Users Guide

Manage and monitor storage
This chapter explains where and how to manage and monitor your storage for your Dell Technologies APEX Data Storage
Services implementation.
Topics:
• Manage storage resources
• Monitor storage
Manage storage resources
About this task
Storage resource management is available within the Element Manager (storage management interface) for your APEX Block
Storage Services or APEX File Storage Services offering. You can launch the Element Managers from the APEX Console.
Steps
1. In the left navigation pane, select Subscriptions > Active Subscriptions.
2. Next to the active subscription for which you would like to manage your storage, select the ellipsis and View Details.
3. In the Current Status section of the Subscription Details page, select Manage Storage Resources to launch the
Element Manager.
In the Element Manager, you will need to enter the credentials that were provided to you by DTMS.
Next steps
You can also launch the storage management interfaces from CloudIQ. Refer to the CloudIQ embedded help for more
information.
Monitor storage
Access the CloudIQ interface from the APEX Console to monitor your storage resources, capacity consumption, and
performance.
Steps
1. In the left navigation pane, select Subscriptions > Active Subscriptions.
2. Next to the active subscription for which you would like to monitor your storage, select the ellipsis and View Details.
3. In the Current Configuration section of the Subscription Details, select View Capacity Performance & Health to
launch the CloudIQ interface and be taken directly to the CloudIQ Capacity page for your APEX Data Storage Services
offer.
You will be logged in to CloudIQ with single sign-on.
Next steps
Refer to the CloudIQ embedded help for more information about using CloudIQ to monitor your APEX Data Storage Services
storage.
NOTE: You can also launch the storage Element Managers from CloudIQ in order to perform storage management tasks.
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