General Data Collection Advanced Parameters
Warning: Making changes to Advanced Parameters should not be undertaken unless the user understands the impact of the parameter changes. If undesired results occur, revert the settings and contact APTARE Global Support Services or visit the APTARE Community web site for further guidance.
The following advanced parameters apply to a variety of general collection functions, not necessarily associated with a particular subsystem.
Admin > Advanced > Parameters, described in Adding an Advanced Parameter. COMMAND_TIMEOUT
This parameter is shipped in the Portal software and is listed in the Add Advanced Parameter window.
Valid Values: Numeric value in milliseconds (Default = 30000)
Scope: This parameter can be configured at the Domain or Data Collector level, for an OS, or for a specific host.
Use this parameter to modify the wait time for a command to send a reply. This might be necessary when data collection times out and cannot complete. Typically, this advanced parameter will be used in large collection environments where factors such as network performance and the sheer amount of data can impact responses.
DATARCVR_READ_TIMEOUT
This parameter is shipped in the Portal software and is listed in the Add Advanced Parameter window.
Valid Values: Numeric value in seconds (Default = 600)
Scope: This parameter can be configured at the Domain or Data Collector level, for an OS, or for a specific host.
Use this parameter to modify the wait time for the data receiver to send a reply before the process times out. This might be necessary when data collection times out and cannot complete. Use this parameter if you are seeing data collection errors such as Read timed out. You can increase the default time-out value for the connection time (in seconds) between the data collector and the data receiver. Assign this parameter to the problem collector. Typically, this advanced parameter will be used in large collection environments where factors such as network performance and the sheer amount of data can impact responses.
METACOLLECTOR_MAX_THREADS
This parameter is shipped in the Portal software and is listed in the Add Advanced Parameter window.
Valid Values: Integer that represents the maximum number of threads (Default = 20)
Scope: This parameter can be set at the Domain and Data Collector levels.
Use this parameter to modify the maximum number of threads within a metadata collector. This thread pool manipulation enables changes to improve performance.
METACOLLECTOR_MIN_THREADS
This parameter is shipped in the Portal software and is listed in the Add Advanced Parameter window.
Valid Values: Integer that represents the minimum number of threads (Default = 5)
Scope: This parameter can be set at the Domain and Data Collector levels.
Use this parameter to modify the minimum number of threads within a metadata collector. This thread pool manipulation enables changes to improve performance.
PATH_CONTROL_PARAM
This parameter is shipped in the Portal software and is listed in the Add Advanced Parameter window.
Valid Values: Text value of find or all (Default = find)
Scope: This parameter can be set at the Domain or Data Collector level or for a specific OS, or for a specific host.
Use this parameter to control the path-finding mechanism in the Data Collector for host resources data collection.
• find = The Data Collector finds the command paths.
• all = The Data Collector tries all the command paths until successful and the find command will not be executed.