Setting the event collection intervals

This section describes how to set the storage system event collection intervals.

About this task

If you need SCOM to collect storage system events at a higher or a lower frequency, you can change the event collection time interval as explained in the following procedure.

Procedure

The default interval for event collection of any IBM® storage system (except DS8000) is set to 10 minutes. Perform the following procedure to change the collection interval.

  1. Click the Microsoft SCOM Authoring pane.
  2. Select Rules, and then select Event Rule for the relevant management pack.
  3. In the Actions pane (located on the right), select Overrides > Override the Rule > For all objects of class: System. The Override Properties dialog box appears.
  4. Select Override for Interval Seconds, and then enter a new numerical value Override Value. The numerical value that you enter defines the number of seconds for the interval.
  5. Click Apply. The new event collection interval is set.
    Figure 1. Interval setting for event collection
    This graphic shows the interval setting for event collection.