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Creating a report automatically, Capture Performance data

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Creating a report automatically 1. Click Data Collection. 2. Select the fabric for which you want to create a report from the Choose switch group for data collection. Check Collect data for all component groups to create reports for all the fabrics. 3. Clear Capture Performance data. If you want to gather switch performance data, leave this option selected. Selecting this option will increase the amount of time required to collect the switch data. 4. Select Mask IP Address check box if you do not want to send the IP address information (in the raw report) outside your network. 5. Select a format for the report by selecting HTML Report, Microsoft Excel Report, or both. 6. In the Data Collection sub-box, click Start. A message is displayed in the message area on successful completion of data collection. If you have selected the option to collect switch performance data, it will take at least 10 minutes to collect the data. When data collection is complete, the raw data is sent to HP. The report is processed and the formatted report returned to you within one business day. 7. When you receive the formatted report, save it to a temporary location on the management server. Creating a report manually The SMTP server IP address of the primary switch on the SAN is obtained by the e-mail address you entered on the Customer Details page. If SAN Visibility does not find the SMTP server or if you want to create a report manually, follow the procedure below: 1. Click Data Collection. 2. Select the fabric for which you want to create a report from Choose switch group for data collection. Check Collect data for all switch groups to create reports for all the fabrics. 3. Clear Capture Performance data. If you want to gather switch performance data, leave this option selected. Selecting this option will increase the amount of time required to collect the switch data. 20 Pre-upgrade tasks

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Creating a report automatically
1.
Click
Data Collection
.
2.
Select the fabric for which you want to create a report from the
Choose switch group for data
collection
. Check
Collect data for all component groups
to create reports for all the fabrics.
3.
Clear
Capture Performance data
. If you want to gather switch performance data, leave this
option selected. Selecting this option will increase the amount of time required to collect the
switch data.
4.
Select
Mask IP Address
check box if you do not want to send the IP address information (in
the raw report) outside your network.
5.
Select a format for the report by selecting
HTML Report
,
Microsoft Excel Report
, or both.
6.
In the Data Collection sub-box, click
Start
. A message is displayed in the message area on
successful completion of data collection. If you have selected the option to collect switch
performance data, it will take at least 10 minutes to collect the data.
When data collection is complete, the raw data is sent to HP. The report is processed and the
formatted report returned to you within one business day.
7.
When you receive the formatted report, save it to a temporary location on the management
server.
Creating a report manually
The SMTP server IP address of the primary switch on the SAN is obtained by the e-mail address
you entered on the Customer Details page. If SAN Visibility does not find the SMTP server or if
you want to create a report manually, follow the procedure below:
1.
Click
Data Collection
.
2.
Select the fabric for which you want to create a report from
Choose switch group for data
collection
. Check
Collect data for all switch groups
to create reports for all the fabrics.
3.
Clear
Capture Performance data
. If you want to gather switch performance data, leave this
option selected. Selecting this option will increase the amount of time required to collect the
switch data.
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Pre-upgrade tasks