Synchronizing devices and ADOMs

If this is the first time the fetching client is fetching logs from the device, or if any changes have been made the devices or ADOMs since the last fetch, then the devices and ADOMs must be synchronized with the server.

To synchronize devices and ADOMs:

1. On the client, go to System Settings > FetcherManagement and select the Profiles tab
2. Select the profile then click Sync Devices in the toolbar, or right-click and select Sync Devices from the menu. The Sync ServerADOM(s)& Device(s) dialog box opens and shows the progress of the process.

Once the synchronization is complete, you can verify the changes on the client. For example, newly added devices in the ADOM specified by the profile.

If a new ADOM is created, the new ADOM will mirror the disk space and data policy of the corresponding server ADOM. If there is not enough space on the client, the client will create an ADOM with the maximum allowed disk space and give a warning message. You can then adjust disk space allocation as required.

Request processing

After a fetching client has made a fetch request, the request will be listed on the fetch server in the Received Request section of the Sessions tab on the FetcherManagement pane. It will also be available from the notification center in the GUI banner.

Fetch requests can be approved or rejected.

To process the fetch request:

1. Go to the notification center in the GUI banner and click the log fetcher request, or go to the Sessions tab on the System Settings > FetcherManagement
2. Find the request in the Received Request You may have to expand the section, or select Expand All in the content pane toolbar. The status of the request will be Waiting forapproval.
3. Click Review to review the request. The Review Request dialog box will open.
4. Click Approve to approve the request, or click Reject to reject the request.

If you approve the request, the server will start to retrieve the requested logs in the background and send them to the client. If you reject the request, the request will be canceled and the request status will be listed as Rejected on both the client and the server.

Fetch monitoring

The progress of an approved fetch request can be monitored on both the fetching client and the fetch server.

Go to System Settings > FetcherManagement and select the Sessions tab to monitor the fetch progress. A fetch session can be paused by clicking Pause, and resumed by clicking Resume. It can also be canceled by clicking Cancel.

Once the log fetching is completed, the status changes to Done and the request record can be deleted by clicking Delete. The client will start to index the logs into the database.

It can take a long time for the client to finish indexing the fetched logs and make the analyzed data available. A progress bar is shown in the GUI banner; for more information, click on it to open the Rebuild Log Database dialog box.

Log and report features will not be fully available until the rebuilding process is complete.