Sun HighGround™ SRM Global Reporter Option 1.0 Release Notes

This document provides late-breaking information not included in the documentation. See the documentation provided with Sun HighGround SRM Global Reporter Option 1.0 for additional installation and use information.

Contents

Product Features

Installation and Configuration Issues

Known Issues

General Information

Product Features

The following list briefly describes the features of Sun HighGround SRM Global Reporter:

• Storage resources that are managed by individual SRM Servers can be displayed in reports along with storage resources managed by other registered SRM Servers. This provides a centralized view of the storage resources across the storage network.
  
  
• Existing network-wide storage issues can be detected immediately from the main page of the application. Links to Sun HighGround SRM are provided for access to further information regarding these issues.
  
  
• System Administrators can define when resources across the network display as severe, critical, moderate, or acceptable on reports.
  
  
• The total amount of storage and quota available across the network, along with the consumption rate of this storage and quota, is summarized and is displayed in resource reports.
  
  
• Storage and quota consumption trends over a period of time (up to one year) can be viewed in a chart or graph format. This provides a visual history of the storage network's global consumption rates.

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Installation and Configuration Issues

The following are known installation and configuration issues relating to this product:

Install Sun HighGround SRM Global Reporter on a Licensed SRM Server
The SRM Server machine on which the Sun HighGround SRM Global Reporter software is installed must be licensed. Otherwise, scans cannot occur.

Select the 'Use SA Account' Radio Button on the Privileged Account Required Installation Screen
During installation, the installation procedure may prompt for a privileged account to create the Global Reporter database on the selected SQL Server. If the Privileged Account Required installation screen displays, select the Use SA Account radio button and enter an account with the appropriate privileges on the SQL Server. The installation procedure does not continue if a Windows account is entered.

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Known Issues

The following are known issues relating to this product:

Charts Do Not Print in Internet Explorer 5.5
Charts and graphs cannot be printed from Internet Explorer 5.5. To print charts and graphs, press ALT+PRINT SCRN, and paste the chart's information into another application, such as Microsoft Word. Print the chart from this other application.

The Help Contents Button Does Not Initially Display in the Help Window
Upon launching the Help window in Netscape for the Solaris^TM Operating Environment, the Help's Contents button does not initially display. To access the Contents button, click a link in the Help window.

Uninstall/Reinstall Sun HighGround SRM Global Reporter Resets Settings
If you uninstall/reinstall Sun HighGround SRM Global Reporter, settings changes, such as changes to the Severity Ranges, will be lost.

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General Information

The following is general information relating to this product:

Accessing Sun HighGround SRM Global Reporter After Installation
After installing Sun HighGround SRM Global Reporter, access the product by doing either of the following:

• Type the following address in a browser window: http://<LocalComputerName>/srmglobalreporter, where LocalComputerName is the name of the machine on which Sun HighGround SRM Global Reporter is installed.
  
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• Click Sun HighGround SRM Global Reporter Option from the Sun HighGround SRM Master Console.

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