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Set Up Automated Reports for an Individual Storage Center
By default, Storage Centers are congured to use the global automated report settings that are specied for the Data Collector. If
you want to use dierent report settings for a Storage Center, you can congure the automated report settings in the Storage
Center properties.
Prerequisite
The Storage Center must be added to Storage Manager using a Storage Center user with the Administrator privilege.
Steps
1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, select a Storage Center.
3. In the Summary tab, click Edit Settings. The Edit Storage Center Settings dialog box opens.
4. Click the Automated Reports tab.
5. Deselect the Use global automated reporting settings for the Storage Center check box.
6. Select the check boxes in the Automated Report Settings area to specify how often to generate the following reports:
• Storage Center Summary – Select the Weekly and/or Monthly check boxes.
• Disk Class – Select the Weekly and/or Monthly check boxes.
• Disk Power On Time – Select the Weekly and/or Monthly check boxes.
• Alerts – Select the Daily and/or Weekly check boxes.
• Volume Storage – Select the Daily, Weekly, and/or Monthly check boxes.
• Replications – Select the Daily, Weekly, and/or Monthly check boxes.
7. Select the check boxes In the Automated Table Report Settings area to specify how often to generate reports and the types
of reports to generate.
• IO Reports – IO usage reports for volumes, servers, and disks.
– Frequency – Select the Daily, Weekly, and/or Monthly check boxes.
– Report Types – Select the Most Active Volumes, Most Active Servers, and/or Most Active Disks check boxes.
• Storage Reports – Storage reports for volumes, servers, and disks.
– Frequency – Select the Daily, Weekly, and/or Monthly check boxes.
– Volume Report Types – Select the Volume, Volume Folder, and/or Volume Growth check boxes.
– Server Report Types – Select the Server and/or Server Folder check boxes.
– Disk Report Types – Select the Disk, Disk Folder, Disk Class, and/or Disk Tier check boxes.
8. Click OK.
Testing Automated Reports Settings
You can manually generate reports to test the congured automated report settings without waiting for the reports to be generated
automatically. By default, Storage Manager generates reports into a folder named for the day when the report was generated.
1. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit Data Collector Settings.
2. Click the Automated Reports tab.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the pane and click Generate Reports Now. The Generate Reports dialog box opens.
4. Select the check boxes of the reports to generate.
• To generate daily reports, select the Generate Daily Reports check box.
• To generate weekly reports, select the Generate Weekly Reports check box.
• To generate monthly reports, select the Generate Monthly Reports check box.
5. If you made conguration changes to the Automated Reports tab before you clicked Generate Reports Now, make sure the
Save current report settings before generating reports check box is selected.
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