Starting and stopping history data collection

This example shows how to start and stop history data collection.

The following endpoints allow you to start and stop history data collection, respectively:
  • POST /data/historycollections/start
  • POST /data/historycollections/stop
  • To start history data collection, use the following path. You must include the name parameter set to the name of an existing history collection configuration that defines what data to collect.
    https://host:port/api/v1/data/historycollections/start?name=uadvisor_name
  • To stop history data collection, use the following path. You must include the name parameter set to the name of the history collection configuration of the running collection.
    https://host:port/api/v1/data/historycollections/stop?name=uadvisor_name