ASAP 2.8 Client Manual

Configuring ASAP
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Attribute Property Sheet
State Determination Options
Use Thresholds Option
The Use Thresholds option indicates that the state of an attribute is determined by
the values specified in the ASAP Utilization Thresholds dialog box. When you set this
property for a given attribute, state determination for the attribute is based entirely on
ASAP utilization thresholds. For more information, see Utilization Thresholds Control
Panel on page 5-19.
When an object's Time attribute has its Show in Graph Check Box and Use Thresholds
options selected, ASAP performs a series of automatic time checks to ensure that the
time has a reasonable value. If the time is not reasonable, ASAP raises the state of the
time to an alert level.
For example, if the time for statistics received from ASAP is not recent, the Time state
for that object is reported as down and a Red or Yellow Icon appears next to the time.
You should enable ASAP time checks because this mechanism helps in the analysis of
a variety of problems, including: server and database errors, down nodes, down
communication paths, and incorrect system time settings. To disable Late Data time
checks for all entities, select the No Check option of the Late Data Integrity Check
drop-down menu on the OSC Property Sheet.
Use Value Graph Value Option
The Use Value Graph Value option indicates that attribute state information is
determined directly by the value of that attribute. This value is graphed.
Entities such as App have user-defined metrics that provide both value and state
information in ordered pairs of numbers; for example, Busy and BusyState. The metric
portion is the actual value of the attribute, and the state portion is the entity agent’s
state determination objective associated with the metric. When you select the Use
Value Graph Value option, the metric value is graphed, and that value is also used to
directly specify the state of the object. The state variable associated with the metric is
ignored.
This option lets applications using the ASAP Extension directly set the state of an
attribute from their application program.
Icon Option Description
Use
Thresholds
The state of an attribute is determined by the values specified in the
ASAP Utilization Thresholds dialog box.
Use Value
Graph Value
Attribute state information is determined directly by the value of that
attribute.
Use State
Graph Value
Attribute state information is determined by the state variable
associated with that attribute. The attribute value is graphed.
Use State
Graph State
Attribute state information is determined by the state variable
associated with that attribute. The state value is graphed.