Exception Report

Using this feature, you can generate an exception report against devices, FRUs and volumes that are not configured correctly, based on a predefined list of normal values.

The normal values are stored in the System/exception.conf and can be adjusted on an individual device, FRU, or volume basis, by modifying the DATA/exception.conf file. When the Exception Report runs, the values in DATA/exception.conf will override the values in System/exception.conf.

For example, to change the default Cache Mode for a Sun StorEdge T3 array from auto to off, simply add the system.sysCacheMode entry from the file System/exception.conf into the file DATA/exception.conf and change the field value from auto to off. The file DATA/exception.conf should appear as follows:

[t3]
id=system.sysCacheMode
name=Cache Mode
value=off

Users should adjust entries in the DATA/exception.conf until the Exception Report is very short and reports only exceptions to the standard site configuration.