User`s guide

NetView
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Data Collection & Thresholds: SNMP
OpenView
Options -> Data Collection & Thresholds: SNMP...
The MIB (Management Information Base) data collection window displays.
The top third of this window lists which MIB objects, if any, are already configured for data collection.
Some recommended metrics for your test PDB are listed in OpenView and NetView Appendix 1: Recommended
Metrics. To add the selected metrics to your PDB, follow these steps:
i. Select Metrics
Select Add...
The MIB object selection window displays. You can make selections by clicking down the object ID (OID) tree
in the window until you reach this metric. For example, to select ifInOctets
follow this path:
mgmt -> mib-2 -> interfaces -> ifTable -> ifEntry -> ifInOctets
Or you can enter the metric’s OID directly.
Select OK.
The Add Collection window displays.
Select Add From Map.
The nodes that you selected in the previous action are added for this metric.
Select Collection Mode and then Store, No Thresholds.
Type 15m (for 15 minutes) in the Polling Interval field.
Select Instances and All.
Select OK for your addition to take effect.
The MIB object now displays in the list of configured MIB objects (metrics) in the top third of the screen.
ii. Repeat this sequence for the remaining metrics.
Note: If you find this interactive method too time-consuming, see OpenView and NetView Appendix 2: Alternate
Data-Logging Method, for an unofficial but faster method.
e. Begin logging data for the configured objects.
It is important to synchronize the data collection of these objects so that the data are collected very close to the same time
for all metrics.
i. Select objects
On the list of configured objects, select all the objects simultaneously by holding down the CTRL key, clicking
Mouse Button 1 (MB1) on every object, and then releasing the CTRL key.
ii. Synchronize the times.