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DOCUMENT DEPRECATED, see opCharts Dynamic Baseline and Threshold Tool

Why we need a Dynamic Baseline and Thresholding Tool

Forewarned is forearmed the poverb goes, a quick google tells me "prior knowledge of possible dangers or problems gives one a tactical advantage".  The reason we want to baseline and threshold our data is so that we can receive alerts forewarning us of issues in our environment, so that we can act to resolve smaller issues before they become bigger.  Being proactive increases our Mean Time Between Failure.

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Installing the Baseline Tool

The baseline tool is installed when you install opCharts.  You will need to enable the baselines you need to enable, only a handful are enabled by default.

See the details below.Copy the file to the server and do the following, upgrading will be the same process.

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tar xvf Baseline-X.Y.tgz 
cd Baseline/
sudo ./install_baseline.sh

Working with the Dynamic Baseline and Thresholding Tool

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Configuration of the baseline tool is done in the file /usr/local/omk/conf/Baseline.json nmis the default configuration should be installed when the tool is installed.

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