HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.x Administrator Guide (AA-RUQSF-TE, September 2005)

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9 Change management
The change management feature allows you to monitor changes in a fabric and generate Extensible
Markup Language (XML) reports listing the changes.
To use the performance monitor feature, you must set up profiles defining which elements to monitor, when
to monitor them, and what to do when changes occur to those elements. The notification configuration
defines what to do when changes occur to the selected elements.
You do not have to define schedules or notifications; however, you must select at least one element to
monitor. If you do not define a schedule, there is no automated checking. If you do not define notifications,
there are no alerts or e-mail notifications.
The performance monitor profiles are saved on the server database. After a profile is defined and saved,
any user on the same server can view, edit, or delete it. You can apply a single profile to multiple fabrics,
and one fabric can have multiple profiles for different monitoring purposes simultaneously.
To use the performance monitor feature, follow these basic steps:
1. Configure notification parameters for all users on the server (see ”Configuring notification parameters”
on page 85).
2. Create a change management profile specifying which elements to monitor for changes (see ”Creating
a profile” on page 106).
3. Optional: Compare subsequent snapshots to the baseline snapshot to monitor changes to the elements
over specified time frames (see ”Comparing snapshots” on page 115).
4. Optional: Create multiple profiles to monitor different sets of elements. Snapshots are associated with a
single profile, however, and a snapshot based on Profile X cannot be compared to a snapshot based
on Profile Y.
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Consult the following sections for information about setting up, creating, and working with change
management profiles, and working with the subsequent change reports using snapshots:
• Using change management profiles, next
• Using snapshots and change reports, page 113
Using change management profiles
Create a change management profile to monitor changes to fabric elements and provide e-mail
notification or alerts when a change occurs. Table 16 lists the fabric elements you can monitor, and
Table 17 describes known limitations working with the change management feature.
Consult the following sections for information on setting up, creating, and working with change
management profiles:
• Creating a profile, next
• Cloning a profile, page 110
• Editing a profile, page 111
• Deleting a profile, page 112
Table 16 Change management profile monitored elements
Monitored element Description
Firmware Any changes
ISL
2
Switch Configuration File
Name server
Zoning
2