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3 Explore the Filter box in the upper right.
a Type a search keyword to search the current items.
The search result includes the currently displayed items and the list of available items.
b To select the columns to filter on, click the down-triangle..
c Clear the boxes for columns that you do not want to search, and click OK.
4 To view a panel, select an action.
Action Action
To reduce a panel
Click the down-facing triangle to reduce the panel to its title.
To expand and shrink a panel
Click the expand icon to expand a panel, and click the shrink icon to
return the panel to its original size and position.
To close a panel
Click the close icon ( ).
To open a closed panel
Click the Customize button in the dashboard's top right to select the panel's
check box.
5 Collapse the side bar with the right-facing triangles and expand it with the left-facing triangles .
The sidebar contains a panel for Tasks and a panel for Alarms, showing the latest tasks and alarms.
What to do next
For system administrators, see “Monitoring for System Administrators,” on page 142. For organization
administrators, see “Monitoring for Organization Administrators,” on page 146.
Monitoring for System Administrators
The vFabric Data Director interface includes a set of monitoring and diagnostic tools for system administrators.
Administrators can see system health information; explore how organizations use resources; view system-level
events, alarms, and reports; and generate diagnostic packages for individual databases and for the system
itself.
The information Data Director displays for system administrators differs from the information available to
organization administrators. System administrators can use the following resources for monitoring overall
system health.
Dashboard Tab
In the Dashboard tab, system administrators can see system health information
and a system overview. Overview information includes the number of users,
number of resource bundles, and number of organizations. Administrators can
also see the total CPU and memory capacity and the total database storage and
backup storage allocation for this instance of vFabric Data Director. The
dashboard includes information about the top five consumers of resources.
Administrators can customize the Dashboard to change the sampling and to
add or remove the information displayed. See “Explore System Dashboard
Customizations,” on page 143.
Manage & Monitor Tab
In the Manage & Monitor tab, system administrators can view alarms and
define new alarm rules, view tasks and events, and configure, display, and
download reports. System administrators can display reports for the
organization or for a resource bundle and filter the sampling interval, time
range, and other fields. See “Explore Monitoring Customizations for System
Administrators,” on page 144.
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