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

110 Change management
Each snapshot is also saved in the database. You can purge them at a specified time or delete them
manually. If a fabric is removed from Fabric Manager, all associated snapshots and reports are
deleted. The profile is not deleted.
After creating a change management profile, you can edit (see ”Editing a profile” on page 111), clone
(see ”Cloning a profile” on page 110), or delete it (see ”Deleting a profile” on page 112). You can
also create additional profiles.
You can also view (see ”Displaying a change report” on page 113), create (see ”Creating snapshots
on demand” on page 114), compare ”Comparing snapshots” on page 115, export (see ”Exporting
snapshot and change reports” on page 115), print (see ”Printing snapshot and change reports” on
page 116), and change ”Changing baseline snapshot reports” on page 116 the profile.
Cloning a profile
You can clone (duplicate) an existing change management profile if you need another similar profile and
do not want to repeat all of the steps required to create a new one. For example, if you have another fabric
that you want to run the same (or similar) checks on, you can clone an existing profile with minor
adjustments (as needed).
To clone a change management profile:
1. Select Tools > Change Management > Manage Profiles.
The Change Management Profiles dialog box opens (see Figure 53 on page 107). Any existing
profiles are displayed in the dialog box.
2. Select the profile you want to clone and then click Clone Profile.
The change management wizard opens.
3. Read the introduction and then click Next.
The Select Snapshot Items dialog box opens (see Figure 54 on page 107). The name of the change
management profile you selected in step 2 is in the Please input profile name dialog box.
4. Optional: Change the profile name and elements to monitor.
5. Click Next.
The Select Fabrics window opens (see Figure 55 on page 108).
6. Optional: Select a new fabric for the new profile. Select the fabric; use the right arrow to add fabrics
and the left arrow to remove any fabrics. Click Next.
7. Click Next.
8. Optional: Make changes to the schedule.
The Configure Automated Checks window opens (see Figure 56 on page 108). If you do not want to
change the schedule, click Configure schedule later, click Next, and skip to step 15.
9. To change the existing automated checks, click Take Snapshots per this schedule.
10.Select an element in the Start Time field (month, day, year, hour, minute, second, AM or PM) and use
the scroll buttons to change the elements to the exact time you want Fabric Manager to begin checking
the selected fabrics for any changes to your selected parameters.
11.Select an element in the End Time field (month, day, year, hour, minute, second, AM or PM) and use the
scroll buttons to change the elements to the exact time you want Fabric Manager to stop checking the
selected fabrics for any changes to your selected parameters. If you want the automated checks to
continue indefinitely, select the No end date radio button.
12.Enter a number in the Frequency: Every field that corresponds to the number of hours, days, or weeks
you specify from the adjacent pull-down menu. If you want to run the check only once, select once from
the adjacent pull-down menu.
13.Enter the number of days you want to keep the automated check snapshot in the Purge snapshots more
than XX days old field. The minimum number of days is 1 and the maximum 2147483647.
14.Click Next. The Configure Notification Methods window opens (see Figure 57 on page 109). If you do
not want to receive e-mail notifications or alerts when a change occurs, click Next and skip to step 21.
15.Optional: Make changes to the notification settings. Click Send email notification to receive notification
of change by e-mail.
16.Specify when you want to receive an e-mail notification: