Administrator Guide

5. Deselect the Use global settings check box.
6. Select the check boxes in the Automated Report Settings area to specify how often to generate the following reports:
• Storage Center Summary – Select the Weekly and/or Monthly check boxes.
• Disk Class – Select the Weekly and/or Monthly check boxes.
• Disk Power On Time – Select the Weekly and/or Monthly check boxes.
• Alerts – Select the Daily and/or Weekly check boxes.
• Volume Storage – Select the Daily, Weekly, and/or Monthly check boxes.
• Replications – Select the Daily, Weekly, and/or Monthly check boxes.
7. Select the check boxes In the Automated Table Report Settings area to specify how often to generate reports and the types
of reports to generate.
• IO Reports – IO usage reports for volumes, servers, and disks.
– Frequency – Select the Daily, Weekly, and/or Monthly check boxes.
– Report Types – Select the Most Active Volumes, Most Active Servers, and/or Most Active Disks check boxes.
• Storage Reports – Storage reports for volumes, servers, and disks.
– Frequency – Select the Daily, Weekly, and/or Monthly check boxes.
– Volume Report Types – Select the Volume, Volume Folder, and/or Volume Growth check boxes.
– Server Report Types – Select the Server and/or Server Folder check boxes.
– Disk Report Types – Select the Disk, Disk Folder, Disk Class, and/or Disk Tier check boxes.
8. Click OK.
Set the Date and Time for a Storage Center
Select the time zone, then set the date and time or configure the Storage Center to synchronize with an NTP server.
Prerequisites
The Storage Center must be added to Storage Manager using a Storage Center user with the Administrator privilege.
Steps
1. Expand the Dell Storage Manager menu, and then click Storage.
2. In the SC Series tab, select a Storage Center to open the Storage Center view.
3. In the Summary tab, click Settings. The Edit Storage Center Settings dialog box opens.
4. Click the Time Settings tab.
5. From the Region drop-down menu, select the region where the Storage Center is located.
6. From the Time Zone drop-down menu, select the time zone where the Storage Center is located.
7. Set the date and time.
• To set the date and time manually, make sure the Use NTP Server check box is cleared, then set the date and time in the
Current Time fields.
• To configure the Storage Center to synchronize the date and time with a Network Time Protocol server, select the Use
NTP Server check box, then type the host name or IP address of an NTP server in the Server Host or IP Address field.
8. Click OK.
Configure Storage Center SMTP Server Settings
Configure SMTP settings to allow the Storage Center to send alert message emails to users who have specified a recipient address
in their contact properties.
1. Expand the Dell Storage Manager menu, and then click Storage.
2. In the SC Series tab, select a Storage Center to open the Storage Center view.
3. In the Summary tab, click Settings. The Edit Storage Center Settings dialog box opens.
4. Click the SMTP Server tab.
5. Configure the SMTP server settings.
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