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What Is Data Collection?

Data Collection
is
obtaining useful information.

The issue is not: How do we collect data?

It is: How do we obtain useful data?

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Data Collection Overview

• NNM provides the ability to monitor MIB object values
on any managed node (with SNMP).

• Why? Monitor what is critical to your business.

• You customize the polling interval at which values are

monitored.

• Polled values can be stored on the management

station.

• Polled values can trigger events at thresholds you

specify.
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Examining Data Collection

Configurations
Bottom Pane
interval: Polling interval of MIB object/expression on configured Source.
Store: yes If collected data is to be stored or no
Threshold: yes or no
Instances: MIB instances which are collected
Source :The name(s) or address ranges of the nodes from which the data is
collected.

Top Pane
Origin: indicates whether the MIB entry is part of an externally defined
collection or was defined through the ovw
ovw Data Collector user interface.
Status: collecting if Data Collector is enabled, suspended if the Data Collector
collecting is disabled
Label: the name of the MIB object or expression that is being collected
MIB object id: the full numeric MIB name or the MIB expression name of the
object

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Data Collection Configuration

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Creating a MIB Expression

example
•An of a MIB expression
expression created from MIB objects allows you to look at
.If%deferred \
relationships between
“Percent of packets object or
on an interface interpret
which values.
were deferred\n\
•MIB Expressions
Computed by:\n\ are defined in:
(packets deferred rate/packets transmitted
%OV_CONF%\mibExpr.conf (Windows)rate)\n\
then converted to a percentage.”
$OV_CONF/mibExpr.conf \
(UNIX)
.1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.4.1.1.1.4. \
•To have new expressions
.1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.4.1.1.1.2. \ available, stop and restart the data
collector
/ 100 * configuration GUI.

• The first item is the MIB expression name.

• The second item is a description of the expression, enclosed in quotes.
• The third item is the MIB expression
— dotted notation for the MIB object
— postfix notation
• You add an expression to the mibExpr.conf file.
• You must then stop and restart the data collector configuration GUI, Options:
Data Collection & Thresholds:SNMP.

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Setting Collection Options

Collection Mode
The Set Collection Mode pop-up
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instances.
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restrict from which nodes data is
collected.

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MIB Object Value

Time

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Threshold and Rearm Events

• Why? Configure special instructions for when your
threshold/rearm events are received.
• Default threshold/rearm event configurations only log
events in the threshold events category.
• Default threshold event configuration is
OV_DataCollectThresh (58720263).
• Default rearm event configuration is
OV_DataCollect_Rearm (58720264).
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By can configure
when athese
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events to threshold
cause pop-up
is exceeded,
notifications
an OpenView
or be forwarded,
enterprise-specific
just as you
event configure
would with Specific
any Event
event.ID (SID) 58720263 is generated. Similarly, rearm events are
generated with an SID of 58720264. Matching event configurations for these two SIDs
are defined in the Event Configurator.

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Customizing the Threshold Event

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Turning Data Collections On and Off

• Enable/disable collecting MIB object/expression data

on all sources via the Actions:Suspend (Resume)
Collections menu item.

• Enable/disable collection on individual sources by

choosing the Exclude Collection pop-up list item.
Suspend and Resume
Exclude from Collection
To disable
In some the you
cases datamay
collection
need tofor all sources,
disable the easiest
data collection onlything to two
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to suspend thethis
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collection.
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that itselect
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not collect on a particular
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and Thresholds toopen
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the list of data collections.
collections, select the Select the you
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to suspend,
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select Actions:Suspend.
Collection. This allows youRemember
to defineto dospecific
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on which to take effect.should
collection
be excluded.
If you later decide to begin collecting the data again, use the Actions:Resume function.

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Monitoring Data Collection

Historical Data
1. Graphically. Click [Graph] from the Data Collection & Thresholds / Show Data window.
2. ASCII file. From the command prompt, carry out the snmpColDump command against the file
containing the collected data. The collected data is in a file named MIBlabel.instance. There is
also an associated control file named MIBlabel.instance!. You can view the control file with
Current
any editor.Data
For viewing the collected data:
1. Display the Data Collection
$OV_BIN/snmpColDump & Thresholds: SNMP dialog box by selecting the
$OV_DB/snmpCollect/ifInOctets.1
Options:Data
(on UNIX system) Collection & Thresholds: SNMP menu item.
or
2. From the top pane, select a MIB object/expression with a status of Collecting.
%OV_BIN%\snmpColDump
3. Select the Actions:Show "%OV_DB%\snmpCollect\ifInOctets.1"
Data menu item.
(on Windows operating systems)

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Interface Utilization: You can use the Interface Utilization graph to

compare the percentage of traffic flowing on the selected interfaces as compared to
the overall capacity of the interface.

Packet Rate: You can use the Interface Traffic Packet Rate graph to
determine the average number of packets sent or received on the node or
interface(s) over a period of time.

Throughput: You can use the Interface Traffic Packet Throughput graph to
determine the number of successful packets sent and received over the node or
interface(s) over a period of time.

Byte Rate: You can use the Interface Traffic Data Rate graph to determine
the average number of bytes that are received or transmitted over the selected
node or interfaces over some period of time.

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Thank You

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