Filtering performance thresholds
Perform this task to set filter
values, to enable or disable threshold filters, and to restore default filter
values for a performance data-collection task.
Prerequisites
You can only set filters for the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS).
Steps
Perform the following steps to set filter values, to enable
or disable threshold filters, and to restore default filter values:
- From the IBM Director Task pane, click Multiple Device Manager.
- Click Manage performance. You can either set filters
or change filter settings as follows:
- To set filters when creating a new performance data-collection
task, drag the Data Collection icon from the Task pane.
Drop the icon on a storage device in the Group Contents pane. Invoking the
Performance Data Collection task displays the Create Performance Data Collection
Task panel. Follow the procedures in Creating a performance data-collection task to
create the task. After creating the performance data collection task, go to
step 3.
- To change the filter settings for an existing performance data-collection
task, go to step 3.
-
Drag the Thresholds icon
from the Task pane. Drop the icon on a storage device in the Group Contents
pane. The Performance threshold panel opens and the Performance Threshold
summary table is displayed. The Performance Threshold summary table provides
the following information:
- Device ID
- Device type
- Threshold name
- Threshold status
- Warning level
- Error level
- Alert level
- In the Performance Threshold summary table, select the device for which
you are setting or changing the threshold filter.
- Click Filters. The Filters table is displayed. The
Filters table provides the following information:
- Device ID
- Device type
- Filter name
- Associated threshold
- Filter status
- Select a single row in the Filters table for which you want to set or
change the filter.
- Click Value to set or change the value for the selected
filter. The value must be 0 - 100. The default filter value is 80. Click Set to save the new or changed filter value.
- Click Enable to enable the filter.
- Click Disable to disable the filter.
- Click Restore defaults to restore filter values
to the default settings.
- Click OK to save the settings or the changes to
the threshold filters.
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