User guide

Setting Up Performance Management Data Collection
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AlliedView NMS Administration Guide
• Polled Data - The actual name (statistic) for the data to be collected in the database. Examples would be
Interface_In_Octets or Ether_History_Octets.
• Poll Filter - The Polled Data for the Managed Object is filtered so that existing polled data can be modified/deleted, or
new polled data can be added.
When the server starts up, the definitions in the AlliedView NMS internal files are used as follows:
1. Polling Objects are created based on a AlliedView NMS internal file. Each Polling Object has the two criteria, Match and
Data Collection.
2. When Topology creates a Managed Object, the MO is passed through the Polling Object, where the properties of the
MO are compared to the match criteria of the Polling Object.
3. If there are match criteria, PolledData is created for entry in the Data Collection criteria.
4. If there are no Polling Filters, the PolledData goes directly to the database.
5. If there are Polling Filters, the PolledData is passed through the Polling Filter one by one and is modified as specified by
the filter. Then the data can be sent to the database.
The following subsections show how to add these Performance Management modules.
8.3.2 Polling Objects
A Polling Object is used for creating a single collection point for multiple devices. To add, modify, or delete a Polling Object,
select Edit -> Polling Objects. The following figure appears.