This section explains how to enable Cloud-Based Monitoring for your Qumulo cluster.

How Cloud-Based Monitoring Works

Cloud-Based Monitoring (which includes Nexus Monitoring functionality) sends telemetry data to Qumulo to allow the Qumulo Care Team to monitor your Qumulo cluster proactively. All connections are encrypted with TLS.

We use a proprietary application that aggregates diagnostic cluster data and alerts the Qumulo Care Team if an issue arises. Depending on the issue severity and cluster state, a member of the Qumulo Care Team reaches out. For more information, see:

What Data Gets Sent to Qumulo

Cloud-Based Monitoring lets your cluster send the following detailed diagnostic data to Qumulo through an encrypted connection.

  • Cluster name

  • Number of nodes in cluster

  • Hardware and software incidents

    • Drives

      • CRC errors

      • S.M.A.R.T. status alerts

      • Capacity triggers

    • Nodes

      • PSU failure

      • Fan failure

      • Recused node

      • Offline node

      • Unreachable cluster

    • Qumulo Core

      • New process core dump

  • Configuration data (such as users, groups, SMB shares, and NFS exports)

  • Logs, stack traces, and code dumps

Prerequisites

Before you can use Cloud-Based Monitoring, you must enable the following destination hostnames for TCP on port 443:

Hostname Description
api.missionq.qumulo.com Cloud-Based Monitoring connectivity
monitor.qumulo.com Cloud-Based Monitoring log uploads
api.nexus.qumulo.com Nexus Monitoring connectivity

Enabling Cloud-Based Monitoring

You can enable Cloud-Based Monitoring by using the Qumulo Core Web UI or the qq CLI.

To Enable Cloud-Based Monitoring by Using the Qumulo Core Web UI

  1. Log in to the Qumulo Core Web UI.

  2. Click Support > Qumulo Care.

  3. On the Qumulo Care page:

    1. In the Cloud-Based Monitoring section, click Edit.

    2. Click Yes, I want Qumulo Cloud-Based Monitoring and then click Save.

If your configuration is valid, the Qumulo Core Web UI shows the status Enabled | Connected.

To Enable Cloud-Based Monitoring by Using the qq CLI

Run the qq set_monitoring_conf command with the --enabled flag.