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Manage Storage Management Interface Email Server Settings and Concurrent Reports

The system administrator should have set the Storage Management interface email server settings during the configuration process. You can change the email server settings and number of concurrent reports when you log in to the interface as the system administrator.

Email Server Settings

In this context, the email server is the email server the Storage Management interface uses to send emails to the following:

• The output report recipients.
• Email failure notices if the reports are not produced (for example, as scheduled).

Output report schedules and request for failure notification are maintained using the Customize Report Wizard by the end user.

Storage Management interface emails are sent with the sender address of VantageGMIScheduler@ca.com.

Note: If the Storage Management interface continues to have problems sending email after adding the Email Server settings, you have probably encountered a security problem. For example, some corporate firewalls disable outgoing connections to port 25 (the SMTP default port). Contact your email administrator, network administrator, or security administrator to discuss the correct values for the Email Server Setting fields.

Number of Concurrent Reports

Storage Management interface generated reports are put in queues when users preview, execute, run, or schedule reports at the same time. The number of queued reports can delay report creation. For scheduled reports, the time of report creation can be later than the scheduled time.

Reports can be generated as follows:

• Reports can be scheduled to run using the interface Scheduler Status Window and the Customize Report Wizard.
• Reports can be previewed (immediately) using the interface Preview option on the Customize Report Wizard.
• Reports can be generated (immediately) using the interface Run option on the Scheduler Status Window or the Execute option on the Customize Report Wizard.
• Reports are sent with sender address VantageGMIScheduler@ca.com.

Reports generated by the Preview, Run, and Execute options are referred to as ad-hoc reports.

The performance of the report executor program depends on the number of concurrent report threads that are defined in this Number of Concurrent Reports field. The default and minimum number of report threads is 2. Where one thread is reserved for execution of ad-hoc reports and one thread is for scheduled reports.

Follow these steps:

1. Do one of the following steps:
   • Enter the following URL in your internet browser to start the Storage Management interface outside of CA Chorus:

     http://<TCPIP address>:<JBOSS Port>/VantageGMI
     

     <JBOSS Port> is the HTTPS Connector port. If you used ETJI0105 in CETJJCL to configure the ports, view the job output to determine the port number.

     The line in the job appears similar to the following example:

     HTTP Connector assigned to port xxxxx
     

   • Log in to the Storage Management interface from CA Chorus:
     1. Log in to CA Chorus.
     2. Add the Quick Links module to your dashboard.
     3. Click Manage Storage Resources in the Quick Links window.

        The system automatically logs you in to the Storage Management interface and connects you to the storage engine using your mainframe ID.

     4. Click Log Out in the Storage Management interface Menu bar to log off with your mainframe ID.

   The Storage Management interface login dialog opens in your browser.

2. Enter the system administrator user Name and Password.

   The system administrator credentials are as follows:

   • The default system administrator user Name: APP
   • Password: See the WEBUI_ADMINPASSWORD parameter that is specified on the E4HI0010 job in the your_chorusstor_hlq.CE4HJCL data set.
3. Select VantageDB in the Authenticating Hosts field.
4. Click Login.

   The interface opens in your browser with the My Profile window open.

5. Close the My Profile window.
6. Click Tools and then Application Configuration to open the Application Configuration dialog.

   Note: Only the system administrator can use the Application Configuration dialog.

7. Enter email server information and set the number of concurrent reports in the following fields:

   Email Server

   (Required) The DNS name or IP address of your email server which is used by the interface to relay email messages. The interface sends email directly to the recipient's email server using the SMTP protocol.

   Port

   (Required) The port number of the email server that the interface uses to send emails.

   The interface sends emails for the following:

   • With output report attachments.
   • Report generation failure messages.

   Default: 25. However, some sites use a different value, for example, 587.

   User Name

   (Optional) Enter the user ID that has authority to send email from the designated email server. This field is for sites that have security requiring an authorized user ID and password to send email.

   Note: Only enter a user ID if the mail server designated for relaying Storage Management interface email only accepts authorized requests.

   Password

   (Optional) Enter the password of the user ID that has authority to send email from the designated email server.

   Note: Only enter a password if the mail server designated for relaying Storage Management interface email only accepts authorized requests.

   Number of Concurrent Reports

   The performance of the report executer program depends on the number of concurrent report threads that are defined here.

   Valid Range: 2 through 5

   Default: 2, where one thread is reserved for execution of ad-hoc reports and one thread is for scheduled reports.

   Important! The system report creator can be CPU- and memory-intensive. Increasing the maximum number of reports that can be run concurrently can improve report execution performance. However, reports can operate upon a vast amount of data, and memory and system resources can be impacted. Verify that your system resources (for example, memory), are configured appropriately to handle the increased concurrent load. If this value is set to a value greater than 2, you should monitor memory and system resources.

8. Click OK to save your settings and close the Application Configuration dialog.
9. Click Log Out.

   The Storage Management interface email server settings and number of concurrent reports are specified.