Data For Reports

Data polling starts after the Performance Reporting Manager software is installed and set up, and once the server is started. The Sun Management Center 3.5 server starts polling the agent machines every hour to collect the data logged on those machines. Logged data is available for reports at the following intervals:

• Hardware system data – 90 minutes after the server is started.

• Patch and package data – 30 minutes after the server is started.

• Hardware configuration data – 90 minutes after the server is started.

• Performance data – 90 minutes after the server is started.

Data on the agent machines is collected at different times. Data is logged on an agent machine after the following time intervals:

• Hardware system and hardware – configuration data Every 12 hours.

• Patch and package data – Every 12 hours.

• Performance data – According to the logging interval specified in the Property Logging Setting dialog box. This data is stored in the history log files.

• Process data – Every 15 minutes.

The data collection service on the server layer collects the data in the following manner:

• Agent machines – Data is collected from those machines that are in the current server context and have the Performance Reporting Manager software installed. The agent machine must be in the server's topology.

• Performance data – Roll-up data is collected every hour.