SAN Health supports switches from manufacturers other than Brocade, such as McData and Cisco. Both the data collection tool download and the processing of files are available at no cost. You can download Microsoft Visio and Excel viewers at no cost from the Microsoft website. 

Another tool, which is known as SAN Health Professional , is also available for download at no cost. With this tool, you can audit the reports in detail by using advanced search functions and inventory tracking. You can configure the SAN Health Diagnostics Capture tool as a Windows scheduled task. 

Tip:  Regardless of the method that is used, generate a fresh report at least once a month. Keep previous versions so that you can track the evolution of your SAN. 

## IBM Spectrum Control reporting 

If you have IBM Spectrum Control running in your environment, you can use it to generate reports on your SAN. For more information about how to configure and schedule IBM Spectrum Control reports, see the IBM Spectrum Control documentation: 

IBM Spectrum Control Documentation 

Ensure that the reports that you generate include all the information that you need. Schedule the reports with a period that you can use to backtrack any changes that you make. 

Also see Chapter 8, “Monitoring” on page 341 on how the configure and set-up Spectrum Control. 

## 9.1.3 IBM Spectrum Virtualize documentation 

You can back up the configuration data for an IBM Spectrum Virtualize system after preliminary tasks are completed. Configuration data for the system provides information about your system and the objects that are defined in it. 

Before you back up your configuration data, the following prerequisites must be met: 

GLYPH<SM590000> No independent operations that change the configuration for the system can be running while the backup  command is running 

GLYPH<SM590000> No object name can begin with an underscore character (_) 

Note:  The system automatically creates a backup of the configuration data each day at 1 AM. This backup is known as a cron backup  and is written on the configuration node to /dumps/svc.config.cron.xml_<serial#> . 

Use these instructions to generate a manual backup at any time: 

1. Issue the svcconfig backup  command to back up your configuration. The command displays messages similar to the ones in Example 9-1. 

CMMVC6112W io_grp io_grp1 has a default name CMMVC6112W io_grp io_grp2 has a default name CMMVC6112W mdisk mdisk14 ... CMMVC6112W node node1 ... CMMVC6112W node node2 ... .................................................... 

