Enable or Disable Custom Poller

[This is the context-sensitive link for the Custom Poller Configuration form.]

The Custom Poller Configuration form enables you to enable or disable your Custom Poller Collections. You can also view the Custom Poller Collections and Policies that have been created.

Note Custom Poller is not enabled by default. When Custom Polling is disabled, the State of Polled Instances retain the most recent value before Custom Poller was disabled.

Tip You can also use nnmcustompollerconfig.ovpl to create a Custom Poller configuration. When using nnmcustompollerconfig.ovpl to create Custom Poller Policies, you must first create the Node Group to which you want to gather the additional information. Use nnmcustompollerconfig.ovpl to also enable, disable, configure, list, update, and delete Custom Poller configurations.

To enable Custom Poller:

  1. Navigate to the  Configuration workspace.
  2. Expand the Monitoring folder.
  3. Select Custom Poller Configuration.
  4. Click Enable Custom Poller  .
  5. Click the  Save icon.

    To verify that Custom Poller is working as expected, see the report on the Custom Poller tab in HelpSystem Information.

To disable Custom Poller:

  1. Navigate to the  Configuration workspace.
  2. Expand the Monitoring folder.
  3. Select Custom Poller Configuration.
  4. Click to clear Enable Custom Poller  .
  5. Click the  Save icon.

    To verify that Custom Poller is working as expected, see the report on the Custom Poller tab in HelpSystem Information.

The Custom Poller Collections tab enables you to create a Custom Poller Collection. See Create a Custom Poller Collection for more information.

The Policies tab enables you to create one or more policies for a Collection. See Create a Policy for more information.