Configuring the Reports Summarizer Role

The Reports Summarizer role is used to dedicate a server for performing only summarization of reports in a multi-server GMS deployment. Syslogs collected by the Syslog Collector service are consumed by the Reports Summarizer service to create generate reports. In such a deployment, it is essential that the Syslog Collectors running on various GMS Servers write syslogs to folders that are accessible by Reports Summarizer systems.

The following services run on a Summarizer system:

•	SonicWALL Universal Management Suite - Reports Summarizer

•	SonicWALL Universal Management Suite - Web Service Server

To deploy your SonicWALL GMS in the Reports Summarizer role, complete the following steps in the appliance management interface:

1	Navigate to the Deployment > Role page. Under Host Role Configuration, select Reports Summarizer.

 

2	To include the MySQL database on this system, select Include Database (MYSQL). To use a MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server database on another system, do not select this check box.

3	Configure the database settings as described in Configuring Database Settings .

4	Configure the Web port settings as described in Configuring Server Settings .

5	To apply your changes, click Update. To change the settings on this page back to the defaults, click Reset.