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Overview

Activate Metrics Reporting - Diagnostics and Usage

Register the CommCell Computer

Activate and Configure Private Metrics Reporting

Overview

Required steps for viewing Metrics Reports on our Cloud Services site include:

  1. Activate data collection for reports.
  2. Register the CommCell computer to receive login credentials for our Cloud Services site.

Activate Data Collection for Metrics Reporting - Diagnostics and Usage

To activate data collection for Metrics Reports on our Cloud Services site:

  1. In the CommCell Console, click the Control Panel button.
  2. Double-click Diagnostics and Usage.

    The Diagnostics and Usage dialog box appears.

  3. On the Configuration tab, select CommCell Diagnostics and Usage.
  4. To collect data about the wellness of the CommCell for the Health Check Report, select Health Check.
  5. To collect data about the status of upgraded agents for the Upgrade Check Report, select Upgrade Check.
  6. To collect data about job success, client size, and errors for the Activity Report, select Activity.
  7. To collect data about CommCell settings for all Audit Reports, select Audit.
  8. To specify a particular client group from which to collect information, from the Client Group for Diagnostics list, select the name of a client group.
  9. To specify the time at which data is collected from the CommCell, in the Data Collection box, enter a time.
      If the CommCell is not connected to the Internet, then you can use another client that is connected to the Internet to download scripts and upload data. Clients that are used as a download/upload client must be installed with Calypso 9.0 Service Pack 9B or later.
  10. To set another client to download scripts and upload data, select Use Proxy Client for Download and Upload, and then select the name of the client from the list.
  11. Click OK to save your settings.

Register the CommCell Computer

If you will use our Cloud Services site to access reports, you must associate the CommCell computer with your login account for our Cloud Services site. We will use the e-mail address that you specify to create your login account. After you enter your information, you will receive an e-mail that contains your user name and password for our Cloud Services site. If you do not receive an e-mail within an hour, send an e-mail to CloudServices@commvault.com.

To associate the CommCell computer with your login account for our Cloud Services site:

  1. In the CommCell Console, click the Control Panel button.
  2. Double-click Diagnostics and Usage.

    The Diagnostics and Usage dialog box appears.

  3. Click the Registration Information tab.
  4. In the CommCell Name box, enter the name of the CommCell.
  5. In the Company Name box, enter the name of your organization.
  6. In the Phone Number box, enter the contact number for your organization.
  7. In the Address box, enter the physical address for your organization.
  8. In the Email Address box, enter the e-mail address for the contact person in your organization.

    You must enter an e-mail address in order to receive a login account for our Cloud Services site.

  9. In the Description box, enter a short description of your organization.
  10. Click OK.

Activate and Configure Private Metrics Reporting

This procedure is optional. To activate Private Metric Reporting and configure the SQL script download and upload URLs:

  1. Log into the CommServe® computer.
  2. Open Microsoft® SQL Server Management Studio.
    1. From the desktop, click Start.
    2. Click All Programs.
    3. Click the Microsoft SQL Server folder.
    4. Click SQL Server Management Studio.
  3. In the Connect to Server dialog box, enter the information to connect to the CommServe computer.
  4. Click Connect.
  5. In the Object Explorer panel, click the BullCalypso instance under the Databases folder.
  6. Copy the following script into the code pane to set the SQL script download URL and upload URL:

    update GXGlobalParam set value = '1' where name = 'CommservSurveyPrivateEnabled'

    update GXGlobalParam set value = '<Private Metrics Reporting Machine URL>:<port>/downloads/sqlscripts/' where name = 'CommservSurveyPrivateDownloadsite'

    update GXGlobalParam set value = '<Private Metrics Reporting Machine URL>:<port>/webconsole/' where name = 'CommservSurveyPrivateUploadsite'

  7. In the script, replace <Private Metrics Reporting Machine URL> and <port> with the URL and port number of your Private Metrics Reporting Machine.

    For example:

    • 'http://privatemetricsreportingmachine.domain.com:80/downloads/sqlscripts/'
    • 'http://privatemetricsreportingmachine.domain.com:80/webconsole'
  8. In the toolbar, click Execute to run the script.