Storage Manager (STM) - Updated August 19, 2014

Start Using STM v5.7

• How to Download the Latest Version of STM
• System Requirements
• Licensing STM
• Installing STM
• Storage Manager (STM) License Manager and Firewall Security Manager
• Storage Manager 5.7: New Features Tour
• Installation and Configuration of STM | Video Tutorial
• STM Overview | Video Tutorial
• STM Guided Tour | Video Tutorial

Latest Blogs

• Leverage Hardware with Software, Or Is It The Other Way Around?
• Engineer to Engineer - Visibility into the Full Application Stack Helps Pinpoint Root Cause of Problems
• Understanding Automated Storage Tiering
• Backing Up the Storage Manager Database
• Storage Manager Database Runs Out of Connections
• Verification of Sufficient Disk Space Before Upgrading Storage Manager
• How Does the Disk Array Controller Impact Storage Performance?
• Storage Manager and Multiple Network Interface Cards
• Storage Manager and Anti-virus Software
  
• Top 3 Applications of Solid State Drives in Networked Storage
  
• Taking the Guessing Game Out of Datastores and Luns
  
• Storage Manager Customer Goes from Reactive to Proactive
• Tips to Address Storage Performance Issues
• New IBM SVC, EMC VMAX and EMC VNX Tiering Metrics

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Make The Most Of STM

• The Rumors are True...Our Free Customer Training Program is Expanding
• Virtual Classroom Training Program for Current Customers - It's Here!
• STM Demo Server
• Monitoring VM Infrastructure
• Adding Storage Arrays
• Best Management Practices for Multi-Vendor Storage Environment
• SolarWinds Events Calendar

Most Recent / Popular KBs

• How to Manually Register a SolarWinds License
• Virtual Machine Stats Window Reports Invalid Count
• Disk Warning Message in Storage Manager
• Dell Compellent Polling Issue
• Changing Event Severities in Storage Manager
• Storage Manager Proxy Agents are Taking a Long Time to Collect Data from IBM DS8xxx Series Array
• Storage Manager is Unable to Get Storage Data from 3PAR Device Version 2.3.1 MU4
• IBM DS Array IOPs/sec Graphs are Reporting Low Numbers
• Devices Not Reporting MB/S for User Defined LUN Grouping Performance Reports
• Dell Compellent Array Capacity Shows No Remaining Free Space
• Dell Compellent Array Raw Capacity Pie Chart
• Storage Manager 5.7 Default Collection Schedule for VMware and SMI-S
• Upgrading Storage Manager (STM) When MariaDB is Installed on Another Server
• Reports Marked as Deprecated in Storage Manager 5.7
• Storage Manager Agent Download Links

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STM How To Articles

• What is Raw?
• How to Run a myisamchk to Resolve Crashed MariaDB Tables
• How EMC VMAX Calculates Total IO's
• Migrate Storage Manager to a Different Server
• Set Up SSL on Storage Manager
• Create End-to-End Mapping Reports
• Learn to Maintain the Storage Manager Database
• What NetApp API Permissions are Required by Storage
• Use dbutil to Backup and Run Maintenance on MySQL Database

STM Video Zone

• Thwack Videos
• Storage Manager: A Guide to Licensing
• Storage Manager Deployment
• Providing End-To-End Information
• How To Park, Migrate and Upgrade a SolarWinds License
• How to Activate a SolarWinds Product License

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STM Documentation

• Administrator Guide
• STM Evaluation Guide
• SMI-S Provider Reference
• Release Notes
• Port Requirements
• Storage Manager Datasheet
• Storage Manager Deployment Guide
• Advanced Configuration of Storage Manager
• Building Accurate Storage Budget
• Windows 2012, SQL 2012 and SolarWinds Products

STM Releases

• General Availability of STM v5.7
• Release Candidate of STM v5.7
• Beta 2 Release of STM v5.7
• Beta 1 Release of STM v5.7
• Release Candidate of STM v5.6
• General Availability of STM v5.3
• STM v5.2 - Dell Compellent & More
• STM Release Candidate Group
• STM Beta Group

Troubleshoot STM

• Storage Manager is Unable to Connect to NetApp Filer when using SSL v3
• Disk Warning Message in Storage Manager
• Storage Manager is Unable to Report Controller Performance or Disk Performance for IBM 6K/8K Devices
• Storage Manager Unable to Perform Offline License Activation in Internet Explorer 10
• "Free LUNs" Reporting Wrong Information for Oracle Pillar Devices
• SVC Performance Metrics are Reporting Incorrect Values
• Required Firmware Versions for IBM XIV
• Storage Manager Unable to Capture Performance Data from Windows 2008 R2 Server
• MariaDB or MySQL Install Detected During Upgrade
• Storage Manager: ESX Mapping Report Does Not Show Correct Count for Virtual Machines
• Configuring STM Agents to Use Specific NIC on Servers with Multiple NICs
• Events are Not Generating in Store Manager
• No Entries Received in the Storage Event Monitor Within Orion
• Troubleshooting Storage Manager Devices
• Could Not Connect to the Agent

What We Are Working On STM

• What We Are Working On After STM v5.7
• Suggest New Features for Storage Manager (Storage Profiler)

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