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NetVault 13.0.1 - Administration Guide for Managed Service Providers

Introduction Getting started Configuring clients Managing catalog search Configuring storage devices
About storage devices SAN considerations Quest DR Series systems Quest QoreStor NetVault SmartDisk EMC Data Domain Systems Snapshot Array Manager Virtual Tape Libraries Virtual standalone drives Shared Virtual Tape Libraries Physical tape devices Storage tiers
Backing up data Managing policies Restoring data Managing NetVault dashboard Managing jobs Monitoring logs Managing storage devices
Role-based access to manage storage devices Monitoring device activity Managing disk-based storage devices in list view Managing disk-based storage devices in tree view Managing the Snapshot Array Manager Managing tape libraries in list view Managing tape libraries in tree view Managing tape drives in list view Managing tape drives in tree view Adding shared devices
Managing storage media Managing user and group accounts Managing Tenant Monitoring events and configuring notifications Reporting in NetVault Working with client clusters Configuring default settings for NetVault
About configuring default settings Configuring encryption settings Configuring plug-in options Configuring default settings for post-scripts Configuring default settings for Verify Plug-in Configuring Deployment Manager Settings Configuring Job Manager settings Configuring Logging Daemon settings Configuring Media Manager settings Configuring Network Manager settings Configuring Process Manager settings Configuring RAS device settings Configuring Schedule Manager settings Configuring Web Service settings Configuring Auditor Daemon settings Configuring firewall settings Configuring general settings Configuring security settings Synchronizing NetVault Time Configuring the reporting utility Configuring NetVault WebUI default settings Configuring NetVault to use a specific VSS provider Configuring default settings using Txtconfig
Diagnostic tracing Managing diagnostic data Using the deviceconfig utility NetVault processes Environment variables Network ports used by NetVault Troubleshooting
Common errors Safe Mode in NetVault

Configuring Dashboard

Configure dashboard allows you to edit the loaded dashboard. You can load any dashboard from the manage dashboard panel.

To configure the loaded dashboard
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In the Navigation pane, click Dashboard.
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In the dashboard page, click the ellipsis-horizontal icon and click Configure Dashboard.
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Edit the required fields:
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Dashboard Title: Name of the dashboard.
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Share with usergroups and users: Specifies to select the list of available users and user groups to share the dashboard.
 
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NOTE: Usergroups are displayed only if NetVault Server is connected to Active Directory. For more information see, Managing AD groups.
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Widgets to be updated parallelly: Set the number of widgets to be updated at the same time.
 
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NOTE: Widgets are updated in parallel when the Refresh Interval for any of widgets matches a specific time slot.

Managing Dashboard

You can manage the dashboard available in manage dashboard panel. The default dashboard is identified by the opaque star icon. You can set any dashboard as default, this dashboard is loaded when you select the dashboard from the navigation pane. You can perform various actions for the available dashboards:

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Add Dashboard
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Share Dashboard
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Clone Dashboard
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Delete Dashboard

Adding Dashboard

You can create a new dashboard, and select the widgets to monitor, these widgets are mapped to that dashboard. However, if you do not select any widget while creating a dashboard, a blank dashboard is created. You can add widgets to this blank dashboard later.

To add a new dashboard
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In the Navigation pane, click Dashboard.
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In the dashboard page, click the ellipsis-horizontal icon and click Manage Dashboard.
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In the Manage Dashboard dialog box, click Add Dashboard.
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In the Add Dashboard dialog box, enter and select the following details, and click OK.
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Dashboard Title
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Select the widgets for the dashboard
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Select the Set as a default dashboard, to set this as a default dashboard.

The newly created dashboard is listed in Manage Dashboard list. Once you create a new dashboard, you can perform following actions:

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Share dashboard with others
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Clone dashboard
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Delete Dashboard

Sharing dashboard

You can share your owned dashboard that is available in manage dashboard list with any users or usergroups. The user or user group can only view the shared dashboard, refresh and resize the widgets. However they are not permitted to re-share or modify the dashboard, The user can only refresh and resize the available widgets. The user is allowed to clone shared dashboard, and the user will be the owner of cloned dashboard.

To share a dashboard
1
In the Navigation pane, click Dashboard.
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In the dashboard page, click the ellipsis-horizontal icon and click Manage Dashboard.
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Click the icon, and select Share Status for Share with usergroups and users, to share the dashboard, and click OK.

Once the dashboard is shared, the icon is changed to , which indicates that the dashboard is shared with some user or usergroup. The icon is displayed to the user or user group with whom the dashboard is shared.

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