Reporting Center User’s Guide First Edition (November 2009) Part Number: T5437-96012
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Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Storage Mirroring Reporting Center overview 3 Storage Mirroring Reporting Center server 4 Storage Mirroring Reporting Center user interface 5 Requirements 6 Installing Storage Mirroring Reporting Center 8 Configuring the SQL database 9 Permissions 10 Adding servers 11 Configuring nodes 13 Configuring groups 16 Viewing reports 18 Types of reports 19 Dashboard reports 19 Configuration reports 24 Status reports 27 Performance reports 29 Ut
Pie charts 75 3D surface and 3D bar charts 81 Selecting a reporting time period 86 Running reports 88 Printing reports 89 Saving reports 90 Emailing reports 91 Scheduling email reports 91 Viewing alerts 100 Configuring alerts 101 Navigating the console 103 Selecting a node 104 Selecting a report 105 Drilling down 106 Configuring system settings 107 Configuring views 111 Troubleshooting 112 Changing log levels 113 Removing non-Storage Mirroring nodes 114 Viewing collecto
Storage Mirroring Reporting Center overview Storage Mirroring Reporting Center (SMRC) is a centralized reporting and analysis solution that allows users to access detailed, custom analyses, reports, and monitoring of all Storage Mirroring servers in the environment. Storage Mirroring Reporting Center reports, analyses, and dashboards provide the ability to show the overall effectiveness of Storage Mirroring protection over time and to analyze trends in a data protection scheme.
Storage Mirroring Reporting Center server The Storage Mirroring Reporting Center server performs monitoring of all Storage Mirroring servers in the environment, and stores configuration, status, and performance data in a relational database. The Storage Mirroring server monitors all of the data that is gathered for a variety of conditions and generates alerts when these occur. The server can be installed on a server that has Storage Mirroring installed on it, or on a separate machine.
Storage Mirroring Reporting Center user interface The Storage Mirroring Reporting Center user interface is used to configure the product and to run reports. The UI is installed automatically on the Storage Mirroring Reporting Center server when the server component is installed, but it may also be installed on other machines in the environment to allow users on other machines to connect to the Storage Mirroring server and run reports.
Requirements Storage Mirroring Reporting Center requires the following minimum system configuration: ● Operating system—Storage Mirroring Reporting Center can be installed on any of the following operating systems. ● ● Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Standard or Advanced server with Service Pack 4 Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard or Enterprise server with Service Pack 1 or later Note: ● The Storage Mirroring Reporting Center GUI may optionally be installed on a Windows XP machine as well as a server.
● At least 10 GB of free hard disk space ● Intel P4-compatible CPU running at 1.
Installing Storage Mirroring Reporting Center The Storage Mirroring Reporting Center installation provides both server and client reporting components. The server component provides the data collection and monitoring engine and stores the collected information within a SQL Server environment. The client component provides the configuration, graphical reporting, and monitoring capabilities.
Configuring the SQL database If you are using the default SQL Express database, you do not need to configure the SQL database. When you install Storage Mirroring Reporting Center, two data stores are automatically created, which are by default named config and datamine. The following table describes the recommended minimum sizes for these databases.
Permissions Storage Mirroring Reporting Center requires the following permissions: ● The username and password entered during installation is used to setup the DTRC Collector service, which performs data gathering. This must be a Windows account with Local Administrator permissions, which will enable it to gather data through WMI from the local machine.
Adding servers After verifying the system requirements and installing Storage Mirroring Reporting Center, you can begin adding servers to be monitored. Adding a Storage Mirroring server to be monitored In order to monitor a Storage Mirroring server, you must define it in the navigation tree as a “Node” in the user interface. To add a Storage Mirroring server: 1. In the navigation tree, select the Storage Mirroring Servers node. 2. Right-click the node and select Configuration, New, New Node.
5. In the Server username field, enter the name of an administrator who has access to the Storage Mirroring server. For more information about permissions that need to be assigned to the username, see Permissions. 6. In the Server password field, enter the password for the administrator. 7. When you are finished, click OK.
Configuring nodes A node represents a Storage Mirroring server. The following rules apply to nodes: ● No two nodes can share the same name ● No node can share its name with an alias of another node ● All host node names and aliases must be in lowercase You may need to add alternative names as aliases to the node definition for Storage Mirroring servers. These alternate names should include either the short or fully-qualified hostname of the Storage Mirroring server.
3. In the Name field, enter the name of the Storage Mirroring server. This field is mandatory and the node name must be unique. 4. In the Description field, enter a description of the Storage Mirroring server. 5. In the Server username field, enter the name of an administrator who has access to the Storage Mirroring server. For more information about permissions that need to be assigned to the username, see Permissions. 6. In the Server password field, enter the password for the administrator. 7.
12. Click OK. The node is created and assigned to the folder that you selected in step 1. For information about troubleshooting nodes, see Troubleshooting. Assigning nodes You can assign an existing node to a group or a folder. 1. Click to select a folder in the navigation tree to which you want to assign a node. 2. Select Node, Assign Node from the main menu. The Node List dialog box appears. 3. Select the node that you want to assign from the list of available nodes.
Configuring groups You can create groups to contain nodes that represent the Storage Mirroring servers. The benefit of creating groups is the ability to run reports against all nodes within that group. Creating a group To create a group: 1. Click to select a folder in the navigation tree under which you want to create a group. 2. Select Node, New, New Group from the main menu. The Group Properties dialog box appears. 3. Enter the name of the group node in the Name field.
1. Select the node and select Tools, Node Editor from the main menu. The Node List dialog box appears. 2. Click Delete. The Delete Confirmation dialog box appears. 3. Click Yes.
Viewing reports You can run reports from group objects or individual nodes in the Navigation tree. When generating a report for a group object, the results include the data for all nodes within that group. In addition, you can compare the performance of one object to another object by running comparison reports. To do this, select multiple objects using Control + Click from the Navigation tree. The resulting report displays a comparison of these two objects for the report specified.
Types of reports Note: Reports are customizable, so not all available data may be visible in a particular report view. Dashboard reports Server utilization dashboard The Server Utilization Dashboard displays the processor, memory, network interface, and file system utilization for a Storage Mirroring server or group of Storage Mirroring servers. To run the Server Utilization Dashboard, select a Storage Mirroring server in the tree. Right-click and select Dashboards, Server Utilization from the menu.
The Connections Dashboard displays the connection status, source disk queue utilization, and protected time for a Storage Mirroring server or group of Storage Mirroring servers. To run the Connections Dashboard, select a Storage Mirroring server in the tree. Rightclick and select Dashboards, Connections from the menu.
Report Information displayed ● Mirror Duration—The amount of time for mirror activity ● Total Mirrors—The total number of mirror tasks Transmission dashboard The Transmission Dashboard displays the transmission and network interface utilization for a Storage Mirroring server or group of Storage Mirroring servers. To run the Transmission Dashboard, select a Storage Mirroring server in the tree. Rightclick and select Dashboards, Transmission from the menu.
Report Information displayed Network interface utilization report ● Hostname—The name of the server ● Interface—The identifier of the network interface ● ● Incoming Utilization—The utilization of data into the network interface (%) Outgoing Utilization—The utilization of data out of the network interface (%) Server performance dashboard The Server Performance Dashboard displays the monitor status, source queue performance, target queue performance, and Storage Mirroring transmission for a Storage
Report Information displayed ● Memory Queue—Bytes in memory queue programmatically calculated by adding mirror + replication - disk queue The information returned by this report includes: Target queue ● Server—Name of the Storage Mirroring server ● Source—The name of the source server ● Target—The name of the target server ● Source IP Address—The address of the source server ● Target IP Address—The address of the target server ● Disk Queue—The number of bytes in the target disk queue ● ●
Report Storage Mirroring transmission Information displayed ● Server—Name of the Storage Mirroring server ● Source—The name of the source server ● Target—The name of the target server ● Source IP Address—The address of the source server ● Target IP Address—The address of the target server ● ● ● Transmit Rate—Calculated by dividing the difference in bytes transmitted between reports by the difference in time between reports Transferred—Amount of compressed data moved from source Transmitted—Amo
The Storage Mirroring Server Connections report provides a list of all connections that a server is a member of along with information about that connection. To run the Storage Mirroring Server Connections report, select a Storage Mirroring server in the tree. Right-click and select Configuration Reports, Connections from the menu.
memory on the Storage Mirroring server. To run the memory configuration report, select the Storage Mirroring node in the tree. Right-click and select Configuration Reports, Memory from the menu.
Processor details The Processor Details report displays information on the configuration of CPUs on the Storage Mirroring server. To run the Processor Details report, select the Storage Mirroring node in the tree. Rightclick and select Configuration Reports, Processor from the menu.
The Storage Mirroring Monitor Status report displays information on the status of Storage Mirroring monitors. To run the Storage Mirroring Monitor Status report, select a Storage Mirroring server in the tree. Right-click and select Status Reports, Monitors from the menu.
each file system on the Storage Mirroring server. To run the File System Details report, select the Storage Mirroring node in the tree and select Status Reports, File System from the pop-up menu.
● Server—The name of the Storage Mirroring server ● Source—The name of the source server ● Target—The name of the target server ● Source IP Address—The address of the source server ● Target IP Address—The address of the target server ● Mirror Queue—Bytes in mirror queue ● Replication Queue—Bytes in replication queue ● Disk Queue—The number of bytes in the source disk queue ● ● Total Queue—Total bytes in queue programmatically calculated by adding mirror and replication queues Memory Queue—
The following information is returned by this report: ● Server—The name of the Storage Mirroring server ● Source—The name of the source server ● Target—The name of the target server ● Source IP Address—The address of the source server ● Target IP Address—The address of the target server ● Transmit Rate—Calculated by dividing the difference in bytes transmitted between reports by the difference in time between reports ● Transferred—Compressed data moved from source ● Transmitted—Uncompressed d
● Kernel—The total kernel memory used on the server ● Available—The memory available on the server ● Utilization—The memory utilization (%) Network interface utilization The Network Interface Utilization report provides information on the utilization of the network interfaces in the environment, for the servers specified in the report. To run the Network Interface Utilization report, select a Storage Mirroring server in the tree.
● Function—The function in which the error occurred ● Error Message—The message associated with the error ● Count—The number of times the message has occurred ● First Occurrence—The first time the message was generated ● Last Occurrence—The last time the message was generated Alerts The Alerts report displays alerts that have been generated based on the node configuration in the Server Properties dialog box, Server Analyses tab. For more information, see Configuring alerts.
Customizing report appearance You can alter the appearance of reports using the toolbar associated with the selected report type. To expand the toolbar, click the small arrow below the menu bar on the report. Each report type has certain associated parameters that you can customize. Hovering over a button displays the name of the parameter. To customize a parameter, click the button. A dialog box appears that allows you to specify the values for that parameter.
appears. Modify the fields, then click OK. The display of the report is updated with the changes you made. Filter The Report Filter allows you to filter the data in a report result using conditions. The current condition statement is displayed at the top of the dialog. You can remove any operator or condition expression by selecting the node and clicking Remove. The Report Filter Editor allows you to filter the results of the report by using conditions. 1. Click Filter icon.
3. In the Field Name field, select the field on which to apply the condition. 4. In the Operator field, enter the operator that should be applied to the field. 5. In the Value Type field, specify whether the value is a fixed static value or something that is determined at the time the report is evaluated. The options are: ● Static—The value is taken from the Value field. ● Variable—Prompts the user for the value at the time the report is run. ● Current Time—The current time in seconds.
refreshed. To configure the report refresh rate: 1. Click the Refresh Settings icon. The Refresh Settings Editor will appear. 2. By default, the Use User Preferences option is selected. 3. To use a custom refresh rate, clear the Use User Preferences option, then select Refresh Report. 4. Enter the interval at which you want to refresh the data in the report in the Refresh Rate fields. 5. Click OK.
foreground and background colors defined in the first rule in the list to which that the data in the row matches. To configure cell styles: 1. Click the Cell Style icon. The Styles Editor dialog box appears. 2. The Styles Editor dialog box allows you to add rules that control the appearance of cells and rows within the table. To add a rule, click Add; or, select an existing rule and click Edit. The Style Editor dialog box appears. 3.
The conditions dialog allows complex conditions to be applied to the table data. a. Add a Condition by clicking Add Condition. The Condition dialog box appears. a. In the Field Name field, select a field that is included in the table. b. In the Operator field, select an operator. c. In the Value Type area, select either Static Value or Dynamic Value. A static value is a fixed value. A dynamic value is one that is calculated at run time. ● ● If you select Static Value, enter a value in the Value field.
4. To create complex conditions, you can combine multiple conditions with AND as well as OR operators. To add an operator, click Add Operator and select the operator you want to use from the list of values. The operator can be modified by double-clicking on the operator node. Click on the operator node to add arguments. An operator can have conditions or other operators as its arguments. You can remove any operator or condition expression by selecting the node and clicking on the Remove button. 5.
Use the Table Fields parameter to specify which fields are displayed in the table and to configure the scaling of data within the table. Certain fields in a data source may have associated units. For example, the Disk Queue field contains information on the size of the disk queue. The data is measured in bytes. By default, a table report automatically scales the data in the table. For example, if the size of a disk queue is 2325 MB, it is displayed in the table as 2.3 GB.
5. To disable fields that are displayed in a report, deselect the checkbox in the Display column. By default, all of the fields returned in the report’s content are displayed in a report. 6. The Unit field displays the unit associated with the field data. 7. To disable automatic scaling and display the data to a specific scale, select a unit in the Scale To column. Use this feature to always display the size of Used Space in MB, for example.
2. In the Background Color field, select the color to use for the main background of the table report. 3. In the Foreground Color field, select the color to use for the body text in the table. 4. In the Header Background Color field, select the color to use for the background of the header row in the table report. 5. In the Header Foreground Color field, select the color to use for the header text in the table report. 6.
10. Select the Font, Size, and Style, then click OK. 11. In the Date Format field, you can specify the format to use for all of the dates in the table. Examples include: ● "yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z" 2001.07.04 AD at 12:08:56 PDT. ● "EEE, MMM d, ''yy" Wed, Jul 4, '01. ● "h:mm a" 12:08 PM. ● "hh 'o''clock' a, zzzz" 12 o'clock PM, Pacific Daylight Time. ● "K:mm a, z" 0:08 PM, PDT. 12.
2. To add a summary row, click Add. Or, select an existing summary row, then click Edit. The Summary Row dialog box will appear.
3. In the Label field, enter a title that describes the content of the summary row. 4. To change the text color for the summary row, select the Foreground checkbox, then click the Foreground button. In the Select Color dialog box, choose a color for the summary row text. 5. To change the background color for the summary row, select the Background checkbox, then click the Background button. In the Select Color dialog box, choose a color for the summary row background color. 6.
8. The Summary Fields and Operations area displays the fields that will be included in the summary row, as well as the type of operation that will be applied to summarize the values. 9. When you are finished, click OK to exit the Summary Row editor, then click OK again to close the Table Summary Editor. Trend charts Chart style The Chart Style appearance parameter is common to all chart-based reports. It provides the ability to customize color attributes used in and around chart-based reports.
2. In the Foreground Color field, select a default text color. This color is used by chart elements that are not defined by other element colors. Note: Foreground color may not be used by some charts. Use the series style to change the color of the chart series. 3. In the Background Color field, select a default color for the background of the chart area. 4. In the Grid Color field, select a color to be used for chart grids. Note: This applies only to charts with grids. 5.
8. In the Plot Area Color 1 and 2 fields, select the color(s) to be used for the plot area fill.If you selected Solid fill type, select only Plot Area Color 1. If you selected Gradient, Plot Area Color 2 will determine the second color used in the gradient. In case of 3D chart, this color will be applied to the walls of the cube containing the 3D chart. 9. In the Axis Color field, select a color for the axis and axis text. 10.
To edit data views: 1. Click Data Views icon. The Data View Editor appears. 2. Specify the Data Views Editor fields that apply to your report. ● ● ● Number of data views—The number of data views to plot. If the fields being plotted have two different units, then the chart requires two data views. When two views are present the settings for the second view are enabled. Y-axis label—The title for y axis. Use range—Use range sets the upper and lower limits for the y axis.
● ● Scale To—The multiplier to scale the y axis to. If set automatically, the y axis is scaled to the highest possible multiplier. Fields in View—List of fields in the view. The include checkbox controls whether the field should be included when rendering the report. This is useful in dashboard editing where it is not possible to adjust the report definition and the only way to drop fields is from this parameter. If the chart has two views, the fields can be moved between the two views. 3.
4. Click OK. The option is applied to the report in the report display area. Series All chart-based reports provide the ability to select which series are displayed in the report. By default, when a chart is displayed, all series in the data set are displayed. You can modify this behavior to only display certain series using the Series parameter. To modify the series selection: 1. Click the Chart data icon. The Series Editor appears. 2.
2. The Style Editor dialog box contains a list of all of the series styles that are defined for a report. By default, the list is empty. 3. Click Add to add a new series style, or select an existing series and click Edit . The Style Editor dialog box appears. 4. In the Label field, enter the name of the series for which the color will be changed. 5. Click Edit. The Color Properties dialog box will appear. Select a color, then click OK. 6. Click OK. The style is added to the list of series styles. 7.
To configure the X axis label settings: 1. Click X axis icon. The X Axis Editor dialog box appears. 2. Select Show Label if you want the X axis label to be displayed. 3. In the Label Interval field, select the time value to use for the X axis label. 4. In the Label Frequency field, select Custom, then enter the frequency at which the label should be displayed. 5. In the Label Rotation field, select whether the X axis label text should appear oriented horizontally or vertically. 6.
To configure the y axis parameter: 1. Click Y Axis icon. The Axis Editor dialog box appears. 2. Specify the fields in the Axis Editor dialog box: ● Fields—Fields included in the report. Select the Include checkbox to include the field in the report. ● Axis Label—Title of the Y axis. ● Unit—Base unit of the Y axis. ● ● ● Scale To—Multiplier the data plotted along the axis is to be scaled. Automatic scales to the highest possible multiplier.
the ability to customize color attributes used in and around chart-based reports. By default, all parameters use the User Selected option, which means that the chart’s color comes from the user’s preferences. Setting the colors in the report to specific values overrides these preferences. To modify chart styles: 1. Click the Chart Styles icon. The Chart Style Editor dialog box appears. 2. In the Foreground Color field, select a default text color.
3. In the Background Color field, select a default color for the background of the chart area. 4. In the Grid Color field, select a color to be used for chart grids. Note: This applies only to charts with grids. 5. In the Horizontal Grid Visibility field, select whether to show or hide the horizontal gridlines. 6. In the Vertical Grid Visibility field, select whether to show or hide the vertical gridlines. 7. In the Plot Area Fill Type, select whether the fill in the plot area should be solid or gradient.
11. Select the Font, Size, and Style, then click OK. 12. After making your changes, click OK. The changes you made are reflected in the report display area. Legend settings All two-dimensional charts provide the ability to customize the behavior of the legend that is displayed within the chart. By default, charts display the legend if there is enough space to display it without significantly affecting the size of the report. You can modify this behavior either to always or never display the legend.
To modify the series selection: 1. Click the Chart Data icon. The Series Editor appears. 2. To enable a series to be displayed, select the checkbox next to its name in the list of displayed series. Click Select All or Deselect All to change the display criteria of all series. 3. To save your settings, click OK. The report is updated to display the selected series. Note: The Series Editor is not available while the report is being edited.
2. The Style Editor dialog box contains a list of all of the series styles that are defined for a report. By default, the list is empty. 3. Click Add to add a new series style, or select an existing series and click Edit . The Style Editor dialog box appears. 4. In the Label field, enter the name of the series for which the color will be changed. 5. Click Edit. The Color Properties dialog box will appear. Select a color, then click OK. 6. Click OK. The style is added to the list of series styles. 7.
To configure the X axis label settings: 1. Click X axis icon. The X Axis Editor dialog box appears. 2. Select Show Label if you want the X axis label to be displayed. 3. In the Label Interval field, select the time value to use for the X axis label. 4. In the Label Frequency field, select Custom, then enter the frequency at which the label should be displayed. 5. In the Label Rotation field, select whether the X axis label text should appear oriented horizontally or vertically. 6.
To configure the X axis settings of a bar chart: 1. Click X axis icon. The X Axis Editor dialog box appears. 2. To specify whether the X axis should display over time or at a point-in-time, choose either the Time or Value radio button. If you select point-in-time (Value), you can also choose how you want to group the bars in the chart by selecting the fields returned in the data set. 3. Group By—If selected, the field is added to the list used to group the stacked bars in the chart.
6. In the Label Frequency field, select Custom, then enter the frequency at which the label should be displayed. 7. In the Label Rotation field, select whether the X axis label text should appear oriented horizontally or vertically. 8. In the Time Format field, either select a preset date/time format, or select Custom, then enter the format in the open field. 9. Select OK to save your settings. Y axis The Y axis appearance parameter allows you to configure the Y axis on a chart.
● ● Range—When included, the range restricts the Y axis to the given minimum and maximum. Show Time Axis—If selected, the report data is displayed on a time-based axis. If deselected, data is displayed as point-in-time. Note: This field is only available for some types of charts. 3. Click OK. Three-dimensional bar options Configure bar charts and stacked bar charts so that users can modify the following: ● Elevation ● Rotation ● Bar Depth To change any of these parameters: 1.
● Depth—Depth controls the thickness of the bar chart along the Z axis. A depth of zero makes the chart a standard 2D chart. 3. Click OK. Chart labels Some charts provide the ability to display a data value in a label above the bar or piece of pie. To enable chart labels: 1. Click Chart Labels icon. The Chart Label Editor dialog box appears. 2. Select the Enable chart labels checkbox. To disable chart labels, deselect the Enable chart labels checkbox. 3.
By default, all parameters use the User Selected option, which means that the chart’s color comes from the user’s preferences. Setting the colors in the report to specific values overrides these preferences. To modify chart styles: 1. Click the Chart Styles icon. The Chart Style Editor dialog box appears. 2. In the Foreground Color field, select a default text color. This color is used by chart elements that are not defined by other element colors. Note: Foreground color may not be used by some charts.
5. In the Horizontal Grid Visibility field, select whether to show or hide the horizontal gridlines. 6. In the Vertical Grid Visibility field, select whether to show or hide the vertical gridlines. 7. In the Plot Area Fill Type, select whether the fill in the plot area should be solid or gradient. 8. In the Plot Area Color 1 and 2 fields, select the color(s) to be used for the plot area fill.If you selected Solid fill type, select only Plot Area Color 1.
By default, charts display the legend if there is enough space to display it without significantly affecting the size of the report. You can modify this behavior either to always or never display the legend. The Legend Settings determine whether to display or hide the legend. If set to Automatic, the legend is displayed if the number of series is less than twelve. To specify when to display the legend: 1. Click Legend Settings icon. The Legend Settings dialog box appears. 2.
2. To enable a series to be displayed, select the checkbox next to its name in the list of displayed series. Click Select All or Deselect All to change the display criteria of all series. 3. To save your settings, click OK. The report is updated to display the selected series. Note: The Series Editor is not available while the report is being edited.
2. The Style Editor dialog box contains a list of all of the series styles that are defined for a report. By default, the list is empty. 3. Click Add to add a new series style, or select an existing series and click Edit . The Style Editor dialog box appears. 4. In the Label field, enter the name of the series for which the color will be changed. 5. Click Edit. The Color Properties dialog box will appear. Select a color, then click OK. 6. Click OK. The style is added to the list of series styles. 7.
1. Click the Chart Styles icon. The Chart Style Editor dialog box appears. 2. In the Foreground Color field, select a default text color. This color is used by chart elements that are not defined by other element colors. Note: Foreground color may not be used by some charts. Use the series style to change the color of the chart series. 3. In the Background Color field, select a default color for the background of the chart area. 4. In the Grid Color field, select a color to be used for chart grids.
7. In the Plot Area Fill Type, select whether the fill in the plot area should be solid or gradient. 8. In the Plot Area Color 1 and 2 fields, select the color(s) to be used for the plot area fill.If you selected Solid fill type, select only Plot Area Color 1. If you selected Gradient, Plot Area Color 2 will determine the second color used in the gradient. In case of 3D chart, this color will be applied to the walls of the cube containing the 3D chart. 9.
To edit data views for a horizontal bar chart: 1. Click Chart data icon. The Data View Editor appears. 2. Specify the Data Views Editor fields that apply to your report. ● ● Number of data views—The number of data views to plot. If the fields being plotted have two different units, then the chart requires two data views. When two views are present the settings for the second view are enabled. View Fields—List of fields in the view.
To modify the colors used by a data series in a horizontal chart: 1. Click Series Styles icon. The Style Editor dialog box appears. 2. The Style Editor dialog box contains a list of the fields that are defined for a horizontal bar report. 3. To change the color for a field, select the field, then double-click on the Color bar. The Color Editor dialog box will appear. 4. Click Edit. The Color Properties dialog box will appear. a. In the Fill type, select Solid (one color) or Gradient (3 colors). b.
Pie charts Chart labels Some charts provide the ability to display a data value in a label above the bar or piece of pie. To enable chart labels: 1. Click Chart Labels icon. The Chart Label Editor dialog box appears. 2. Select the Enable chart labels checkbox. To disable chart labels, deselect the Enable chart labels checkbox. 3. In the Anchor field, select the location for the chart labels. 4. In the Color field, select a color for the chart labels from the list of values.
By default, all parameters use the User Selected option, which means that the chart’s color comes from the user’s preferences. Setting the colors in the report to specific values overrides these preferences. To modify chart styles: 1. Click the Chart Styles icon. The Chart Style Editor dialog box appears. 2. In the Foreground Color field, select a default text color. This color is used by chart elements that are not defined by other element colors. Note: Foreground color may not be used by some charts.
4. In the Grid Color field, select a color to be used for chart grids. Note: This applies only to charts with grids. 5. In the Horizontal Grid Visibility field, select whether to show or hide the horizontal gridlines. 6. In the Vertical Grid Visibility field, select whether to show or hide the vertical gridlines. 7. In the Plot Area Fill Type, select whether the fill in the plot area should be solid or gradient. 8. In the Plot Area Color 1 and 2 fields, select the color(s) to be used for the plot area fill.
Allows selecting the fields to plot in the pie chart. To modify the fields displayed on a pie chart: 1. Click Chart Data icon. The Pie Chart Fields Editor dialog box appears. 2. In the Plot Pie per area, select whether to plot the pie per Key (node) or per Field. Plotting pie per node requires that the fields used to plot are all of the same unit. 3. In the Plot column, select or clear the checkboxes for the fields listed in the Name column that you want to include in the pie chart. 4. Click OK.
2. In the Show legend field, specify when the legend should be displayed. 3. In the Legend Position field, select where you would like the legend to appear on the chart. 4. Click OK. The option is applied to the report in the report display area. Pie 3D options Pie 3D Options allows you to configure the elevation and depth of the pie chart. To configure these options: 1. Click 3D Settings icon. The Pie Chart 3D Option Editor dialog box appears. 2.
colors used to represent a different data series within the chart. To modify the colors used by a data series: 1. Click Series Styles icon. The Style Editor dialog box appears. 2. The Style Editor dialog box contains a list of all of the series styles that are defined for a report. By default, the list is empty. 3. Click Add to add a new series style, or select an existing series and click Edit . The Style Editor dialog box appears. 4.
9. When you have finished adding style definitions, click OK. The report in the report area is updated to reflect your changes. 3D surface and 3D bar charts 3D rendering options To modify the 3D Rendering options of a 3D Surface Chart or 3D Bar Chart: 1. Click 3D Settings icon. The 3D Render Options Editor dialog box appears. 2. Specify the following 3D rendering options: ● ● Meshed—If selected, the wireframe of the bar or surface is plotted.
● Contoured—If selected, the contour lines for different contour levels are drawn. ● Zoned—If selected, the bar or surface is colored into different zones. ● Projection—The degree of perspective of the 3D plot cube. ● ● Contour Levels—Number of levels of contour. When contoured or zoned, the 3D bar or surface is divided into the number of contour levels specified. Zone Colors—Colors to use for the different zones.
the ability to customize color attributes used in and around chart-based reports. By default, all parameters use the User Selected option, which means that the chart’s color comes from the user’s preferences. Setting the colors in the report to specific values overrides these preferences. To modify chart styles: 1. Click the Chart Styles icon. The Chart Style Editor dialog box appears. 2. In the Foreground Color field, select a default text color.
3. In the Background Color field, select a default color for the background of the chart area. 4. In the Grid Color field, select a color to be used for chart grids. Note: This applies only to charts with grids. 5. In the Horizontal Grid Visibility field, select whether to show or hide the horizontal gridlines. 6. In the Vertical Grid Visibility field, select whether to show or hide the vertical gridlines. 7. In the Plot Area Fill Type, select whether the fill in the plot area should be solid or gradient.
11. Select the Font, Size, and Style, then click OK. 12. After making your changes, click OK. The changes you made are reflected in the report display area. Rotation The Rotation parameter editor allows you to modify the rotation parameters of a 3D Surface or 3D Bar chart. This parameter rotates the 3D plot cube along the X, Y, and Z axes. To modify the rotation properties: 1. Click the Chart Rotation icon. The Rotation Parameter Editor dialog box appears. 2.
Selecting a reporting time period You can set the reporting time period by choosing the reporting period from the Window drop-down menu. The menu includes several common reporting periods. After selecting a window, the date and time displayed to the right of the Window field is updated to reflect your selection.
4. Click OK. The display in the main window updates to reflect the time periods you select. Note: After you change the timeframe, either click the Refresh icon or press F5 to update the data.
Running reports After adding a node to be monitored, you can try running a report against the node you have added using the following steps. 1. In the navigation tree, select the node that you want to run a report against. 2. Select the time period that you want to run a report against from the Window dropdown box on the main tool bar. For more information, see Selecting a reporting time period. 3. Right-click the node and select a report from the list of reports available on the popup menu.
Printing reports To print reports: 1. Generate the report you want to print, then select File, Print Report. 2. If you are printing graphs or charts, the Print dialog box appears. a. Specify the print settings b. Click Print. 3. If you are printing a table, the Print Preview dialog box appears. a. You can set up the margins, page orientation, and paper size/source by clicking Page Format. The Page Setup dialog box appears. Enter your settings, then click OK. b.
Saving reports You can save reports from the GUI to several formats including comma separated values, images, .pdf files, and web pages. To save a report: 1. Generate the report, then select File, Save Report. A dialog box appears so that you can specify the name of the file and its file type. 2. Navigate to the location where you want to save the report. 3. Select the format in which you will save your report in the Files of type field. ● ● ● ● Comma Separated Values—Saved as a .csv file.
Emailing reports You can send reports as emails by specifying details in the Mail dialog box. If the report is too large to be delivered, an alert is sent stating that the report was not sent. To send a report as an email, perform the following steps: 1. Open the Mail dialog box by selecting File, Email Report from the menu bar. 2. In the Mail tab, specify the email address of the person to which you want to send the email in the To field. 3. Enter a subject for the email in the Subject field. 4.
2. In the Name field, enter a name to identify the scheduled report. 3. In the Description field, enter a description to identify the scheduled report (optional). 4. To add or modify a schedule, select a schedule in the Schedule field, then click the Edit button. The Schedule List dialog box will appear.
a. Click the New button to create a new schedule, or select a schedule and click Edit. The Schedule Properties dialog box appears.
b. Enter a Name and Description for the schedule. c. To set up a schedule for reports on the Basic tab: 1. Position the crosshair cursor on the grid to indicate the day and time you want the report to run, then click to select. You can enter multiple reporting times. 2. Click the Properties button to view or change the properties for the active (green) scheduling point. The Schedule Component Properties dialog box will appear. 3. Review or change the date and time, then click OK. d.
2. Click the Add button. The Schedule Component Properties dialog box will appear. ● ● Select whether the rule is to Include or Exclude the criteria. Select the Type of schedule. The bottom half of the screen will display different configuration criteria based on the schedule type. Type Dates Criteria Date Description Click on the Date button to view a calendar dialog box. In the Calendar dialog box, select a specific date, time, and time zone.
Type Criteria Description Hours At Enter the minute and second for the time to run the report. Hours Time Zone Enter the time zone for the selected time. Hours Filter Select Hour Filter to select hours at which the report will be run. Days At Enter the hour, minute, and second for the time to run the daily report. Days Time Zone Enter the time zone for the selected time. Select the filtering criteria. No Filter—Runs the report daily.
Type Months Criteria Time Zone Description Enter the time zone for the selected time. Select the filtering criteria. Months Filter No Filter—Runs the report monthly. Month Filter—Run the report at the selected month. ● When you are finished, click OK to return to the Schedule Properties dialog box. 3. Click OK to return to the Schedule List dialog box, then click Close to return to the Scheduled Report Properties dialog box. 5.
9. On the Basic tab: a. Select the format in which you will generate your report in the Report Format field. ● ● ● ● Web Page—Saved as an .html file. You can view the file within a web browser or another application that reads HTML files Graphic—Saved as a .jpg file. You can import this file to Word or some other application that reads .jpg files Comma Separated Values—Saved as a .csv file.
Reporting Center server. You can modify these template files to change the appearance of reports. If you want to customize templates for different reports, then copy the template files and rename and edit them within the styles directory. b. In the Post-Processing Script field, enter the path and file name of any scripts you want run after the scheduled report is run. 11. In the Content area, select the type of report to run. a. In the Type area, select the type of report to run.
Viewing alerts Alerts are user-configurable. For more information about configuring alerts, see Configuring alerts. To see any alerts that have been generated against a Storage Mirroring server by Storage Mirroring Reporting Center, perform the following steps: 1. In the navigation tree, select the node that you want to view any alerts against. 2. Select the time period that you require alerts to have occurred in by selecting a value from the Window drop-down box on the main tool bar. 3.
Configuring alerts You can set up Storage Mirroring Reporting Center to monitor Storage Mirroring servers for certain conditions. When these conditions are met, they are displayed in the Alerts report. To create criteria for alerts that are displayed in the SMRC Reports, Alerts report: 1. Right-click to select the node against which you want to configure the alert conditions. Navigate to Configuration, Properties. The Server Properties dialog box appears. 2.
Field Description When file system is likely to be full in the next X days Past growth of the file system is such that it is predicted to be full over the specified time period When CPU is more than X % busy Overall CPU utilization is greater than the specified percentage When network is more than X % busy Network is busier than the specified percentage When network has errors on more than X % of the packets Network interface has errors on more than the specified percentage of packets 4.
Navigating the console Navigating the console consists of: ● Selecting a node ● Selecting a report ● Drilling down ● Configuring system settings ● Configuring views 103 of 118
Selecting a node A "node" represents a Storage Mirroring server. To select a node, click on the node in the navigation tree. If necessary, expand the navigation tree to find the node.
Selecting a report To select a report: 1. Right-click the node against which you want to run the report, and a menu displays your options. 2. Select an item from the menu. 3. The report runs (it may take a few seconds). While the report is running, the progress bar in the bottom right of the dialog box moves to indicate that the report is in progress. When the report completes, the report is displayed in the Report Display window.
Drilling down When you run a report, you can drill down further to isolate problems or show more data about the reported object. The way in which you drill down on data in reports depends on the type of report. The following describe how to drill down to obtain more detailed data in the report types with the drill down feature: ● Trend chart drill down—Trend reports plot data sets in a line graph against time.
Configuring system settings There are a number of system-wide settings that change or modify the behavior of the product. To view or modify these settings, select File, System Settings from the main menu. The System Settings dialog box appears. Note: When changing the Log Directories, the desired directories must already exist or logging will not occur. 1. Select the Data Collection tab. Update the interval at which you want to gather statistics.
Update the length of time you want to maintain Storage Mirroring Reporting Center data in the database. ● ● ● Performance—The length of time that performance data is maintained in the database. The default is 2 weeks. Status—The length of time that server status data is maintained in the database. The default is 1 month. Config—The length of time that configuration data is maintained in the database. The default is 3 months.
● ● Server—Identifies the server to use as the mail server. This value is used as the default for emailing a report through File, Mail. From—Identity of message sender. This value is used as the default for emailing a report through File, Mail. ● Enable Email Alerts—Selects whether to enable automatic email alerts. ● To—Identifies email alert recipients. ● Subject—Default subject line for email alerts. 4. Select the SNMP tab.
● ● Log Directory—Location where the Storage Mirroring Reporting Center server and collector processes are written to. Server Log Level—Verbosity level at which to write the log file for the controller, reporter, analysis engine, publisher, and listener processes. The default value is Info, which includes fatal issues, errors, and warnings. It is recommended that you change this value only to assist with troubleshooting a problem. Changing this value may affect the performance of the product.
Configuring views A view is the hierarchy of nodes and groups that are displayed in the navigation tree. The View Properties dialog box displays the name and description of the Storage Mirroring Reporting Center view. This name and description can be changed. To change the name and description of the Storage Mirroring Reporting Center view: 1. Select the Storage Mirroring Reporting Center folder. Right-click, and select Configuration, Properties from the menu. The View Properties dialog box appears. 2.
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Storage Mirroring Reporting Center consists of: ● Changing log levels ● Removing non-Storage Mirroring nodes ● Viewing collector reports ● Verifying server connectivity ● Verifying WMI connectivity The following files may need to be gathered to troubleshoot Storage Mirroring issues. ● ● For install and setup information, see C:\windows\temp\SMRC_setup.log For configuration information, look for controller.xml in the Storage Mirroring install path, and all .
Changing log levels By default, all processes log only errors and warnings. This may not be enough information to troubleshoot difficult problems. You can change the log levels for the Server, Collector, and GUI to capture additional information to help you identify any problems. For more information about changing log levels, see Configuring system settings.
Removing non-Storage Mirroring nodes Storage Mirroring Reporting Center is designed to monitor Storage Mirroring servers. There is no limit set on the number of Storage Mirroring servers that can be monitored. Storage Mirroring Reporting Center can only monitor up to 10 non-Storage Mirroring servers. If you attempt to monitor more than 10 non-Storage Mirroring servers, the following message will appear: “Report not generated: product monitoring more elements than licenses allow.
Viewing collector reports If you are not seeing data returned for the nodes you have created, run the Collector Errors Report. This can be accessed by: 1. Right-click on the node that isn't returning the data. 2. Select SMRC Reports. 3. Select Data Collection Errors. Looking at the error messages can often determine the cause of the data not being displayed.
Verifying Storage Mirroring server connectivity To test connectivity from a Storage Mirroring Reporting Center server to a Storage Mirroring server, use the following command-line tool: dtrc_modtest –e –m doubletake –f MODULE –t HOSTNAME –T 3 –USERNAME – PASSWORD Where MODULE is either STATUS, CONFIG, or PERF, HOSTNAME is the Storage Mirroring server node, and USERNAME and PASSWORD are the credentials supplied to Storage Mirroring for that node.
Verifying WMI connectivity To test WMI connectivity from a Storage Mirroring server: 1. Select Start, Run, then enter “WBEMTest”. 2. Click Connect. 3. Edit the following fields: a. Change “root\default” to \\servername\root\cimv2, where servername is the name of the Storage Mirroring server. b. Enter the USER and PASSWORD credentials supplied to Storage Mirroring for that server node. Note: The USER should be entered as “server or domain\username” Connection will either pass or fail.
Storage Mirroring Reporting Center services If Storage Mirroring Reporting Center has been successfully installed, then you should see the following services running in the Windows Service Control Manager. All of these services should be running at all times. ● ● ● ● ● ● DTRC Analysis Engine—This process analyzes data that has been gathered by Storage Mirroring Reporting Center and generates alerts when certain conditions occur.
