HP Storage Mirroring Software - Manual (Page 10)

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Storage Mirroring Reporting Center has the following components:
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Storage Mirroring Reporting Center server , including
storage database
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Storage Mirroring Reporting Center GUI
Storage Mirroring Reporting Center server
The Storage Mirroring Reporting Center server performs monitoring of all Storage Mirroring servers
in the environment, and stores configuration, status, and performance data in a relational database.
The Storage Mirroring server monitors all of the data that is gathered for a variety of conditions and
generates alerts when these occur. The server can be installed on a server that has Storage Mirroring
installed on it, or on a separate machine.
You can either install the SQL Express 2005 database engine that is packaged with Storage Mirroring,
or connect the Storage Mirroring server to an existing Microsoft SQL 2000 or SQL 2005 server.
Storage Mirroring Reporting Center GUI
The Storage Mirroring Reporting Center GUI is a Graphical User Interface that is used to configure
the product and to run reports. The GUI is installed automatically on the Storage Mirroring Reporting
Center server when the server component is installed, but it may also be installed on other machines
in the environment to allow users on other machines to connect to the Storage Mirroring server and
run reports.
Storage Mirroring Reporting Center services
If Storage Mirroring Reporting Center has been successfully installed, then you should see the
following services running in the Windows Service Control Manager. All of these services should be
running at all times.
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SMRC Analysis Engine—This process analyzes data that has been gathered by Storage
Mirroring Reporting Center and generates alerts when certain conditions occur.
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SMRC Collector—This process is used to gather data from Storage Mirroring servers. All data is
forwarded to the SMRC Listener process.
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SMRC Controller—This is the main configuration and controlling process of Storage Mirroring
Reporting Center. If this process is not running, then all other processes will not be able to carry
out their regular operations.
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SMRC Publisher—The Publisher process sends emails through the mail server specified in the
System Settings.
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SMRC Listener—This process receives data from the SMRC Collector and logs it to the database.
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SMRC Reporter—This process is used to generate reports when run in the Storage Mirroring
Reporting Center GUI.
To start up and shut down the Storage Mirroring Reporting Center processes in a Windows
environment, use the Windows Service Manager to stop and start each of the services.