Adding resources to applications to generate large reports

To generate capacity reports about a large number of resources, add the resources to an application and then generate the report.

About this task

For example, you want to generate a capacity report about all of the file sets, hosts, or volumes in your production environment. To do this, you can add the resources to an application and then generate a report about the application.

You can also add resources to general groups to generate large reports. However, when you add or remove resources, you'll have to add or remove the resources from the general group that you created. Whereas, when you use naming patterns to match the resources that you associate with applications, the applications are automatically updated when resources are added or removed.

Procedure

  1. To add file sets or volumes to an application, complete these steps:
    Option Description
    File sets and volumes
    1. Click Groups > Applications.
    2. Click Create Application, enter the name of the application, and then click Create.
    3. Click Assign Storage Resources to the Application.
    4. Choose a selection of volumes or file sets that match a pattern.
    5. To add all the file sets or volumes to the filter, type an asterisk (*) .
    6. Save the filter.
    Hosts
    1. Click Groups > Applications.
    2. Click Create Application, enter the name of the application, and then click Create.
    3. Click Assign Storage Resources to the Application.
    4. Choose all storage that belongs to set of hosts.
    5. To add all the hosts to the filter, type an asterisk (*) .
    6. Save the filter.
  2. Click Reports, and then click Create Report.
  3. Pick the capacity report that you want to create.
  4. Enter the name of the report, choose the option for groups and select the group that you created.
  5. Complete the steps for creating the report.