With ONTAP System Manager, you can learn about risks reported by Active IQ and receive actionable intelligence that helps you administer storage and achieve higher availability, improved security, and better storage performance.

Link to your Active IQ account

To receive information about risks from Active IQ, you should first link to your Active IQ account from ONTAP System Manager.

Steps

In ONTAP System Manager, click Cluster > Settings.
Under Active IQ Registration, click Register.
Enter your credentials for Active IQ.
After your credentials are authenticated, click Confirm to link Active IQ with ONTAP System Manager.

View the number of risks

Beginning with ONTAP 9.10.0, you can view from the dashboard in ONTAP System Manager the number of risks reported by Active IQ.

Before you begin

You must establish a connection from ONTAP System Manager to your Active IQ account. Refer to Link to your Active IQ account.

Steps

In ONTAP System Manager, click Dashboard.
In the Health section, view the number of reported risks.

You can view more detailed information about each risk by clicking the message showing the number of risks. See View details of risks.

View details of risks

Beginning with ONTAP 9.10.0, you can view from ONTAP System Manager how the risks reported by Active IQ are categorized by impact areas. You can also view detailed information about each reported risk, its potential impact on your system, and corrective actions you can take.

Before you begin

You must establish a connection from ONTAP System Manager to your Active IQ account. Refer to Link to your Active IQ account.

Steps

Click Events > All Events.
In the Overview section, under Active IQ Suggestions, view the number of risks in each impact area category. The risk categories include:
- Performance & efficiency
- Availability & protection
- Capacity
- Configuration
- Security
Click on the Active IQ Suggestions tab to view information about each risk, including the following:
- Level of impact to your System
- Category of the risk
- Nodes that are affected
- Type of mitigation needed
- Corrective actions you can take

Acknowledge risks

Beginning with ONTAP 9.10.1, you can use ONTAP System Manager to acknowledge any of the open risks.

Steps

In ONTAP System Manager, display the list of risks by performing the procedure in View details of risks.
Click on the risk name of an open risk that you want to acknowledge.
Enter information into the following fields:
- Reminder (date)
- Justification
- Comments
Click Acknowledge.

After you acknowledge a risk, it takes a few minutes for the change to be reflected in the list of Active IQ suggestions.

Unacknowledge risks

Beginning with ONTAP 9.10.1, you can use ONTAP System Manager to unacknowledge any risk that was previously acknowledged.

Steps

In ONTAP System Manager, display the list of risks by performing the procedure in View details of risks.
Click on the risk name of an acknowledged risk that you want to unacknowledge.
Enter information into the following fields:
- Justification
- Comments
Click Unacknowledge.

After you unacknowledge a risk, it takes a few minutes for the change to be reflected in the list of Active IQ suggestions.