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Dell APEX AIOps Infrastructure Observability: A Detailed Review
Executive summary APEX AIOps Infrastructure Observability overview Home page Monitor Manage Optimize Reports Cybersecurity Storage System Details Block Object Details File Object Details Storage Group Details (PowerMax/VMAX systems) Node details PowerStore appliance details Quota details Hyperconverged infrastructure systems details Host details Connectrix and PowerSwitch Details Server details Infrastructure Observability administration Data protection details Appendix A: Enabling Infrastructure Observability at the system Converged Systems details Appendix B: APEX AIOps Infrastructure Observability security VMware Details Custom Tags
Introduction
Accessing tags
Editing tags
Filtering tags
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Editing tags

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Editing tags

  • Custom tags are created and modified in the Tags page from the Admin > Tags menu selection. The Tags page lists all configured tags and allows users to create tags, delete existing tags, and perform the assigning and unassigning of tags to various assets.

    The Tags page which lists out all of the configured tags and allows users the ability to create new tags, assign and unassign existing tags, and delete tags.

    Clicking Create displays the create tag window. The tag key and value are entered and then the user assigns the tags to one or more components. The following example shows an Owner tag with a value of Jim being assigned to various storage groups on the HR_REMOTE system.

    Create tags window showing the key and value entries and the assigned components. Example shows assigning the owner tag with a value of Jim to multiple PowerMax storage groups.

    Tags can be assigned to any of the following assets:

    • Systems
    • Volumes
    • Host
    • VMs File Systems
    • Storage Groups
    • Storage Pools

    Tags are fully supported in custom reporting. By providing the ability to tag assets at component levels, users can create custom reports that display the tags and filter the reports on those tags. This allows customer-specific reports to be created and delivered to appropriate individuals. Reports can be created for various business units or applications to provide storage utilization and show back information.

    Existing tags can be assigned or unassigned to objects by selecting the tag in the Tags view and selecting the appropriate button. The following shows the Assign window for the ApplicationName:ERP_A tag.

    Example of assigning an existing tag to a component. First step to is select the component type, in this example, hosts.

    Users first select the category of asset, in this case Hosts. Then they select the objects from that category, in this example ProdApp1_Host1 and ProdApp1_Host2.

    Example of assigning existing tag to multiple hosts.

    The Show Hidden Systems toggle allows users to see systems that are filtered out from their view based on the settings in Admin > Settings > Sites and Systems. See the Infrastructure Observability administration section for details.