Schedule
The Store and Forward Schedule Wizard allows you to create a schedule that controls when your Event Collector starts and stops forwarding data to an Event Processor for event processing. You can create and manage multiple schedules to control event forwarding from multiple Event Collectors in a geographically
distributed deployment.
The connection between an Event Collector and an Event Processor is configured in the Deployment Editor. Before you can create a new schedule, you must ensure that your dedicated Event Collector is added to your deployment and connected to an Event Processor. For more information on adding and connecting an Event Processor to your deployment, see Building Your Event View.
To create a new schedule:
Step 1 Click the Admin tab.
Step 2 On the navigation menu, click System Configuration.
Step 3 Click the Store and Forward icon.
Collapse All Click Collapse All to display only the first level of the hierarchy tree.
Search Schedules Type your search criteria in the Search Schedules field and click the Search Schedules icon or press Enter on your keyboard. The list updates to display search results based on which option is selected in the Display list box:
• Schedules - When you select Schedules from the Display list box, schedules that match your search criteria are displayed in the list.
• Event Collectors - When you select Event Collectors from the Display list box, Event Collectors that match your search criteria are displayed in the list.
• Event Processors - When you select Event Processors from the Display list box, Event Processors that match your search criteria are displayed in the list.
Last Refresh Indicates the amount of time that has elapsed since this window was refreshed.
Pause Click the Pause icon to pause the timer on the Store and Forward window. Click the Play icon to restart the timer.
Refresh Click the Refresh icon to refresh the Store and Forward window.
Table 10-2 Store and Forward - Schedules Window Parameters (continued)
Option Description
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Step 4 From the Actions menu, select Create.
Step 5 Click Next to move to the Select Collectors page.
Step 6 On the Select Collectors page, configure the following parameters:
Step 7 Click Next to move to the Schedule Options page.
Table 10-3 Store and Forward Schedule Wizard - Select Collectors Page Parameters Parameter Description
Schedule Name Type a unique name for the schedule. You can type a maximum of 255 characters.
Available Event Collectors
Select one or more Event Collectors from the Available Event Collectors list and click the Add Event Collector (>) icon. When you add an Event Collector, the Event Collector is displayed in the Selected Event Collectors list.
Note: You can filter the Available Event Collectors list by typing a keyword in the Type to filter field.
If the Event Collector you want to configure is not listed, the Event Collector may not have been added to your deployment. If this occurs, you need to access the Deployment Editor to add the Event Collector before you proceed. See Using the Deployment Editor.
Selected Event Collectors
Displays a list of selected Event Collectors. You can remove Event Collectors from this list. To remove an Event Collector from the Selected Event Collectors list:
Select the Event Collector from the Selected Event Collectors list and click the Remove Event Collector (<) icon.
Note: You can filter the Selected Event Collectors list by typing a keyword in the Type to filter field.
When you remove an Event Collector from the Selected Event Collectors list, the removed Event Collector is displayed in the Available Event Collectors list.
Step 8 On the Schedule Options page, configure the following parameters:
Table 10-4 Store and Forward Schedule Wizard - Schedule Options Page Parameters Parameter Description
Forward Transfer Rate (0 for unlimited)
Configure the forward transfer rate you want this schedule to use when forwarding events from the Event Collector to the Event Processor.
To configure the forward transfer rate:
1 From the first list box, type or select a number.
The minimum transfer rate is 0. The maximum transfer rate is 9,999,999. A value of 0 means that the transfer rate is unlimited.
2 From the second list box, select a unit of measurement. Options include: Kilobits per second, Megabits per second, and Gigabits per second.
Scheduling Information
Select this check box to display the following scheduling options:
• Forward Time Zone
• Forward Start
• Forward End Forward Time
Zone
From this list box, select your time zone.
Note: This option is only displayed when the Scheduling Information check box is selected.
Forward Start Configure what time you want event forwarding to start:
1 From the first list box, select the hour of the day when you want to start forwarding events.
2 From the second list box, select AM or PM.
Note: This option is only displayed when the Scheduling Information check box is selected.
Note: If the Forward Start and Forward End parameters specify the same time, events are always forwarded. For example, if you configure a schedule to forward events from 1 AM to 1 AM, event forwarding does not cease.
Editing a Store and Forward Schedule 161
Step 9 Click Next to move to the Summary page.
Step 10 On the Summary page, confirm the options you configured for this Store and