HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

Configuring the Management Server200
• ”Viewing Data Aging Statistics for Reports” on page 207
• ”Scheduling Report Cleanup” on page 208
• ”Refreshing the Report Cache” on page 209
• ”Setting Up Global Reporter” on page 211
Architectural Overview of Report Views and Report Cache Refresh
Management server reports are based on report views (Materialized views) which are data
snapshots of the management server schema at a certain time. The management server has a
refresh process to refresh the report views. You can change the frequency of how often the report
views are refreshed, as described in ”Refreshing the Report Cache” on page 209. The overall
report architecture is displayed in the following figure.
Figure 14 Report Views and Report Cache Refresh
Suggestion to Schedule the Report Cache Refresh:
The report cache (report views) is a snapshot data of management server schema to a point in
time. The report cache refresh is time and resource consuming. The following are guidelines for
scheduling report cache refresh:
• To ensure the report cache has the latest data from Get Details/Discovery Data Collection,
schedule the report cache refresh after Get Details/Discovery Data Collection finishes.
• Make sure to schedule the report cache refresh during off peak hours.