Adding file servers, Setting data collection properties, Setting – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Configuring the Management Server

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Adding File Servers

To select hosts to be marked as file servers:

1.

Click Reports > Storage Essentials > Data Collection > FileSystem Viewer Data in HP

Systems Insight Manager.

2.

Verify the Data Collection tab is displayed.

3.

Click the Add File Server button.

4.

Click the check boxes for the hosts that you would like to mark as file servers. Only hosts that

support File System Viewer are listed.

5.

Click the OK button. The hosts are marked as file servers and you are returned to the Data
Collection

tab.

Setting Data Collection Properties

The management server obtains information from collectors that gather information from elements at

specified times. If you want the management server to monitor file servers, you must start the

collector for the specified file server.
For example, assume you installed File System Viewer on a host and you want to view reports about

file management, such as partition consumption. You must start the collector for that host.
Keep in mind the following:

If you want to scan network mounted drives on a host running Windows, you must make sure a

user is logged onto the Windows host. The user must have permission to mount the network

drives.

If you change the date in the field to a date that does not exist in a month, the software

automatically calculates the date to the next month. For example, if you enter

2003-11-31, the software assumes the date is 2003-12-01.

To set scanning properties:

1.

Click Reports > Storage Essentials > Data Collection > File System Viewer Data in HP

Systems Insight Manager.

2.

Verify you are looking at the Data Collection page.

Test Scan

Verifies that the management server can access the file server and

perform a high level File System Viewer scan.

Delete

To remove the file server application associated with a particular host,
click the Delete (

) button. You can also use the Delete button

located above the table to delete multiple selected file servers.

Stop Collectors

Use the Stop Collectors button located above the table to stop

selected collectors.

Table 21

About the Collectors for File System Viewer (continued)

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Description

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