Compaq ProLiant 1000 HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition Featuring Survey Ut - Page 8

Collecting and Updating Insight Diagnostics Online Edition Information Accessing and Viewing Information Insight Diagnostics Online Edition provides flexibility in the way that the information is captured. It provides maximum assurance that the information available reflects the current state of the server and that the audit trail clearly reflects the stages of changes that have occurred. Just as several options are available for viewing and generating a report, multiple methods are used for collecting information. • Upon Server Reboot-When set for periodic capture, Insight Diagnostics Online Edition automatically captures a snapshot of information each time the server is rebooted. After Insight Diagnostics Online Edition is loaded on the server, this capture process happens without administrator intervention. Since most significant configuration changes require a server reboot to be recognized, these capture points help provide maximum coverage for detecting changes. If a significant change is recognized, it will be check pointed and stored. Any configuration differences will also be recorded. • Scheduled Intervals-When set for periodic capture, Insight Diagnostics Online Edition also provides a mechanism to automatically capture a configuration snapshot at a regularly scheduled time. While the default setting for this feature is once per week, the interval is configurable from the browser-based user interface or by using command line parameters. The interval can be adjusted to occur as often as once a day. This scheduled interval feature allows the configuration audit trail to capture views of the system not only upon reboot, but also capture and identify differences (as well as significant configuration changes) during regular operation of the server. The scheduled interval feature is important in capturing system difference information, such as software changes made without a required reboot. • User Initiated-Insight Diagnostics Online Edition allows the administrator to initiate a new snapshot on-demand. While this feature can be used when the Insight Diagnostics Online Edition is configured for periodic capture, it is particularly useful for one-time collection. All of the update options help to ensure that the latest information and change history is always recorded and available when needed. The information the utility gathers can be accessed in the following three ways. • Locally at the host server console • Remotely or locally from a browser • Remotely or locally using the RILOE The available options allow the information to be parsed in several ways to provide different types and levels of information. The system administrator can request viewing of the active sessions and, because multiple configuration snapshots are stored, a report that automatically compares any two snapshots. In completing the comparison, the Insight Diagnostics Online Edition automatically matches the snapshots and highlights any differences that exist between them. This is a useful feature for enabling clear audit trail tracking. It allows the system administrator or service provider to identify the history of events and the order and point at which specific changes were made which provides significant assistance in identifying the source of server problems.