User's Manual

Storage Essentials 5.00.01 User Guide 9
• Chargeback Manager - Chargeback Manager helps you manage ownership by department,
track costs and assemble business reports. You can view data gathered by Chargeback
Manager by element, department and enterprise-wide. You can show the data Chargeback
Manager gathered to upper-management through reports, which can be e-mailed on a regular
schedule. See ”About Chargeback Manager” on page 553 for more information.
• Reporting - Reporting provides detailed reporting on the infrastructure, such as statistics, and
usage trends. See ”About Reporting” on page 429.
About the Home Page
The Home page provides an overview of the main features for the management server. You can
access the Home page for Storage Essentials by selecting Tools > Storage Essentials > Home
from Systems Insight Manager. To access a feature, click its icon.
Table 3
Feature Description Where to Find More
Information
Policy Manager
Policy Manager can e-mail you,
generate an event or run a
custom script when policy
conditions are met. You can
define policies to monitor
provisioning status, element
creation, storage utilization and
incoming events.
”Managing Policies” on
page 531.
Application Viewer
Application Viewer lists the
applications and their instances
running in the storage area
network (SAN) and any events
associated with them.
“Accessing Information About
Applications” in the
Application Guide.
Backup Manager
Backup Manager lets you keep
track of element backups.
”Managing Backups” on
page 349
System Manager
System Manager shows you the
topology of your SAN and
gives you the ability to explore
details about each element.
”Viewing Element Topology
and Properties” on page 217