Adding and Editing Hosts and Backup Servers
Navigate to the Inventory and organize your hierarchy to display Hosts or Backup Servers.
See Hierarchy toolbar to organize your data.
As a part of creation, you must assign Hosts/Backup Servers to a Host Group. After adding hosts or backup servers, the Refresh icon will display a badge to indicate the database has been updated with new objects. Click Refresh to display the additions in their appropriate categories in the Inventory view.
To add a host/backup server
- Toggle to the List view with Hosts or Backup Servers displayed. The Hierarchy panel can be arranged in any configuration, but you must select Hosts/Backup Servers, to add a Host or Backup Server.
Note:
When adding an EMC Data Domain Server, in the Inventory select Hosts, not Backup Servers.
- Click Add. The Add Host dialog is displayed.
- Specify the required information.
The Host Name is the name that will be displayed in reports. This is a required field.
The Internal Host Name must be an exact match for the name of the host as it is recognized by the product from which it was collected. This is a required field.
IP address of the host. This is a required field.
The Make, Host Model, Host Location, Host Info Operating System, and OS Version, if known.
The Backup Type that you select from the drop-down list should characterize a specific host. Typically, this backup type is required when configuring a data collection policy. If the host is not a Backup server, select Other. This is a required field.
To edit host details
Navigate to the Inventory and organize your hierarchy to display Hosts.
See Hierarchy toolbar to organize your data.
As a part of editing, you can assign and remove hosts from Host Groups.
- Toggle to the List view with Hosts displayed. The Hierarchy panel can be arranged in any configuration, but you must select Hosts/Backup Server to add a Host or Backup Server.
- Select Hosts or a host group. The individual Hosts are displayed in the view pane.
- Select the Host to edit. The Edit button is displayed once you select the host.
- Click Edit. The Edit Host dialog is displayed.
- Edit the details as required.
The Host Name is the name that will be displayed in reports. This is a required field.
The Internal Host Name must be an exact match for the name of the host as it is recognized by the product from which it was collected. This is a required field.
IP address of the host. This is a required field.
The Make, Host Model, Host Location, Host Info Operating System, and OS Version, if known.
The Backup Typethat you select from the drop-down list should characterize a specific host. Typically, this backup type is required when configuring a data collection policy. If the host is not a Backup server, select Other. This is a required field.