The Configuration report provides detailed documentation of configuration settings for compliance audits, disaster recovery plans, security assessments, migration plans, troubleshooting, and preserving IT knowledge and decisions.
Generating a Configuration Report
1. Choose Reports>Configuration Report or click the Configuration button.
2. A decision needs to be made on what data the report will be based on. Configuration reports can be generated:
- By Systems. Available systems will be listed in the By Systems tab. Simply check the desired systems or check All systems in order to compile a Configuration Report for all the available machines.
- Note: You may correlate each of your present datasets to their respective systems by date. In order to achieve this check the Fix systems to date option. Alternatively you may choose to only have most recent datasets displayed. This can be achieved by checking the Most Recent' box.
- By Data Sets. Available data sets are listed in the By Data Sets tab. Simply check the desired data sets or check All datasets in order to compile a Configuration Report based on all previously collected datasets.
- Note: You may also specify Data Sets by time range, in the Report Criteria tab.
- The range can be set to go back for a specific amout of time from the present date. The report will then display data accumulated from collections stated in the criteria.
- The range can be set by specifying a beginning date and an end date. The report will then display data accumulated from collections stated in the criteria.
- By specifying the last number of datasets to be considered.
3. After selecting the basis for your report choose if you wish to generate a Full Report or a custom one based on particular attributes.
- Click the Select button in order to select one of the pre-defined Configuration reports.
Click on OK once you have made your decision.
- Click the Customize button in order to browse through the available attributes and compile your own custom report. Expand the categories in the window's left pane in order to browse to your desired attribute. The available attributes for each category will be displayed in the Available Settings pane. Double-click the attribute or select it and click on the arrow pointing to the Selected pane. The Selected pane will display the attributes and categories that will be included in your report.
- Add and remove the desired attributes. Once you have made your Report selection, click Finish.
4. Click OK.
5. When the process has finished, you may consult the report.
