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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Convert history files to delimited flat files on an IBM i system
The history files collected using the rules established in the historical data collection configuration program can be converted to delimited flat files for use in a variety of popular applications to manipulate the data and create reports and graphs. Use the krarloff rolloff program to manually invoke file conversion.
Run history file conversion every 24 hours.
- Storing the historical data stored on an IBM i system
User data is stored in the IFS directory set for the configuration variable CTIRA_HIST_DIR. The default value for this variable is/qibm/userdata/ibm/itm/hist. For each table, there are two files stored on the IBM i system that are associated with historical data collection.
- Conversion process on an IBM i system
The krarloff rolloff program can be run either at the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server or in the directory in which the monitoring agent is running from the directory in which the history files are stored.
- After running the krarloff rolloff program
In using the system status example above, after running the krarloff rolloff program, file KA4SYSTS becomes KA4SYSTSO. A new KA4SYSTS file is generated when another row of data is available.
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Convert short-term history files to delimited flat files