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User Guide for Internetwork Performance Monitor
OL-11291-01
Working With Collectors 4-11
Viewing a List of Defined Collectors 4-12
Viewing a Collector State Summary 4-12
Viewing Collector Properties 4-13
Adding a New Collector 4-14
Stopping Collectors 4-15
Deleting Collectors 4-15
Adding Components Using Seed Files 4-16
Creating a Seed File 4-16
Seed File Syntax 4-17
Sample Source Seed File 4-18
Sample Target Seed File 4-19
Sample Collector Seed File 4-19
Loading Components From a Seed File 4-21
Viewing Seed File Output Files 4-21
Changing IP Addresses 4-22
Setting the Baseline 4-23
Setting IPM Database Preferences 4-24
Displaying the Current Database Preferences 4-25
Changing the Database Preferences 4-25
Database Preferences File Format 4-27
Setting SNMP Timeout and Retry Environment Variables 4-29
Setting SNMP Environment Variables in Solaris 4-30
Setting SNMP Environment Variables in Windows 4-31
Setting New IPM Server Process Timeout Values 4-32
Setting Server Timeout Values in Solaris 4-33
Setting Server Timeout Values in Windows 4-33
Setting the DISPLAY Variable in Solaris 4-34
Backing Up or Restoring the IPM Database 4-35
NVRAM Settings 4-35
Managed Source Interface Settings 4-36
Changing Administrative Password 4-37
Changing IPM Database Password 4-37
Working With Message Log Window 4-38
Log Control 4-38
Log Display 4-39