HP Storage Essentials V5.00.01 for File Servers guide (T4283-96016, January 2006)

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Policies for File System Viewer
This chapter describes the following:
• ”Accessing Policy Manager for File System Viewer” on page 3
• ”Creating Policies for File System Viewer” on page 3
Accessing Policy Manager for File System Viewer
This topic provides the various techniques for accessing Policy Manager. You have multiple options
for accessing utilization policies for file servers. The flexibility for accessing utilization policies lets
you easy create and manage utilization policies without interrupting your work flow.
Policy Manager provides the following options for accessing utilization policies:
• To easily access other functionality, such as the Events, Topology and Volumes tabs -
Double-click a file server in System Manager and then click the Policies tab. This method
displays the utilization policies for just the file server that was double-clicked.
• To easy access all utilization policies - Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Policy
Manager. In the Policy Manager tree in the middle pane, expand the node, Utilization
Policies. Then, expand the Applications and File Servers nodes for the file server. Click the
name of the file server for which you want to create a policy. To view all utilization policies, click
the Utilization Policies node.
• To easily access other functionality for file servers, Users and Groups tabs - Access the
Policy tab in Application Viewer. Expand the Applications and File Servers nodes in the tree
in Application Viewer. Click the file server name in the Application Viewer tree. Click the
Policies tab in the right pane.
Creating Policies for File System Viewer
You can create a utilization policy that generates an event, sends an e-mail, or runs a custom
command when an element is being overused. For example, you can configure Policy Manager so
you receive an e-mail message when the amount of free space on a server decreases to a specified
level.
IMPORTANT: If you plan to use e-mail notification with your policy, first assign an SMTP server
from which the management server can send its e-mail notifications. See the topic, "Setting Up
E-mail Notification."
To create a utilization policy for a file server:
1. Access Policy Manager as described in the topic,”Accessing Policy Manager for File System
Viewer” on page 3.