HP TopTools - Manual (Page 60)

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Click on the Settings button on the Toptools main page. Select System Performance. This will display the
System Performance Settings Page. The Thresholds tab displays the thresholds for the monitored
parameters and the sampling frequency for each group.
Select the custom group to configure. You can make adjustments to the thresholds for the various system
resources by clicking on the red (critical) and yellow (warning) triangle markers and dragging them to the
desired levels.
Position the cursor over the color band for the parameter (CPU, Memory, Disk I/O, or Storage) whose
threshold you want to modify. Triangular settings makers indicate the current threshold settings.
Select the warning ( ) marker for the desired system parameter and drag it to the desired % of utilization.
Repeat for the critical ( ) marker.
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Repeat the process for each of the thresholds that you want to change.
When you have made your threshold settings, click on the Save Settings button.
The data collection frequency is the rate at which the performance agent on a system samples performance data. For
NT systems this rate can be set to Low (every 60 seconds), Medium (every 30 seconds), or High (every 15 seconds).
For Windows 95 or Windows 98 systems the rate is fixed at Low (every 60 seconds). Data obtained at these
sampling rates can then be displayed for the last hour, day, or month.
Note: Events that occur between samples will not be shown. Thresholds are checked every 15 minutes by
comparing the average utilization for the period with the threshold level. A brief "spike" of usage that exceeds a
threshold will not be reported unless it causes the average for the period to exceed the threshold setting.
Select a custom group
Select the desired data collection frequency High (15 seconds), Medium (30 seconds), or Low (60 seconds)
and click Save Settings.
The Database tab on the Performance Settings page allows you to select the data set and retention time to store
collected data.
Click on the Database tab to select collection of the maximum or minimum set of performance parameters.
(Refer to the online help for the Performance Report for a description of the performance parameters.)
Enter the number of days to retain the performance data. Click on the Save Settings button.
Deploying Agents
The Performance Agent is automatically deployed for Windows NT, 2000, and XP devices when you start data
collection. You must manually install the Performance Agent on devices running Windows 95 or Windows 98.
Refer to the online help for additional information on deploying agents.
Once you have created a Custom Group containing the system(s) you want to monitor and have added the custom
group to the set of custom groups to be displayed on the System Performance Advisor page, You can start the
monitoring process. On the System Performance page (Performance button, System Performance) select the tab
for the group you want to monitor and then select one or more of the devies in the group and right click.. If there is
no agent on a target system, you will see a message on the Toptools console warning you that the target system may
be rebooted. Note that on some systems it may be necessary to manually install the agent on the target system. Refer
to the online help for additional information on agent deployment and data collection. The collection field for the
device(s) will first be set to "Busy" as Toptools checks for the presence of an agent on the target device and if
necessary attempts to deploy an agent. (This may take up to 15 minutes.) If successful the status field will change to
"Collection ON".
Caution: You are not allowed to deploy the performance agent to the Toptools server.
Caution: When you deploy agents or start data collection the device(s) status will be set to "Busy". The status
will remain "Busy" until deployment/start collection is complete or the process times out. Toptools will wait
for approximately 15 minutes before timing out. If the process times out an error message will be displayed in
the device's status column. Do not reboot the Toptools server while the device status is "Busy". If the
Toptools server is rebooted before the deployment/start data collection process has completed or timed out,
the selected device status will be locked as "Busy".
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