7.Change the interval in minutes in the Minutes field. This property determines how often the management server gathers information from the master server.

8.Click OK.

The management server gathers information about image details.

Viewing the Status of Backup Collection

The management server keeps track of the collections it has completed on the discovered master servers on the Status tab. The Status tab displays when the collection started and ended on a master server, in addition to its status.

To access the Status tab:

1.Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Configuration > Backup.

2.Click the Status tab.

Managing Reports

To learn more about managing reports, see one of the following topics:

•”Architectural Overview of Report Views and Report Cache Refresh” on page 175

•”Managing Collectors for Reports” on page 177

•”Setting the Date and Time for Report Collectors” on page 179

•”Viewing Scheduled E-mail Deliveries for Reports” on page 180

•”Editing E-mail Schedules for Reports” on page 181

•”Viewing Data Aging Statistics for Reports” on page 182

•”Scheduling Report Cleanup” on page 183

•”Refreshing the Report Cache” on page 184

•”Setting Up Global Reporter” on page 186

Architectural Overview of Report Views and Report Cache Refresh

Management server reports are based on report views (Materialized views) which are data snapshots of the management server schema at a certain time. The management server has a refresh process to refresh the report views. You can change the frequency of how often the report

Storage Essentials 5.00.01 User Guide 175