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16 Schedules

Introduction

The Schedules screen on the Reports tab enables you to schedule report generation at periodic intervals

for an array.
For scheduling the reports, choose the array, the report type, and the time. The frequency can be set

to daily, weekly, or monthly. The report type options are reports for array performance, LDEV IOs,

cache utilization, CHIP utilization, ACP utilization, Continuous Access Journal, XP Thin Provisioning

pool occupancy, and Snapshot pool occupancy.
For sample reports, see

Appendix B

. For details on the arrays supporting XP Thin Provisioning (THP),

Snapshot and Continuous Access Journal, see

Appendix D

.

The details of the schedules are saved in the reports list box in the Schedules screen, as shown in

Schedules screen

. This screen also allows you to schedule a new report or remove a schedule.

Figure 50 Schedules screen

Using the Schedules screen

The schedule screen displays a list of schedules in the list box. The array serial number, the type of report,

the occurrence, the user name, file type, scheduled time, the end time of the schedules and the email

destination to which the generated report is to be emailed are displayed in the screen. You can sort

the list by any of the columns.
Reports with an asterisk (*) before the User Name indicate that they are generated by a schedule.

Following is the naming convention for reports created using a schedule:

Number>____

delete an existing schedule. Schedules that have reached their end date are deleted automatically.

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