Managing attribute sets
An attribute set is a list of related performance attributes (metrics) that, taken together, represent a more abstract functional grouping of those individual attributes.
Custom attribute sets are required for creating advanced relationships. After these functional groupings have been established, they can be used to leverage relationships between various elements in the infrastructure. The product is delivered with a group of out-of-the-box attribute sets. For example, to create a relationship between Web Servers and CPU usage, you can create an attribute set for all CPU usage performance attributes across all platforms. In this case, you can create an attribute set containing Windows System CPU usage, Solaris System CPU usage, AIX System CPU usage, and so on.
By creating an attribute set as discussed in the preceeding example, we can do away with creating different relationships for each system monitor type. It is conceptually similar to how many monitor instances can be put together in a group and relationships are then defined in terms of the group rather than from the individual monitor instance.
To transfer performance data from BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server to the report engine, create an attribute set of type External Report. To perform any operation (create/edit/delete) on this attribute set, you must have External Reports permissions. By default, External Reports permissions are available for users with the following roles:
- Super Admin
- Cloud Administrator
- Unified Central Admin.
For more information about roles and permissions, see Roles-and-permissions
This feature is recommended only for advanced users who are trained and familiar with the Probable Cause capabilities of Infrastructure Management.
Infrastructure Management recommends not editing default attribute sets (with the exception of adding new custom monitors). During upgrade, the system only carries forward the new attributes (added), and does not check for deletions. For more information about how attribute groups can be used, see Managing relationships.
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