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Chapter 18 Setting Up and Monitoring Performance Statistics and Resource Maps
Configuring Statistics Collection Intervals
Bydefault,allcollectionintervalsareenabledandqueryforstatisticsatcollectionlevel
2.Youcanchangethedefaultimplementationby:
 Changingtheintervallengthorcollectionfrequency.
 Changingthecollectionlevel.
 Enablingordisablingacollectioninterval.
Toensureyourdatabasecanhandlethestatisticscollectionyouconfigure,VIClient
providesyouwithadatabaseestimationcalculatorinwhichyouenterthenumberof
hostsandvirtualmachinesinyourinventory.Thecalculatorusesthesenumbersto
determinehowmuchdatabasespace
isrequiredforthecollectioninterval
configurationyoudefined.Thisensuresyouhavenecessaryresources.
Forinformationonhowtousethedatabaseestimationcalculator,see“Toestimatethe
statisticsimpactonthedatabase”onpage 289.
To configure collection intervals
1InVIClient,chooseAdministration>VirtualCenterManagementServer
ConfigurationtoopentheVirtualCenterManagement
ServerConfiguration
dialogbox.
2 SelectStatisticsinthenavigationpanel.