Removing a historical data collection

Use the History Collection Configuration window to remove any unnecessary historical data collection definitions.

Before you begin

Your user ID must have Configure History permission to open the History Collection Configuration window. If you do not have this permission, you will not see the menu item or tool for historical configuration.

About this task

Take these steps to remove a historical collection definition and thereby no longer collect data for the attribute group on the assigned managed systems. Be aware that if there are multiple collection definitions for the same attribute group, you must delete all of them before data collection will be discontinued for the attribute group.

Procedure

  1. Click History Configuration to open the History Collection Configuration window.
  2. Click the monitored application (agent type).
  3. In the expanded branch, select the historical collection that you want to unconfigure.
    You can use Ctrl + click to select multiple collections or Shift + click to select all between the one previously selected and this one.
  4. Click Delete collection.
  5. Confirm the deletion of the historical collection definition to permanently remove it.

Results

Data collection stops for the historical collection definition on all managed systems it was distributed to. The historical data collected up to this point continues to remain in the short-term history files and data warehouse.