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Editing remote site information – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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• If you want data from the Global Reporter server included in global reports, add the local

management server. Enter “localhost” as an IP Address/DNS name for your local

management server.

6.

Click OK.

7.

When you are done, click OK.
The management server verifies it can contact the site and it checks the version of the

management server the site is running. The management server then adds the site to its list for

global reporting.

8.

Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each site you want to add.

9.

Enable global reporting by selecting the Enable option on the Global Reporter tab.

10.

Set the time you want the refresh to start by doing the following:

a. Click the button. In the Time field, type a time in the 24-hour format with hours and

minutes separated by a colon. For example, 23:15, for 11:15 p.m.

b. Select a date you want the job to start.

The date is selected.

c. Click the Set button.

If you click the Set button after the time has passed, you must reset the time.
The time and date you selected are displayed in the Next Schedule Run field.

11.

Set up a repeat interval by typing a number in the Repeat Interval field and selecting a unit of

measurement. For example, if you want the Global Reporter server to check the views of sites

daily, you would type 1 in the Repeat Interval field and select day(s) as a unit.

IMPORTANT:

You must select a repeat interval that is 12 hours or more.

12.

When you are done with your changes, click the Save Changes button.
Your changes are saved in case the browser is closed.

13.

To obtain information immediately, click the Refresh Now button (Reports > Storage
Essentials

> Report Configuration, select the Global Reporter tab, then click the Refresh

Now

button in HP Systems Insight Manager).

14.

When the Global Reporter server is done with updating its views, you can view the global
reports. To view global reports, click Reporting (

). Expand the Global node in the tree to

view the reports.
You can filter the data viewed in the reports. See ”

Filtering Data in Global Reports

” on

page 479.

Editing Remote Site Information

To modify the information for your remote servers:

1.

Click Reports > Storage Essentials > Report Configuration in HP Systems Insight

Manager.

2.

Click the Global Reporter tab.