To print the elements in Capacity Manager:
1.Access Capacity Manager as described in ”Accessing Capacity Manager” on page 357.
2.If the topology spans more than one screen, arrange the elements so they are closer together,
preferably on one screen. To move an element, click the button and then the element you want to move. Drag the element to its new location. Moving elements closer together prevents the printout from appearing too stretched.
3.Click the button. For more information, see ”Configuring Print Settings” on page 179.
Viewing Capacity ChartsCapacity Manager provides a graphical representation of the capacity history of an element, such as port summary information for switches.
The following lists the types of capacity charts available:
•Volume
•Aggregate
•Quota
•Snapshot
You can manipulate the charts, so they show a different reporting period and frequency. For example, you could show the capacity of a host over the past 24 hours with an hourly monitoring frequency.
Keep in mind the following:
•Verify that the performance collector for the element is enabled (Optimize > Storage Essentials > Performance Data Collection). See ”Managing Performance Collection” on page 217 for more information about enabling performance collectors.
•An hourly
•Switches and storage systems display data from the last time Discovery Data Collection was performed.
•If you see the message “There is not enough data to produce a chart [chart_title] at this time,” lessen the frequency option, so that the amount of time listed in the Frequency menu has passed before you view the chart again. For example, if the Frequency menu displays hourly, you need to wait an hour for data to appear in the chart.
To find the performance of an element:
1.Access Capacity Manager as described in ”Accessing Capacity Manager” on page 357.
2.Click the element whose capacity history you want to see.
3.In the bottom split pane, click the Chart tab.
4.In the
The chart for the monitoring option is displayed in the
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