1. Log on to the computer with an account that is a member of the Operations Manager Administrators role for the Operations Manager 2007 management group.

2. In the Operations console, click the Reporting button.

3. In the Reporting pane, expand Reporting, and then click Windows Server 2003 Operating System.

4. In the Windows Server 2003 Operating System Reports pane, click Disk Performance Analysis.

5. In the Report Details pane, a list of the performance counters available in this report is displayed. Keep in mind one of the counters, for example, LogicalDisk\Disk Bytes/sec\_Total.

6. In the Operations console, click the My Workspace button.

7. In the My Workspace pane, right-click My Workspace, point to New, and then click Performance View.

8. In the Properties dialog box, in the Name field, type a name for this view (for this example use Test).

9. In the Criteria tab, click with a specific counter name.

10. In Criteria description field, click specific.

11. In the Counter Name dialog box, type the name of the counter you noted in step 5, for example Disk Bytes/sec, and then click OK.

12. In the Properties dialog box, click OK.

13. In the Test results pane, in Legend area, click one or more of the Show check boxes.

    • If data appears in the Test pane, that data is available in the Operations Manager database and should be available for the report.
      
      
    • If no data appears, click the Authoring button, in the Authoring pane, expand Authoring, expand Management Pack Objects, and then click Rules. Look in the Enabled by default column for any rules that are not enabled. If they are not enabled, use overrides to enable the rule that you need for your report.
      
      

    Note
    Some performance data collection rules in the Exchange Management Packs store data in only the Reporting data warehouse and cannot be verified with this procedure.

14. In the Legend area, examine the Target column and verify that the text in the Target column matches what is listed in the Object column in the Parameter Area of the report. If the value listed in the Target column is different, use the value listed in Target column in the report and run the report again.

    Note

    When searching for the name of an object in a report, you might find that the name of the hosting computer is listed only in the Object path column in the Parameter Area. If you want to locate multiple specific objects, you can create a dynamic group containing the correct types of objects and run the report with this new group. For more information about creating groups, see How to Create Groups in Operations Manager 2007.

1. Log on to the computer with an account that is a member of the Operations Manager Administrators role for the Operations Manager 2007 management group.

2. In the Operations console, click the My Workspace button.

3. In the My Workspace pane, right-click My Workspace, point to New, and then click State View.

4. In the Properties dialog box, in the Name field, type a name for this view (for this example use Test1).

5. On the Criteria tab, click the ellipses (…) next to the Show data related to box.

6. In the Select a Target Type dialog box, click View all Targets.

7. In the Find box, type Windows Operating System.

8. In the Target column, click Windows Operating System, and then click OK.

9. In the Properties dialog box, examine the contents in the list with the check boxes contain the data that you wanted to run a report against (for example, Build Number), and then click OK.

10. In the Test1 results pane, examine the content in the Name column. The values listed in the Name column are the correct object names you need to search for when searching for objects for the report.

    Note
    When searching for the name of an object in a report, you might find that the name of the hosting computer is listed only in the Object path in the Parameter Area. In this instance, you need to create a dynamic group containing the correct types of objects and run the report with this new group. For more information about creating groups, see How to Create Groups in Operations Manager 2007.

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