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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.

Collecting parameter histories

To collect history data for a parameter using the PATROL Console for UNIX, perform the following steps.

  1. From the List of Parameters window, select the parameter you want to gather history on.
  2. Choose Edit > Modify from the pull-down menu or double-click on the left Mouse-buttons. The definition window for that parameter opens.
  3. Find History Level on the definition window.
  4. Using the left mouse button, click on the Inherited button and select Local. The slide bar is activated.
  5. Select the number of days you want to gather history for using the slide bar.
  6. Select OK. That parameter is now gathering history data.
Warning

Note

A red dot in the top left-hand corner of a parameter icon indicates that no history exists.

Related topics

Accessing-application-parameter-definitions

Viewing-parameter-histories

Clearing-parameter-histories

 

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BMC PATROL for UNIX and Linux 9.13