SnapManager report directory options

Use the SnapManager Report Directory Setting dialog box to configure the location of the SnapManager report files. For more information, see any of the following topics.

Default report directory

By default, the SnapManager reports are stored in a subdirectory named Report under the directory in which the SnapManager application is installed. If you installed SnapManager in its default installation directory, then the default report directory path is as follows:

C:\Program Files\NetApp\SnapManager for SQL Server\Report

Reasons to change the report directory

Reasons for changing the location of the SnapManager report directory are described in the following paragraphs.

Limited space

If you find you have limited space in the current report directory, you can change the report directory to a different location that has more available disk space.

Clustered environment

If you are running SQL Server and SnapManager in an MSCS cluster, storing the SnapManager reports in the default location (in a directory named Report under the SnapManager installation directory) would not allow the report directory to be shared between the nodes in the cluster. Furthermore, you would not see the same reports from different nodes.

To avoid these problems, you can move the report directory to a disk that belongs to the same group as your SQL Server virtual server. This needs to be performed from every SnapManager node.

Accessing reports created in a previous directory

If you change the name or location of the SnapManager report directory, you cannot use the SnapManager Reports tab to view or print any reports that were created in that report directory.

However, assuming the previous report directory was not explicitly changed or removed, any reports created in that directory are still accessible. In order to view or print those older reports, you must change the report directory back to its previous location.

Using the Report Directory Setting dialog box

Use the Report Directory Setting dialog box to view and change the directory where your SnapManager reports are stored.

Step	Action
1	From the SnapManager menu bar, select Options > Report Directory Setting. Result The Report Directory dialog box appears and displays the current location of the report directory.
2	Specify the new location for the report directory. Attention Do not use a disk that contains SQL Server or SnapManager data for the report directory; it is restored from the Snapshot copy when you perform a SnapManager Restore.
	If...	Then...
	You know the full directory path name	Click in the Report Directory box and modify the path name.
	You prefer to browse to the new location	Click Browse to use a browse dialog box to select the new location.
3	To apply your changes and close the Report Directory Setting dialog box, click OK.
4	To refresh the information displayed in the SnapManager Reports tab, go the SnapManager menu bar and select View > Refresh.