Managing grid performance records

You can select the grid performance metrics to collect by using the Grid Manager Grid Metrics tab to add, configure, edit, and delete metrics.

The Global Settings window contains the settings that govern grid performance metrics collection and display. By default, Enable Global Collection and Enable Threshold Color-coding are selected. These options must be selected for your individual metric collection and threshold color coding selections to be used.

To collect metrics, you must configure and enable them individually.

This page covers the following topics:

To select grid performance metrics

1. From the Grid Manager application, select the Administration tab, and then select the Grid Metrics tab.
2. Expand the list to open the Global Settings panel:
   • To disable a setting, click the selection box of the corresponding setting to be disabled.
   • To change the Status Metrics Auto-Refresh Period value from the default 60 seconds, type a numeric value in the Auto-refresh box; then click OK.

To add a metric configuration

1. Select the Administration tab, and then select the Grid Metrics tab.
2. Click Add.
3. Select the level (grid or peer) on which to configure the metric.
4. Select the metric to be configured.

5. Enter the options described in the following table; then click OK.

   Option	Description	Required
   Collection	Enables data collection for the selected metric Specify the frequency at which data will be collected. Default value: enabled	No
   Storage Duration	The number of days the data is retained in the database	Yes
   Thresholds	Sends alerts when a grid or a peer metric exceeds the defined values	No
   Minor	The lowest value that triggers alerts On the View Grid Metrics window, the violation is displayed in yellow.	No
   Major	A value higher than Minor and lower than Critical On the View Grid Metrics window, the violation is displayed in orange.	No
   Critical	A value higher than the Major value On the View Grid Metrics window, the violation is displayed in red.	No

   
   Thresholds relate only to the metrics for which they are created. They are configured based on your environment. The Minor, Major, and Critical fields specify the threshold variables for the metrics. The values in the thresholds Minor, Major, and Critical fields are highlighted if the specified value for the threshold is exceeded. If threshold color-coding is enabled, then metric threshold violations are highlighted in the Grid Metrics window with the appropriate color based on the severity of the violation.
   
   The Metrics page is displayed with a details table that contains a row with the newly configured metric.
   
   For example, a grid-level metric indicates an adapter status failure with thresholds of 1/3/5. When viewed in the Status Metric View, if two adapters are in a fault state, the metric is yellow; if three or four adapters are in a fault state, the metric is orange; and if five or more adapters are in a fault state, the metric is red.

6. (Optional) Repeat Steps 2 through 5 to add more metrics.

To edit a metric configuration

1. Select the Administration tab, and then select the Grid Metrics tab.
2. Click the metric that you want to edit.
3. Highlight the current value and enter the value that you want; then click OK.

To delete a metric configuration

1. Select the Administration tab, and then select the Grid Metrics tab.
2. Click the Delete icon that corresponds to the metric to be deleted.

Related topics

Grid performance table information