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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Summarization and pruning configuration
After installation of Tivoli Management Services is complete, one of the initial setup tasks is to configure the summarization and pruning agent for general behavior, such as the summarization and pruning schedule and frequency. As well, specify summarization and pruning for the attribute groups that historical data is being collected for in your monitored application.
- About the Summarization and Pruning agent
This topic gives you some background information to help in planning and configuring the Summarization and Pruning agent.
- Best practices for summarization and pruning
Use a best practices approach in determining how to summarize and prune the data samples stored in the Tivoli Data Warehouse.
- Summarized and pruned data availability
The first time the summarization and pruning tool is run, you might not get the results you expect. Review the installation and configuration tasks that must take place before you can expect to the data from the Tivoli Data Warehouse summarized and pruned.
- Configure summarization and pruning for attribute groups
Configure summarization and pruning for the Tivoli Data Warehouse to aggregate data and keep the database size at a manageable level.
- Configure summarization and pruning for managed system groups
Configuring summarization and pruning for managed system groups provides granular control over how the Tivoli Data Warehouse aggregates and prunes data.
- Change global configuration settings
Use the Configure Summarization and Pruning Agent window to change system-wide configuration settings for data summarization, pruning, or collection.
- How to disable the Summarization and Pruning agent
You can disable the Summarization and Pruning agent for your entire enterprise or for particular products or sets of attribute groups.
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Manage historical data