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Managing collectors for reports, 20 about collectors for reports – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Configuring the Management Server

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6.

Enter the following at the command prompt:

order by 2;

Managing Collectors for Reports

The management server uses statistics collectors to gather information for reports. To view a report

you must have its corresponding collector running.

IMPORTANT:

All collectors are stopped during Get Details/Discovery Data Collection. This means

that during Get Details/Discovery Data Collection data, such as for reports is not updated.

To view collectors for reports, click Reports > Storage Essentials > Report Configuration in HP

Systems Insight Manager. Then, click the Data Collection tab.

Table 20

About Collectors for Reports

Column Heading

Description

Element

The name of the element from which this collector gathers information.

Element Type

The type of element from which the collector gathers information.

Reports

The reports the collector is responsible for providing information.

Next Scheduled

Run

Displays the date and time when the collector is scheduled to run.

Interval

The interval in minutes the collector runs.

Running?

Gives the status of the collector. Collectors that are running display a

check mark in this column.

Edit

To edit the schedule for running a collector, click the Edit (

) button.

Then set the date and time. See ”

Setting the Date and Time for Report

Collectors

” on page 179 for more information.

Important

: 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

first day of the next month. For example, if you enter 2003-11-31, the

software assumes the date is 2003-12-01.

Action

Displays one of the following buttons:

Stop

- Stops the collector. The corresponding reports display

information only gathered previously. See ”

Stopping Collectors

” on

page 178.

Start

- Starts the collector. When you start a collector, it begins

gathering information for its corresponding reports. See ”

Starting

Collectors

” on page 178.