How does this report work?
The Database Files Space Usage Forecast report displays several charts with the following performance items:
Initially consumed file space (GB)
Finally consumed file space (GB)
Initial average free file space (%)
Final average free file space (%)
File space consumption forecast (GB)
The report finds data if the objects supplied are of type "MSSQL on Windows: DB Engine".
The report displays a separate chart for every selected object or a group of objects. Note that this report works with Windows objects only.
How to use this report?
1. Open the report menu in the Operations Manager.
2. Add an object or a group of objects to the report.
3. Select the period and the corresponding time zone for the report.
4. Select the number of days for the consumption forecast.
5. Click Run button. The report data will be displayed.
What Parameters are offered?
Date/Time selection: Allows selecting a relative or fixed date and time range and time zone.
Object: Allows adding objects to run this report.
Accessibility | Internal |
Visible | True |
R.ManagementGroupComputer | Management Group: ##(MG_NAME)## Computer: ##(COMP_NAME)## | |
R.ManagementGroupComputerInstance | Management Group: ##(MG_NAME)## Computer: ##(COMP_NAME)## Instance: ##(INST_NAME)## | |
R.Consumer | Consumer | |
R.ConsumptionForecastGB | Consumption forecast (GB) | |
R.FinalAvgFreeSpacePercent | Final average free space (\%) | |
R.FinalSizeGB | Final size (GB) | |
R.FinallyConsumedGB | Finally consumed (GB) | |
R.GrowthGB | Growth (GB) | |
R.InitialAvgFreeSpacePercent | Initial average free space (\%) | |
R.InitialSizeGB | Initial size (GB) | |
R.InitiallyConsumedGB | Initially consumed (GB) | |
R.InstanceName | Instance | |
R.SizeGB | Size (GB) | |
R.SizeForecastGB | Size forecast (GB) | |
R.ReportTitle | Database Files Space Usage Forecast | |
R.Summary | Summary | |
R.MostGrowingSpaceConsumers | 5 Most growing space consumers | |
R.LargestSpaceConsumers | 5 Largest space consumers | |
R.LegendConsumed | Consumed | |
R.FileSizeBegin | File Size Begin | |
R.FileSizeEnd | File Size End |
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