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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Snapshot Comparison Reporting

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»System Reporting
Snapshot Comparison Reporting
»PMP Reporting Options
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Related Procedures
» Related Topic

Snapshot Comparisons enable you to compare up to four systems (with the same operating system) to each other or to compare a single system to itself and observe changes over time. To perform historical trend analysis for a single system, such as compare snapshot data, you must have already collected at least two sets of snapshot data (by way of OptionsData Collection) for that system and select Append new data set (for historical trend analysis) in the Step 2: Specify How to Save Data page.

To run a snapshot comparison:

  1. Select ReportsSnapshot Comparison. The Snapshot Comparison window appears.

  2. Select target systems. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Creating a Task for more information.

  3. Click [Next]. You can click [Previous] to return to the Target Selection page.

    Select between two and four snapshots for the systems from the Select Snapshots page.

    Possible warnings include:

    • Some system OS types are unknown

    • More than one operating system type is selected

    • Only one operating system type comparison is supported

    • If one target is selected, this target must have at least two snapshots. You must select between two and fou snapshots to compare.

    • If more than one target is selected, you can select one snapshot for each system.

      The target systems selected should be of the same operating system for the snapshot comparison feature to work.

  4. Click [Next].

  5. From the Select Categories and Baseline page, select the categories to be included in the snapshot comparison. The Category Name column displays the category, and the Description column displays a brief description of the category.

  6. From the Select snapshot comparison baseline section, select an item against which to run the comparison.

  7. Click [Run Reports]. You can click [Previous] to return to the Select Snapshots page.

  8. To view the report, click Text Output under Click the link to view the text report.

Related Procedures

» Reporting - System Reporting
» System Reporting - Adding a Report
» System Reporting - Editing a Report

Related Topic

» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Reporting