Adding a new rule

By adding rules, you can apply specific monitoring behavior to groups of images or to a particular image. For example, if you did not want to monitor your test servers at all, you could set up a rule to exclude collecting the test server statistics. However, if you had a group of similarly named images that you wanted to monitor more closely than your other images, you could set your heartbeat interval lower than the default.

Before you begin

See Overview-of-using-rules-and-images.

To add a new rule:

1. From the ADLRULER or VMLRULER view, verify that you are in Edit mode. See Switching-modes.
2. Type A in the Cmd field next to an existing rule.

3. In the Image Pattern field, type the name of the image pattern of the new rule.

   Tip

   You can use wildcard characters to monitor several similarly-named Linux images. For more information about wildcard characters, see Wildcard-characters.

4. Press Enter.
5. Change the parameters according to how you want the new rule to monitor the images you specified in step 3.
6. Choose one of the following options:

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  • To save the new rule that you just created and to continue creating new rules or making changes to existing rules, type SAVE on the COMMAND line and press Enter.
  • To save the new rule and return to the previous view, press F3.
  • To cancel the new rule without saving it, type CANCEL on the COMMAND line and press Enter.