•Policy Manager — Policy Manager can automatically send an e-mail, generate an event, or run a remote script when an element is being overused or when one of the following occurs:

•A new element is discovered

•Successful provisioning occurs

•An event occurs on one or more specified elements

See ”Managing Policies” on page 371 for more information.

•Backup Manager — Backup Manager helps you to keep track of element backups. See ”Managing Backups” on page 571 for more information.

•Provisioning Manager — Provisioning Manager assists you in creating zones, zone sets, and zone aliases, in addition to storage pools, volumes, and host security groups. For more information, see ”Provisioning Manager” on page 517.

•Reporter — Reporter provides a variety of detailed reports, such as dependency, event, and utilization reports for discovered elements. See ”Running Reports” on page 417 for more information.

•System Manager — System Manager is the gateway to many features that let you view details about the discovered elements. System Manager provides a topology that lets you view how the devices in your network are connected. For more information, see ”Viewing Element Topology and Properties” on page 249.

The User Interface on the SE Home Page

The SE Home page provides a gateway into the functionality for SE. To access the SE Home page, select Tools > Storage Essentials > Home. The user interface for the Home page is split into several panes:

•Top pane — Provides access to discovery and configuration features, in addition to features that let you change your login profile.

•Left pane — The status light. If you are using the HP Storage Essentials workflow, you can view the buttons for the management server's utilities in the left pane.

•Right pane — The output of a feature, such as the topology in System Manager are displayed in the right pane.

The Top Pane

The menus and button in the upper-right corner of the Home page (Tools > Storage Essentials > Home) provide the following functionality.

IMPORTANT: The Configuration, Security, and Discovery buttons only appear if you belong to a role that has System Configuration selected on the Edit Role page (such as the Domain Administrator role). See ”Managing Security” on page 137 for more information.

•Configuration — This menu provides the tools for you to manage the management server, such as saving the database. See ”Configuring the Management Server” on page 177.

•Security — This menu lets you manage users, organizations, roles, and licenses. See ”Managing Security” on page 137.

8 Overview