Primary Storage

Hi all,

I now have 2 FS5300 systems that are connected to Storage Insights Pro via Call Home Cloud services. Now without a Data Collector. Entire setup and configuration goes very smoothly. I then have 3 other FS5300 systems that still need to be configured, but they need to go to a different Storage Insights instance (another department). How can I arrange this?

Thanks,

Hi T.

first try to use Departments on Storage Insights Pro, but if the another instance is required create a new instance with different IBM ID and use it for the others. 

Hi all,

I now have 2 FS5300 systems that are connected to Storage Insights Pro via Call Home Cloud services. Now without a Data Collector. Entire setup and configuration goes very smoothly. I then have 3 other FS5300 systems that still need to be configured, but they need to go to a different Storage Insights instance (another department). How can I arrange this?

Thanks,

I'm fairly certain that segregating by Departments does not accomplish the necessary separation.  This is a matter of Storage Insights licensing.  If you have a storage system monitored in any way by a Storage Insights Pro instance, you must own the appropriate capacity (or device/Enterprise Care Premium) licenses for said system.  So licensed systems must be in an SI Pro instance, and non-licensed systems must be in an SI Free instance.

Your alternative of creating a new "SI Free" instance with a different IBMid does accomplish this licensing separation.

However, if you can get hold of the right support folks in IBM (best to ask your IBM Technical Advisor and/or Sales Technical Specialist to assist), it is possible to have multiple Storage Insights instances registered to one single IBMid.  And you will just end up with one URL (https://insights.ibm.com/gui/uniqueID#1) for the SI Pro instance and a different URL (https://insights.ibm.com/gui/uniqueID#2) for the SI Free instance.

Hi T.

first try to use Departments on Storage Insights Pro, but if the another instance is required create a new instance with different IBM ID and use it for the others. 

Hi all,

I now have 2 FS5300 systems that are connected to Storage Insights Pro via Call Home Cloud services. Now without a Data Collector. Entire setup and configuration goes very smoothly. I then have 3 other FS5300 systems that still need to be configured, but they need to go to a different Storage Insights instance (another department). How can I arrange this?

Thanks,

I'm fairly certain that segregating by Departments does not accomplish the necessary separation.  This is a matter of Storage Insights licensing.  If you have a storage system monitored in any way by a Storage Insights Pro instance, you must own the appropriate capacity (or device/Enterprise Care Premium) licenses for said system.  So licensed systems must be in an SI Pro instance, and non-licensed systems must be in an SI Free instance.

Your alternative of creating a new "SI Free" instance with a different IBMid does accomplish this licensing separation.

However, if you can get hold of the right support folks in IBM (best to ask your IBM Technical Advisor and/or Sales Technical Specialist to assist), it is possible to have multiple Storage Insights instances registered to one single IBMid.  And you will just end up with one URL (https://insights.ibm.com/gui/uniqueID#1) for the SI Pro instance and a different URL (https://insights.ibm.com/gui/uniqueID#2) for the SI Free instance.

Hi T.

first try to use Departments on Storage Insights Pro, but if the another instance is required create a new instance with different IBM ID and use it for the others. 

Hi all,

I now have 2 FS5300 systems that are connected to Storage Insights Pro via Call Home Cloud services. Now without a Data Collector. Entire setup and configuration goes very smoothly. I then have 3 other FS5300 systems that still need to be configured, but they need to go to a different Storage Insights instance (another department). How can I arrange this?

Thanks,

All 5 systems are licensed.

2 are managed by Storage team A and 3 by storage team B. Team A and B are two legally separate departments. 
Thanks for the advice, I'll contact Support and go from there.

I'm fairly certain that segregating by Departments does not accomplish the necessary separation.  This is a matter of Storage Insights licensing.  If you have a storage system monitored in any way by a Storage Insights Pro instance, you must own the appropriate capacity (or device/Enterprise Care Premium) licenses for said system.  So licensed systems must be in an SI Pro instance, and non-licensed systems must be in an SI Free instance.

Your alternative of creating a new "SI Free" instance with a different IBMid does accomplish this licensing separation.

However, if you can get hold of the right support folks in IBM (best to ask your IBM Technical Advisor and/or Sales Technical Specialist to assist), it is possible to have multiple Storage Insights instances registered to one single IBMid.  And you will just end up with one URL (https://insights.ibm.com/gui/uniqueID#1) for the SI Pro instance and a different URL (https://insights.ibm.com/gui/uniqueID#2) for the SI Free instance.

Hi T.

first try to use Departments on Storage Insights Pro, but if the another instance is required create a new instance with different IBM ID and use it for the others. 

Hi all,

I now have 2 FS5300 systems that are connected to Storage Insights Pro via Call Home Cloud services. Now without a Data Collector. Entire setup and configuration goes very smoothly. I then have 3 other FS5300 systems that still need to be configured, but they need to go to a different Storage Insights instance (another department). How can I arrange this?

Thanks,