HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

Software status polling
Data collection
Data collection performs system inventory data collection by gathering data that can be used for
reporting and to populate various fields in the user interface like the HP SIM System Page. Detailed
data can be collected to use for reporting or for comparing different systems with Snapshot
Comparisons, or less detailed data can be collected over time, which enables the use of Snapshot
Comparisons to view trends on a single system. To determine trends, HP SIM displays the difference
between the data available by the system at a specific time. For example, you want to determine
if a specific system was updated, or that certain components were removed. This can be determined
by running Data Collection task in HP SIM The report lists all details based on the data collected
at different times.
IMPORTANT: This should not be confused with HP Capacity Advisor data collection task. This
HP SIM menu item polls systems that are managed by HP SIM, to collect inventory data.
Procedure 177 Creating a data collection task
1. Select Options→Data Collection. The Data Collection page appears.
2. Select target systems. See Creating a task for more information.
3. Click Next.
4. 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
5. Select one of the following options to execute the task:
• Click Schedule to schedule when the task should run. See Scheduling a task.
• Click Run Now to run the task now. The Task Results Page appears.
• Click Previous to return to the previous page.
View the task results by selecting the desired data collection task 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, see the HP-UX or Linux manpage by entering mxtask at the command line or
the Windows command help.
For more information, see the Systems Insight Manager Command Line Guide.
Adobe Flash Detection
Adobe Flash Detection detects and reports Adobe Flash compatibility. Enables you to install a
required version of Adobe Flash player, upgrade to appropriate Adobe Flash version, or obtain
the latest version from the web.
System Properties
The Set System Properties tool enables administrative rights users to set system properties for a
single system or for multiple systems.
You have two options for setting system properties:
• Edit system properties for a single system
• Set system properties for multiple systems
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