User`s guide

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.
Select Suspend and then Resume.
iii. Verify that data are being collected.
You can execute the following command periodically:
snmpColDump databases\snmpCollect\ifIndex.
n
where n is the number of the interface. For instance, if n is 1, this command dumps all the ifIndex raw data
that were collected until now for interface number l.
f. Allow the management software some time to collect data.
For best results at this stage, allow the management software to collect data for about two days. (At any point after the
above action, you can exit the SNMP management application without affecting data logging.) We recommend that you
collect two days’ worth of data so that you will have a better sense of what typical data are like, what a typical PDB is
like, and what typical reports are like as you explore your PDB in later tasks.
At the end of the two days, go on to Section 1, Task 3: Create a Test PDB and Process, Reduce, and Report on Your
Data. You do not need to stop data collection.
For other collectors, see the applicable example in the IT Service Vision Showroom.