NMIS - Polling Policy - Configuring Variable Polling Polices
Feature Description
Starting with NMIS 8.6.2a user-defined polling policies are supported, which allows particular nodes to be polled more or less frequently than the normal 5-minute default.
Administrators can define the following attributes when configuring a polling policy:
- ICMP/Ping frequency
- SNMP Polling frequency
- WMI polling frequency
The GUI presents a variety of time choices for these attributes, ranging from 1 minute (which is the minimum supported by NMIS) to 1 day; other selections can be added by editing
conf/Table-Polling-Policy.nmis,
fractional frequency settings (3.5m
or 1.5h
) are supported.
Each policy must be given a unique name, which cannot be changed after creation.
The policy named "default" is special: any node that is not assigned a particular polling policy is subject to this "default" policy. The "default" policy is always available and contains the standard 5-minute frequency unless explicitly overridden.
To change a node's polling frequencies from the defaults supplied, the node must be assigned a polling policy in its configuration.
Compatibility
ICM