•Interval (Minutes) - Displays how often the management server is scheduled to obtain drive monitoring details.

•Running - A check mark means the collector is running.

•Edit - Lets you modify the collection details

•Start Collectors - Click this button to start the collectors.

•Stop Collectors - Click this button to stop the collectors.

Viewing the Status of Backup Collection

The management server keeps track of the collections it has completed on the discovered Backup Managers on the Status tab. The Status tab displays the time when the collection started and ended on a Backup Manager, in addition to its status.

To access the Status tab:

1.Select Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Configuration > Backup.

2.Click the Status tab.

Managing Reports

This section contains the following topics:

•Architectural Overview of Report Views and Report Cache Refresh, page 200

•Managing Collectors for Reports, page 202

•Editing a Collector Schedule, page 222

•Viewing Scheduled E-mail Deliveries for Reports, page 205

•Editing E-mail Schedules for Reports, page 206

•Viewing Data Aging Statistics for Reports, page 207

•Scheduling Report Cleanup, page 207

•Refreshing the Report Cache, page 208

•Setting Up Global Reporter, page 209

•Managing Custom Reports (Importing and Deleting), page 215

Architectural Overview of Report Views and Report Cache Refresh

Management server reports are based on report views (materialized views), which are data snapshots of the management server schema at a certain time. The management server has a refresh process to refresh the report views. You can change the frequency of how often the report

200 Configuring the Management Server