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

Storage Essentials 5.1 User Guide 385
2. Install a CIM Extension on the host running the backup application. See the Installation Guide
for information about installing CIM Extensions.
3. Discover the host running the backup application. Select the Include backup details option.
See ”Step 1 - Discovering Your Hosts and Master Backup Servers” on page 105. It is
recommended you also select the Include infrastructure detail option, so you can also
monitor and manage the host itself.
IMPORTANT: Make sure you have at least 500 MB if you are using the host as a master
backup server in a large environment, for example 300 clients, 25,000 jobs and 500,000
images.
4. Schedule backup collection for your master servers as described in ”Scheduling Backup
Collection for Backup Managers” on page 198
Accessing Backup Manager
To access Backup Manager, click Tools > Storage Essentials > Backup Manager or click
Tools > Storage Essentials > Home. Then, click Backup Manager in the left pane.
Determining if Last Night’s Backup was Successful
Backup Manager provides several tools to help you to quickly determine if last night’s backup was
successful. The quickest way to find out if last night’s backup was successful is to go to the
Summary tab in Backup Manager. Refer to the following topics to learn more:
• ”Viewing the Summary Backup Charts” on page 385
• ”Viewing Backup Results for a Client” on page 386
• ”Viewing Backup Information for a Client” on page 386
• ”Viewing Backup Reports” on page 387
Viewing the Summary Backup Charts
To access information about last night’s backup by looking at the backup charts:
1. Access Backup Manager as described in ”Accessing Backup Manager” on page 385.
2. Click the Summary tab on the right side of the window.
3. By default, the Backup SLA Performance chart is displayed in the upper-left pane on the
Summary page.
This chart displays the overall results of the backups in the last 14 days. It tells you if the overall
backup was successful, partially successful or failed. See ”About the Summary Backup Charts”
on page 398 and ”Modifying Summary Backup Charts” on page 405 for more information
about this chart and about modifying it.
Viewing Backup Results for a Backup Manager
You can quickly view the results of the backup jobs that a Backup Manager performed by
accessing its chart, as described in the following steps:
1. Access Backup Manager as described in ”Accessing Backup Manager” on page 385.