Summarizer Settings and Summarization Interval for CDP

SonicWALL CDP appliances send their syslog packets to Dell SonicWALL GMS through UDP packets. When summarization is enabled, the Summarizer processes those files and stores the data in the summary databases at the interval you specify.

See the following sections:

•	Enabling Report Summarization for CDP Appliances

•	Setting the Reports Data Summarization Interval

•	Using Summarize Now

Enabling Report Summarization for CDP Appliances

To globally enable the summarization of report data that is necessary for viewing reports, complete the following:

1	On the Console panel, navigate to Reports > Summarizer.

2	Under Summarizer Settings, select Enable Report Summarization.

3	Click Update.

Setting the Reports Data Summarization Interval

The Summarizer processes syslog data sent from SonicWALL CDP appliances and store the processed data in the summary databases at the interval you specify. When a CDP appliance is configured to communicate with GMS you need to verify that the summarizer is scheduled to collect and process data for this unit at an appropriate interval.

To configure the summarization interval, complete the following steps:

1	Click the Console tab, expand the Reports tree and click Summarizer. The CDP Summarizer page displays.

 

2	Under Reports Data Summarization Interval, important information about the Summarizer is displayed. Use the Summarize every pull-down lists to specify how often in hours and minutes the Reporting Module should process syslog data and update summary information.

3	Click Update to the right of this field.

4	To specify the next summarization time, enter a date in the form mm/dd/yyyy in the Next Scheduled Run Time field, and select the hour and minute values from the pull-down lists.

5	Click Update to the right of this field.

6	To update the summary information now, click Summarize Now. Dell SonicWALL GMS automatically processes the latest information and makes it available for immediate viewing.

NOTE: This does not affect the normally scheduled summarization updates on the GMS Agent.

For more information about using and verifying the Summarize Now option, see Using Summarize Now .

Using Summarize Now

The Summarize Now feature allows the administrator to create instant summary reports without affecting the regularly scheduled summary reports. You can use Summarize Now to test that the Summarizer is gathering data for a managed unit. The SonicWALL GMS Summarize Now feature is located in the Console tab under Reports > Summarizer. The SonicWALL GMS Summarizer creates summary reports by default every eight hours. Summary reports can be configured by the administrator to occur every 15 minutes to every 24 hours.

To use the Summarize Now feature, complete the following tasks:

1	Click the Console tab, expand the Reports tree and click Summarizer. Click Summarize Now to summarize data immediately.

2	You will see a pop-up window verifying that you want to summarize the data now. Summarizing data using Summarize Now is a one-time action and does not affect the scheduled summary. Click OK to continue.

3	To verify summarization, navigate to Log > View Log in the center pane. Search for the message Report Data Summarized to verify that the Summarize Now action has completed.

4	When Summarize Now has completed, click the Reports tab. In the left-most pane, click GlobalView click a group or a managed appliance.

NOTE: You might see incomplete data if you view the Summary section of a selected report before the Summarize Now process is complete. Wait for the Report Data Summarized message to be displayed in Log > View Log.

5	In the center pane, click a report to expand it, then click the Summary option underneath it. For example, click Capacity, then click Summary to review the summarized CDP capacity usage data.Navigate to the Summary section of other reports in the center pane to see other summarized data.