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Navigating Cisco Prime Health and Utilization
Monitor Tasks in LMS 4.2
Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor (HUM) is a Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP)–based MIB polling application that monitors network elements (such as CPU, memory,
interfaces/ports, and links) for their availability and utilization levels and provides historical reporting.
This chapter provides mapping of HUM tasks in Cisco Prime LMS 4.2.
It explains:
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Poller and Template Management Tasks
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Threshold and TrendWatch Tasks
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Reports Tasks
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Administration Tasks
Poller and Template Management Tasks
This section provides information on the following HUM tasks in LMS 4.2:
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Poller Management Tasks
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Template Management Tasks
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Poller and Template Management Tasks
LMS 3.2 Task Name
LMS 3.2 Navigation
LMS 4.2 Navigation
Description
Poller Management Tasks
Managing Pollers
Monitor > Performance Settings:
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Health and Utilization Monitor > Setup > Pollers
Poller and Template
Management > Poller
Management
A Poller is a collection of
devices and template MIB
variables configured in LMS to
monitor the utilization and
availability levels of devices that
are connected to the network.
You can create a Poller, modify
the configuration of a Poller,
delete a Poller, Activate or
De-activate a Poller, clear
missed cycles and so on.
Template Management Tasks
Managing
Templates
Monitor > Performance Settings:
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Health and Utilization Monitor > Setup > Templates
Poller and Template
Management > Template
Management
Templates are a logical group of
MIB variables that allow you to
monitor the performance
parameters of a device (such as
CPU, memory, interface) for
utilization and availability
levels.
You can create a user-defined
template, modify the
configuration of a user-defined
template, export and import a
user-defined template, delete a
user-defined template, and so on.
Threshold and TrendWatch Tasks
This section provides information on the following HUM tasks in LMS 4.2:
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Threshold Setup Tasks
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TrendWatch Setup Tasks
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Threshold and TrendWatch Tasks
LMS 3.2 Task Name
LMS 3.2 Navigation
LMS 4.2 Navigation
Description
Threshold Setup Tasks
Monitor > Threshold Settings:
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Health and Utilization Monitor > Performance
Threshold Management >
Threshold Setup
Creating and
Managing
Thresholds
You can create a threshold for a
MIB variable, modify the
threshold set for a MIB variable
and delete the threshold.
TrendWatch Setup Tasks
Monitor > Threshold Settings:
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Health and Utilization Monitor > TrendWatch
TrendWatch Management >
TrendWatch Setup
Creating and
Managing
TrendWatches
You can create a TrendWatch for
a MIB variable, based on a
template or on a threshold.
You can create, modify, delete,
activate or de-activate a
TrendWatch.
Reports Tasks
This section provides information on the following HUM tasks in LMS 4.2:
Table 6-3
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Report Management Tasks
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Report Job Browser Tasks
Reports Tasks
LMS 3.2 Task Name
LMS 3.2 Navigation
LMS 4.2 Navigation
Description
Report Management Tasks
Viewing and
Managing Reports
Reports > Performance: Device
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Health and Utilization Monitor > Or
Reports > Report Management
Reports > Faults and Events:
Threshold Violation
You create, view, schedule and
manage the following reports:
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Device Reports
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Quick Reports
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Poller Reports
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Custom Reports
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Threshold Violation Reports
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TrendWatch Reports
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TrendWatch Summary
Reports
Report Job Browser Tasks
Accessing Report
Job Browser
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Admin > Jobs: Browser
Health and Utilization Monitor >
Reports > Report Job Browser
The Job browser allows you to
view the list of report jobs
scheduled to generate reports.
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Administration Tasks
This section provides information on the following HUM administration tasks in LMS 4.2:
Table 6-4
Administration Tasks
LMS 3.2 Task Name
LMS 3.2 Navigation
LMS 4.2 Navigation
Setting up the
system preferences
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Admin > Network: Monitor/
Health and Utilization Monitor > Troubleshoot > Performance
Admin > System Preferences
Admin Settings
Admin > System: Debug
Setting up log levels CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Health and Utilization Monitor > Settings > Performance
Admin > System Preferences > Debugging Settings
Log Level Settings
Description
Shows the current admin
settings.
Configure and manage log level
settings.
You can set log level modes
(such as Fatal, Error, Info,
Debug) either for all application
modules or at a module level.
Purging jobs
Admin > Network: Purge
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Health and Utilization Monitor > Settings > Performance Job
Admin > System Preferences > Purge Settings
Job Purge
You can configure LMS to
periodically purge job data that
you no longer need.
Seting up the report
publish location
Reports > Report Settings:
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Health and Utilization Monitor > Report Publish Path
Admin > System Preferences >
Report Publish Path
LMS allows you to publish the
PDF, HTML and CSV format of
all the reports to a directory
location of your choice. This is
done by setting a default
directory path.
Purging data
Admin > Network: Purge
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Health and Utilization Monitor > Settings > Performance Data
Admin > System Preferences > Purge Settings
Data Purge
You can configure LMS to
periodically purge polled data
that you no longer need in the
database.
View Purge Details
Admin > Network: Purge
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Health and Utilization Monitor > Settings > Performance Data
Admin > System Preferences > Purge Summary
Purge Details
You can view the details of the
data purged in LMS
Configuring Poll
Settings
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Health and Utilization Monitor >
Admin > System Preferences >
Poll Settings
Admin > Collection Settings:
Performance > Performance
Management SNMP Timeouts
and Retry Settings
LMS allows you to configure the
SNMP timeout and SNMP
retries. The SNMP timeout and
SNMP retries are based on the
device and network response
time.
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SNMP timeout is the
duration of time that LMS
waits for the device to
respond before it tries to
query the device again.
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SNMP retry is the maximum
number of times LMS retries
to query the device.
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Administration Tasks (continued)
LMS 3.2 Task Name
LMS 3.2 Navigation
LMS 4.2 Navigation
Loading MIB files
Admin > Network:
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Health and Utilization Monitor > Monitor/Troubleshoot > Load
Admin > System Preferences > MIB
Load MIB
Description
You can load a new MIB file into
LMS using the Load MIB option.
The new MIB file is compiled
and stored in LMS.
You can use the new MIB file to
create new templates by
grouping MIB variables.
Reports > Audit: Performance
Viewing Audit Trail CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Log Report
Health and Utilization Monitor >
Admin > System Preferences >
Audit Trail Logging
You can view the Audit Trail
Logging report for all modules,
categories and users.
Creating Trap
Receiver Groups
Monitor > Fault Settings: SNMP
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Health and Utilization Monitor > Traps > Receiving
Admin > System Preferences > Or
Trap Receiver Groups
Admin > Network: Notification
and Action Settings >
Performance - SNMP Trap
Notification
LMS allows you to create SNMP
Trap Receiver Groups. This is a
group of hosts that receives
specified trap notifications,
when any TrendWatch or
Threshold violation occurs in
LMS.
Creating a Syslog
Receiver Group
CiscoWorks LMS Portal >
Health and Utilization Monitor >
Admin > System Preferences >
Syslog Receiver Groups
Admin > Network: Notification
and Action Settings >
Performance - Syslog
notification
LMS allows you to create Syslog
Receiver Groups. Syslog
Receiver Groups is a group of
hosts that receives Syslog
messages when any TrendWatch
or Threshold violation occurs in
HUM.
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