The Inventory Reporting panel is launched by selecting
Manage Inventory Service in the SAN Volume Controller Console.
Use this panel to manage inventory service, assign users to receive
inventory reports, and schedule and preview inventory reports.
Introduction
You
can adjust the contact information, adjust the frequency of inventory
e-mail, or manually send an inventory e-mail using the
SAN Volume Controller Console.
Inventory information is automatically reported to IBM when you activate
error reporting. Inventory information that is sent to IBM can include
the following information:
- Time stamp
- Contact information, including name and phone number
- Machine location
- Software level
- License information
- Cluster vital product data (VPD)
- Node VPD for each node in the cluster
- Software VPD
- Processor information
- Memory information
- Fibre-channel card information
- SCSI device information or IDE device information
- Front-panel assembly information
- Uninterruptible power supply information
Attributes
The
following attributes are displayed in the table:
- User Name
- Displays the name of the user.
- User Address
- Displays the e-mail address of the user.
Fields
You
can update the following fields:
- Inventory Schedule (in days)
- Enter the number of days to generate inventory reports. You can
set reports to generate every 1-15 days.
Actions
The
following actions are available:
- Manage E-mail Users
- Click this button to work with e-mail users that receive inventory
reports.
- Update Inventory Schedule
- Click this button to change inventory scheduling to the value
in the Inventory Schedule field.
- Preview Inventory Report
- Click this button to preview the inventory report.
- Send Inventory Report
- Click this button to send a single inventory report. This option
can be used to test the email inventory system or to send an updated
inventory report.
- Return
- Click this button to return to the previous panel.