HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)
Storage Essentials 5.1 User Guide 9
• Policy Manager - Policy Manager lets you set up rules so that an automated response occurs
when a particular event happens or a value triggers the system. See ”About Policy Manager”
on page 579.
• Business Tools - The management server provides advisors and automators. Advisors
provides detailed information for you to make informed decisions about your network, such as
non-compliant HBA firmware. Automators let you automate particular tasks. The advisors and
automators available to you depend upon your release. See ”About the Business Tools” on
page 643.
• Chargeback Manager - Chargeback Manager helps you manage ownership by department,
track costs and assemble business reports. You can view data gathered by Chargeback
Manager by element, department and enterprise-wide. You can show the data Chargeback
Manager gathered to upper-management through reports, which can be e-mailed on a regular
schedule. See ”About Chargeback Manager” on page 603 for more information.
• Reporting - Reporting provides detailed reporting on the infrastructure, such as statistics, and
usage trends. See ”About Reporting” on page 473.
About the Home Page
The Home page provides an overview of the main features for the management server. You can
access the Home page for Storage Essentials by selecting Tools > Storage Essentials > Home
from Systems Insight Manager. To access a feature, click its icon.
Table 3 Icons on the Home Page
Feature Description Where to Find More
Information
Policy Manager
Policy Manager can e-mail you,
generate an event or run a
custom script when policy
conditions are met. You can
define policies to monitor
provisioning status, element
creation, storage utilization
and incoming events.
”Managing Policies” on
page 579.
Application Viewer
Application Viewer lists the
applications and their instances
running in the storage area
network (SAN) and any events
associated with them.
“Accessing Information About
Applications” in the
Application Guide.
Backup Manager
Backup Manager lets you keep
track of element backups.
”Managing Backups” on
page 383