The following sections describe the Policy and Distribution Services reports:
There are four predefined Tiered Electronic Distribution reports:
Displays a detailed, time-line history of Distributions for the selected Subscribers, including:
Sorting is by time; grouping is by Distribution name and version.
The report criteria include:
Subscriber: If you selected a Subscriber object, it appears in the Subscriber field and the report only displays information for the receive and extract actions performed by this Subscriber. Information for parent Subscribers also displays a Received Stage heading.
If you selected the Database or Distribution object, the report includes all actions that have occurred with a Distribution. In other words, information for all Subscribers involved is displayed.
Latest Version Only: Deselect to include versions that are within the specified date range.
Select the Date Range Criteria for the Report: Specify the range.
Displays a history of a Distribution package's versions, including:
Sorting is by version number.
The report criteria include:
Displays the versions of the Distribution that failed during creation, including:
Sorting is by version.
The report criteria include:
Displays status information for the Subscribers that received the Distribution, including:
Sorting is by Subscriber/Parent Subscriber, then Stage.
The report criteria include:
Distribution: If you selected a Distribution object, it appears in the Distribution field. If you selected the Database object, you need to browse for the Distribution object.
Version Number: If Distribution versions exist, you can choose one from the drop-down menu. Select All to include all versions.
Distribution Stage: You can select All, Extract, or Receive.
Distribution Status: You can select All, Success, or Not Success.
For all server policy reports, the default date ranges are for the current date (from midnight to midnight).
There are six predefined server policy reports:
Displays the servers that have discovered policies within the specified packages, including:
Sorting is by package, then by context/server name, maintaining the tree's hierarchy. For example, myserver.servers.novell is sorted novell, servers, myserver.
The report criteria include:
Package: Select a policy package from the drop-down list or select All.
Policy Type: You can select All, Server Down Process, Scheduled Down, SNMP Trap Targets, Community Strings, Set Parameters, Script, Text File, Scheduled Load/Unload, or Database Location.
Select the Date Range Criteria for the Report: Specify the range.
For a selected server or all servers in the tree, displays Server Down Process policy information, including:
Sorting is by server name only.
The report criteria include:
For all servers in the tree, displays all policies that have failed, including:
Sorting is by context/server name, maintaining the tree's hierarchy. For example, myserver.servers.novell is sorted novell, servers, myserver.
The report criteria include:
Package: Select a policy package from the drop-down list or select All.
Failure Type: You can select All, Failed, Unenforceable, or Partial Enforcement.
Policy Type: You can select All, Server Down Process, Scheduled Down, SNMP Trap Targets, Community Strings, Set Parameters, Script, Text File, Scheduled Load/Unload, or Database Location.
Select the Date Range Criteria for the Report: Specify the range.
Displays information on Server Software Packages and their components, including:
Sorting is by context/server name, maintaining the tree's hierarchy. For example, myserver.servers.novell is sorted novell, servers, myserver.
The report criteria include:
For all servers in the tree, displays all policies that have been successfully enforced, including:
Sorting is by context/server name, maintaining the tree's hierarchy. For example, myserver.servers.novell is sorted novell, servers, myserver.
The report criteria include:
Package: You can specify a single policy package or select All.
Policy Type: You can select All, Server Down Process, Scheduled Down, SNMP Trap Targets, Community Strings, Set Parameters, Script, Text File, Scheduled Load/Unload, or Database Location.
Select the Date Range Criteria for the Report, From/To: Specify the range.