Table 18 About Collectors for Reports

Column Heading

Description

 

 

 

Element

Displays the name of the element from which this collector gathers

 

information.

 

 

 

 

Element Type

Displays the type of element from which the collector gathers

 

 

information.

 

 

 

Reports

Lists the reports for which the collector is responsible for providing

 

information.

 

 

 

Enabled

Displays the status of the collector. Collectors that are running display a

 

check mark in this column.

 

 

 

 

Interval (Minutes)

Displays the interval in minutes between collector runs.

 

 

 

Next Scheduled

Displays the date and time when the collector is scheduled to run.

Run

 

 

 

 

 

Edit

To edit the schedule for running a collector, click the Edit (

) button.

 

 

For more information, see Editing a Collector Schedule” on page 222.

 

 

 

Action

Displays one of the following buttons:

 

 

Stop - Stops the collector. The corresponding reports display only

 

information gathered previously. See Stopping Collectors” on

 

page 204.

 

 

Start - Starts the collector. When you start a collector, it begins

 

gathering information for its corresponding reports. See Starting

 

Collectors” on page 204.

 

 

 

 

Starting Collectors

IMPORTANT: After you click OK, if the date and time you set has not passed, the collector starts immediately. If the set time has passed, the collector starts two minutes after you click OK.

To start a collector:

1.Select Reports > Storage Essentials > Report Configuration in HP Systems Insight Manager. Then, click the Data Collection tab.

2.Click the Start button corresponding to the collector you want to start.

To start more than one collector at once, select more than one collector and then click Start Collectors.

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