Filtering performance thresholds 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:

  1. From the IBM Director Task pane, click Multiple Device Manager.
  2. 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.
  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
  4. In the Performance Threshold summary table, select the device for which you are setting or changing the threshold filter.
  5. Click Filters. The Filters table is displayed. The Filters table provides the following information:
    • Device ID
    • Device type
    • Filter name
    • Associated threshold
    • Filter status
  6. Select a single row in the Filters table for which you want to set or change the filter.
  7. 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.
  8. Click Enable to enable the filter.
  9. Click Disable to disable the filter.
  10. Click Restore defaults to restore filter values to the default settings.
  11. Click OK to save the settings or the changes to the threshold filters.
Related topics Performance thresholds

(C) Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2004