HP Storage Essentials V5.00.01 user guide (T4283-96012, January 2006)

Configuring the Management Server170
Setting Data Collection Properties
The management server obtains information from collectors that gather information from elements at
specified times. If you want the management server to monitor file servers, you must start the
collector for the specified file server.
For example, assume you installed File System Viewer on a host and you want to view reports about
file management, such as partition consumption. You must start the collector for that host.
IMPORTANT: If you change the date in the field to a date that does not exist in a month, the
software automatically calculates the date to the next month. For example, if you enter
2003-11-31, the software assumes the date is 2003-12-01.
To set scanning properties:
1. Click Reports > Storage Essentials > Data Collection > File SRM Data in HP Systems
Insight Manager.
2. Verify you are looking at the Data Collection page.
3. Do one of the following:
•Click the Start button corresponding to the file server you want to monitor.
•Click the Edit button ( ) corresponding to the collector you want to modify.
4. Under Local Volumes, select the local volumes you want to monitor.
5. Under External Volumes, select the external volumes you want to monitor.
6. Under Network Volumes, select the network volume you want to monitor.
Edit
To edit the schedule for running a collector, click the Edit () button.
Then set the date and time. See ”Setting Data Collection Properties” on
page 169 for more information.
Action Displays one of the following buttons:
• Stop - Stops gathering information for which the collector is
responsible. To stop more than one collector at once, select more
than one collector and then click the Stop Collectors button.
When a data collector is stopped, the corresponding reports will
not contain recent data. In some cases, the reports may be blank.
• Start - Starts the collector. When you start a collector, it begins
gathering information for the corresponding file server. For
example, assume you installed File System Viewer on a host and
you want to view reports about file management, such as partition
consumption. You must start the collector for that host.
Table 19 About the Collectors for File System Viewer (continued)
Column Heading Description