Dell EMC CloudIQ combines proactive monitoring, machine learning, and predictive analytics so you can take quick action and simplify operations of your infrastructure. Earlier we had written a few blog posts on CloudIQ features, you can find them here. In the latest update, CloudIQ has released the support […]
In the previous blog article we explained how to use the DellEMC PowerStore REST API to extract metrics. In this article we are going to use those skills to create a Prometheus exporter for PowerStore and some useful dashboards in Grafana This article will cover the following topics: […]
In this blog post we are going to cover how to use DellEMC PowerStore’s REST API to get performance metrics. This skill is very important if you are planning to integrate PowerStore with a monitoring solution. In particular we will use this knowledge to create a Prometheus exporter […]
This is part 2 of a small series we started to show some techniques that allow us to build a hierarchy of dashboards with Grafana. In the first part we learnt how to create links both at the panel and at the dashboard level. In this article we […]
Grafana has become a very popular tool for monitoring systems and applications partly due to the amount of features and integrations it provides. The graphs it produces are beautiful. However sometimes you need to show a string or a value instead of a full graph. For that purpose […]
With the advent of public cloud organisations of all sizes are more and more looking to implement the same agile operational models that the hyper-scale cloud providers offer. Following that line of thought, the industry has coined the expression “cloud is not a destination but an operational model”. […]
In the previous post I covered how to install the Cisco Ansible modules and provided some lessons learned. Today we will do the same with Brocade. This article consists of 4 sections: Installation of PyFOS library Installation of Brocade Ansible modules Sample playbooks 1 – Installation of PyFOS […]
While most of the vendors and their platforms (including DellEMC) are having Ansible modules published, but there are instances where functionality you’re trying to use isn’t covered in the available module or simply modules aren’t available at all. In such situations you’ve no choice than using Ansible URI […]
Python has a great package manager called “pip”. I guess if you have come to this page you don’t need many introductions. As we know it is a good practice to deploy Python applications in their own virtual environments. When running a virtual environment we typically have to […]
In the last few weeks I have spent some time creating a small emulator of the DellEMC PowerStore’s REST API. This was done for some educational requirement, but it might benefit other people out there, hence I am making it public The emulator provides: 2 API calls to […]
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