(DI-1811) Collector Settings Maintenance

To access Collector settings press:

Collector

You can view the central list of collectors. These are collectors used by Insights to monitor the central and remote systems. List of collectors that are remote or on the system that can be called. Delivered collectors start with the /DVD/MON prefix and are preconfigured. These could be adjusted by the user, by adjusting KPI's, parameters etc. Please note that you can create your own collectors only if they start with Z* Y* or X*. It is mandatory to register each collector here before it is being used.

Table of contents:

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Collector's KPI

To access this feature, select the collector and double click on the KPI folder. A list of the KPIs assigned to the selected collector is displayed. Here you can create new KPIs. You may adjust or set up the additional parameters for these KPIs to suit your requirements.

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Collector's Inputs & rules

This folder displays customizing tables, which contain reference information for the collector, related to the type of KPIs that should be collected. You can customize these tables to watch out for specific requirements defined in rules. Please note that you can create or modify only field names (in this case the Input table name) that start with Z*, Y* or X . The standard customizing (field entries except the ones starting with Z*, Y*, X*) can not be changed or added.

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You can change these inputs by pressing the Edit button.

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Detail tables

Here are displayed detail tables for the selected collector. In the detail table are stored data collected by collector's KPIs. In the case you create your own collector, you can also define your own detail table. Please note that you can create your own detail table, only if it starts with letters Z*, Y* or X*.

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Field view contains field details of selected detail table.

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Here in assignment view you may assign KPI to collector and its detail table.

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Collector's parameters

Some collectors are created to measure the time during which a system or a server are performing certain operations, this is where you could use the parameters to set / adjust benchmarks for the KPI's. In this case, values are deleted and the default values provided with the collectors will be used. In the case you create your own collector, you can also define your own parameters, which are send to your collector. Please note that you can create your own parameters, only if the name starts with Z*, Y* or X*.

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Collector's setup

Here, the user can change or define new behaviors of the collectors:
The user can determine the Destination of the collector whether it will be run on the central or remote instance, to suit system differences, as not all behaviors may be required, or the user can collate information and post processing, i.e. post processing of remote systems in the central system.

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Other behaviors could be required in certain instances where Collectors are monitoring systems on a regular basis, for example, every 5 minutes. In such instances, execute it in a separate dialog and set a time limit in order to avoid an overlap of data collected.
This setup is not necessary in standard cases.