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Self-Led Project Plan for Storage Resource Monitor

This article provides a step-by-step guide for self-led onboarding of SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor (SRM). It covers installation, array configuration, licensing, performance monitoring, alerting, reporting, and integration with the SolarWinds Platform tools to help you gain visibility into your storage infrastructure.

First published date

8/14/2025 6:46 PM

Last published date

8/20/2025 5:06 PM

Overview

Installation & Setup

Install SolarWinds Platform products in a new environment
Installation Guide
System Requirements

Storage Array Management

Add Storage Arrays

Learn how to add and configure storage arrays for monitoring.
Add your storage array for monitoring with SRM
Add additional arrays

Supported Arrays

Check compatibility for arrays A–H and I–Z.
Supported arrays (A - H)
Supported arrays (I - Z)

Test Storage Array Connectivity

After adding arrays, verify polling status and ensure data collection is functioning.

Manage Storage Objects

Explore and manage storage objects in the SRM web console.
Explore your SRM environment

Licensing & Polling

License SRM

Understand licensing best practices for storage arrays.
Licensing Storage Resource Monitor (SRM)

Customize Polling

Edit storage object properties and polling frequencies.
Edit storage object properties in SRM
Edit array polling frequencies

Views & Widgets

SRM Summary & Details

Log in to the SolarWinds Platform Web Console and explore SRM views.
Log in to the SolarWinds Platform Web Console
Views and widgets in SRM
SRM widgets

Storage Controller Monitoring

Monitor storage controllers and configure thresholds.
Storage Controller monitoring

Hardware Health

Monitor Hardware Health

Enable and monitor health for supported devices.
Monitor hardware health for SRM
Enable hardware health monitoring for SRM

Alerts & Troubleshooting

Reporting & Capacity Planning

SRM Reports

Generate reports for arrays, NAS, storage polls, and LUNs.
Run reports in SRM

Schedule Reports

Automate report delivery to stakeholders using the report scheduler.
Create and assign report schedules for the SolarWinds Platform in Report Manager

Capacity Planning

Use dashboards and reports for multi-vendor capacity planning.
What is multi-vendor capacity planning?
What is the capacity dashboard?
Generate capacity reports in SRM

SolarWinds Platform Integration

PerfStack & AppStack

Visualize performance and relationships across infrastructure.
Use PerfStack with SRM
Investigate a performance issue using AppStack

Advanced Configuration

Backup & Restore Configuration

Back up SRM configuration settings before major changes or upgrades.

Custom Properties & Grouping

Use custom properties and groups to organize and filter storage objects.

Notes

This plan is designed for customers who prefer a self-paced onboarding experience.
- Self-Led Project Plans
For assisted onboarding, refer to SolarWinds Deployment Services.
- Deployment Scope
For troubleshooting, contact SolarWinds Support.
- Submit a Ticket

Product section

Storage Resource Monitor

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