How do I modify the default time period of statistics displayed on object properties forms?

Purpose

By default, the NFM-P displays the statistics records collected during the past hour on the Statistics tab on object properties forms. Perform the procedure to modify the default time period of the statistics displayed on the Statistics tab of an object properties form.

CAUTION 

CAUTION

Service Disruption

Consider possible service disruptions before modifying the statistics default time period.

Changing the default time period for the NFM-P Statistics Manager search filters can affect the performance of the NFM-P.

Steps
 
1 

Choose Application→Exit to close the NFM-P client GUI, if it is open. The NFM-P client GUI closes.

2 

Navigate to the client configuration directory, typically /opt/nsp/client/nms/config on RHEL, and C:\nsp\client\nms\config on Windows.

3 

Open the nms-client.xml file using a text editor.

4 

Locate the section that begins with the following XML tag:

<statistics

5 

Edit the following line to read:

tabDefaultHour="value" 

where value is the default number of hours for the Past <number_of_hours> filter

6 

Save the changes and close the nms-client.xml file.

7 

Log in to an NFM-P GUI client to verify that the new value is displayed on the Statistics tab of an object properties form.

End of steps