Administrator Guide

Testing Automated Reports Settings
You can manually generate reports to test the congured automated report settings without waiting for the reports to be generated
automatically. By default,
Storage Manager generates reports into a folder named for the day when the report was generated.
1 Connect to the Data Collector.
a Open a web browser.
b Type the address of the Data Collector in the web browser using the following format:
https://data_collector_host_name_or_IP_address:3033/
c Press Enter.
The Storage Manager login page is displayed.
d Type the user name and password of a Data Collector user with Administrator privileges in the User Name and Password eld.
e Click Log In.
2 If a Storage Center is selected from the drop-down list, click (Home) in the left navigation pane.
3
Click Data Collector.
The Data Collector view is displayed.
4 Click the Monitoring tab, and then click the Automated Reports subtab.
5 Review the current report settings:
• If the settings are acceptable, click Run Now.
• To change the report settings, click Edit, adjust the settings, and click Run Now.
The Generate Reports Now dialog box opens.
6 Select the checkboxes of the reports to generate.
7 Click OK. The reports are generated and the Generate Reports dialog box closes.
NOTE
: Generating a report overwrites previously generated reports in the folder for that day. To prevent these reports from
being overwritten, specify a dierent directory in the Automated Report Options area of the Automated Reports dialog box.
8 Click OK.
Congure Data Collection Schedules
Congure the interval at which the Data Collector collects monitoring data from Storage Centers.
1 Connect to the Data Collector.
a Open a web browser.
b Type the address of the Data Collector in the web browser using the following format:
https://data_collector_host_name_or_IP_address:3033/
c Press Enter.
The Storage Manager login page is displayed.
d Type the user name and password of a Data Collector user with Administrator privileges in the User Name and Password eld.
e Click Log In.
2
If a Storage Center is selected from the drop-down list, click (Home) in the left navigation pane.
3 Click Data Collector.
The Data Collector view is displayed.
4 Click the Monitoring tab, and then click the Data Collection subtab.
5 Click Edit.
The Data Collection dialog box opens.
6 Congure the data collection schedules by performing the following steps:
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