Testing a Storage Insight plug-in


Testing a Storage Insight plug-in
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Before you deploy the Storage Insight plug-in, you can ensure that it functions correctly.

Note:

The data discovered during the test is not reported to Veritas Operations Manager Management Server, and it is not available on the Veritas Operations Manager console.

You can test the plug-in based on the following data source options:

Test with live data: If you choose this option, it is expected that the vendor CLI, or tool used by the discovery script are installed on the SDK host itself. The Storage Insight plug-in runs the discovery script on the SDK host to get the array data.

Test with collected data: This option is useful when you do not have the vendor CLI or tools installed on the SDK host, or you do not have the connectivity with the array to be discovered. You can run the discovery script on another host that has the vendor CLI installed, and has connectivity to the array. Copy the output of the discovery commands to .txt files. The txt files can be added to the tar.gz file, and the tar.gz file can be uploaded as the test data source. Instead of calling the discovery script directly, the agentlet uses this file to discover the array.

Note:

There should be a different txt file for each command output. The name of the txt file should be Command.txt. For example, for --list pdevs command, the output should be stored in pdevs.txt file.

To test the Storage Insight plug-in

Log on to the host, and launch the Storage Insight SDK Add-on console by typing the following URL in the Web browser:
https://<SDK-hostname>:5634/admin/htdocs/sisdk.html
Select the Test SI Plug-in option, and click Next.
See Create, edit, and test Storage Insight plug-in panel options.
Select the plug-in to test, and click Upload.
See Upload Storage Insight Plug-in panel options.
Click Test.
Select the data source for the test. You can select live test, or test with the collected data.
- Test with live data: For the live data option, enter run-time configuration parameters. For example, user name and password.
- Test with collected data: For the collected data test, upload the required file. The current version of add-on supports only tar.gz files.
Click Run Test.

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