Table Of Contents

TrendWatch Configuration

TrendWatch Management

Creating a TrendWatch

Creating a TrendWatch Based on Templates

Creating a TrendWatch Based on Threshold

Editing a TrendWatch

Deleting a TrendWatch

Deactivating a TrendWatch

Activating a TrendWatch

Copying a TrendWatch

Filtering TrendWatch

TrendWatch Configuration

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This chapter explains how to configure and manage a TrendWatch for a MIB variable. The TrendWatch feature ensures that the capacity, performance, and utilization of critical resource remains within the defined service level.

You can configure TrendWatch through HUM, by setting up rules for each MIB-variable or thresholds for a specific time period. TrendWatch will be scheduled (Immediate, Once, Daily, Weekly, and Monthly) as a job. You can configure it to send alert notifications through e-mail, trap or Syslog.

TrendWatch allows you to continuously monitor a value over time, sampling the value at periodic intervals to view the trends.You can watch variable trends in days, weeks, months and years. You can identify trends that develop over time and take appropriate actions.

TrendWatch does not monitor real-time data. It is calculated on past or historical data.

You can create TrendWatch reports either for TrendWatches or for devices from the Report Management page. For more information, see TrendWatch Report. For Threshold-based TrendWatches, all the instances selected in the threshold, apply to a particular TrendWatch.

The TrendWatch rule can be set for only one MIB variable at a time and you can set many TrendWatches for each MIB variable. You can set TrendWatch rules for all MIB variables on a device that is selected for polling.

CiscoWorks HUM compares the TrendWatch rule with the polled data. If the TrendWatch rule is violated, HUM generates an alert. This condition is called TrendWatch violation.

To configure and manage TrendWatches, see TrendWatch Management.

TrendWatch Management

You can create a TrendWatch for a MIB variable, based on a template or on a threshold.The TrendWatch Setup page allows you to create, modify, or delete a TrendWatch.

To access the TrendWatch Setup page go to LMS Portal and select Health and Utilization Monitor > TrendWatch > TrendWatch Setup. The List of TrendWatches dialog box appears.

Table 7-1 describes the fields and buttons in the List of TrendWatches dialog box.

Table 7-1 List of TrendWatch Fields and Buttons 

Field / Button Name	Description
TrendWatch Name	Displays the TrendWatch name. For example, CPU TrendWatch. Click on the Name hyperlink to view the details of the TrendWatch created.
No. of Devices	Number of devices associated with the TrendWatch.
Status	Status of a TrendWatch. The following TrendWatch status is displayed: · Active—HUM is currently querying for device instances. · Inactive—HUM has stopped querying for device instances.
Variable	MIB variable associated with the TrendWatch. For example, cpmCPUTotal5minRev
Severity	Severity level of the TrendWatch violation. For example, Critical, Medium, Low Severity is a user preference set based on the TrendWatch requirement.
E-Mail ID	E-mail address to which alert notifications are sent when TrendWatch violation occurs.
Create (button)	Creates a TrendWatch. See Creating a TrendWatch.
Edit (button)	Modifies an existing TrendWatch. See Editing a TrendWatch.
Delete (button)	Deletes an existing TrendWatch. See Deleting a TrendWatch.
Activate (button)	Activates an inactive TrendWatch to monitor device instances. See Activating a TrendWatch.
De-activate (button)	Stops a TrendWatch from monitoring device instances. See Deactivating a TrendWatch.
Copy (button)	Creates a TrendWatch from an existing TrendWatch. See Copying a TrendWatch.
Filter	Select the filter criteria and enter the data. Use one of the following filter criteria and click Show: •TrendWatch Name •Variable Name •Severity See Filtering TrendWatch.
Show (button)	Shows the TrendWatches based on filter criteria

You can perform the following tasks from the List of TrendWatches dialog box:

•Creating a TrendWatch

•Editing a TrendWatch

•Deleting a TrendWatch

•Deactivating a TrendWatch

•Activating a TrendWatch

•Copying a TrendWatch

•Filtering TrendWatch

Creating a TrendWatch

You can configure a TrendWatch for a MIB variable by defining rules, so that you can monitor the trend for a given period of time and keep the values within the defined service level.

You can configure the TrendWatch criteria based on your requirement.You can create TrendWatches based on:

•Templates (See Creating a TrendWatch Based on Templates)

•Thresholds (See Creating a TrendWatch Based on Threshold)

Creating a TrendWatch Based on Templates

You can create TrendWatch rules on a MIB variable to monitor the devices for TrendWatches. Some examples of TrendWatch rules are:

•When the average weekly CPU or interface utilization goes up or down relative to previous week by n%.

•When the device or interface availability over a period is less than n%.

•When the average utilization of the interface is above n%.

•When the availability was False for N minutes, more than X times in a week/month/quarter

•When the minimum value is less than N for X times over a period of Y weeks

•When n percentage of times the utilization is greater than x percentage.

To create a TrendWatch based on template:

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Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Health and Utilization Monitor > TrendWatch > TrendWatch Setup.

The List of TrendWatches dialog box appears.

Step 2 Click Create.

The TrendWatch Configuration dialog box appears.

Table 7-2 describes the fields in the TrendWatch Configuration dialog box.

Table 7-2 TrendWatch Configuration Fields 

Field / Button	Description
TrendWatch Details
TrendWatch Name	Enter a descriptive name for the TrendWatch. The name must be unique. It should not be same as any existing report name. The name can contain a mix of alphabets, numerals, and some special characters (such as - _ . ).
Based on	Select either Template or Threshold to configure TrendWatch depending on your requirement. Based on your selection either a list of templates or thresholds configured is listed. The Template Name, Variable Name, and TrendWatch Conditions will be disabled if you select the Threshold-based TrendWatch. The condition, value and instances will be obtained from the threshold definition.
Template Name	Displays a list of System-defined and User-defined templates which are being polled by the historic pollers, as a drop-down list. Select a template name from the drop-down list. For example, CPU Utilization. This field is disabled if you have selected Threshold to configure Threshold based TrendWatch.
Variable Name	Displays a list of MIB variables being polled using the template, as a drop-down list. Select a MIB variable from the drop-down list. For example, cpmCPUTotal5min. For Device Availability and Interface Availability, only the following MIB variables are listed: •sysUpTime (for Device Availability) •ifOperStatus (for Interface Availability) This field is disabled if you have selected Threshold to configure Threshold based TrendWatch.
Select Severity	Select any of the following applicable severities from the drop-down list: •Critical •Medium •Low Severity is set based on your TrendWatch requirement. If you have selected Threshold to configure Threshold based TrendWatch, then the Threshold severity will be listed in the drop-down list.
Select Instances
Search Input	Enter your search expression in this field. You can enter only instance name and not device name for the search input.
All	Click All to view all the device instances for the selected MIB variable. Check the checkboxes to select the instances.
Search Results	Displays all your Simple or Advanced search results. You can select all instances, clear all instances, or select a few instances from this list. Advanced search is applicable only if you select to create TrendWatch based on templates.
Selection	Lists all the instances that you have selected in the All or Search Results tab or a combination of both. You can also use the instance tree to deselect the instances you have already selected. The Select Instance tree will list only the devices being polled for the MIB variable selected in the Variable Name dropdown list. This field is disabled if you have selected Threshold to configure Threshold based TrendWatch.
TrendWatch Conditions
Group By	Displays a list of Group By types (such as Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly) to perform TrendWatch. Select any one of the following Group By types •None—Displayed by default. •Hourly—Monitors the MIB variable based on the condition on an hourly basis. •Daily—Monitors the MIB variable based on the condition ona daily basis. •Weekly—Monitors the MIB variable based on the condition on a weekly basis. •Monthly—Monitors the MIB variable based on the condition on a monthly basis. •Quarterly—Monitors the MIB variable based on the condition on a quarterly basis. •Yearly—Monitors the MIB variable based on the condition on a yearly basis This field is disabled if you have selected Threshold to configure Threshold based TrendWatch.
Aggregate	Displays a list of values (such as Min, Max, Avg, Std Deviation). Select a value to evaluate the variable for a condition. Select any one of the following Aggregate types •None—Displayed by default. •Average—Average of polled value. For example, average value per hour. •Minimum— Minimum of polled value. For example, minimum value per hour. •Maximum—Maximum of polled value. For example, maximum value per hour. •Std Deviation—Standard deviation of polled value. For example, standard deviation of the values per hour. If you have selected Device Availability template or Interface Availability template, then only Average will be listed in the drop down list and it will be selected by default. This field is disabled if you have selected Threshold to configure Threshold based TrendWatch.
Condition	Displays a list of conditions (such as >=, <=, >, <, ==, !=, Relatively Up, Relatively Down). Select a condition for applying the TrendWatch. The default is None. The condition is applied to the value entered in the Value field. This field is disabled if you have selected Threshold to configure Threshold based TrendWatch.
Value	Enter the TrendWatch value. This value acts as a benchmark to monitor the MIB variable. You will be notified if the polled data violates the condition set (such as >=, <=, >, <, ==, !=, Relatively Up, Relatively Down)) for the TrendWatch value. This field is disabled if you have selected Threshold to configure Threshold based TrendWatch.
Trend
Occured	Specify how many times the TrendWatch violation has occured. Enter a value in the text field, select either At least, Exactly, or Almost from the drop-down list, and select a time frame of your trend watch. Select the time frame as Times or Percentage of Times from the drop-down list.
Last	Click the Last radio button to monitor whether the trend has occurred in the last n days or weeks, or months, or years. Enter a value in the text field and select a time frame for the TrendWatch. •Days— Specify the trend occurrence date interval •Weeks— Specify the trend occurrence Week interval •Months — Specify the trend occurrence Month interval •Years— Specify the trend occurrence Years interval For example, 5 Days, 2 Weeks, 3 Months, 1Year This field is disabled if you have selected the From radio button.
From	Click the From radio button to generate whether the trend has occurred in the specified date and time. Specify the start date and time that the TrendWatch condition has occurred. Select the date by clicking it in the Calendar icon; select the time from the drop-down list. The From date must be earlier than the current date.
To	Specify the end date and time that the TrendWatch condition has occurred. Select the date by clicking it in the Calendar icon; select the time from the drop-down list. The To date must be later than the From date and earlier than the current date.
Show Rule	Click Show Rule to view the created TrendWatch rule.The created TrendWatch rule is displayed in the message box.
Notification Details
Send Email to	Enable the checkbox for notification through e-mail. The e-mail will contain all the TrendWatch job details. In case of any violations, violation details will be added to the TrendWatch details. Enter the e-mail address to which HUM sends alert messages. The e-mail address must be in the format: user@domain.com You can enter multiple e-mail addresses, separated by commas. This field is optional.
Attach Report	Check this checkbox to attach a CSV report to the e-mail. By default a CSV file is sent as an attachment to the e-mail id specified. If you check Add Full Report checkbox, instead of CSV a PDF format of the report will be sent as an attachment to the specified e-mail id. You need to enable the E-mail Attachment checkbox and specify the Maximum Attachment size in the System Preferences dialog box (Common Services > Server > Admin > System Preferences) to send the report as an E-mail. If the file size exceeds the Maximum Attachment size, the URL link of the report is sent as an e-mail. You can click the URL link to view the report.
Send Trap to	Enable the checkbox to send Traps to the Trap Receiver Group when any TrendWatch violation has occurred. Select the Trap Receiver Group from the drop-down list. For more information, see Trap Receiver Groups. HUM uses CISCO-EPM-NOTIFICATION-MIB trap message format to generate SNMP traps when an alert occurs. For more information, see Notification MIB. This field is optional.
Send Syslog to	Enable the checkbox to send Syslog information to Syslog Receiver Group when any TrendWatch violation has occurred. Select the Syslog Receiver Group from the drop-down list. For more information, see Syslog Receiver Groups. This field is optional.
Severity	Select any of the following applicable severities for the Syslog information, from the drop down list: •Emergency: Signifies that the system is unusable. •Alert: Signifies that an action must be taken immediately. •Critical: Signifies that the condition is critical. •Error: Signifies an error condition. •Warning: Signifies warning conditions. •Notice: Signifies that there is a normal but important condition. •Informational: Signifies information messages. •Debug: Signifies debug-level messages.
Schedule Details
Schedule Type	You can choose the Run status by selecting schedule type. Based on the selection the report will run periodically or immediately. Select one of the following Schedule Types from the drop-down list: •Immediate—TrendWatch is run immediately. •Once—TrendWatch is run only once for the set date and time. •Daily—TrendWatch is run daily at the scheduled time. •Weekly—TrendWatch is run weekly for the set date and time. •Monthly—TrendWatch is run monthly for the set date and time.
Start At	Specify the date and time that the TrendWatch is scheduled for. The time should be later than the current time. This field is disabled if you have selected Immediate as the Schedule Type.
Report Information
Report Publish Path	Browse and select the path to publish your report.
Default Path	Use the Default Path checkbox to publish the report at a specific location. •If you check the Default Path checkbox, it publishes the report in the default directory path. For more information, see Set Report Publish Location. •If you uncheck the Default Path checkbox, it allows you to specify a directory path to which the report is published. If the directory path is not specified, then the report will be published to: –For Windows: $NMSROOT\MDC\tomcat\webapps\upm\reports –For Solaris: $NMSROOT/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports
Add Full Report	Use the Add Full Report checkbox to create a PDF format of the report for all devices. If you check this checkbox along with Attach Report checkbox, a PDF format of the report will be sent as an attachment to the specified e-mail ID. If the file size exceeds the Maximum Attachment size, then a CSV file will only be sent as an attachment along with the URL link of the HTML report. You can download the PDF format of the report using the export option provided in the HTML report. The PDF format of the report takes longer time to generate as it includes the report for all the polled devices. Scheduling PDF reports with large number of data on a daily basis results high CPU and memory usage. We recommend you to schedule PDF reports with less number of data at optimal time intervals.
Create (button)	Creates the TrendWatch and resets the fields in the TrendWatch Configuration dialog box to add a new TrendWatch.
Cancel (button)	Cancels the creation of TrendWatch.

Step 3 Go to the TrendWatch Details pane and enter a descriptive name for the TrendWatch.

For example, CPU Threshold.

Step 4 Select Template from the Based on radio button to configure TrendWatch based on the template.

Step 5 Select a template from the Template Name drop-down list.

The drop-down list shows all the System-defined and User-defined templates.

Step 6 Select a MIB variable from the Variable Name drop-down list.

The drop-down list shows all the MIB variables assosiated with that template. For example, cpmCPUTotal5minRev.

Based on the selected MIB variable, all the polled device instances are listed in the Select Instances pane.

Step 7 Select a severity from the Severity drop-down list.

For example, Critical, Medium or Low.

Step 8 Go to the Select Instances pane and select the required instances from the instance tree.

Step 9 Go to the TrendWatch Conditions pane.

Here you can define the TrendWatch condition.

For example you can find out whether the TrendWatch violation occurrence for the CPU Utilization, has a daily average that is greater than 50% and it occurs atleast 10%age of times. This means, if the device is polled for 100 times and there are 10 violation, it is 10%age of times

Step 10 Select Group By Value from the Group By drop-down list.

For example Hourly, Daily, Monthly, Quarterly, and Yearly.

The condition is set based on the TrendWatch value entered in the Value field.

Step 11 Select the Aggregate value from the Aggregate drop-down list.

If you have selected the template name as Device Availability or Interface Availability, then only Average will be listed in the drop down list and it will be selected by default.

Step 12 Select a condition from the Condition drop-down list.

The condition is set based on the TrendWatch value entered in the Value field.

For example, the hourly average of CPU Utilization is relatively up by 50%. This means that if the value for the current hourly average is 75% and the value for the last hourly average was 50%, then the hourly average of CPU Utilization has gone relatively up by 50%.

Step 13 Enter the TrendWatch value in the Value field.

Step 14 Go to the Trend pane and select At least, Exactly, or Atmost from the drop-down list

Step 15 Enter the value in the text box and select the number of times or the percentage of times that the trend has occurred, from the drop-down list.

Step 16 Select Times or Percentage of Times from the drop-down list.

For example assume that you have configured a TrendWatch rule for last one day on an hourly basis. If the difference between two hours is greater than or equal to the set value then the trendwatch violation has occurred.

Step 17 Either:

a. Select the Last radio button and enter the number in the text box,

b. Select Days, Weeks, Months or Years from the drop-down list.

Or

a. Select the From radio button and enter the date from the calender

b. Select the time from the drop-down list.

c. Enter the To date from the calender

d. Select the time from the drop-down list.

For example, assume that you have configured a TrendWatch rule for an instance with the trend that occurs for at least five times in the past two weeks. If this criteria is not met , a TrendWatch violation has occurred and is stored in the database.

Step 18 Click Show Rule to view the created TrendWatch rule.

Step 19 Go to the Notification Details pane.

•Enable the checkbox to send notification through e-mail. Enter the e-mail address to which HUM sends alert messages. The e-mail address must be in the format: user@domain.com. You can enter multiple e-mail addresses, separated by commas.

•Check the Attach report checkbox to attach the report as a CSV file. This CSV file is sent to the e-mail address specified in the e-mail field.

•Enable the checkbox to send Traps to the Trap Receiver Group when any TrendWatch violation has occurred. Select the Trap Receiver Group from the drop-down list.

•Enable the checkbox to send Syslog information to Syslog Receiver Group when any TrendWatch violation has occurred. Select the Syslog Receiver Group from the drop-down list.

Step 20 Go to the Schedule Details pane and select the Schedule type from the drop-down list.

Step 21 Specify the date and time the job is scheduled at. This field is disabled if you have selected Immediate as the Schedule Type.

Step 22 Go to Report Information pane and specify the path to publish the reports,

Or

Check the Default Path checkbox to publish the report at the default path.

Step 23 Check the Add Full Report checkbox to create a PDF format of the report for all devices.

Step 24 Click Create to add the TrendWatch.

A message appears, confirming that TrendWatch is added successfully.

Step 25 Click OK.

The TrendWatch Configuration dialog box appears, allowing you to create more TrendWatches.

Or

Click Cancel to cancel the TrendWatch creation process.

The created TrendWatch is listed in the List of TrendWatches dialog box.

Step 26 Click on the Name hyperlink to view the details of the TrendWatch created.

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Creating a TrendWatch Based on Threshold

You can create TrendWatch rules on a threshold to monitor the devices for TrendWatches. An example of TrendWatch rules in this scenario is:

If the absolute value for CPU utilization is greater than n%, for x times in a week/month/year.

To create a TrendWatch based on threshold:

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Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Health and Utilization Monitor > TrendWatch > TrendWatch Setup.

The List of TrendWatches dialog box appears.

Step 2 Click Create.

The TrendWatch Configuration dialog box appears.

Table 7-2 describes the fields in the TrendWatch Configuration dialog box.

Step 3 Go to the TrendWatch Details pane and enter a descriptive name for the TrendWatch.

For example, CPU threshold.

Step 4 Select Threshold from the Based on Radio button to configure TrendWatch based on threshold.

Step 5 Go to the Select Instances pane and select the required threshold from the instance tree.

Step 6 Go to the Trend pane and select At least, Exactly or Atmost from the drop-down list.

Step 7 Enter a value in the text box.

Step 8 Select Times from the drop-down list.

This will be the only option available because you have have selected Threshold to configure Threshold based TrendWatch.

Step 9 Either:

a. Select the Last radio button and enter the number in the text box,

b. Select Days, Weeks, Months or Years from the drop-down list.

Or

a. Select the From radio button and enter the date from the calender.

b. Select the time from the drop-down list.

c. Enter the To date from the calender

d. Select the time from the drop-down list.

For example, assume that you have configured a TrendWatch rule for an instance with the trend that occurs for at least two times in the past one day. If this criteria is not met , a TrendWatch violation has occurred and is stored in the database.

Step 10 Click Show Rule to view the created TrendWatch rule.

Step 11 Go to the Notification Details pane

•Enable the checkbox to send alert notification through e-mail. Enter the e-mail address to which HUM sends alert messages. The e-mail address must be in the format: user@domain.com. You can enter multiple e-mail addresses, separated by commas.

•Check the Attach report checkbox to attach the report as a CSV file. This CSV file is sent to the e-mail address specified in the e-mail field.

•Enable the checkbox to send Traps to the Trap Receiver Group when any TrendWatch violation has occurred. Select the Trap Receiver Group from the drop-down list.

•Enable the checkbox to send Syslog information to Syslog Receiver Group when any TrendWatch violation has occurred. Select the Syslog Receiver Group from the drop-down list. Select the severity for the Syslog information from the Severity drop-down list.

Step 12 Go to the Schedule Details pane and select the Schedule type from the drop-down list.

Step 13 Specify the date and time the job is scheduled at.

Step 14 Go to Report Information pane and specify the path to publish the reports,

Or

Check the Default Path checkbox to publish the report at the default path.

Step 15 Check the Add Full Report checkbox to create a PDF format of the report for all devices.

Step 16 Click Create to add the TrendWatch.

A message appears, confirming that TrendWatch is added successfully.

Step 17 Click OK.

The TrendWatch Configuration dialog box appears, allowing you to create more TrendWatches.

Or

Click Cancel to cancel the TrendWatch creation process.

The created TrendWatch is listed in the List of TrendWatches dialog box.

Step 18 Click on any TrendWatch name link.

The TrendWatch view appears, displaying the TrendWatch rule details.

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Editing a TrendWatch

You can modify the TrendWatch criteria of an existing TrendWatch using the Edit button. You can only make changes to the Notification details, Schedule details and the selection of Thresholds for threshold based TrendWatch.

You cannot make changes to the TrendWatch details (TrendWatch Name, Template Name, Variable Name).

You can edit only one TrendWatch at a time. If you select multiple TrendWatches using the checkbox, the Edit button is disabled.

To edit a TrendWatch:

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Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Health and Utilization Monitor > TrendWatch > TrendWatch Setup.

The List of Trend Watches dialog box appears.

Step 2 Select the TrendWatch by checking the corresponding checkbox.

If you select multiple TrendWatches the Edit button is disabled.

Step 3 Click Edit.

The TrendWatch Configuration dialog box appears.

See Table 7-2 for the descriptions of the fields that appear in the Template-based TrendWatch dialog box.

Step 4 Make the necessary changes to the Select Instances, Notification details and Schedule Details panes.

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Note In Schedule details the Daily, Weekly and Monthly options are available for periodic reports.

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Step 5 Click Update.

A message appears, confirming that the TrendWatch is updated successfully.

The updated TrendWatch is listed in the List of TrendWatches dialog box.

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Deleting a TrendWatch

CiscoWorks HUM allows you to delete TrendWatches using the Delete button. Before a TrendWatch is deleted, you are prompted to confirm the deletion because you cannot restore a TrendWatch that you have deleted from the database.

Deleting a TrendWatch will delete the associated report and all its instances.

You can select multiple TrendWatches and delete them together.

To delete a TrendWatch:

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Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Health and Utilization Monitor > TrendWatch > TrendWatch Setup.

The List of TrendWatches dialog box appears.

Step 2 Select the TrendWatch by checking the corresponding checkbox.

Step 3 Click Delete.

A message appears, prompting you to confirm the deletion.

Step 4 Click OK to delete the TrendWatch or Cancel to cancel the operation.

If you choose to click OK, a message appears stating that the TrendWatch is deleted successfully.

The List of TrendWatches page appears.

Deactivating a TrendWatch

If you do not want the TrendWatch to monitor a (the polled) MIB variable, you can deactivate it using the De-activate button on the List of TrendWatches dialog box.

For example, if there is an outage, you may not want notification e-mails for a particular period of time. In such instances you may choose to de-activate TrendWatchs.

You can select multiple TrendWatches and deactivate them together.

To deactivate a TrendWatch:

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Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Health and Utilization Monitor > Trend Watch Management > Trend Watch Setup.

The List of TrendWatches dialog box appears.

Step 2 Select the TrendWatch to be deactivated by checking the checkbox.

Step 3 Click De-activate.

A message appears, prompting you to confirm the deactivation.

Step 4 Click OK to deactivate the TrendWatch.

Or

Click Cancel to cancel the operation.

If you click OK, a message appears that the TrendWatch is changed to an inactive state.

The List of TrendWatches dialog box appears, displaying the status of the TrendWatch as Inactive.

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Activating a TrendWatch

If you want an inactive TrendWatch to start monitoring a device for MIB variables, you can activate it using the Activate button on the List of TrendWatches dialog box. You can select multiple TrendWatches and activate them together.

To activate a TrendWatch:

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Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Health and Utilization Monitor > TrendWatch Management > TrendWatch Management.

The List of TrendWatches dialog box appears.

Step 2 Select the TrendWatch to be activated by checking the appropriate checkbox.

Step 3 Click Activate.

A message appears, prompting you to confirm the activation.

Step 4 Click OK to activate the TrendWatch.

Or

Click Cancel to cancel the operation.

If you click OK, a message appears that the TrendWatch is changed to an active state. The List of TrendWatches dialog box appears, displaying the status of the TrendWatch as Active.

If you activate a TrendWatch, the monitoring starts based on the schedule.

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Note If you have selected multiple trendWatches with a combination of Active and In-active trendwatches, then Activate and De-activate buttons will be disabled.

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Copying a TrendWatch

You can create a copy of an existing TrendWatch by selecting a TrendWatch name and clicking the Copy option.

For example, if you want to copy same set of conditions for different set of devices or instances, you may choose to copy a TrendWatch.

To copy a TrendWatch:

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Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Health and Utilization Monitor > TrendWatch > TrendWatch Setup

The List of TrendWatches dialog box appears.

Step 2 Check the checkbox corresponding to the TrendWatch name in the list.

Step 3 Click Copy.

The TrendWatch configuration dialog box appears, displaying the settings in the existing TrendWatch.

Table 7-2 describes the fields in the TrendWatch Configuration dialog box.

Step 4 Go to the TrendWatch Details pane and enter a descriptive name for the TrendWatch.

For example, CPU Threshold.

The Template Name, Variable Name, Severity and TrendWatch conditions will be disabled when you configure a TrendWatch based on the threshold.

Step 5 Select a MIB variable from the Variable Name drop-down list.

The drop-down list shows a list of MIB variables polled using the selected template. For example, cpmCPUTotal5minRev.

The selected MIB variable displays all the polled device instances in the Select Instances pane.

Step 6 Go to the Select Instances pane and select the required instances from the Instance tree.

Step 7 Select a severity from the Severity drop-down list.

For example, Critical, Medium or Low.

Step 8 Go to the TrendWatch Conditions pane and select the Group By value from the Group By drop-down list.

For example Hourly, Daily, Monthly, Quarterly, and Yearly.

The condition is set, based on the TrendWatch value entered in the Value field.

Step 9 Select the Aggregate value from the Aggregate drop-down list.

Step 10 Select a condition from the Condition drop-down list.

The condition is set based on the TrendWatch value that you have entered in the Value field.

Step 11 Enter the TrendWatch value in the Value field.

Step 12 Go to the Trend pane, and enter the time period in the text field.

Step 13 Select Times or Percentage of Times from the drop-down list.

For example assume that you have configured a TrendWatch rule for last one day on hourly basis. If the difference between two hours is greater than or equal to the set value then the TrendWatch rule is violated and will be stored in the database.

Step 14 Click Show Rule to view the created TrendWatch rule.

Step 15 Go to the Notification Details pane.

•Enable the checkbox for alert notification through e-mail. Enter the e-mail address to which HUM sends alert messages.

•Check the Add Report checkbox to attach a PDF report with the e-mail notification.

•Enable the checkbox to send Traps to the Trap Receiver Group when any TrendWatch violation has occurred. Select the Trap Receiver Group from the drop-down list.

•Enable the checkbox to send Syslog information to Syslog Receiver Group when any TrendWatch violation has occurred. Select the Syslog Receiver Group from the drop-down list.

Step 16 Go to the Schedule Details pane and select the Schedule type from the drop-down list.

Step 17 Specify the date and time the job is scheduled at.

Step 18 Go to Report Information pane and specify the path to publish the reports,

Or

Check the Default Path checkbox to publish the report at the default path.

Step 19 Check the Add Full Report checkbox to create a PDF format of the report for all devices.

Step 20 Click Create to add the TrendWatch.

A message appears, confirming that TrendWatch is added successfully.

Step 21 Click OK.

The TrendWatch Configuration dialog box appears, allowing you to create more TrendWatches.

Or

Click Cancel to cancel the TrendWatch creation process.

The created TrendWatch is listed in the List of TrendWatches dialog box.

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Filtering TrendWatch

This section describes how you can use the Filter option to display the TrendWatch information based on a specific criteria.

To filter TrendWatch information:

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Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Health and Utilization Monitor > TrendWatch > TrendWatch Setup.

The List of TrendWatches dialog box appears.

Step 2 Select a criteria for filtering from the drop-down list.

Step 3 Enter the data to be filtered in the text field.

Table 7-3 describes the methods you can follow to filter the data.

Step 4 Click Show.

The List of TrendWatches dialog box appears, displaying the TrendWatch information based on the filter criteria.

Table 7-3 describes the criteria available to filter.

Table 7-3 TrendWatch Filter Fields

Filter Criteria	Description
TrendWatch Name	Select TrendWatch Name and enter the data. You can use any of the following methods to filter by entering: •Complete TrendWatch name •Any three consecutive characters of the TrendWatch name •Any wildcard characters of the TrendWatch name (such as *a, a*, *a*)
Variable Name	Select Variable Name and enter the data. You can use any of the following methods to filter by entering: •Complete MIB variable name •Any three consecutive characters of the MIB variable name •Any wildcard characters of the MIB variable name (such as *a, a*, *a*)
Severity	Select Severity and choose the severity as Critical, Medium, or Low.
Violation Count	Select Violation Count and enter the violation count in numeric value.

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