Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-10000610-02, June 2008)

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Snapshots and change reports
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Comparing snapshots
1. Select Tasks > Change Management > View CM reports.
The Change Management dialog box displays with the View Change Reports and Snapshots
tab selected (see Figure 89 on page 138).
2. Select the fabric containing the snapshots you want.
The Reports section for that switch shows a list of profiles and associated snapshots for the
fabric.
3. Select two snapshots from the table (associated with the same change management profile),
and click View in the Change Reports section.
The Change Report is displayed, as shown in Figure 90 on page 139.
Exporting snapshot and change reports
1. Select Tasks > Change Management > View CM reports.
The Change Management dialog box displays with the View Change Reports and Snapshots
tab selected (see Figure 89 on page 138).
2. Select the fabric containing the snapshots you want.
The Reports section for that switch displays a list of profiles and associated snapshots for that
fabric.
3. Select a snapshot in the Reports section.
4. Click Export (in either the Snapshots or Change Reports area) to export the snapshot or
change report as an XML file.
The Save dialog box displays.
5. Type a name for the file and browse to the location where you want to save the file, then click
Save.
Displaying change reports in external applications
1. Launch Excel 2003/XP (or later).
2. Select File > Open.
The Open dialog box displays.
3. Navigate to the XML file, and click Open.
The Import XML dialog box displays and asks if you want to open a stylesheet.
4. Open the file using one of these methods:
• Click Open the file with the following stylesheet applied
The xslt file created by Fabric Manager is the default selected file. You can either use that
file, or navigate to another style sheet of your own. Click OK to display the information in an
Excel spreadsheet.
• Click Open the file without applying a stylesheet (not recommended)
The information is displayed in an Excel spreadsheet without any formatting.