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

Configuring the Management Server204
Starting Collectors
IMPORTANT: After you click OK, if the date and time you set has not passed, the collector starts
immediately. If the set time has passed, the collector starts two minutes after you click OK.
To start a collector:
1. Select Reports > Storage Essentials > Report Configuration in HP Systems Insight Manager.
Then, click the Data Collection tab.
2. Click the Start button corresponding to the collector you want to start.
To start more than one collector at once, select more than one collector and then click Start
Collectors.
Table 18 About Collectors for Reports
Column Heading Description
Element Displays the name of the element from which this collector gathers
information.
Element Type Displays the type of element from which the collector gathers
information.
Reports Lists the reports for which the collector is responsible for providing
information.
Enabled Displays the status of the collector. Collectors that are running display a
check mark in this column.
Interval (Minutes) Displays the interval in minutes between collector runs.
Next Scheduled
Run
Displays the date and time when the collector is scheduled to run.
Edit
To edit the schedule for running a collector, click the Edit () button.
For more information, see ”Editing a Collector Schedule” on page 222.
Action Displays one of the following buttons:
• Stop - Stops the collector. The corresponding reports display only
information gathered previously. See ”Stopping Collectors” on
page 204.
• Start - Starts the collector. When you start a collector, it begins
gathering information for its corresponding reports. See ”Starting
Collectors” on page 204.