HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide for Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition SRM Software (July 2008)

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NOTE: SE discovery processing might finish before the SE Identification column shows the Running
status. From HP SIM, select Tasks & Logs > View Storage Essentials Logs to see the HP Storage
Essentials discovery progress.
12.To obtain details about your discovered elements, click the Run SE Discovery Data Collection
Now link in the For Storage Essentials (SE) discoveries section above the list of tasks.
Figure 12 Run SE Discovery Data Collection Now link
NOTE: You can also click Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery > Run Discovery Data
Collection to access this functionality. You must run Discovery Data Collection to obtain information
about your elements. Run Discovery Data Collection when the network is not busy because this step
takes some time to finish. See ”Step B — Discovery Data Collection” on page 87 for more
information.
13.Verify the Include backup details option is selected if you want to monitor and manage backup
applications in Backup Manager.
14.Verify the Include infrastructure details option is selected. This option is required to manage and
monitor your elements not related to the backup infrastructure.
15.Click Get Details.
To verify that discovery was successful, click Tools > Storage Essentials > System Manager. The
Topology page appears and shows your discovered elements.
Step B — Discovery Data Collection
Discovery Data Collection must be performed before you can do provisioning and/or obtain
provisioning information, such as data about zone sets and LUN numbers. Clusters won’t be
recognized until Discovery Data Collection is completed. Discovery Data Collection must be run on
all of the participating nodes of application clusters.
Keep in mind the following:
• Running Discovery Data Collection takes time. You might want to perform this process when the
network and the managed elements are not busy.
• Reports show data from the last successful Discovery Data Collection and report cache update.
When a scheduled Discovery Data Collection finishes, the report cache refreshes automatically.
If you run Discovery Data Collection manually, the report cache updates every 6 hours. For
information about refreshing the report cache, see ”Refreshing a Report” on page 437.