Use this page to provide common configuration tasks for data probe and ping
jobs, and to provide information about alerts.
There
are several sections on this page. You can expand or collapse any section
by clicking the + or - icon to the left of each section heading. When a section
is collapsed, you will see the section heading with a status or status summary.
The
top buttons are:
- Refresh
- Updates the contents of the Configuration Utility.
- These are the sections for the Data Manager page:
- Data Agents
- This section displays the properties of the Data agents and lets you
start a Data agent if it is not running. This section contains the same
information as the Services page, but is repeated here so you do not
have to switch pages.
- Fields
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- Agent
- Host name of the machine on which the agent is installed.
- IP Address
- IP address of the machine on which the agent is running.
- State
- Agent status. The status can be:
- Up
- Down
- Upgrading agent software
- Need to upgrade agent software
- Defected
- Unreachable
- Manufacturer
- Manufacturer of the machine on which the agent is running.
- CPU Architecture
- CPU architecture of the machine on which the agent is running.
- OS Type
- Operating system of the machine on which the agent is running.
- Buttons
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- Show Data Agents Details
- Displays information about the selected Data agent. Links
to details panel.
- Check
- Checks the Data agent status when you select an agent. Links
to .
- Enable
- Starts the selected agent if the agent is not running. Links
to .
- Ping
- This section provides information about ping jobs and lets you run
ping jobs. Run ping jobs to collect information about the availability
of the storage assets in your enterprise. The results of ping jobs are
used to supply the data necessary for the availability reports.
- Buttons
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- Show Ping Job Details
- Displays information about the latest ping job. .
- Run Default Ping Now
- Runs a ping job using the default settings. A pop-up window
informs you that the job has been submitted. Click OK.
The Default.Default ping job status panel is displayed when
the ping job is completed. Links to .
- Create Ping
- Opens the Create Ping window so you can create and run a ping
job. Save the ping job. Links to .
- Show Storage Availability System Report
- Displays information about storage system availability. Links
to .
- Define Storage Availability Report
- Opens the Report Filter Specifications window so you can generate
an availability report. Links to .
- Computer Probes
- This section displays information about probe jobs and lets you run
probe jobs. Run probe jobs to collect statistics on the storage assets
in your enterprise, such as computers, disk controllers, hard disks,
clusters, fabrics, storage subsystems, LUNs, tape libraries, filesystems,
and so forth.
- Buttons
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- Probe Default Computer Group Now
- Creates a probe job using the Default Computer Group. A pop-up
window prompts you for a job name. Enter a job name and click
OK. A pop-up window informs you that the job
has been submitted. Click OK.
The probe job status panel is displayed when the job is completed.
Links to .
- Create Probe
- Displays the Create Probe panel so you can create a probe
job. Links to Aperi Storage Manager .
- Computers Topology
- Displays the computers topology. Links to .
- Show Computer Asset Report
- Displays information for the computer. Links to .
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- Alerting
- This section lets you open various alert windows for creating alert
definitions. You can also view triggered alerts for these areas. Define
alerts so that you can be notified when storage-related events occur
within your environment.
- Create Alert Definitions: Buttons
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- Computer Alert
- Opens the Create Alert for computers window so you can create
a computer alert definition. Use this alert so you can be notified
when a condition is detected on a computer during a probe job,
such as RAM or virtual memory is increased or decreased, and
so forth. Links to .
- Filesystem Alert
- Opens the Create Alert for file systems window so you can
create a file system alert definition. Examples of file system
alerts are if the file system is not found or is low on free
space. Links to .
- View Triggered Alerts: Buttons
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- Computer Alerts
- Displays the triggered alerts for computers. Links to .
- Filesystem Alerts
- Displays the triggered alerts for the files systems. Links
to .