HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

10 Monitoring systems, clusters, and events
You can monitor systems , clusters , and events using the tools in the System and Event Collections panel.
These tools enable you to locate more information about systems and events and quickly select systems to
perform tasks . From System and Event Collections panel, you can quickly access the System Overview
page, the All Systems page, and the All Events page. You can also save searches in private collections
under Systems or Events. See “Saving collections” for more information.
NOTE: If you upgraded from HP SIM 4.x to HP SIM 5.x and you used the My Favorites feature, the My
Favorites subfolders and folder contents are migrated under the Private collections.
About collections
Systems and events are grouped into collections based on information from the HP SIM database. After a
collection is defined, you can display the results or associate the collection with a task. You can also save
an edited or unedited collection as a collection with another name.
You can use collections to organize large numbers of systems into smaller, more meaningful groupings. For
example, your organization might have five system administrators who are responsible for 100 different
systems in 6 different buildings. You can create a collection for each administrator that includes only his or
her systems, or you can create a collection for each building that includes only the systems located in that
building.
Types of collections
The following types of collections are available in HP SIM:
• By member When creating a collection, you can select exactly which specific systems or collections
you want to include. From the Customize Collections page, click New. The New Collection section
appears. Select Choose members individually. When creating event collections, you cannot select
individual events. You can select other event collections only to create a convenient hierarchy.
When creating event collections, you cannot select individual events. You can select event collections
only to create a convenient hierarchy.
• By attribute When creating a collection, you can describe the contents of the collection by the attributes
of its members. Collections defined by attributes are dynamic because each time they are invoked, the
contents are determined again. Many attributes can create collections, including system name (full or
partial), operating system, system type, and so on. For event collections, attributes can be cleared
status, type, severity, time, and so on. See “Saving collections” for more information about search
criteria and attributes.You can combine multiple attributes to create the exact group of systems or events
required. You create collections by attribute when you click Save As from the Advanced Search
page. See “Searching for systems and events” for more information about performing a system or event
search.
Complex collections that contain individual collections or a number of search criteria require more
system resources to run. Therefore, keep the collection as simple as possible to minimize the performance
impacts of individual tasks. This advice applies to collections by attributes only.
NOTE: In HP SIM releases prior to version 5.1, you could specify system attributes when creating
event collections. If you upgrade to HP SIM 5.1 or later from any previous version of HP SIM, and you
have event collections that include system attributes. The original collection becomes a combination
collection that contains an event collection with only the original event information, and a system
collection with only the original system information. For example, if you had a collection named
MyServersEvents in previous versions of HP SIM that included system attributes, this collection would
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