For historical data to be available for an attribute group
on one or more managed systems, you must start historical data collection
for the attribute group.
Before you begin
Your user ID must have Configure History permission to open
the History Collection Configuration window.
If you do not have the permission, you will not see the menu item
or tool for historical configuration.
About this task
Use the History Collection Configuration window
to complete this task.
Procedure
- To open the History Collection Configuration window,
click from the Tivoli® Enterprise
Portal.
- Click WebSphere Message Broker in
the left side of the window.
- Click Create new collection setting.
The Create New Collection Settings window
is opened.
- In the Name field, enter a name
of up to 256 characters.
- Optional: In the Description field,
enter a description of up to 64 characters for the collection.
- Select an attribute group from the Attribute
Group list.
Only attribute groups that are
appropriate for historical collection and reporting are displayed
in the list.
- Click OK.
The configuration
tabs for the collection are displayed.
- Complete the fields in the Basic tab:
- Collection Interval is the frequency of
data transmission to the short-term history file on the computer where
the data is saved (Tivoli Enterprise
Monitoring Agent or Tivoli Enterprise
Monitoring Server). The options are every one, five, 15, or 30 minutes,
every hour, or once per day. The default interval is 15 minutes. The
shorter the interval is, the faster and larger the history file grows.
A short interval should be used only for an attribute group that is
critical in your work.
- Collection Location is where the short-term
history data file resides: at the TEMA (Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent) or the
TEMS (Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring
Server). The default location is TEMA, which minimizes the performance
impact on the Tivoli Enterprise
Monitoring Server from historical data management.
- Warehouse Interval determines whether the
collected data is warehoused and how often. The options are 15 minutes,
30 minutes, 1 hour, 12 hours, 1 day or Off.
- In the Distribution tab page, select
managed systems for which you want to start historical data collection
from the Available Systems list and click the
left arrow to move them to the Start collection on list.
Remember: In the available managed system
group list, MQSI_BROKER_V7 is the group of all managed
systems for WebSphere® Message
Broker V7.0
or later. MQSI_BROKER is the group of managed systems
for WebSphere Message
Broker V6
(all releases).
- Click OK to start data collection
on the managed systems.