•Include infrastructure details - During include infrastructure details, the management server gathers detailed information about the SAN infrastructure and the process can be network intensive.

•Include backup details - To obtain the latest backup information, schedule include backup details to run nightly after you run your backup jobs. It is recommended you do not schedule include infrastructure details topology details and include backup details the same time.

•Force Device Manager Refresh - If you want the device managers for HDS and EMC Symmetrix storage systems to obtain the latest information whenever getting discovery details occurs. The management server obtains most of its information for HDS and EMC Symmetrix storage systems from their device managers. If the device managers do not have the latest information, the management server also displays the outdated information. See the following topics for more information: ”Excluding EMC Symmetrix Storage Systems from Force Device Manager Refresh” on page 83.

6.Select the Enable option.

7.Click the calendar icon, .

8.In the Time field, type the time in 24-hour format with the hour and minutes separate by a colon, for example, 22:15. Click the date on which you want the next time getting discovery details to run. Today’s date is highlighted in pink. Click Set.

The date and time appear in the Next Scheduled Run field in the yyyy-mm-dd hh:min format.

If you change the date in the field to a date that does not exist in a month, the software automatically calculates the date to the next month. For example, if you enter 2003-11-31, the software assumes the date is 2003-12-01.

9.In the Repeat Interval field, type an interval. Select one of the following units from the drop-down menu:

•Second(s)

•Minute(s)

•Hour(s)

•Day(s)

•Week(s)

10.Click Next.

11.Select the discovery groups you want included in the discovery.

IMPORTANT: Only the elements in the discovery groups you select are included in discovery.

12.Click Finish when done.

You can always disable a schedule. To learn more about how to remove the schedule, see the topic ”Disabling a Schedule” on page 156.

Disabling a Schedule

To disable a schedule for getting SAN topology details:

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