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<h1 class="topictitle1">Customize data collections</h1>
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<div><p>When you use Collection Services to collect performance data, you
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control what data is collected and how often it is collected.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>You can select from the collection profiles that are provided.
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The <span class="uicontrol">Standard</span> profile corresponds to the settings for
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system data in the <span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span> performance
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monitor function that was provided by the <span class="cmdname">Start Performance Monitor
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(STRPFRMON)</span> command in previous releases. The <span class="uicontrol">Standard
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plus protocol</span> profile corresponds to the STRPFRMON command settings
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for all data. Or you can select <span class="uicontrol">Custom</span> to create your
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own customized profile. There are also several other profiles available, refer
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to the online help for detailed descriptions. For your customized profile,
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you can select from a list of available data categories, such as System CPU,
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Local Response Time, Disk Storage, and IOPs (input/output processors).</p>
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<p>For
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each category of data that you collect, you can specify how often the data
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will be collected. For many categories, you will want to select the default
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collection interval, which you can set from predefined settings between 15
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seconds and 60 minutes. (The recommended setting is 15 minutes.)</p>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> When
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the default value is set to any specified time, all categories except those
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categories with explicit time intervals, such as, disk storage, input/output
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processors, and communications-related categories, use the specified time.</div>
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<p>The
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collected data is stored in a management collection object (type *MGTCOL)
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called a collection. To prevent these management collection objects from becoming
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too large, the collection must be cycled at regular intervals. Cycling a collection
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means to create a new collection object and begin storing data in it at the
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same time data collection stops in the original collection object. You can
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specify any interval from one hour to 24 hours, depending on how you plan
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to use the data.</p>
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<p>To customize Collection Services on a system, follow
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these steps:</p>
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<ol><li><span>In <span class="keyword">iSeries™ Navigator</span>,
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select either an endpoint system under <span class="uicontrol">Management Central</span> or
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a system to which you have a direct connection under <span class="uicontrol">My Connections</span> (or
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your active environment).</span></li>
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<li><span>Expand <span class="uicontrol">Configuration and Service</span>.</span></li>
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<li><span>Right-click <span class="uicontrol">Collection Services</span> and select <span class="uicontrol">Properties</span>.</span></li>
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<li><span>On the <span class="uicontrol">General</span> page, you may want to specify
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a retention period longer than the default of 1 day. Collection Services may
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delete management collection objects and the data they contain from the system
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at any time after the retention period has expired. When the management collection
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object is created, an expiration date is assigned to it. Even if you move
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the collection object to another library, Collection Services will delete
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the object after it expires. You can specify <span class="uicontrol">Permanent</span> if
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you do not want Collection Services to assign an expiration date to new collection
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objects. You will then have to delete these collection objects manually. To
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view the Graph History window, you must specify a Collection retention period
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of either Graph or Summary. When you specify these options, you can take advantage
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of the historical reporting capabilities, which allow you to do metric comparisons
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for multiple systems over extended periods of time. You can also specify the
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path of the location where you want to store your collections, how often you
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want to cycle collections, and the default collection interval. You can select
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to create database files automatically during collection.</span></li>
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<li><span>Click the <span class="uicontrol">Data to Collect</span> tab.</span></li>
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<li><span>For <span class="uicontrol">Collection profile to use</span>, select <span class="uicontrol">Custom</span>.
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You can specify the collection interval for each category you select for your
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customized list.</span></li>
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<li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">OK</span> to save your customized values.</span></li>
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</ol>
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<div class="section"><p>Once you have customized Collection Services to the settings you
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prefer, you can right-click <span class="uicontrol">Collection Services</span> again
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and select <span class="uicontrol">Start Collection Services</span> to begin collecting
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performance data.</p>
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<ul class="ullinks">
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahx3b6.htm">Time zone considerations for Collection Services</a></strong><br />
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When you review and analyze performance data, the actual local time of the collection can be significant.</li>
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<div class="familylinks">
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzahxcollectdatacs.htm" title="Use Collection Services to collect performance data for later analysis by the Performance Tools for iSeries licensed program or other performance report applications, iSeries Navigator monitors, and the graph history function. (If you prefer viewing real-time performance data, system monitors provide an easy-to-use graphical interface for monitoring system performance.)">Collection Services</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rzahxcollectdatacs.htm" title="Use Collection Services to collect performance data for later analysis by the Performance Tools for iSeries licensed program or other performance report applications, iSeries Navigator monitors, and the graph history function. (If you prefer viewing real-time performance data, system monitors provide an easy-to-use graphical interface for monitoring system performance.)">Collection Services</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzahxgrphparent.htm" title="Graph history provides a graphical display of performance data collected by Collection Services over a specified period of time.">Graph history</a></div>
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