In most reports, you browse to and specify a file path for the report through the Target Paths tab. If you have Micro Focus Storage Manager (MSM) managing your organization’s user and collaborative storage, you can have File Reporter report on the storage according to the target paths of the MSM policies, rather than through a specific file path.
IMPORTANT:File Reporter 3.0 requires that you upgrade to Storage Manager 4.0 or above.
The advantages to specifying an MSM policy rather than a file path is that an MSM policy can include many different target paths. For example, in a large organization that utilizes Storage Manager’s load balancing capabilities, a single MSM policy might have 10 or more target paths. If you chose to specify the paths through the Target Paths tab, you would need to list all 10 paths. But if you have each of the target paths listed in a single MSM policy, through the MSM Policies tab, all you need to do is add the single MSM policy.
Another important advantage is that File Reporter reads the associated policy target paths each time a report is generated, so that it dynamically responds to changes in assigned target paths for MSM policies.
NOTE:Procedures for integrating File Reporter with Storage Manager are included in Section 4.5, Integrating with Micro Focus Storage Manager.
You can specify MSM policies for all File Reporter reports with the exception of Comparison reports, Permissions by Identity reports, and Volume Free Space reports.