Tutorial: Creating a predefined capacity report about storage systems

Create, schedule, and send predefined capacity reports about your storage systems by email, to keep your colleagues informed about capacity usage and to help them plan capacity and prevent capacity shortages.

About this task

You can create a predefined report about the capacity usage of all of the storage systems in your storage environment, a selection of storage systems in your storage environment, or the storage systems that are assigned to a group such as a general group.

Procedure

  1. Click Reports, and then click Create Report.
  2. In the Capacity Reports section, click Block Storage Systems.
  3. Enter the unique name of the report.
  4. To specify the range of the report, choose one of the following options:
    Selection options for capacity report
    Option Description
    Capacity information about all of the storage systems Generate capacity information about all of the block, file, and object storage systems in your storage environment.
    Capacity information about one or more storage systems Generate information about a set of storage systems.
    Capacity information about the storage systems that are assigned to a group Generate information about the storage systems that were assigned to a group such as the production, preproduction, or test platforms general group.
  5. Add and remove columns to choose the capacity and any other information that you want to include in the report.
  6. Add up to four filters to deliver the capacity information that the report's recipients need.
    Examples of filters
    Tip: To make sure that the report's recipients get the information that you want them to get, use the report preview feature. Each time you apply a filter, or make a configuration change to the report, such as add or remove a column or filter, the table view of the report is refreshed.
  7. Choose one of the following options:
    Option Description
    Email Save and send the email now or attach the report to the email as a CSV, PDF, or HTML file.
    Save to File System Schedule and save the report to the default reports folder or to the folder that you created for saving reports.
    Email and Save to File System Schedule the report, send it by email or attach the report to the email as a CSV, PDF, or HTML file, and save the report to the default reports folder or to the folder that you created for saving reports.

Results

The Reports page opens where you can preview and edit the report that you created.