Storage Reports - HP StorageWorks NAS 1500s Administrator's Manual

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 are first created, such as multimedia files, graphics, etc. 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 is 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, schedule 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 Hyper Text Markup Language (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:
Note:
NAS 1500s and 500s Administration Guide
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
Large storage reports should be scheduled for off-hours.
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