Configure frequent polling in the SolutionPack for EMC VMAX

You can increase the polling frequency by decreasing the polling interval value for the SolutionPack.

Before you begin

The SolutionPack for EMC VMAX needs to be installed with EMC M&R.

Procedure

1. Log in to the EMC M&R platform with your user name and password.

2. Select Administration > Centralized Management.

3. Select Logical Overview > Collecting.

4. Select XML-Collector::< VMAX _SolutionPack_instance >.

5. Edit the conf/xmlcollector-vmax-topo-fp.xml file under the ConfigurationFiles + Schemas section.

6. Change the polling interval value (<value>300</value>) to required polling interval.

7. Change all of the timeout values to the adjusted polling interval value.

   • timeout="300" in <collecting-configuration> tag

     • <parameter name="data-timeout">

       • <parameter name="connection-timeout">

8. For all collecting-configurations in same file, set the timeout values to the adjusted polling interval value.

9. Uncomment and edit the last collection-configuration to change the timeout value.

   In this example, change the timeout="300" value.

   collecting-configuration id="VMAX-SE-TOPO-POOLS-CAPACITY"
   variable="source device parttype part name" timeout="300" xmljob="
   com.watch4net.apg.v2.collector.plugins.xmlcollector.engine.Nux
   XmlJob" max-threads="10">
   

10. Click Save.

11. Under Logical Overview > Collecting, select Stream-Collector::< VMAX_SolutionPack_instance >.

12. Uncomment the following section in the conf/streamcollector-vmax-toposmi.xml file:

    <values context-key="FreeCapacity" type="counter">
    <name>FrequentPollingFreeCapacity</name>
    <unit>GB</unit>
    </values>
    

13. Click Save.

14. Change the retrieving period to the adjusted polling period in the conf/parsers/smi/topology/parser-disks-fp.xml file and click Save.

15. Change the retrieving period to the adjusted polling period in the conf/parsers/smi/topology/parser-ports.xml file and click Save.

16. Change the retrieving period to the adjusted polling period in the conf/parsers/smi/topology/parser-storage-pools-fp.xml file and click Save.

17. Click Restart to restart the collector.