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Enterprise Reporter 3.2.2 - Quick Start Guide

Introducing Quest® Enterprise Reporter Key Features of Enterprise Reporter Enterprise Reporter Components For information on installation, see Installing Enterprise Reporter . System Requirements An Overview of Enterprise Reporter Communications and Credentials Required Installing Enterprise Reporter Step-By-Step Walkthroughs

Schedule the Report

When you are scheduling a report with time-sensitive information in it, you must make sure the discovery has time to finish collecting all of its data before you run the report. For small, simple discoveries, this should be easy to predict, but for large discoveries, or discoveries that are slowed down by network issues, such as nodes placed far from their targets or connectivity problems, it may take a few runs to learn how long it will take.

For more details on the steps to take to schedule a report, see Schedule Report Delivery to Stakeholders .

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On the Report tab of the Report Manager, expand Report Library | Change History and drag the Computer Change History report to My Reports.
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On the Schedule tab, click +New Schedule, and enter Service Changes as the schedule name.
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Select Computer Change History, and click OK.
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In the Parameters pane, in the Description text box, type Changed services on [computer names] to identify the parameter values you will use.
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In the Include the following domains parameter, type the domain name, and click Add.
You also can click Search, locate and add the domain, and click OK.
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In the Include the following computers parameter, click Search, and add the computers you targeted.
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In the Include the following changes parameter, click Search and add Services.
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Click Save.

Your report will now run automatically, reporting on the data from your scheduled discovery.

File Storage Consolidation

Before you migrate computers to a new environment, you should assess their file storage. Using reports generated by Enterprise Reporter, you can ensure that only the required data is moved.

You have received a request to get ready for storage migration and consolidation by identifying (and excluding from migration) files that are duplicate, unused, orphaned or that violate storage usage policy.

You will need to take the following steps:

Configure a Cluster to Perform the Data Discovery

You must configure at least one cluster. A cluster is a logical collection of one or more computers (nodes) on which discoveries are run. A discovery must be assigned to a cluster. A cluster can access an optional shared data location for discovery data. This reduces network traffic, and the processing load on the server.

Clusters are created in the Configuration Manager. To ensure you have the necessary access to the consoles and reports, make sure you are still logged in to your computer with the same user account that you used to install Enterprise Reporter.

If you do not have the Configuration Manager open, perform the following steps:

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Click the Start menu and select Quest | Configuration Manager.
Click Browse, and locate the computer where the server is installed.
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Click Log In.

The Create Cluster wizard walks you through the process of setting up a cluster. If you want to create a new Cluster, see To create your first cluster and node .

Create Discoveries to Define the Data Collection

Once you have configured a cluster, you can begin setting up discoveries. Discoveries define the targets from which you will be collecting data. Enterprise Reporter uses a "collect all" model. After you run a discovery, you can run reports that include the data you have collected.

In this scenario, you need to collect information about the files and folders stored on particular servers and then analyze it. Since there is information you will need at the server level, the folder level, and the file level, and then you will analyze it, you need to create multiple discoveries targeting the same computers to collect each type of information.

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To name the discovery, enter File Storage Analysis - [Server Name] so you can identify the discovery easily once you have a list of discoveries.
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On the Scopes page, click Add to choose the computer to analyze.
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Browse to the computer for which you want to collect data, click Include, and click OK to close the Browse dialog box.
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Click Next.
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To name the discovery, enter Computer - [Server Name] so you can identify the discovery easily once you have a list of discoveries.
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On the Scopes page, click Add to choose your computer.
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Click Next.
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On the name page, enter NTFS - [Server Name] so you can identify the discovery easily once you have a list of discoveries.
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On the Scopes page, click Add to choose your computer.
Recursion Options: All folder levels
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Click Next.
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Click Next.
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