HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Administering Systems and Events \| Data Collection \| Creating a Data Collection Task

Creating a Data Collection Task


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			Creating a Data Collection Task
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Data collection is used to gather data that can be used for reporting. There are two ways you can collect this data. You can collect detailed data to use for reporting, or for comparing different systems with Snapshot Comparisons, or you can collect less detailed data, but collect it over time. This enables you to use Snapshot Comparisons to view trends on a single system.

To create a Data Collection task:

Select OptionsData Collection. The Data Collection page appears.
Select target systems. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Creating a Task for more information.
Click [Next].
Specify how to save data by selecting:
- Overwrite existing data set (for detailed analysis). Provides a network snapshot at a certain time
- Append new data set (for historical trend analysis). Provides trend and usage analysis
Select one of the following options to execute the task:
- Click [Schedule] to schedule when the task should run. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Scheduling a Task.
- Click [Run Now] to run the task now. The Task Results Page appears. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Task Results List.
- Click [Previous] to return to the previous page.
Click [Done].

View the task results by selecting the desired data collection task on the All Scheduled Tasks page. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Task Results List for more information on the All Scheduled Tasks page.

Command Line Interface

Use the mxtask command to perform this task from the command line interface. For assistance with this command, refer to the HP-UX or Linux manpage by entering mxtask at the command line or the Windows command help. Refer to Getting Started - Using Command Line Interface Commands for information on accessing the manpage.