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Collect Data

By default, no data collected by any ReportCenter control or data region is sent to the ReportCenter database.

In this tour, you collect one or both of the following types of data:

• Workload, IP/TCP/UDP, and stack network interface data for the stacks on the system if your ReportCenter control region includes CA NetMaster NM for TCP/IP
• File transfer event rate data if your ReportCenter control region includes CA NetMaster FTM

More information:

Collecting Data for Reports

Collect Data from CA NetMaster NM for TCP/IP

To collect data from CA NetMaster NM for TCP/IP

1. Locate the monitored stacks.

   From your region's 3270 interface, enter the /IPMON shortcut to display the IP Resources monitor.

   The discovery done when you implement the region should have found all of the TCP/IP stacks on this system. They appear on the monitor as resources of the STACK class.

2. Update the performance monitoring definition of the stacks.
   1. Enter the UM command beside the stack name. The Monitoring Definition panel appears.
   2. If they are not already active, enter A to activate the following types of monitoring:
      • Connection Workload Monitoring
      • FTP Workload Monitoring
      • Telnet Workload Monitoring
      • Network Interface Monitoring
      • IP, TCP, and UDP Monitoring
   3. Enter YES in the Send to ReportCenter field for each of the above types of monitoring.

      In production use, you can also vary the monitor rate, add or delete attributes, and set alerting criteria. For now, keep the default settings.

   4. Press F3 to save these changes and return to the IP Resources monitor.
   5. Repeat these steps for every stack on this system.
   6. Ensure that there are some varied workload connection activities, including FTP and Telnet, involving the stacks.
3. Look at the values being collected.
   1. Wait until at least an hour has passed. This lets a few regular samples be taken and lets these samples be summarized when the change in hour occurs.
   2. Enter the following commands beside the stack name: WC, WF, WT, WI, and IP.

      For each command, a matching performance history panel appears. You should see the attribute names that are being monitored, and the times and values of the latest sample.

   3. Enter S (Summary) beside an attribute name.

The Hourly Summary Graph panel appears. This shows the hourly summary values for this attribute for every hour. Hourly summaries are aggregates of all of the individual samples taken during that hour. These hourly summary values are sent to ReportCenter. They are the raw data for ReportCenter.

After you have been collecting data for a few days, you can also use the 3270 /PERF shortcut to display the performance history.

Note: While you can only update the monitoring definition from the 3270 interface, you can look at the monitored values from the 3270 IP Resource Monitor and WebCenter.

From the WebCenter Menu, select Monitoring, IP Resources. From the displayed WebCenter IP Resource Monitor, you can also enter commands and view the resource performance information.

From the WebCenter Menu, select Performance. From the Performance pages, you can view the resource performance information.

Collect Data from CA NetMaster FTM

To collect data from CA NetMaster FTM

1. From your region's 3270 interface, enter /PARMS.
2. Enter S beside the $RF EVENTLOG parameter group in the Files category.
3. Enter YES in the Send Event Rate Data to ReportCenter? field on the second page.
4. Press F6 to apply the group, and then F3 to save the update.

   This starts the file transfer data feed processing. Look for the following message in the initialization log:

   RFINWI40 File Transfer ReportCenter data feed has been enabled
   

5. Ensure that there are some file transfer activities on the system.