RHEV reporting
RHEV bundles two optional components. The first is the history management database, which holds the historical information of various virtualization resources such as data centers, clusters, hosts, virtual machines, and others so that any other external application can consume them for reporting.
The second optional component is the customized JasperServer and JasperReports. JasperServer is an open source reporting tool capable of generating and exporting reports in various formats such as PDF, Word, and CSV for end user consumption.
To enable the reporting functionality, you need to install the specific components that we discussed. For simplicity, we are installing both the components at one go using the command described in the following section.
Installing the RHEV history database and report server
To install the history database and report servers, execute the following command:
# yum install rhevm-dwh rhevm-reports
Once you have installed the reporting components, you...
