Administrator Guide

Storage Center Automated Reports
The information that Storage Center displays in an automated report depends on the congured Automated Report settings.
Report Frequency – Automated reports are generated at the end of each day, week, or month, depending on the options selected in
Automated Reports from the Storage Center Settings area. You can also generate automated reports manually, at any time.
The following table lists the available Storage Center reports related to volumes, servers, and disks:
Report Type Description
Automated Reports Generates a report for the following:
• Storage Center Summary: Displays information about storage space and the number of storage objects on the
Storage Center.
• Disk Class: Displays information about storage space on each disk class.
• Disk Power On Time: Displays information about how long each disk has been powered on.
• Alerts: Displays Storage Center alerts.
• Volume Storage: Displays volume storage statistics.
• Replications: Displays information about volume replications.
Automated Table
Reports
Generates a report for the following:
• I/O: Displays I/O information about the most active volumes, servers, and disks.
• Storage: Displays detailed information about the following:
– Volume, volume folder, and volume growth
– Disk, disk folder, disk class, and disk tier
– Server, and server folder
Set Up Automated Reports for All Storage Centers (Global Settings)
Congure automated report settings for the Data Collector if you want to use the same report settings for all managed Storage Centers.
Congure the global settings rst, and then customize report settings for individual
Storage Centers as needed.
1
If a Storage Center is selected from the drop-down list, click (Home) in the left navigation pane.
2 Click Data Collector.
The Data Collector view is displayed.
3 Click the Monitoring tab and then select the Automated Reports subtab.
4 Select the checkboxes in the Automated Report Settings area to specify which reports to generate and how often to generate them.
5 Select the checkboxes in the Automated Table Report Settings area to specify which reports to generate and how often to generate
them.
NOTE
: Automated table reports can be saved in a public directory or attached to automated emails but they do not appear
in the Reports view.
6 Set the Automated Report Options
a To export the reports to a public directory, select the Store report in public directory checkbox and enter the full path to the
directory in the Directory eld.
NOTE
: The directory must be located on the same server as the Data Collector.
b To congure the Data Collector to email the reports when they are generated:
• Select the Attach Automated Reports to email checkbox to email the reports specied in the Automated Reports Settings
area.
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