
don't see how we could be using that much space, who is using it?"
which in itself is a relatively simply question to answer once by
pulling a quota report, but what we're finding the need to do is have
some automated process whereby managers can look at say a web page and
see the current status of how much space is being used by whom.  (We
are, however, forbidden from actually enforcing quotas.)

I had hoped I might be able to pull individual user and tree quota
reports from the filer via snmp, but I'm not having much luck with it,
and what little I'm finding about it online is implying that the snmp
quota implementation is not complete, but then those comments seem to be
several years old.  I had some thoughts of actually tracking certain
specific problem users with cacti, keeping long term trend graphs of
their space usage, but can't seem to actually get individual quota
numbers from snmp.

So any suggestions out there about tools, scripts, whatever that can do
this for us?  A nicely formatted html page that anyone can access would
be ideal.

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Michael W. Sphar - IS&T - Lead Systems Administrator SMBU Engineering
Support Services, BMC Software