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

Overview of File System Viewer4
2. In the right pane, click the Add button.
3. Select a policy. Then, click Next.
The following types may be displayed.
4. In the Name field on the Policy Properties tab, modify the name of the policy or keep the default.
5. In the Description field, modify the description for the policy or keep the default.
6. In the Re-arm Period field, specify a re-arm period in minutes.
The rearm period is the amount of time after the policy executes before it can execute again. It is
useful for limiting the number of times the same actions will execute.
Important: Specify shorter periods for important applications.
7. To the right of the comparison operator drop-down menu, type a percentage or an amount in
gigabytes (GB) depending on the field name displayed.
8. Select an action to occur when the policy condition is fulfilled by clicking one of the following
buttons (more than one action can be assigned to a policy):
• Send E-mail - Policy Manager sends an e-mail when the condition is fulfilled. Enter a
comma-separated list of e-mail addresses, and then click OK.
• Generate Event - Policy Manager generates an event of the specified event type. The event
appears in Event Manager. Select one of the following event types.
Important: Since the severity level for an element is set by the manufacturer, the meanings of
the severity levels vary. It is best to view the description of the event.
• Unknown - The severity level is not known.
• Informational - An example of an informational event is a progress report event for
firmware download operation currently in progress.
• Warning - An example of a warning is one or more new physical fabric objects (device
port, switch, or fabric) have appeared.
• Minor - An example of a minor event is a physical fabric object (switch port or fabric) has
changed state.
• Major - An example of a major event is one or more physical fabric objects (device port,
switch, or fabric) have disappeared.
• Critical - An example of a critical event is Brocade switches that have a failed firmware
download and the failure reason code for each respective switch.
After you select an event level, click OK.
Table 2 Policy Templates
Policy Type Description
Free Space Amount of free space on the file server.
Percent Used Percentage of disk space used.