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# Unisphere - frequent tasks

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

Unisphere is a HTML5 web-based application that allows you to configure and manage PowerMax, VMAX All Flash, and VMAX storage systems. The term Unisphere incorporates "Unisphere for PowerMax" for the management of PowerMax and All Flash storage systems running PowerMaxOS 5978 and PowerMaxOS 10 (6079), and "Unisphere for VMAX" for the management of VMAX All Flash and VMAX storage systems running HYPERMAX OS 5977. See Overview of Unisphere for an overview of the applications and functionality of Unisphere.

Frequent tasks

- Configure charts and dashboard and monitor performance—Charts view, Create a dashboard with charts, and View dashboards.
- Monitor capacity—Understanding resource usage.
- Configure and schedule PM report—Create performance reports.
- Set up performance thresholds on an array—View Performance thresholds and alerts.
- Clone system settings—settings can also be cloned, that is, 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.
- Set up performance thresholds on storage groups—View Performance thresholds and alerts .
- Monitor subscribed and usable capacity and overall efficiency—View home dashboard view for a specific storage system.
- Provision storage groups—The Provision Storage wizard .
- 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.
- Run health check—Perform system health checks.
- Migrate a storage group to a new array—Understanding migration.
- Enable CloudIQ integration—Manage Secure Remote Services settings and Manage CloudIQ settings.