HP TopTools - Manual (Page 59)

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Creating A Custom Group
Create one or more custom groups containing devices to be monitored. On the Toptools main page, click on
the Devices button and select Custom Groups. This will display the Custom Groups tab of the Devices
dialog.
Click on Actions and New Group. This will display the New Custom Group dialog.
Enter the name for a group to be monitored (example Desktop 9X) and click Create. The new group will be
added to the list of custom groups.
Click on the Devices tab to display the list of network devices.
Select Personal Computers to display available computer systems.
Highlight the systems you want to add to the group and click Actions, Add to Custom Group. This will
display the Add to Custom Group Dialog.
Click on the desired group and click on Add. You can check to see that the systems have been added by
clicking on the Custom Groups tab and then clicking on the new group.
Selecting A Group to Monitor
On the main Toptools window, click on the Performance button and select System Performance. This will
display the System Performance Advisor page.
Click on the Custom Groups to Display button in the upper right of the Performance Advisor page to add
custom groups to the performance display. A "pie" chart will be displayed for the group in the upper half of
the page. It will initially be gray because data has not yet been collected. The systems in the group will be
displayed in the bottom half of the page.
Configuring the Performance Advisor
You can configure alert thresholds for system resources, frequency of data collection, and select the parameters and
time for performance data holding time for each group.
The Thresholds tab on the Performance Settings page displays the System Performance Thresholds page. On
this page you can set threshold levels for CPU, Memory, Disk I/O, and Storage utilization for the selected group of
devices. You can also set the frequency at which performance data will be gathered.
Threshold settings affect:
• Summary pie charts
• Icons in the status column of the list of System Performance Advisor
• Alert generation - an alert will be generated each time a system changes status (NORMAL, WARNING,
CRITICAL)
Thresholds on Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems can only be set for CPU and storage utilization.
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