Tracking system status by using email reports

Set up the Operations Center to generate email reports that summarize system status. You can configure a mail server connection, change report settings, and optionally create custom SQL reports.

Before you begin

Before you set up email reports, ensure that the following requirements are met:

A Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) host server is available to send and receive reports by email. The SMTP server must be configured as an open mail relay. You must also ensure that the Tivoli® Storage Manager server that sends email messages has access to the SMTP server. If the Operations Center is installed on a separate computer, that computer does not require access to the SMTP server.
To set up email reports, you must have system privilege for the server.
To specify the recipients, you can enter one or more email addresses or administrator IDs. If you plan to enter an administrator ID, the ID must be registered on the hub server and must have an email address associated with it. To specify an email address for an administrator, use the EMAILADDRESS parameter of the UPDATE ADMIN command.

About this task

You can configure the Operations Center to send a general operations report, a license compliance report, and one or more custom reports, which use SQL SELECT statements to query managed servers.

Tip: The general operations report includes an attachment. To find more detailed information, expand the sections in the attachment.

Procedure

To set up and manage email reports, complete the following steps:

On the Operations Center menu bar, click Reports.
If an email server connection is not yet configured, click Configure Mail Server and complete the fields. After you configure the mail server, the general operations report and license compliance report are enabled.
To change report settings, select a report, click Details, and update the form.
Optional: To add a custom SQL report, click + Report, and complete the fields.
Tip: To immediately run and send a report, select the report and click Send.

Results

Enabled reports are sent, according to the specified settings.

If you cannot view the image in a report, you might be using an email client that converts HTML to another format. For information about restrictions, see the Operations Center online help.