How do I modify the default time period of statistics displayed by the Statistics Manager search filters?

Purpose

By default, the NFM-P Statistics Manager limits search results to statistics records collected during the past hour. Perform the procedure to modify the default time period of the statistics displayed by the NFM-P Statistics Manager search filters.

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
 

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


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


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


Locate the section that begins with the following XML tag:

<statistics 


Edit the following line to read:

browserDefaultHour="value" 

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


Save the changes and close the file.


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

End of steps