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

106 Change management
Creating a profile
You can create change management profiles after you have configured the notification parameters (see
”Configuring notification parameters” on page 85).
To create a change management profile:
1. Select Tools > Change Management > Manage Profiles.
The Change Management Profiles dialog box opens (see Figure 53). Any existing profiles are
displayed in the dialog box.
Device links Identifies the domain and port WWN to which the device is connected.
Licenses Added/Removed
Port Status • Configured/Disabled
• Online/Offline
• Note that down status is not reported.
Security
2
• Enabled/Disabled
• Policy changes
Switches • Added/Removed
• Configuration changes
1, 2
1
If a fabric includes an FC router as a member switch (not the launch switch), switch configuration changes
are not reported for the FC router. Security policy change information for the entire fabric might not be
collected if the FC router is the first object Fabric Manager gets from API.
2
If a fabric includes an FC router as a launch switch, information about these elements is not retrieved (not
supported by FC router).
Table 17 Change management limitations
Change Description
Time
changes
If the current system time on the Fabric Manager server machine is changed to a time
that is later than the end time of a scheduled change management check, the change
report does not run.
Adding switches If a switch is added to a fabric after a change management profile is created, the
profile settings are not applied to the switch until you log in to it.
Segmented
fabrics
If a fabric segments into separate fabrics, the original fabric retains all of the change
management profiles and continues to run the scheduled profiles and report any
missing switches, devices, and so on. However, the new, smaller fabrics that are
created for the segmented switches do not have any change management profiles or
reports.
Merging fabrics If Fabric B1 and Fabric B2 both have change management profiles associated with
them, and you merge the fabrics together, the change management profile for the
fabric that was discovered first is applied to the merged fabric.
Logical switch
groups
Change management profiles cannot be applied to logical switch groups.
Table 16 Change management profile monitored elements (continued)
Monitored element Description