PMP User Guide v5.5

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To enable logging for VM Guests:
1. From the Systems Insight Manager console toolbar, select Options>Performance Management Pack
Options>Configuration. The Monitoring Administration page appears in a new window.
2. Select the Server tab. Servers or VM Hosts and VM Guests available for monitoring appear in the list.
3. Identify the VM Guest for which to change monitoring parameters from the list, and select or deselect the box
next to the VM Guest. The checkbox at the top of the column can be used to select or deselect all of the items
listed on the page.
4. Select or clear the monitoring parameters (Monitor/Alert/Log) for the VM Guest.
5. Click Apply. The changes made to the monitoring status of the server are updated.
The selected VM Guests begin a new monitoring session with the updated parameters, terminating any current
monitoring session.
Data is only logged to the PMP database for VM Hosts and VM Guests after logging is selected and parameters are
applied. VM Guest logging is NOT independent of the connected VM Hosts. For example, data cannot be logged for
a VM Guest while not being logged for the connected VM Host.
IMPORTANT: To monitor, alert and log the VM Guests you must enable monitoring, alert and log for the
associated VM Host.
NOTE: The sample rate, log days and the number of samples cannot be set for the VM Guests but will
use the same values that are set for the VM Hosts.
Monitoring parameters
PMP monitoring can operate in four modes:
• Monitor—Enables monitoring of the status of servers, updating information displayed by Systems Insight
Manager and Performance Management Pack. Analysis information and debug performance issues can be
viewed using the Online Analysis tool.
• Monitor & Alert—In addition to the capabilities enabled with “Monitor,” this mode sends alerts to Systems
Insight Manager whenever the status of a server changes.
• Monitor, Log, & Alert—In addition to the capabilities enabled with “Monitor & Alert,” this mode stores detailed
performance information in the PMP database for later reporting or playback, using the Offline Analysis tool.