Why is "Data Collection" unavailable for cDOT systems within Performance Advisor?

[chute]

The "Data Collection" option is used not only to define what counters are enabled but also to configure retention periods for specific counters. As you can see below the "Data Collection" option is greyed out and unavailable. You will also notice that my configuration settings seem to be OK. This behavior was happening in a customer environment and I went to test it in my lab and experienced the same result.

Is there something specific to cDOT which is preventing me from enabling certain counters and/or defining my retention periods?

OCUM version 5.2P1 setup specifically for cDOT systems.

C:\dfm host diag 131

Network Connectivity

IP Address             10.x.x.x

Network                (discovery disabled)

DNS Aliases            Failed

DNS Addresses          Failed

SNMP Version in Use    SNMPv3

SNMPv1                 Passed (78 ms)

SNMP Community         public

SNMP sysName           add-n1-nas1.netapp.com

SNMP sysObjectID       .1.3.6.1.4.1.789.2.5 (Cluster)

SNMPv3                 Passed (16 ms)

SNMPv3 Auth Protocol   MD5

SNMPv3 Privacy Enabled No

SNMPv3 Username        snmpv3_user

SNMP sysName           add-n1-nas1.netapp.com

SNMP sysObjectID       .1.3.6.1.4.1.789.2.5 (Cluster)

ICMP Echo              Passed (0 ms)

HTTP                   Passed (0 ms)

NDMP (login not set)   Skipped

SSH                    Passed (1264 ms)

RLM                    Skipped (hostRLMAddress is empty)

XML (https port 443)   Passed (249 ms)

Type	Cluster	Cluster
OS Version	8.2 Cluster-Mode	8.2 Cluster-Mode

Performance Advisor Checklist

perfAdvisorEnabled     Passed

hostType               Passed

hostRevision           Passed

hostLogin              Passed

perfAdvisorTransport   Passed

[kryan · Accepted solution]

Performance Advisor for Unified Manager 5.x Cluster-Mode cannot be modified in any manner.

There are other posts regarding that topic on this community if you desire to read additional information on the subject.

Kevin

[chute]

Thanks Kevin,

For others, here's some additional reading which  calls out retention and counters.

https://communities.netapp.com/message/111502#111502

[adaikkap]

Hi Chute,

     The TR being referenced in your post is a 7Mode only and not for clustermode. As kevin said there is no way to create or modify the following in case of cluster mode.

1. create new views( custom view creation)
2. Modify the retention
3. Modify the Collection frequency

Regards

adai