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Specifying collection intervals

In this step, specify the collection interval (in minutes) for the Automation Reporter to collect data. For example, if you specify 60, then every 60 minutes the Automation Reporter will record the data in the subsystem for the resources and activities.

Valid collection interval values

Valid collection intervals range from 10 minutes to 1440 minutes. The default is 15 minutes.

To specify the collection interval, in the Interval field of the Automation Reporter Parms panel, enter the collection interval as shown in the following figure.

 BMC Software ----------- Automation Reporter Parms ------------- BMC AMI OpsA
COMMAND ===>                                                 TGT  --- MS@1
                                                             DATE --- YY/MM/DD
                                                             TIME --- 13:39:59
              Member             Current

    New DSN  ===> AAOAO.SAVE.ARSTATS
                  Current  ===

    Disp     ===>      MOD                   Dataset disposition (SHR, MOD)

    Interval ===>       60                   Interval minutes (10 - 1440, or 0)

    Off int  ===>     1440                   Offload interval minutes (60 - 1440)

 Alert Queue ===> MAIN                       Alert Queue

Press END to save changes,  CANCEL to cancel changes

In this example, the interval is specified as 60 minutes. Therefore, after this DPM member is activated, every hour the Automation Reporter records the data as it exists at the end of the interval.

Example

If there were 10 ALERTs active during the 60 minute interval but only 5 ALERTs are active at the end of the 60 minute interval, the Automation Reporter records that there are 5 active ALERTs. The data is collected for each interval and saved in the subsystem and offloaded to the data set when the offload interval expires.

The data is not available to be browsed until it is offloaded into the data set.

Tip

Choose the collection interval value carefully. Do you really need to have data collected once an hour? Once every 15 minutes? If you specify every 15 minutes, data is collected for all the resources and activities 4 times an hour, 24 hours a day. You may or may not need to collect data at this frequency.

BMC Software recommends specifying twice a day collection (or every 720 minutes).

Proceed to Specifying-the-offload-interval.

Related topic

Starting-the-Automation-Reporter

 

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