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Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise 11.7 - Management Pack for SCOM User Guide

Configure | Scheduling

Configure Spotlight's data collection schedules. How often is data collected? On what day? At what time?

Schedule data collection from the Spotlight Client

Click Configure | Scheduling

Select template or connection to configure

Option Description
Factory Settings Select to show Factory Settings for Spotlight data collection schedules. These are the settings shipped with Spotlight. These settings cannot be changed.
Connection Select a Spotlight connection to show / change the schedules for that connection.
Template Select a template to show / change / reapply a template configuration. The configuration templates you have previously saved are listed. For more information, see Configuration templates.

Spotlight Statistics Repository

Option Description
Store reporting data Select to store reporting data in the Spotlight Statistics Repository for the selected connection. Reporting data is used by Reporting and Trendingrequires the Spotlight Statistics Repository to be configured (Open this screen from the Spotlight Client.
Do not collect and store reporting data Do not store reporting data in the Spotlight Statistics Repository for the selected connection. No future data will be stored in the Spotlight Statistics Repository for the selected connection. No future data will be available for Reporting and Trending for the selected connection.

Select a collection

The table of collections is as follows.

Column Description

Name

Double click an item to modify the collection schedule (Configure a schedule).

Click for more information in the help as to how the collections are used.

Type The collection relates to this connection type.

Modified
Yes The collection schedule has modified from the default.
No The collection schedule is set as per the Factory Settings.

Collect in background

Is Spotlight scheduled to collect data from this collection in the background? How often? Background schedules are used when the Spotlight home page or drilldowns are not being viewed. The data is stored for Playback in the Playback Database.

Keywords may be

  • Not collecting - Spotlight is not currently collecting data for this collection. This is configurable.
  • Not collectable - Spotlight does not collect data for this collection and Spotlight cannot be configured to collect data for this collection.
  • Collected automatically - Spotlight collects data for this collection automatically.
Collect for reporting Is Spotlight scheduled to collect data from this collection for reporting? How often? Reporting schedules are used by Reporting and Trending. Reporting schedules are stored in the Spotlight Statistics Repository.
Keep for For how long is data from this collection stored in the Spotlight Statistics Repository.

Reuse this configuration

Click Description
Apply configuration to… Optionally, apply this configuration to other connections.
Save to Template Optionally, save this configuration to a template. Where a template has been selected to configure you will also see options to Delete or Rename the template. For more information on Templates, see Configuration templates.

Close the dialog

Click Description
OK Save changes to the collections for the selected connection or template.
Cancel Discard changes to this screen.

Note:

  • Before you change a collection's schedule you may like to backup the current schedules. You can do this by backing up the \Agent\Conf folder in the SpotlightSpotlight Diagnostic Server installation folder.

  • Some collections cannot be scheduled for reporting. They may gather too much data or there may be no value in the data for the purpose of reporting. Other collections are only collected for reporting so cannot be scheduled to run in the background.
  • The background and reporting schedules for some collections cannot be modified.
  • Real time schedules are used to view data live on the Spotlight home page or drilldowns. Real time schedules cannot be modified.
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