User's Manual

Viewing Inventory Reports

OpenManage Essentials provides pre-defined reports for all discovered and inventoried devices. With these reports, you

can:

• Consolidate information about devices in your environment.

• Filter report data based on the devices by clicking the Filter by: drop-down list. You can also add a new group of

devices from the dashboard by clicking Add New Group from the Filter by: drop-down list.

• Export data for use in another application in the XML file format.

NOTE: You cannot create new reports.

Choosing Predefined Reports

To view predefined reports, click Reports.

The Managed Systems Reports displays the predefined reports. Select from the available reports to view particular

information about the devices in your environment. You can filter the reports based on the devices by clicking the Filter

by: drop-down list. You can also add a new group of devices by clicking Add New Group from the Filter by: drop-down

list.

Predefined Reports

Report Description

Agent and Alert Summary Identifies the OpenManage Server Administrator versions

installed on devices in the environment and allows you to

identify the devices generating the most alerts. If the

Server Administrator is not installed on a server, it is

displayed as None.

• The upper left web part identifies the

OpenManage Server Administrator versions in

your environment.

• Clicking the OpenManage Server Administrator

version in the OpenManage Server Administrator

pie chart in the top right web part shows you the

list of servers with that version installed.

• The lower left web part lists in descending order

the devices generating the most alerts since

initial discovery and inventory.

• The top five event generating devices are

identified in the lower right web part. Click on a

specific device to view the events associated

with it.

Server Overview Provides information about the servers such as the

system name, operating system installed on the server,

processors, and memory.