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User Guide for Internetwork Performance Monitor
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Chapter 4 Modifying IPM Components
Working With Collectors
Stopping Collectors
You can stop collectors that you no longer need. When you stop a collector, the collector and the SA
Agent entry are removed from the source router. You can stop more than one collector at a time.
To stop an IPM collector:
Step 1 From the IPM Main Window, select the collector or collectors to stop.
Select Edit > Stop.
The confirmation box appears
Step 2 Click Yes.
The selected collectors are stopped from the IPM Main Window. The collector remains in the Cancelled
status until that collector is started using either Edit > Start or Edit > Edit Collector.
For more detailed information about the options available in the Edit > Start and Edit > Edit Collector,
see the context sensitive help.
Deleting Collectors
You can delete collectors you no longer need. When you delete a collector, all data related to that
collector is removed from the database, and the collector and the SA Agent entry are removed from the
source router. If the selected collector is active, IPM first stops the collector, then deletes it.
The collector remains in Delete Pending state until the data is completely deleted from the IPM database.
It can take several minutes or more to delete a collector that has a large amount of data stored in the IPM
database. You can delete more than one collector at a time.
To delete an IPM collector:
Step 1 From the IPM Main Window (Figure 2-2), select the collector or collectors to delete.
Step 2 Select Edit > Delete.
The confirmation box appears
Step 3 Click Yes.
The selected collectors are deleted from the IPM Main Window.