WD Fusion Deployment

SLM Tagging for IBM Big Replicate

IBM Big Replicate generates Software License Metric (SLM) tags on a periodic basis to provide auditable records of licenseable use during operation.

Tag Generation

These tags are appended to /var/ibm/slmtags every 60 minutes, but the frequency of generation can be modified through the ibm.slm.tag.freq configuration property.

Sample tags

An example of the generated data:


<SchemaVersion>2.1.1</SchemaVersion>
<SoftwareIdentity>
       <PersistentId>a9520f9da8684344a184545d46401434</PersistentId>
       <Name>IBM Big Replicate</Name>
       <InstanceId>/opt/wandisco/fusion-ui-server/properties/version</InstanceId>
</SoftwareIdentity>
<Metric logTime="2016-06-07T14:12:54+00:00">
       <Type>USER_VALUE_UNIT</Type>
       <SubType>FUSION_ZONES</SubType>
       <Value>1</Value>
       <Period>
               <StartTime>2016-06-07T14:12:54+00:00</StartTime>
               <EndTime>2016-06-07T14:12:54+00:00</EndTime>
       </Period>
</Metric>
<Metric logTime="2016-06-07T14:12:54+00:00">
       <Type>USER_VALUE_UNIT</Type>
       <SubType>FUSION_NODES</SubType>
       <Value>1</Value>
       <Period>
               <StartTime>2016-06-07T14:12:54+00:00</StartTime>
               <EndTime>2016-06-07T14:12:54+00:00</EndTime>
       </Period>
</Metric>
<Metric logTime="2016-06-07T14:12:54+00:00">
       <Type>USER_VALUE_UNIT</Type>
       <SubType>FUSION_TRANSFERS_TOTAL_ZIE</SubType>
       <Value>1988498661</Value>
       <Period>
               <StartTime>2016-06-07T14:12:54+00:00</StartTime>
               <EndTime>2016-06-07T14:12:54+00:00</EndTime>
       </Period>
</Metric>

Tag Interpretation

IBM Big Replicate uses specific SubType metric entries that should be interpreted as follows:

FUSION_ZONES
The number of Fusion replication zones in operation. A zone consists of a single underlying file system (or file system equivalent) that participates in replication, and will have 1 or more Fusion nodes servicing replication for that zone.
FUSION_NODES
The number of Fusion nodes in operation. A node consists of a single Fusion server process, and each zone will have 1 or more Fusion nodes servicing replication.
FUSION_TRANSFERS_TOTAL_SIZE
The total size in bytes of data that have been transferred between Fusion zones.