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.

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

  • To enable Cloud-Based Monitoring, run the qq set_monitoring_conf --enabled command.

  • To disable Cloud-Based Monitoring, run the qq set_monitoring_conf --disabled command.

  • To check the status of Cloud-Based Monitoring, run the qq monitoring_conf command.