HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition Software - Manual (Page 46)

Overview 8
• Policy Manager — Policy Manager can automatically send an e-mail, generate an event, or run
a remote script when an element is being overused or when one of the following occurs:
• A new element is discovered
• Successful provisioning occurs
• An event occurs on one or more specified elements
See ”
Managing Policies ” on page 371 for more information.
• Backup Manager — Backup Manager helps you to keep track of element backups. See
” Managing Backups ” on page 571 for more information.
• Provisioning Manager — Provisioning Manager assists you in creating zones, zone sets, and
zone aliases, in addition to storage pools, volumes, and host security groups. For more
information, see ” Provisioning Manager ” on page 517.
• Reporter — Reporter provides a variety of detailed reports, such as dependency, event, and
utilization reports for discovered elements. See ” Running Reports ” on page 417 for more
information.
• System Manager — System Manager is the gateway to many features that let you view details
about the discovered elements. System Manager provides a topology that lets you view how the
devices in your network are connected. For more information, see ” Viewing Element Topology
and Properties ” on page 249.
The User Interface on the SE Home Page
The SE Home page provides a gateway into the functionality for SE. To access the SE Home page,
select Tools > Storage Essentials > Home. The user interface for the Home page is split into several
panes:
• Top pane — Provides access to discovery and configuration features, in addition to features that
let you change your login profile.
• Left pane — The status light. If you are using the HP Storage Essentials workflow, you can view
the buttons for the management server's utilities in the left pane.
• Right pane — The output of a feature, such as the topology in System Manager are displayed in
the right pane.
The Top Pane
The menus and button in the upper-right corner of the Home page (Tools > Storage Essentials >
Home) provide the following functionality.
IMPORTANT: The Configuration, Security, and Discovery buttons only appear if you belong to a
role that has System Configuration selected on the Edit Role page (such as the Domain Administrator
role). See ” Managing Security ” on page 137 for more information.
• Configuration — This menu provides the tools for you to manage the management server, such
as saving the database. See ” Configuring the Management Server ” on page 177.
• Security — This menu lets you manage users, organizations, roles, and licenses. See ” Managing
Security ” on page 137.