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# Unisphere for PowerMax - frequent tasks

Unisphere for PowerMax enables the user to configure and manage PowerMax, VMAX All Flash, and VMAX storage systems.

Unisphere for PowerMax is a HTML5 web-based application that allows you to configure and manage PowerMax, VMAX All Flash, and VMAX storage systems.

The following is the list of frequent tasks:

- Configure charts and dashboard and monitor performance—Charts view, Create a dashboard with charts, and View dashboards.
- Configure and schedule PM report—Create performance reports.
- Set up performance thresholds on an array—View Performance thresholds and alerts.
- Set up performance thresholds on storage groups—View Performance thresholds and alerts.
- Clone system settings—some settings can also be cloned. Settings such as Alert Policies, System Threshold and Alerts, Performance Threshold and Alerts, and Alert Level Notification settings can be copied from one array and applied to one or more target arrays subject to compatibility checks—Clone system settings.
- Monitor Capacity—Understanding resource usage.
- Monitor, plan, and provision workloads—Understanding workload monitoring, planning, and provisioning.
- Provision storage groups—The Provision Storage wizard.
- Manage SRDF storage groups—Manage SRDF storage groups.
- Monitor storage group compliance—View overall Storage Group Compliance dashboard.
- Monitor storage group allocations—View storage groups.
- Create snapshots—Create snapshots.
- Link a snapshot—Link to snapshots.
- Restore a snapshot—Restore snapshots.
- Monitor storage group replication—View Protection dashboard.
- Create SRDF and SRDF/Metro groups—Create SRDF groups.
- Fail over for test DR on SRDF—Failover.
- Monitor system health score—View the System Health Dashboard.
- Monitor alerts—Unisphere for PowerMax alert monitoring recommendations and Configure alert policies.
- Run health check—Perform system health checks.
- Migrate a storage group to a new array—Understanding migration.
- Enable CloudIQ integration—Manage Secure Connect Gateway settings and Manage CloudIQ settings.