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View the AIDE system and cluster status

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As a storage administrator, you can use ONTAP System Manager to access the dashboard and display the cluster status. This is a good first step before beginning your AIDE administrative tasks or if you suspect an operational issue.

Before you begin

  • You need storage administrator privileges to perform AIDE ONTAP-related administrative tasks.

Monitor AIDE health and capacity from the dashboard

  1. Connect to ONTAP System Manager using the cluster management address:

    https://$FQDN_OR_IP/

  2. Sign in with an administrator account.

  3. Select Dashboard in the left navigation pane.

  4. Review the Health tile:

    • Confirm overall cluster health.

    • Verify the Data compute nodes count and status.

    • Check for alerts:

      • DCN node issues or connectivity problems

      • Workspaces or data collections in error (for example, collection publishing failures)

  5. Review the Capacity tile:

    • Note total cluster capacity and used capacity.

    • For AIDE clusters, verify:

      • Capacity used by AIDE metadata and application volumes (metadata Storage VM)

      • Capacity used by workspaces and data collections (if available)

  6. Optionally review Network and Performance tiles to understand cluster-wide behavior that might impact AIDE workloads (for example, network congestion or protection lag).

View data DCN health and utilization

  1. In the navigation pane, select Cluster and then Overview.

  2. Select the Data compute tab.

    This tab shows all DCN nodes in the cluster with:

    • Node name, model, serial, and software version

    • Overall node state

    • CPU and memory utilization

    • GPU utilization (if GPUs are present)

    • Any node-level error indicators

  3. Expand a DCN node to open the detailed view and check:

    • System CPU and memory usage

    • GPU memory usage

    • Reported hardware or service issues

  4. Select Cabling on the Cluster > Overview page to verify that DCN nodes are correctly cabled to the cluster switches and to identify any port or link issues.

Monitor workspaces and metadata footprint

  1. In the navigation pane, select Data engine and then Workspaces.

  2. Review the workspace summary at the top of the page:

    • Count of workspaces and their states (for example, Processing, Healthy, Error).

    • Total workspace size.

    • Percentage of cluster capacity consumed by all workspaces.

  3. Review the workspace grid:

    • Confirm that critical workspaces show a Healthy state.

    • Check workspace sizes and capacity consumption.

    • Look for any workspaces in Error or long-running Processing states.

  4. To review details for a specific workspace, select its name:

    • On the Overview tab, confirm:

      • Workspace state and size

      • Data containers (volumes) included and their item counts

      • Last updated time for each data source

    • On the Data collections tab, confirm:

      • Which data collections exist for that workspace (data collections are read-only in System Manager)

      • Their state, size, and last updated time

    • On the Users tab, check which AI Data Engine Console users have access.

Monitor metadata Storage VM and AIDE-managed protection

  1. In the navigation pane, select Cluster and then Storage VMs.

  2. Locate the Storage VM with subtype data-engine (the metadata SVM):

    • Confirm that the metadata SVM is online.

    • Optionally open its details to see counts for:

      • Volumes

      • LIFs with type Data compute network (used for DCN-ONTAP communication)

  3. Select Protection and then Relationships to view protection for remote data sources used in workspaces:

    • Identify AIDE-created SnapMirror relationships by naming pattern:

      • Destination volume: <source_volume_name>_dest_<source_volume_UUID>

      • Policy: <source_volume_name>_dest_aide_policy_<source_volume_UUID>

    • Use this view to verify that relationships are healthy and that lag time aligns with workspace refresh expectations.

Important Do not modify the metadata Storage VM, AIDE-created SnapMirror relationships, or AIDE-managed snapshots (or their schedules) directly in ONTAP. Changes can disrupt AIDE version history. Adjust workspace refresh settings if you need to adjust refresh behavior.

  1. In the navigation pane, select Events & Jobs and then System alerts.

  2. Review any active alerts related to:

    • DCN node health or connectivity

    • Data engine networking issues

    • Workspace or data collection errors

    • Software version mismatches between ONTAP and DCN cluster

  3. As needed, configure notification destinations (for example, email, syslog) in Cluster > Settings > Notification management to ensure AIDE-related alerts are forwarded to your operations tooling.

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