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Status Planned for future release
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 12, 2022

SI Data Collector Status Provides Misleading Information

The SI Data Collector Configuration page provides various pieces of status information, including the number of candidates and monitored nodes. It also as a column that reads "unreachable." I opened a support case (TS007958840) to find out why they were unreachable. I was told this is actually the number of devices not being monitored by the DC.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Feb 14, 2022

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - IBM Spectrum Control Storage Insights
    Component - Analytics & Optimization
    Operating system - Chrome
    Source - Storage Technical Client Council (TCC)

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Storage TCC - Private Requests
    Component - Other
    Operating system - Other
    Source - Storage Technical Client Council