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i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

yuks01 — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 07:49:49 GMT

i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch ( we have many branches under one government agency) maybe using Tag? and also it shows ELG a report of storage and how it is increasing each month and by who

could you please advise me even if it's 3rd party product.

Re: i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

CLINZ — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 06:55:50 GMT

I've suggested this in a previous post to a different poster but it might be relevant. It would involve a little bit of work but could prove useful if you wanted to tailor it.

Jorge de la Cruz has created a mini series on various dashboards and integrations with Grafana. this is a dashboard (all free) and reporting tool (Influxdb) which scrapes metrics from vcenter,vsphere,esxi etc. tags can be added and also if the storage is presented from a windows fileshare for example then the reporting tool can also be used on Windows servers to monitor "metrics from within Windows itself" if that makes sense?

A link to the datastore dashboard is below if you want to take a look,

https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/8162-vmware-vsphere-datastore/

Hope this may be of some use.

Re: i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

yuks01 — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:31:11 GMT

thanks Clinz,

i will check it out

Re: i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

CLINZ — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:17:25 GMT

No problem

Re: i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

yuks01 — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 05:39:14 GMT

i am not capable configuring. installed grafana, influxdb , telegraf but influxdb is not working. (not connecting) and i am stuck. imported json files as well but becaue influxdb is not working, i can't progress.

Re: i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

CLINZ — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 05:53:40 GMT

what seems to be the problem with influxdb? i might be able to help but i'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination.

also what OS is it installed on just so i can tailor my reponse should i have any ideas.

Cheers

Re: i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

yuks01 — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:01:24 GMT

Hi Clinz

thanks for reply.

i get error "InfluxDB Error: Bad Gateway"

i set data source / Influx DB

HTTP URL set to http://127.0.0.1:8086

and telegrah output plugin area

urls = ["http://127.0.0.1:8086"]

i am testing on my desktop windows 10

Re: i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

CLINZ — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:11:25 GMT

is this error when browsing to the URL direct or when trying to add this url/source in to grafana?

Also is this running in docker or native?

Re: i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

yuks01 — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:13:50 GMT

when trying to add this url/source in to grafana

where do I see running in docker or native?

Re: i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

CLINZ — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:16:00 GMT

ok, couple of things to try first,

try adding a "/" to the end of your current address

try changing your address to "http://localhost:8086/" and see if that works. (also append the / if it fails, i know sometimes it can be temperamental with addresses)

Re: i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

yuks01 — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:21:58 GMT

tried both and adding / also localhost:8086 / and without / to the end,

all same result

InfluxDB Error: Bad Gateway

Re: i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

CLINZ — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:27:32 GMT

is the influxdb database and web server running and installed ok? seems very strange - my install is on centos so im just trying to find some tips for installs on windows to see if i can pinpoint what's wrong.

Re: i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

yuks01 — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:38:26 GMT

http://127.0.0.1:8086 is not working

i get "127.0.0.1 refused to connect."

tried http://localhost:8086/ also not working

localhost refused to connect.

i am not sure if i need to configure anything for influxdb ?

i installed everything in the same device.

Re: i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

CLINZ — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:44:17 GMT

try looking at this post and see if all parts have been completed:

https://www.junosnotes.com/guide/how-to-install-influxdb-on-windows/

You would then make a database using the Shell which you point your telegraf instance at

Re: i am looking for a reporting tool to generate a report on storage utilization by branch

yuks01 — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:47:40 GMT

i will try, thank you