Storage Reports - HP ProLiant 300 Series Administration Manual

• Active and passive file screening on directories
• Best practice file screening policies
• Notification alarm when file screening policy is violated
• Audit database containing screened files
• Customized alarm messages
• Alarm messages to the event log
• Alarm messages to a user
• Storage reports when alarm is activated and sent to intranet web site
• Custom script when alarm is activated
• Real time monitoring of file screening activity
Use caution when placing screening parameters on the system partition. If certain classes of files are
screened from the system partition, the operating system may not have the access to save temporary
working files. It is a good idea to exclude systems directories from screening. Another option is to create
a passive screening policy that allows files to be saved, but the file activity to be logged.
File Screening essentially has the same feature sets as directory quotas with one exception: groupings of
file types, such as multimedia files, graphics, and so on, are created first. These groups are then placed
in a particular policy. A file screen is then enabled on a directory and the various policies are applied
for a particular directory. Lastly, the same types of alert notification are allowed as in the case of the
directory quotas. See the online help for additional information.

Storage reports

Storage reports allow the administrator to analyze the contents of the storage server via standard reports
for common tasks. The reports can be displayed using text, simple HTML tables, or Active HTML. When
using Active HTML, the ActiveX control provides graphs. A complete online help guide in the WebUI is
provided for reporting via the ? in the right hand corner of the UI.
Reports can be scheduled, or produced on demand.
Storage reports address disk usage, wasted space, file ownership, security, and administration. Reports
can run interactively, be scheduled on a regular basis, or run as part of a storage resource management
policy when disk space utilization reaches a critical level.
Storage reports may be presented in HTML and text (.txt) formats. The output formats can be e-mailed
to a list of users.
The following features are included with storage reports:
• Best practice storage resource management reports
• Integration with best practice storage resource management policies
• Scheduled storage reports
• Storage reports sent to an intranet web site
• Storage reports sent to users through e-mail
NOTE:
Large storage reports should be scheduled for off-hours.
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