Scheduling to check for bottlenecks

You can set up a schedule to have IBM Director check for bottlenecks on a regular basis. When a bottleneck is detected, an event is added to the event log, and IBM Director generates a report.

You must select the Generate bottleneck events check box for the report definition that you are using. Otherwise, an event action plan cannot notify you that a bottleneck has occurred, because event action plans depend on events to trigger event actions.

Complete these steps to schedule regular checks for bottlenecks:

  1. In the IBM Director Console Tasks pane, expand the Capacity Manager task.
  2. Expand the Report Generator subtask. Drag Hourly Bottleneck Events onto the managed system or systems or group that you want to monitor for bottlenecks.
  3. Click Schedule.
  4. In the New Scheduled Job window, type a job name.
  5. Select the date and time for the initial check.
  6. Click Advanced to schedule the job to repeat at regular intervals.
  7. On the Date/Time page of the New Scheduled Job window, select the Repeat check box.
  8. In the Repeats group box of the Repeat window, select how often you want to check for performance bottlenecks.
  9. Click OK.
  10. Click File > Save As.
  11. In the Save Job window, type a descriptive name for the scheduled job. Click OK. A confirmation message is displayed, indicating that you have saved the job.
  12. Click OK to close the message window.
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