HP Storage Essentials V5.00.01 installation guide (T4283-96011, January 2006)

Discovering Filers, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems96
select Include backup details unless you have already discovered hosts running backup
applications and installed CIM Extensions on those hosts. See ”Step 1 - Discovering Your Hosts
and Master Backup Servers” on page 193 for more information about discovering master
backup servers. The Include backup details option gathers the latest information about your
backup applications.
3. The management server obtains most of its information from device managers for storage
systems with external databases, such as HP, HDS, and EMC storage systems. Select Force
Device Manager Refresh if you want the management server to tell the device managers for
your storage systems to obtain the latest information. If you do not select Force Device
Manager Refresh, the management server gathers information from the external databases
with the assumption the information in the external database is up to date. See the following
topics for more information: ”Excluding EMC Symmetrix Storage Systems from Force Device
Manager Refresh” on page 97 and ”Excluding HDS Storage Systems from Force Device
Manager Refresh” on page 98.
NOTE: If you plan to have File SRM scan a host, make sure you have 220 to 230 MB for
each set of 1 million files.
4. Select the discovery group from which you want to obtain Get Details/Discovery Data
Collection. If you are obtaining Get Details/Discovery Data Collection for the first time, make
sure All Discovery Groups is selected.
5. Click the Get Details button.
During Get Details/Discovery Data Collection, the software changes its status light from green to
red. You can view the progress of gathering details by doing the following:
• Discovery from HP SE - Click Discovery > View Logs.
• Discovery from HP SIM - Click Tasks & Logs > View Storage Essentials Log.
When the software completes getting all elements details, it displays “GETTING ALL DETAILS
COMPLETED” on the View Logs page.
6. See the User Guide for information about automating the gathering of all element details.
Stopping the Gathering of Details
Obtaining details takes some time. If the network and managed elements are busy, you might need
to stop the gathering of details and reschedule it for another time.
IMPORTANT: If you stop the gathering of details, you should reschedule it. This type of collection
obtains detailed information of devices in the network.
To stop the gathering of details:
1. Do one of the following:
• Discovery from HP SE - Click Tasks & Logs > View Storage Essentials Logs.
• Discovery from HP SIM - Click Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery > View
Logs.