HP Storage Essentials V5.1 Application Guide First Edition (T4283-96028, August 2006)

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2 Accessing Information About Applications
This chapter describes the following:
• ”About Application Viewer” on page 3
• ”Obtaining a Summary of the Applications” on page 3
• ”Navigation Information for Applications” on page 4
• ”Events for Applications” on page 5
• ”Viewing Performance Information” on page 6
• ”About Chargeback for Applications” on page 6
About Application Viewer
IMPORTANT: Depending on your license, Application Viewer may not be available. See the "List
of Features" to determine if you have access to Application Viewer. The "List of Features" is
accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in Storage Essentials).
Application Viewer lists the applications and their instances running in the storage area network
(SAN) and any events associated with them. Application Viewer also provides the following
information for applications:
• Microsoft Exchange - Data pertaining to navigation, properties, topology, chargeback,
reports, monitoring and policies.
• Oracle - Data pertaining to navigation, properties, topology, chargeback, reports, monitoring
and policies.
• Microsoft SQL Server - Data pertaining to navigation, properties, topology, chargeback,
reports, monitoring and policies.
• Sybase - Data pertaining to navigation, properties, topology, chargeback, reports, monitoring
and policies.
• Virtual Applications - Data pertaining to navigation, properties, topology, chargeback,
reports, and monitoring.
• File Servers - Data pertaining to properties, volumes, extensions, aging, users, groups, events,
reports, policies. Refer to the File SRM Guide for more information.
• File Server Details - Provides information about the file systems detected, such as total users,
total users space, and total groups.
Access Application Viewer by clicking Tools > Storage Essentials > Application Viewer.
Obtaining a Summary of the Applications
The Application Summary page is accessible by clicking the Application Viewer node in the tree.
It provides a snapshot of all the applications the management server detects.
• A pie chart with the number of: