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HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Storage Essentials 5.00.01 User Guide

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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 553 for more information.

Reporting

- Reporting provides detailed reporting on the infrastructure, such as statistics, and

usage trends. See

About Reporting

” on page 429.

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

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 531.

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 349

System Manager

System Manager shows you the

topology of your SAN and

gives you the ability to explore

details about each element.

Viewing Element Topology

and Properties

” on page 217