System information
Table Of Contents
- Introduction to SolarWinds Storage Manager powered by Profiler
- Installation
- Storage Manager System Requirements
- Storage Manager Server Installation for Windows
- Installing Storage Manager over an Existing Profiler Deployment
- Clean Install of Storage Manager for Windows
- Installing the Storage Manager Integration Module on your Orion Server
- License Activation
- STM Agent OS Device Configuration
- STM Orion NPM Integration
- Storage Manager Database
- Web Console Navigation
- Server Setup
- Monitoring Storage Arrays
- Backup Profiler
- Monitoring VMware
- VMware Device Requirements
- Configuring VMware
- Application Monitoring
- Gathering Exchange 2003/2007 Storage Data
- Exchange 2003 Clustering:
- Requirements for Gathering Exchange 2003/2007 Mailbox/Attachment Analysis Data
- Adding an Oracle Device
- Requirements
- Procedure:
- Windows:
- For example:
- Linux / Solaris installation:
- For example:
- Configuring an Oracle Device
- Editing an Oracle Configuration
- Reports and Schedules
- Rules & Policies
- Linux Installation
- STM Installation for LINUX
- New Install for Linux Server
- New Install for Linux Agent
- Uninstalling the Linux Server
- Uninstalling the Linux Agent
- Upgrading a Linux Server on an Existing Installation
- Upgrading the Linux Agent on an Existing Installation
- Backup Profiler Requirements
- Installing Agents on Windows Cluster (Windows 2008)
- Appendix
- SMI-S Provider Installation & Configuration
- General SMI-S Questions
- SMI-S Providers
- 3PAR Provider
- Troubleshooting 3PAR
- Dell MD3K Provider
- Dell Compellent
- Troubleshooting Compellent
- EMC Provider (Clariion, Symmetrix, Vmax)
- EMC Provider Version 4.0 and later
- Symmetrix
- CLARiiON Locally Attached
- CLARiiON out-of-band
- Provider Version Pre-4.0.0
- Adding A SAN
- Symmetrix & CLARiiON Out-of-Band
- CLARiiON Locally Attached
- Troubleshooting EMC (All Versions)
- Troubleshooting EMC Version 4.0.0 and later
- Troubleshooting EMC Version Pre-4.0.0
- Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Provider
- Troubleshooting HDS
- HP Providers
- HP Provider Installation
- HP XP Provider
- HP EVA Provider (Command View)
- Adding Users to HP Groups
- Troubleshooting HP EVA
- Troubleshooting Using the CollectLogs tool
- HP LeftHand
- Finding a Management Node
- Enabling SNMP:
- IBM DS Provider
- IBM Provider Download:
- IBM CIM Agent:
- IBM Provider FAQ:
- Install guides:
- Troubleshooting IBM
- IBM SVC Provider
- Troubleshooting IBM SVC Provider
- LSI Provider
- New Provider (Eagle 2)
- Installation for Windows
- Adding A SAN
- Adding A SAN
- Installation on Linux
- Legacy Provider (Pre-Eagle 2)
- Installation on Windows
- Adding A SAN
- Windows
- Linux
- Obtaining Array Identifier
- SANtricity Storage Manager
- Troubleshooting LSI New Provider Eagle 2
- Troubleshooting LSI Legacy Provider (Pre-Eagle 2)
- OS Embedded Providers
- Solaris
- Pillar Provider
- Troubleshooting Pillar
- Using Support Tool to force a Pilot Failover.
- Sun Storage TEK 99xxSeries Provider
- Sun Storage TEK 2K, 6K & FLX Provider
- SMI-S Provider Tools
- Remote Agent Upgrade Utility
- Performing an Agent Upgrade:
- How to enable SSL login for the STM website
- Installing Local Help Files
- General Troubleshooting
- Index

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Using STM
Storage Manager Server
STM Server
Operating System
Production :
Windows 2003, 2008 (32 & 64 bit)
Linux Red Hat, SUSE (32 & 64 bit)
Required Ports
Port 9000 as Web server port (HTTP) for the GUI. This port can be
changed in the server.xml.
Port 4319 as its communications port with STM Agents (HTTP).
This port can be changed system wide, or on an agent by agent
basis.
Default SNMP port 162 (needs to change to 10162 if using Orion
NPM)
Storage/Memory
requirements
2 CPUs
•Memory: 4 GB
•Storage: 50 GB
If you choose to install with less than 4GB, the STM Server may
experience degraded performance.
STM Agents
Operating System
Windows XP, Vista ,7 ,2000, 2003,2008
AIX (PPC 32/64) - 5.0+
HP-UX PA-RISC -Itanium 11+
Linux (Intel-32, x86-64) - RedHat, SUSE
Solaris (Sparc 32/64 bit) - 8,9,10
Solaris (Intel-32) - 10
Windows 2003, 2008, XP, Vista, 7 (32 & 64-bit.)
The install does NOT require a reboot.
Scenario Size Suggestions:
Small Installation: Up to 500 Disks
• Windows 32 or 64bit
• Dual Processor, 4 GB RAM
• 1 additional Agent per 200 VM
• Poller/agent: Single Processor, 1 GB of RAM
Medium Installation: Up to 3000 Disks
• Windows 64bit
• Quad Processor, 8-16 GB RAM










