HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96056, November 2006)

Configuring the Management Server192
a. Click Discovery > Setup.
b. Click the Monitoring Product Health link next to Step 1.
c. Click Add.
2. Discover the management server and include it in Get Details.
The Product Health menu option in Storage Essentials helps you to monitor and manage the
management server. At installation, a CIM Extension was automatically installed on the
management server so you could monitor the management server just as you would any other host.
Product Health does the following:
• Disk Space Monitoring - This feature keeps track of the management server’s use of disk
space. See ”Enabling Disk Space Monitoring” on page 192.
• Database Alert Log - The Database Alert Log scans the management server for critical errors at
a specified interval and displays the information in its own chart. This setup frees up Event
Manager for monitoring other elements. See ”Enabling the Scanning of Critical Events of the
Management Server Database” on page 198.
• Log Files - You can view and download product logs, as described in
• Scheduled RMAN backups - This feature lets you schedule RMAN backups. See ”Scheduling
RMAN Hot Backups of the Database” on page 241. If you see the buttons on this page
disabled, the product is set to no archive mode. See ”Setting the Archive Mode” on page 248
for more information about changing the archive mode.
• Advanced - This feature lets you modify advanced settings so you can configure the product to
run optimally in your environment. See ”Modifying Java Memory Settings” on page 194 and
”Customizing Properties” on page 194 for more information.
Enabling Disk Space Monitoring
You can configure the management server to monitor itself just as it would any other element. This
feature lets you monitor the amount of free space the management server has left. The management
server uses disk space for many of its operations, such as when it collects performance data,
gathers element properties, generates events, and creates a backup.
IMPORTANT: To obtain information from Product Health, you must have already discovered the
management server and obtained element details from it. See ”Step 1 - Discovering Your Hosts and
Master Backup Servers” on page 113 for information on how to discover a host.
1. Make sure you have already performed Get Details/Discovery Data Collection for the
management server. Discover the management server in the same manner as you would
discover a host.
2. Click Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health in HP Systems Insight
Manager.
3. Click the calendar icon, .