HP Storage Essentials Global Reporter Software 460

•Excel - The software displays the report in Microsoft Excel, providing you have a copy of Microsoft Excel already installed.

•XML - The software displays the report in the XML format.

It also provides some reports with pie charts. The icon next to the report name indicates the report displays a graphic.

The software provides reports for the following:

•Global - These global-wide reports provides data gathered from multiple management servers. For example, lets assume you have three management servers: one in London, one in Tokyo, and one in New York City. You can gather data from all three management servers. To view information for these reports, you must set up global reporting. To learn more, see ”Setting Up Global Reporter ” on page 187 for more information.

•Asset Management - These reports provide information based on assets and ownership.

•Chargeback Manager - These reports provide cost information about the management and storage usage of an element. To populate these reports, enter information for Chargeback Manager, as described in the topic, ”Setting Up Chargeback Manager ” on page 554.

•System - These reports are enterprise wide and they collect information about the following:

•Application - Data about applications the management server monitors, such as reports on application utilization and dependencies.

•Events - Data about events occurring on the elements the management server monitors, such as summary reports on events.

•Fabric - Data about fabrics, such as SAN components not zoned and world wide names that appear in zones but not in SANs.

•File System Viewer - Data about the file servers the management server monitors, such as reports on groups and users by server. This information is provided only if you have purchased the license for File System Viewer.

•HBA - A summary report on the host bust adapters (HBAs) the management server detects.

•Host - Data about the hosts in the management server monitors, such as reports on host storage allocation and total host utilization.

•Storage System - Data about storage systems the management server monitors, such as reports on storage system capacity and storage system utilization.

•Switch - Data about switches the management server monitors, such as reports on switch port traffic and port utilization by connection type.

•Backup Manager - Data about backups, such as reports about the status of the daily backup, backup volume and media availability. To learn more about backups, see ”About Backup Manager ” on page 349.

•Applications - These reports provide information about an application, such as Oracle or Microsoft Exchange.