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

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• If you want data from the Global Reporter server included in global reports, add the local
management server. Enter “localhost” as an IP Address/DNS name for your local
management server.
6. Click OK.
7. When you are done, click OK.
The management server verifies it can contact the site and it checks the version of the
management server the site is running. The management server then adds the site to its list for
global reporting.
8. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each site you want to add.
9. Enable global reporting by selecting the Enable option on the Global Reporter tab.
10.Set the time you want the refresh to start by doing the following:
a. Click the button. In the Time field, type a time in the 24-hour format with hours and
minutes separated by a colon. For example, 23:15, for 11:15 p.m.
b. Select a date you want the job to start.
The date is selected.
c. Click the Set button.
If you click the Set button after the time has passed, you must reset the time.
The time and date you selected are displayed in the Next Schedule Run field.
11.Set up a repeat interval by typing a number in the Repeat Interval field and selecting a unit of
measurement. For example, if you want the Global Reporter server to check the views of sites
daily, you would type 1 in the Repeat Interval field and select day(s) as a unit.
IMPORTANT: You must select a repeat interval that is 12 hours or more.
12.When you are done with your changes, click the Save Changes button.
Your changes are saved in case the browser is closed.
13.To obtain information immediately, click the Refresh Now button (Reports > Storage
Essentials > Report Configuration, select the Global Reporter tab, then click the Refresh
Now button in HP Systems Insight Manager).
14.When the Global Reporter server is done with updating its views, you can view the global
reports. To view global reports, click Reporting ( ). Expand the Global node in the tree to
view the reports.
You can filter the data viewed in the reports. See ”Filtering Data in Global Reports” on
page 479.
Editing Remote Site Information
To modify the information for your remote servers:
1. Click Reports > Storage Essentials > Report Configuration in HP Systems Insight
Manager.
2. Click the Global Reporter tab.