Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Testing Automated Reports Settings

You can manually generate reports to test the configured automated report settings without waiting for the reports to be generated automatically. By default, Dell Storage Manager generates reports into a folder named for the day when the report was generated.

1. Connect to the Data Collector.
   1. Open a web browser.
   2. Type the address of the Data Collector in the web browser using the following format:
      https://data_collector_host_name_or_IP_address:3033/
   3. Press Enter.
      The Unisphere Central login page is displayed.
   4. Type the user name and password of a Data Collector user with Administrator privileges in the User Name and Password field.
   5. Click Log In.
2. If a Storage Center is selected from the drop-down list in Unisphere Central, click (Home).
   The Unisphere CentralHome page is displayed.
3. Click Data Collector.
   The Data Collector view is displayed.
4. Click the Monitoring tab, and then click the Automated Reports subtab.
5. Review the current report settings:
   • If the settings are acceptable, click Generate.
   • To change the report settings, click Edit, adjust the settings, and click Generate.
   The Generate Reports Now dialog box opens.
6. Select the checkboxes of the reports to generate.
7. Click OK. The reports are generated and the Generate Reports dialog box closes.
   NOTE:Generating a report overwrites previously generated reports in the folder for that day. To prevent these reports from being overwritten, specify a different directory in the Automated Report Options area of the Automated Reports dialog box.
8. Click OK.