1. Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Storage Software Appliance
  2. Managing the Appliance
  3. Monitoring the Appliance

Monitoring the Appliance

Topics

Monitoring Upload Activity

The Activity tab shows the ongoing and pending upload activity in a filesystem.

When you upload a file to a filesystem, you can view the status of the upload activity.
  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Select the filesystem.
  3. Click the Activity tab.

    You can see the upload progress of the file in the Uploading pane.

Downloading Support Bundle

If you contact Oracle Support Services about any issue with the appliance, then you may need to provide the support bundle to help the Oracle Support Services technician diagnose the issue.

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Select the System tab on the upper-right side of the management console.
  3. Select the Help tab.
  4. Click Download Support Bundle in the System Logs pane.

    You can download and save the support bundle.

Support Bundle

The support bundle contains the following information:
  • All necessary logs for diagnostics
  • Local storage usage information
  • Basic system information such as memory size, appliance version etc.
  • List of filesystems

Monitoring System Status Health Check

Health Check

You can monitor the overall system status through the System Status pane in the right side of the management console.

The appliance health check service is an automated process run on the system to monitor the status of the following:
  • Services – Databases used by the appliance, management console and other auxiliary processes
  • Disk space – Local storage

    For example: If the available local storage is lesser than 10 GB, the health check service reports this as an alert.

Depending on the appliance health check analysis, the following status is displayed in the System Status pane:
  • Healthy
  • Unhealthy
The appliance health check service also displays the following details in the System Status pane and highlights potential issues:
  • Throughput
  • Available local cache
  • Pending uploads

Local Cache Modes

The Local I/O mode might display any one of the following values based on the local disk usage:
  • Normal

    The free space is higher than 10 GB in the appliance. You can upload files in the appliance and store them in your account.

  • Rejecting I/O

    The free space is lower than 10 GB in the appliance. The appliance is running on protection mode and will not allow any writes to its local disk. All read operations will work as normal. All metadata operations will fail in the appliance except for deletion and truncation.

    To return to Normal mode, you must wait until all the ongoing upload activities are complete and the files are removed from the local cache.

Note:

For optimum local storage configuration, see Best Practices – Configuring Cache Storage.

You can also view the system status details and track any issues using the support bundle. See Viewing System Notifications.

Monitoring Appliance Storage Usage

The System Stats tab enables you to track the storage usage and availability.
  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Select the System tab on the upper-right side of the management console.
  3. Click the System Stats tab in the System pane.
    The system data is displayed in the following three panes:
    • Local Storage
    • Local I/O
    • Local Resources

Local Storage

In this pane, you can view a graphical representation of the amount of storage being used and available free storage on the appliance host, with the following details:
  • Available local storage
  • Storage used for pending uploads and preserved cache files
  • Storage used for metadata
  • Storage used for logging
  • Storage used for other applications

Local I/O

This pane displays the local I/O mode of the appliance based on the local disk space usage in the appliance host.

Local Resources

In this pane, you can view the overall memory usage and memory availability for the appliance from the following fields:
  • Available Cores -The number of CPUs being used by the appliance
  • Maximum Memory Available to the Appliance - The total RAM available for the appliance
  • Memory Used by the Appliance - The amount of memory being used by the filesystems in the appliance
  • Free Memory - The amount of free RAM available in the appliance host

Viewing System Notifications

The System Notifications tab allows you to view the system notifications and track the overall system performance.

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Select the System tab on the upper-right side of the management console.
  3. Click the System Notifications tab in the System pane.

    You can view the list of warnings or critical system notifications.