Configure metric streaming configuration policy

You can modify the frequency at which the data is collected to higher frequency to view the performance in the dashboard. Metric streaming is enabled only for classic environment.

Make sure following prerequisites are complete:

• Enable hpsensor
• Specify the Performance Engine server URL and password using the Infrastructure Setting pane.

To enable data collection at higher frequency, follow these steps:

1. Open the Policy Template pane:

   Click Administration > Monitoring > Policy Templates.

2. In the Policy Template Group pane, expand Policy Management > Templates grouped by type > Configuration > Metric Streaming Configuration.
3. In the Policy Templates pane, select the policy and click Edit Policy Template.
4. In the Properties tab, specify the agent hostname which will collect data.

5. In the Metric tab, select the required metric class and metric for collecting data. You can specify if data must be collected for all or specific instances. By default, data for all instances is collected.

   To collect data for a specific instance of application, follow these steps:

   1. In the Metric tab, select the data class and click Edit.
   2. Select Instances and specify the required instance in the field and click Add.
   3. Click Apply and Select.

6. In the Target Endpoint tab, specify the URL to stream the metric data.

   For Example, http:<PEhostname>:<portnumber>/perfengine/HPCSListener

7. Click Save and Close. A new version of policy is created as 0.1.
8. In the Policy Template pane, select the latest version of policy and click Assign & Deploy.
9. In the Configuration Item, select the agent node and click Next.
10. Click Finish.