your storage systems to obtain the latest information. If you do not select Force Device Manager Refresh, the management server gathers information from the external databases with the assumption the information in the external database is up to date. See the following topics for more information: ”Excluding EMC Symmetrix Storage Systems from Discovery” on page 58 and ”Excluding EMC Symmetrix Storage Systems from Force Device Manager Refresh” on page 83.
5.Click the Get Details button.
6.View the status of the gathering of element details by looking in the View Logs page. See the topic, ”Viewing Log Messages” on page 52 for more information about the messages viewed in this tab.
7.Verify the topology is displayed correctly by accessing System Manager. Access System Manager by doing the following:
•From the SE Home page (Tools > Storage Essentials > Home) - Click the button for System Manager in the left pane.
•From HP SIM - Select Tools > Storage Essentials > System Manager.
Discovery from HP SE
To update the database:
1.Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery > Details. See ”Accessing the Discovery Pages for HP SIM and HP SE” on page 17 if needed.
2.Make sure the File Server SRM option is selected.
3.Select Include infrastructure details, which gathers information about SAN details. Include backup details is used for gathering information for Backup Manager. You do not need to select Include backup details unless you have already discovered hosts running backup applications and installed CIM Extensions on those hosts. See ”Step 1 - Discovering Your Hosts and Master Backup Servers” on page 93 for more information about discovering master backup servers. The Include backup details option gathers the latest information about your backup applications.
4.The management server obtains most of its information from device managers for storage systems with external databases, such as HP, HDS, and EMC storage systems. Select Force Device Manager Refresh if you want the management server to tell the device managers for your storage systems to obtain the latest information. If you do not select Force Device Manager Refresh, the management server gathers information from the external databases with the assumption the information in the external database is up to date. See the following topics for more information: ”Excluding EMC Symmetrix Storage Systems from Force Device Manager Refresh” on page 83 and ”Excluding EMC Symmetrix Storage Systems from Force Device Manager Refresh” on page 83.
5.Click the Get Details button on the Get Details page.
6.View the status of the gathering of element details by looking in the View Logs page. See the topic, ”Viewing Log Messages” on page 52 for more information about the messages viewed in this tab.
7.Verify the topology is displayed correctly by accessing System Manager. Access System Manager by doing the following:
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