Writer instructions

Page title

For most spaces, this page must be titled Space announcements.

For spaces with localized content, this page must be titled Space announcements l10n.

Purpose

Provide an announcement banner on every page of your space.

Location

Move this page outside of your home branch.

Guidelines

Announcement Support for this product will end on November 3, 2025. We recommend that you use PATROL for Linux, PATROL for AIX, or PATROL for Solaris to monitor operating systems.

DCM Collection Method

The DCM collection method uses the BMC PATROL Perform collection model for gathering and presenting application information. In this model, the Perform Agent makes calls to the operating system to collect information about the system and stores that information in its own data structures. Special standard parameters, designated by the -Ctrl suffix, retrieve data from the Perform data structures and transform it into the BMC PATROL format. Consumer parameters, written in BMC PATROL Script Language (PSL), retrieve the transformed information from these parameters and present this information in a variety of formats (text, gauges, graphs, and so on) to the BMC PATROL Console.

BMC PATROL also uses certain PSL collector parameters, designated by the -Coll suffix, to gather information that the Perform Agent does not provide.

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