Gauges
Multiple Device Manager (MDM) gauges are graphical
and tabular presentations of performance data and performance exceptions that
you define. You can create, modify, and delete gauges, and you can display
information about a specific gauge.
Gauge types
Gauges are saved in the Performance Manager database and retrieved upon
request. When you request data pertaining to a defined gauge from Performance
Manager, Performance Manager builds a query to the database, retrieves and
formats the data, and returns it to you. Performance Manager supports two
gauge types:
- Performance
- The performance-type gauges present sample-level performance data. The
frequency at which performance data is sampled on a device depends on the
sampling frequency that you specify when you define the performance collection
task. The maximum and minimum values of the sampling frequency depend on the
device type.
- Exception
- The exception-type gauges present a count of warning and critical thresholds
exceeded for each of the thresholds that are enabled. An exception occurs
when a measurement from a collection of values sent by a storage device, exceeds
a preset value. For each day in a time span that you select, Performance Manager
reports the total number of warning- and critical-exceptions for the selected
device. The types of exceptions that are reported depend on the device type.
With an expanded view, you can see information about each exception occurrence such
as the time, subcomponent identification, and the actual value of the metric
when the exception occurred.
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