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TrueSight Operations Management - IBM XiV Storage Monitoring can automatically produce text reports about the monitored storage systems.
To schedule automatic reports
| 1. | Log on to Central Monitoring Administration. |
| 2. | Edit the Monitoring Policy that applies to the PATROL Agent for which you need to enable the debug mode: |
| • | In the Navigation pane, click the Policies drawer |
| • | Expand the Monitoring folder and select a policy view (e.g. All) |
| • | Select your policy and click  |
| • | Click the Monitor Configuration link |
| • | Select the IBM XiV Storage Monitor Type and click |
| 3. | Click the Schedule button. |
Scheduling automatic reports
| 4. | In the Schedule section, indicate the time at which report(s) must be generated. |
| 5. | Check the Activity report type to automatically generate the following reports: |
| ▪ | Storage Systems Activity: Reports on Transfer Bytes for all Storage Systems |
| ▪ | Storage Pools Activity: Reports on Read and Write Bytes for all monitored storage pools |
| ▪ | Volumes Activity: Reports on Read and Write Bytes for all monitored volumes |
| 6. | Check LUNs Mapping Table to automatically generate a text report of the Virtual Volumes-to-hosts mapping table. |
| 7. | Click Close to save your settings. |
 The history retention period can be set from the PATROL Console or from the PATROL Agent using a configuration variable. The default collection (retention) period is one day. Whenever a stored attribute value exceeds its retention period, it is automatically deleted from the attribute history file. Refer to BMC documentation for details.
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